Hello, and welcome to my Gwafa Hazid deck. Disclaimer: White and Blue are NOT my colors. Im trying to break out of my jund comfort zone.
So this deck is super pillow fort. I have a butt-load of stuff to help prevent damage and deter attacks. I feel like I might need more win-cons and counterspells. If anyone has any tips for this style, please let me know.
Do people really play spells with both Dovescape and Guile out at the same time? Good call on Etheral Armor and Aura of Silence. Might throw in Stony Silence as well. Cleansing Meditation might actually be good, I face a Sigarda enchantress deck all the time. Thanks for the input!
36 lands seems a little light to me, especially in this slower type of build. Going up to 38, I think, is necessary, maybe even 40.
Remove Intrepid Hero. The big creatures mostly want to attack, but you're not letting them. The utility creatures don't need to, but they're usually smaller than 4 power and aren't hit by the Hero.
Remove Palliation Accord. It doesn't really seem to do much. Preventing one damage per activation isn't a great effect.
Remove Arcum's Whistle. Kinda mana-hungry for something that could backfire.
Remove Tunnel Vision or add Junk Troller. I don't see the point if you can't win on the spot.
Add four lands, preferably ones that give you both colors. Hallowed Fountain, the common one from Khans, Mystic Gate, or just fetchlands (even the slow ones from Mirage).
Do people really play spells with both Dovescape and Guile out at the same time? Good call on Etheral Armor and Aura of Silence. Might throw in Stony Silence as well. Cleansing Meditation might actually be good, I face a Sigarda enchantress deck all the time. Thanks for the input!
It doesn't matter if they do, you cast your own noncreature spell and get infinite tokens.
Gwafa Hazid is a pretty terrible commander. If you want UW, Brago and Ephara would be my picks. If you really want to do pillow fort and want a commander that synergizes and isn't terrible, you could try isperia, supreme judge.
Interesting point about Intrepid Hero. It's mostly in because I love the artwork, but He probably could be replaced. I think Palliation Accord is an interesting effect, but it's probably more effective in a smaller format. My experience with Arcum's Whistle was janky at best. I want it to work, but I agree it can probably be cut. Tunnel Vision is actually a card i've been using on myself, naming open the vaults for a psuedo-Primal Surge for enchantments. It's fun and swingy, but doesn't always win the game. I'll look into the junktroller. Is having opponents deck themselves viable? It's not a strategy any of my friends use, so I've never seen it attempted.
And I'm aware Gwafa Hazid isn't the strongest pick, I just like him. He is very flavorful and I like that in a creature. That being said, Isperia can probably be switched out without a problem if it becomes necessary.
It is possible to deck people in Commander, but often requires tricks to do so, like Junktroller and Tunnel Vision. As these tricks tend to only hit one opponent rather than all, it is not a popular (nor reliable) route.
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Academy Rector if you can afford / find it is extremely good in my gwafa pillowfort deck, nobody wants to attack you for fear of you blocking with it and bringing out something nasty like Eldrazi conscription or omniscience.
I can pm the deck if anyone is interested, not yet able to post links!
Hello, and welcome to my Gwafa Hazid deck. Disclaimer: White and Blue are NOT my colors. Im trying to break out of my jund comfort zone.
So this deck is super pillow fort. I have a butt-load of stuff to help prevent damage and deter attacks. I feel like I might need more win-cons and counterspells. If anyone has any tips for this style, please let me know.
1 Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
Enchantments:
1 Aurification
1 Cloud Cover
1 Collective Restraint
1 Copy Enchantment
1 Diplomatic Immunity
1 Divine Presence
1 Dovescape
1 Energy Field
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Island Sanctuary
1 Karmic Justice
1 Land Tax
1 Lightmine Field
1 Luminarch Ascension
1 Mystic Barrier
1 Palliation Accord
1 Propaganda
1 Psychic Possession
1 Rest in Peace
1 Rhystic Study
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
1 Solitary Confinement
1 Sphere of Safety
1 Story Circle
1 Web of Inertia
1 Azorius Guildgate
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Halimar Depths
13 Island
18 Plains
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Instants:
1 Capsize
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Stroke of Genius
Creatures:
1 Azor's Elocutors
1 Blazing Archon
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Fog Bank
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Intrepid Hero
1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
1 Mesa Enchantress
1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
1 Peacekeeper
1 Seraph of the Sword
1 Silent Arbiter
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Stormtide Leviathan
1 Sun Titan
1 Wall of Denial
1 Wall of Frost
1 Windborn Muse
1 Austere Command
1 Bribery
1 Council's Judgment
1 Curse of the Swine
1 Fell the Mighty
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Open the Vaults
1 Plea for Guidance
1 Rite of Replication
1 Storm Herd
1 Tunnel Vision
Artifacts:
1 Angel's Trumpet
1 Arcum's Whistle
1 Crawlspace
1 Norn's Annex
1 Uba Mask
I took out a lot of weird creatures and the more narrow protection spells. Looking for some C&C!
