A while back I had a thread in which I was asking for help choosing enchantments for a Bruna deck. I now have a deck completed, but it hasn't been performing as well as I would have liked. Here's the deck list below:
I welcome any suggestions you guys can give me to make it run better. I seem to not do good with the amount of creatures I currently have in it and would like to have more support control wise so I can get bruna out and enchant her to be as powerful as she can be.
Felidar Umbra's really the only cheapest one I could get at my LGS. They're out of Diplomatic Immunity, and generally, what I have access to is what I have to use really.
Diplomatic Immunity generally means that I won't be casting anymore Auras on Bruna and will make her a target for wrath effects (which shroud doesn't protect against since it doesn't target). Sure, there's the chance that she'll have totem armor, but if they play something like Tempest of Light or something else to destroy the totem armor, then Bruna is a sitting duck.
Eldrazi Conscription is something that I don't know I'll be able to get because it's fairly good for any deck.
Kor Spiritdancer would be good to getting closer to auras, but she's not exactly cheap either at my LGS.
Righteous Authority would be the one I'd most like for this deck mostly for the extra card and the pump that the aura gives. It's relatively cheap too compared to Eldrazi Conscription.
Felidar I'm not even going to talk much about. Easily gotten.
Now back to what I can modify with what I have access to. Any suggestions?
Everything I have in my list of cards is what I have available. Corrupted Conscience I have but I've been told by a friend that the Converted Mana cost is just too high to put into my deck.
Everything I have in my list of cards is what I have available. Corrupted Conscience I have but I've been told by a friend that the Converted Mana cost is just too high to put into my deck.
If all you have is the 100 cards in the list you posted, then I'd say it's the best you can do. Not sure what you were expecting to get out of this forum if you're not open to including new cards in your deck.
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If all you have is the 100 cards in the list you posted, then I'd say it's the best you can do. Not sure what you were expecting to get out of this forum if you're not open to including new cards in your deck.
The problem I face is that I can only afford at the most $5 worth of cards. At my LGS, they price Eldrazi Conscription at $6. So this is pretty much a pretty tight budget deck.
The problem I face is that I can only afford at the most $5 worth of cards. At my LGS, they price Eldrazi Conscription at $6. So this is pretty much a pretty tight budget deck.
This is a useful piece of information. I'd still reccomend the aura-themed creatures from my first post in this thread. They give you something to do with all those auras before Bruna comes on line or after if something happens to her. There are also a few ways to buff your team that are easy on the budget. Serra's Embrace and Zephid's Embrace come to mind.
I agree on running aura-themed creatures; Bruna can take the auras off of them when she comes on-line for the attack, so putting them to use on other creatures that benefit from auras is a great way to use them in the meantime!
Well, I probably won't be able to get these cards probably till this weekend, but thanks for the suggestions guys. I decided to do the following change for right now:
Celestial Ancient I figure will pump any creatures I have out for each enchantment I have, Azorius Guildmage can tap creatures down and also counter activated abilities, and Wall of Denial can block stuff up to 8 power and can't be easily targeted. Phyrexian Rebirth is there to provide a wrath effect if I'm struggling, then give me a big creature to use. Ethereal Armor is in there because it's a cheap card.
Okay, after a year of no updates to this deck, I am pleased to say that I actually played with this deck this past weekend at my LGS's EDH pizza feed, and I managed to kill a few people in the pods I was in. I've actually added a few new cards to it. Below are the changes.
I'm honestly excited that the Ordeals came out, as they can be abused pretty quick with Bruna. After every every 3rd attack, they go to the graveyard and the moment she blocks, the aura will come right back to her, allowing her to use it again. Evangel of Heliod is there mostly to provide chump blocker protection.
I'm not a fan of the Ordeals personally. Kind of slow, even for a slow format like EDH. Bruna misses the initial trigger if you attach it with her ability, and you're doing something wrong if she has to attack more than three times.
