I'll use Helios as I'm pretty white heavy just as I'll do my best to make new Elspeth work but I don't see how someone can't help abuse Purph with things like Young Pryomancer
It slightly bothers me that (a) the gods have such variable and highly random P/Ts instead of having the same P/Ts (as in, for instance, the Titan cycle) and (b) that, due to indestructibility, those differing toughnesses aren't going to matter most of the time (yeah, I know it's going to matter sometimes, such as with Dismember, but not most of the time).
I'm a sucker for that free repeatable scrying with unblockable utility for 3. Possible indestructible finisher is just icing really.
I think Purphoros will be a pretty nasty bomb, making headway in RDW, GR aggro, or whatever else that can fit him in. Not my style, but I expect he'll see play definitely.
Heliod or Purphoros seem the best to me. Heliod gives potential control decks a ton of inevitability by way of being a Mobilization. The obvious downside being that he's unlikely to have any immediate use and taking a turn off to essentially do nothing casting him might be unacceptable for a control deck depending on how fast the environment is. Purphoros obviously fits well into a R/x creature heavy deck such as the Gruul builds we saw this past season. He loves cards like BTE, Ash Zealot, and Boros Reckoner that are great devotion fuel. He also turns any creature that follows him into direct damage and provides a manasink which these kind of decks are in the market for. The biggest issue with him is how susceptible he is to being shut off by removal, especially sweepers. Still though, against the midrangey G/W decks that are light on removal he seems very formidable which would at least make him a potential sideboard card.
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The rest of the Gods should stay in EDH.
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I think Purphoros will be a pretty nasty bomb, making headway in RDW, GR aggro, or whatever else that can fit him in. Not my style, but I expect he'll see play definitely.
Holy Necro...You have surpassed Lili.