With the release of C18, lots of people have been excited by the enchantress deck. I've seen a lot of creative builds of bant enchantress decks and I wanted to share one of my favorite decks while interest in Enchantress is high! I cut blue, missing out on cards like Enchanted Evening, Aura Thief, and Stasis, for the tutors and Doomwake Giant in black. Anafenza, the Foremost leads this deck mostly just to get me in the colors, but she is a cheap commander with a big body and provides relevant graveyard hate. I'm always happy to have her on the field, but the deck doesn't live or die by her which is a good thing.
I've considered adding a Grand Abolisher for an additional effect to protect my turn, but I'm not sure I need a third. City of Solitude is a bit more durable than Abolisher and it will cantrip with an enchantress on the field. City can be dangerous though because the effect is symmetrical. Dragonlord Dromoka can't be countered which guarantees you freedom on the turn you cast it. Dromoka is also just a nice way to beat face and recoup some life.
Earthcraft is another possible addition to the deck. Earthcraft seems good enough on it's own even though I only run 7 basics. All I need is one with an aura or two on it to create some serious mana. I don't do a lot of attacking until I have a bunch of angels built up so I don't have a problem turning my creatures sideways to activate Earthcraft. And if I'm considering Earthcraft I should probably look at Squirrel Nest too. My only issue with Squirrel Nest is that it isn't all that great on its own. I don't have anything to take advantage of etb triggers. The combo also doesn't win the turn it's assembled because I don't have any haste enablers.
Here is the list. Let me know what you think. Hopefully it will inspire a deck of your own or some discussion here. Thanks for taking a look.
The goal of this deck is to accelerate with land auras and mana dorks so once you get an enchantress online you are able to take advantage of the extra cards you draw. Use protection like Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, and Solitary Confinement to keep yourself alive until you are able to build up and army of angels from Luminarch Ascension or Sigil of the Empty Throne. I find that the Ghostly Prison type effects along with a Parallax Wave is usually enough to deal with creatures until we can get our engine going. This has lead me to skip most Oblvion Ring type effects. I use Seal of Primordium, Seal of Cleansing, and Aura of Silence to shut down other enchantments and artifacts permanently. Heroic Intervention, Teferi's Protection, and Austere Command protect my board and clean up everyone else's if things get out of hand.
Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Eladamri's Call, Sterling Grove, Survival of the Fittest, and Crop Rotation are all tools to get you what you need. Once you are in a position to end the game, you want to get a Living Plane and one of the following, Doomwake Giant, Linvala, Keeper of Silence, or Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite. This will clean up everyone's lands and your victory should be a turn or two away. Use City of Solitude or Dragonlord Dromoka to ensure no one can disrupt you on the turn you decide to go for it. With an Academy Rector on board you can cast Eldritch Evolution and grab Living Plane from the Rector and Doomwake from the Evolution.
I've considered adding a Grand Abolisher for an additional effect to protect my turn, but I'm not sure I need a third. City of Solitude is a bit more durable than Abolisher and it will cantrip with an enchantress on the field. City can be dangerous though because the effect is symmetrical. Dragonlord Dromoka can't be countered which guarantees you freedom on the turn you cast it. Dromoka is also just a nice way to beat face and recoup some life.
Earthcraft is another possible addition to the deck. Earthcraft seems good enough on it's own even though I only run 7 basics. All I need is one with an aura or two on it to create some serious mana. I don't do a lot of attacking until I have a bunch of angels built up so I don't have a problem turning my creatures sideways to activate Earthcraft. And if I'm considering Earthcraft I should probably look at Squirrel Nest too. My only issue with Squirrel Nest is that it isn't all that great on its own. I don't have anything to take advantage of etb triggers. The combo also doesn't win the turn it's assembled because I don't have any haste enablers.
Here is the list. Let me know what you think. Hopefully it will inspire a deck of your own or some discussion here. Thanks for taking a look.
1x Anafenza, the Foremost
Enchantment (33)
1x Aura of Silence
1x Burgeoning
1x Carpet of Flowers
1x City of Solitude
1x Dark Tutelage
1x Enchantress's Presence
1x Exploration
1x Fertile Ground
1x Flickering Ward
1x Frontier Siege
1x Ghostly Prison
1x Greater Auramancy
1x Karmic Justice
1x Land Tax
1x Living Plane
1x Luminarch Ascension
1x Mirari's Wake
1x Mirri's Guile
1x Overgrowth
1x Parallax Wave
1x Phyrexian Arena
1x Protective Sphere
1x Seal of Cleansing
1x Seal of Primordium
1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
1x Solitary Confinement
1x Sphere of Safety
1x Sterling Grove
1x Stony Silence
1x Survival of the Fittest
1x Sylvan Library
1x Utopia Sprawl
1x Wild Growth
1x Arid Mesa
1x Bayou
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x City of Brass
1x Command Tower
1x Flooded Strand
5x Forest
1x Gaea's Cradle
1x Godless Shrine
1x High Market
1x Horizon Canopy
1x Mana Confluence
1x Marsh Flats
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Overgrown Tomb
2x Plains
1x Polluted Delta
1x Reflecting Pool
1x Savannah
1x Scrubland
1x Serra's Sanctum
1x Temple Garden
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Windswept Heath
1x Wooded Bastion
1x Wooded Foothills
Instant (7)
1x Crop Rotation
1x Eladamri's Call
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Heroic Intervention
1x Teferi's Protection
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Worldly Tutor
1x Academy Rector
1x Agent of Erebos
1x Arbor Elf
1x Argothian Enchantress
1x Birds of Paradise
1x Bloom Tender
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Doomwake Giant
1x Dragonlord Dromoka
1x Eidolon of Blossoms
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Erebos, God of the Dead
1x Eternal Witness
1x Herald of the Pantheon
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Mesa Enchantress
1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer Flip
1x Satyr Enchanter
1x Sun Titan
1x Verduran Enchantress
Sorcery (5)
1x Austere Command
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Eldritch Evolution
1x Genesis Wave
1x Replenish
Maybe
1x Earthcraft
1x Squirrel Nest
1x Grand Abolisher
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