This is a deck I’m building more to play with cards I really like than to be uber-competitive. That said I think the list has some synergy and should be fun to play.
I’ve been contemplating Ruhan of the Fomori for awhile, thinking about the usual equipment package that makes him usable.
Then Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and Bruna, Light of Alabaster were spoiled and I couldn’t shake the image of Ruhan, blind and angry with these two angels guiding his fury.I had a WUR General and two lieutenants, one WU and one WR. But for symmetry I needed a UR lieutenant. Maybe an angel who lost her wings, or cut them off in a fit of sadomasochistic artistry. Nin, the Pain Artist is the last member of my team.
This deck eschews equipment for auras. This is how Ruhan works with Bruna. She’s usually the star of her own aura-based deck, but here she’s an alternate plan who can grab dead auras from the graveyard for an attack. Gisela is here to double the damage from either Ruhan or Bruna, or she can strap on a Scourge of the Nobilis and do some smashing herself.
Nin is here as a card draw engine/emergency kill switch. She’ll be happy to do 6 damage to Ruhan right before the beginning of my turn (maybe she’s the one who blinded him).
Everything else in the deck is support. The gameplan is to land a threat, enchant it, and do some damage. Rather than accelerate into this plan and do something like blow up all the land I want to play some draw-go, filling my hand with counter and removal options so I can ignite my plan when I’m ready.
Fomori Nomad is in the deck as a token bad card, the seal of a ‘fun’ deck. I also think the art is amazing, Raymond Swanland for the win.
I’ve been contemplating Ruhan of the Fomori for awhile, thinking about the usual equipment package that makes him usable.
Then Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and Bruna, Light of Alabaster were spoiled and I couldn’t shake the image of Ruhan, blind and angry with these two angels guiding his fury.I had a WUR General and two lieutenants, one WU and one WR. But for symmetry I needed a UR lieutenant. Maybe an angel who lost her wings, or cut them off in a fit of sadomasochistic artistry. Nin, the Pain Artist is the last member of my team.
This deck eschews equipment for auras. This is how Ruhan works with Bruna. She’s usually the star of her own aura-based deck, but here she’s an alternate plan who can grab dead auras from the graveyard for an attack. Gisela is here to double the damage from either Ruhan or Bruna, or she can strap on a Scourge of the Nobilis and do some smashing herself.
Nin is here as a card draw engine/emergency kill switch. She’ll be happy to do 6 damage to Ruhan right before the beginning of my turn (maybe she’s the one who blinded him).
Everything else in the deck is support. The gameplan is to land a threat, enchant it, and do some damage. Rather than accelerate into this plan and do something like blow up all the land I want to play some draw-go, filling my hand with counter and removal options so I can ignite my plan when I’m ready.
Fomori Nomad is in the deck as a token bad card, the seal of a ‘fun’ deck. I also think the art is amazing, Raymond Swanland for the win.
1 Ruhan of the Fomori
Lieutenants
1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
1 Bruna, Light of Alabaster
1 Nin, the Pain Artist
Counters
1 Glen Elandra Archmage
1 Ertai, Wizard Adept
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Spell Crumple
1 Dissipate
1 Counterspell
1 Deprive
Spot Removal
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Intrepid Hero
1 Soltari Visionary
1 Capsize
1 Return to Dust
1 Oblation
1 Allay
1 Shattering Pulse
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
Mass Removal
1 Austere Command
1 Evacuation
Card Draw
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Drogskol Reaver
1 Recurring Insight
1 Mystic Remora
1 Jace Beleren
1 Urabrask the Hidden
1 Fervor
1 Mark of Fury
1 Clout of the Dominus
1 Slayers’ Stronghold
Ramp/Color Fixing
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Land Tax
1 Journeyer’s Kite
1 Wayfarer’s Bauble
1 Mind Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Azorius Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Eldrazi Conscription
1 Angelic Destiny
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Scourge of the Nobilis
1 Cloak of Mists
1 Battle Mastery
1 Spirit Mantle
1 Unquestioned Authority
1 Pemmin’s Aura
1 Fool’s Demise
1 Flight of Fancy
Tutor
1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara
1 Ethereal Usher
1 Three Dreams
1 Wild Research
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Replenish
Other
1 Banefire (direct damage)
1 Erratic Portal (protection/reuse)
1 Mimic Vat (reuse, good with Intrepid Hero)
1 Fomori Nomad (token bad card, Nin target)
Land
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Strip Mine
1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
1 Kor Haven
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Arid Mesa
8 Island
7 Mountain
7 Plains
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