15x Island
15x Plains
1x Azorius Chancery
1x Bant Panorama
1x Esper Panorama
1x Flood Plain
1x Halimar Depths
1x Kabira Crossroads
1x Mistveil Plains
1x Sejiri Refuge
1x Sejiri Steppe
1x Soaring Seacliff
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1x Armored Ascension
1x Battle Mastery
1x Burden of Guilt
1x Celestial Mantle
1x Claustrophobia
1x Commander's Authority
1x Crab Umbra
1x Curiosity
1x Curse of Exhaustion
1x Defang
1x Divine Favor
1x Dovescape
1x Drake Umbra
1x Eel Umbra
1x Eland Umbra
1x Fool's Demise
1x Ghostly Possession
1x Ghostly Touch
1x Holy Strength
1x Hyena Umbra
1x Inviolability
1x Journey to Nowhere
1x Lifelink
1x Luminous Wake
1x Mammoth Umbra
1x Numbing Dose
1x Oblivion Ring
1x Pacifism
1x Personal Sanctuary
1x Prison Term
1x Spirit Mantle
1x Steel of the Godhead
1x Sunspring Expedition
1x Tricks of the Trade
1x Auramancer
1x Dawnglare Invoker
1x Elgaud Shieldmate
1x Glamer Spinners
1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
1x Mesa Enchantress
1x Nearheath Pilgrim
1x Pride of the Clouds
1x Soul Warden
1x Spectral Rider
1x Suture Priest
1x Tandem Lookout
1x Totem-Guide Hartebeest
1x Umbra Mystic
Instant-6
1x Aura Finesse
1x Bone to Ash
1x Cancel
1x Crippling Chill
1x Judge Unworthy
1x Vanishment
Sorcery-5
1x Distortion Strike
1x Foresee
1x Preordain
1x Sleep
1x Three Dreams
These are some cards my friend recently gave me to help improve the deck:
Azorius Guildmage, Celestial Ancient, Minister of Impediments, Overrule, Plumes of Peace, Sawtooth Loon, Sky Spirit, Jhessian Balmgiver, Wall of Denial, Stormtide Leviathan, Sunblast Angel, Phyrexian Rebirth, Terminus, Stolen Goods
I welcome any suggestions you guys can give me to make it run better. I seem to not do good with the amount of creatures I currently have in it and would like to have more support control wise so I can get bruna out and enchant her to be as powerful as she can be.
Diplomatic Immunity generally means that I won't be casting anymore Auras on Bruna and will make her a target for wrath effects (which shroud doesn't protect against since it doesn't target). Sure, there's the chance that she'll have totem armor, but if they play something like Tempest of Light or something else to destroy the totem armor, then Bruna is a sitting duck.
Eldrazi Conscription is something that I don't know I'll be able to get because it's fairly good for any deck.
Kor Spiritdancer would be good to getting closer to auras, but she's not exactly cheap either at my LGS.
Righteous Authority would be the one I'd most like for this deck mostly for the extra card and the pump that the aura gives. It's relatively cheap too compared to Eldrazi Conscription.
Felidar I'm not even going to talk much about. Easily gotten.
Now back to what I can modify with what I have access to. Any suggestions?
It's going to be very tough for us to make suggestions if we don't know what it is you have access to. Can you give us a per card budget?
Academy Researchers, Iridescent Drake, Nomad Mythmaker, and Hakim, Loreweaver are all low budget and on theme. Corrupted Conscience is good for stealing guys and then giving Bruna infect after they deal with the aura and/or creature.
Everything I have in my list of cards is what I have available. Corrupted Conscience I have but I've been told by a friend that the Converted Mana cost is just too high to put into my deck.
If all you have is the 100 cards in the list you posted, then I'd say it's the best you can do. Not sure what you were expecting to get out of this forum if you're not open to including new cards in your deck.
Above is what I put in my original post as cards that I was looking to add.
The problem I face is that I can only afford at the most $5 worth of cards. At my LGS, they price Eldrazi Conscription at $6. So this is pretty much a pretty tight budget deck.
This is a useful piece of information. I'd still reccomend the aura-themed creatures from my first post in this thread. They give you something to do with all those auras before Bruna comes on line or after if something happens to her. There are also a few ways to buff your team that are easy on the budget. Serra's Embrace and Zephid's Embrace come to mind.
It also seems like you tend to run out of steam while playing this deck. Some card draw like Concentrate, Honden of Seeing Winds, and Compulsive Research could help smooth things out.
Edit:
1 Nearheath Pilgrim
1 Elgaud Shieldmate
1 Tandem Lookout
1 Curse of Exhaustion
1 Preordain
1 Wall of Denial
1 Celestial Ancient
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Phyrexian Rebirth
1 Ethereal Armor
Celestial Ancient I figure will pump any creatures I have out for each enchantment I have, Azorius Guildmage can tap creatures down and also counter activated abilities, and Wall of Denial can block stuff up to 8 power and can't be easily targeted. Phyrexian Rebirth is there to provide a wrath effect if I'm struggling, then give me a big creature to use. Ethereal Armor is in there because it's a cheap card.
1 Sunspring Expedition
1 Dawnglare Invoker
1 Ordeal of Thassa
1 Ordeal of Heliod
1 Evangel of Heliod
I'm honestly excited that the Ordeals came out, as they can be abused pretty quick with Bruna. After every every 3rd attack, they go to the graveyard and the moment she blocks, the aura will come right back to her, allowing her to use it again. Evangel of Heliod is there mostly to provide chump blocker protection.
IMO, they work better with Faith Healer + Sun Titan/Nomad Mythmaker.