Dovescape loves some Guile; Seaside Haven, too.
Maybe Cleansing Meditation for a surprise sweeper? Ethereal Armor for a surprise offensive?
Aura of Silence?
Cheers!
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Remove Intrepid Hero. The big creatures mostly want to attack, but you're not letting them. The utility creatures don't need to, but they're usually smaller than 4 power and aren't hit by the Hero.
Remove Palliation Accord. It doesn't really seem to do much. Preventing one damage per activation isn't a great effect.
Remove Arcum's Whistle. Kinda mana-hungry for something that could backfire.
Remove Tunnel Vision or add Junk Troller. I don't see the point if you can't win on the spot.
Add four lands, preferably ones that give you both colors. Hallowed Fountain, the common one from Khans, Mystic Gate, or just fetchlands (even the slow ones from Mirage).
Love some of the cards in the deck. I saw Energy Field + Rest in Peace in legacy, recently. Angel's Trumpet is a pet card of mine. Glad to see it.
Something is making me think of Forced Fruition. Maybe it's the Stroke of Genius, but I almost think you want your opponent to deck himself.
Gwafa Hazid is a pretty terrible commander. If you want UW, Brago and Ephara would be my picks. If you really want to do pillow fort and want a commander that synergizes and isn't terrible, you could try isperia, supreme judge.
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And I'm aware Gwafa Hazid isn't the strongest pick, I just like him. He is very flavorful and I like that in a creature. That being said, Isperia can probably be switched out without a problem if it becomes necessary.
Cheers!
Krichaiushii on PucaTrade.
I can pm the deck if anyone is interested, not yet able to post links!
DO IT. All the tables will flip.
Anyway, it's the kind of trick that works once. They'll pack Guile or Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre for next time. Of course, there's always Jester's Cap.
1x gwafa hazid, profiteer
Instants
1x mystical tutor
1x enlightened tutor
1x swords to plowshares
1x path to exile
1x echoing truth
1x oblation
1x hinder
1x sphinx's revelation
1x mindbreak trap
1x return to dust
1x cryptic command
Sorcery
1x steelshaper’s gift
1x preordain
1x ponder
1x wrath of god
1x supreme verdict
1x terminus
Enchantments
1x luminarch ascension
1x ghostly prison
1x propaganda
1x detention sphere
1x arcane laboratory
1x karmic justice
1x faith’s fetters
Planeswalkers
1x Elspeth, knight-errant
Creatures
1x mother of runes
1x stoneforge mystic
1x phantasmal image
1x knight of the white orchid
1x spellskite
1x fog bank
1x grand abolisher
1x geist of saint traft
1x daxos of meletis
1x peacekeeper
1x restoration angel
1x silent arbiter
1x windborn muse
1x baneslayer angel
1x duplicant
1x wurmcoil engine
1x sun titan
1x angel of serenity
1x iona, shield of emeria
1x mana vault
1x relic of pregenitus
1x meekstone
1x sol ring
1x umezawa’s jitte
1x lightning greaves
1x temple bell
1x godsend
1x darksteel ingot
1x oblivion stone
1x crawlspace
1x sword of fire and ice
1x staff of domination
1x commander’s sphere
1x erratic portal
1x solemn simulacrum
1x thran dynamo
1x predator, flagship
1x batterskull
Lands
1x lonely sandbar
1x secluded steppe
1x hallowed fountain
1x celestial colonnade
1x marsh flats
1x flooded strand
1x strip mine
1x reliquary tower
1x maze of ith
1x minamo, school at water’s edge
1x temple of the false gods
1x flagstones of trokair
1x evolving wilds
1x terramorphic expanse
1x dust bowl
1x glacial fortress
1x sejiri refuge
1x reflecting pool
1x command tower
8x plains
9x island
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RUB grixis delver
WUB esper draw-go
edh:
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