MTG Salvation

Hey everyone

So I have a Sigarda voltron deck that is built around auras because I wanted to have an enchantment deck since I have all the enchantresses and some nice sweet expensive enchantments like Miri's guile and Sylvan Library.

However I keep thinking that the Swords of X and Y would be awesome to have as well but they don't synergise with anything and would require I add some tutors.

Generally speaking I think a deck should go all-in on it's theme so I keep telling myself "it's an enchantment deck with lots of synergy; cutting enchantments for artifacts isn't advisable".

I suppose I could cut some enchantment removal like song of the Dryads, Quarantine Field and Oblivion Ring for badass equipment and tutors but then I'd have very little removal...

Just looking for some advice, I have a big EDH weekend coming up and am looking to do well.

Thanks!

I would stick with one or the other, and G/W are in the color sweetspot for enchantress, so if it were me I'd stick with that theme.

I'd advise running ways to get them back like Replenish.

A good equipment package doesn't take up a lot of slots. Sword of Feast and Famine, Sword of Fire and Ice, Sword of War and Peace, and Sword of Light and Shadow are the big 4, plus I see a lot of people also including one or more of Batterskull, Umezawa's Jitte, Skullclamp, and Sword of Body and Mind (you don't need Swiftfoot Boots or Lightning Greaves, and others like Argentum Armor, Bonehoard, Fireshrieker, etc. are overkill in my opinion). Add in some equipment tutors (Stoneforge Mystic, Stonehewer Giant, Steelshaper's Gift) and you can do the whole thing for 8-10 deck slots.

However, if your deck is currently Enchantress themed, losing that many enchantments will significantly reduce the effect of your enchantress effects (and any other Enchantment synergy cards you are running such as Celestial Ancient, Sigil of the Empty Throne, Ajani's Chosen, Ancestral Mask, etc.). At some point, you are better off dumping the whole enchantment theme and going more equipment oriented with cards like Kemba, Kha Regent, Puresteel Paladin, Loxodon Punisher, etc., but I'm still not so sure that an equipment theme has enough support cards to flesh out a deck.

I skipped equipment in Sigarda for 3 reasons - she has hexproof already so she didn't need protections/shroud/hexproof, she flies so I didn't think she needed more evasion, and most importantly I planned to lock down artifacts globally with the likes of Null Rod.

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I would stick with one or the other, and G/W are in the color sweetspot for enchantress, so if it were me I'd stick with that theme.

I'd advise running ways to get them back like Replenish.

Replenish is in there alongside Retether, Regrowth and Reviving Melody.

Thanks for the advice everyone, glad to see I wasn't being silly.

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I skipped equipment in Sigarda for 3 reasons - she has hexproof already so she didn't need protections/shroud/hexproof, she flies so I didn't think she needed more evasion, and most importantly I planned to lock down artifacts globally with the likes of Null Rod.

I'm on the same page as this. You could add equipment. Or you could stick with auras and run Stony Silence and Null Rod (and possibly even Damping Matrix, but leaving mana abilities up is no fun).

The only thing equipment gives you the ability to do is re-suit quickly post catastrophic board wipe. If recovery post wipe isnt a big problem for you then I wouldn't bother and as said above, if you're running Replenish and its ilk then it becomes less of an issue. If you do decide to however I would prioritize Feast and Famine and Light and Shadow. The land untap on Feast is the really good bit and recursion from Shadow is also likely to be useful.

The only equipment I run in my Sigarda enchantress deck is Skyblinder's Staff for a touch of extra evasion.

I think that equipment aren't really worth it for Sigarda. Auras and totem armours work better. Just my opinion though.

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I skipped equipment in Sigarda for 3 reasons - she has hexproof already so she didn't need protections/shroud/hexproof, she flies so I didn't think she needed more evasion, and most importantly I planned to lock down artifacts globally with the likes of Null Rod.

I was going to point this out as well. My Enchantress deck, with Teneb, the Harvester at the helm, runs Null Rod and Titania's Song to shut down artifacts. In fact, Null Rod is the only artifact in my build.

I agree with the rest of the posters; do one or the other and, since GW is awesome for Enchantress, go with that. Replenish (as mentioned), Open the Vaults, Second Sunrise, and Faith's Reward are good cards to rebuild after a board wipe.

I would recommend sticking with either Auras or Equipment. They play differently and there are different pro's and con's. Though one equipment I would think of including in an Aura build is Helm of the Gods.

Keep in mind pro white and pro green swords could knock off your GW Auras which could lead to some awkward draws.

I would stay with auras, they offer more creature destruction resilience these days than they did in the past with the totem armor mechanic - not to mention a swords package is expensive and currently overdone in edh. The things you can do with the enchantress builds... sigil of the empty throne + flickering ward and an enchantress etc. are way cooler than using the swords imo.

Enchantments are generally less meta'd against than artifacts as well.

My vote is for pure enchantments also, except for Helm of the Gods. Basically, enchantments are harder to answer, harder to steal, and can be much more explosive than equipment (swords are generally the best equipment, but they're more grindy than something like Ancestral Mask or Eldrazi Conscription where you start taking heads).

Historically, GW tends to favor enchantments more than equipment. The latter belongs more towards RW's realm.

If you want to be different, then I suggest equipment. It's also more interactive and versatile than stickers.

You should at least find a spot or FaF, the sword is exceptional in any voltron list and is a staple for these types for a reason. While the pro green can knock off your auras, I'm plenty sure you could still drop it on some random dork and get the triggers off it. It's plenty worth dropping one card.

Sigarda with Shield of the Oversoul basically can't die except for a very few cards. I don't think you need much else. Just stack up on enchantments and enchantresses and enchant lands and punish with Stony Silence and Null Rod and if you want to untap like Feast and Famine does you have Bear Umbra or Nature's Will to do that for you.

You nuts recommending just one artifact have no respect for theme! Blasphemers! Then again I'm not even running a Sol Ring because artifacts in an enchantress deck are for filthy non-obsessives, so what do I know?

Stony Silence is so powerful in EDH that I always skipped equipment in Sigarda just to run that. Titania's Song isn't bad either.