How Would You Build It? Episode 1

In this installment of How Would You Build It? we're looking at a Born of the Gods & Theros sealed pool involving 3 of each packs.

The pool (in .dec format) can be found here.

For those interested in a text list of the cards, they can be found here:

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1 Aerie Worshippers 
1 Akroan Conscriptor 
2 Akroan Hoplite 
1 Annul 
1 Anvilwrought Raptor 
1 Ashen Rider 
1 Asphyxiate 
1 Battlewise Valor 
1 Borderland Minotaur 
1 Boulderfall 
1 Cavalry Pegasus 
1 Chosen by Heliod 
1 Cyclops of One-Eyed Pass 
1 Deepwater Hypnotist 
1 Defend the Hearth 
1 Divine Verdict 
1 Ephara, God of the Polis 
1 Excoriate 
1 Fated Infatuation 
1 Feral Invocation 
1 Flamespeaker Adept 
1 Fleetfeather Sandals 
1 Flitterstep Eidolon 
1 Floodtide Serpent 
3 Forsaken Drifters 
1 Glimpse the Sun God 
1 God-Favored General 
1 Great Hart 
1 Grisly Transformation 
1 Guardians of Meletis 
1 Heliod, God of the Sun 
1 Hold at Bay 
1 Karametra's Acolyte 
1 Karametra's Favor 
1 Last Breath 
1 Leafcrown Dryad 
1 Marshmist Titan 
1 Meletis Astronomer 
1 Mindreaver 
1 Necrobite 
1 Nessian Asp 
1 Nessian Courser 
2 Nimbus Naiad 
1 Nylea's Disciple 
1 Nyxborn Eidolon 
1 Nyxborn Rollicker 
1 Nyxborn Shieldmate 
1 Odunos River Trawler 
1 Pharagax Giant 
1 Pharika's Mender 
1 Prescient Chimera 
1 Purphoros's Emissary 
1 Pyxis of Pandemonium 
1 Rage of Purphoros 
2 Reckless Reveler 
1 Returned Centaur 
1 Sanguimancy 
1 Scholar of Athreos 
1 Scourgemark 
2 Scouring Sands 
1 Sealock Monster 
1 Servant of Tymaret 
1 Setessan Oathsworn 
1 Setessan Starbreaker 
1 Spearpoint Oread 
1 Sphinx's Disciple 
2 Stratus Walk 
1 Sudden Storm 
1 Sunbond 
1 Titan's Strength 
1 Triton Shorethief 
1 Unknown Shores 
1 Voyage's End 
1 Wavecrash Triton 
1 Weight of the Underworld 
1 Wingsteed Rider 
1 Witches' Eye

(Michifus) Based on this pool, my immediate gut reaction was to go with Azorius. With a good number of flyers, two of the Inspired token makers, Voyage's End, Glimpse the Sun God, two gods, and some removal and tapdown, it seems like a slam dunk. My devotion for Heliod is a bit on the low side to hit consistently, but giving all of my flyers Vigilance AND having a source to dump mana into to get guys is a pretty sweet deal. That said, this is the build I came up with:

Michifus's Deck

1 Glimpse the Sun God
1 Nyxborn Shieldmate
1 Witches' Eye
1 Calvary Pegasus
1 Chosen by Heliod
1 Deepwater Hypnotist
1 Flitterstep Eidolon
1 God-Favored General
1 Last Breath
1 Stratus Walk
1 Voyage's End
1 Fated Intuition
2 Nimbus Naiad
1 Wavecrash Triton
1 Wingsteed Rider
1 Aerie Worshippers
1 Divine Verdict
1 Ephara, God of the Polis
1 Heliod, God of the Sun
1 Sudden Storm
1 Prescient Chimera
1 Sealock Monster
1 Sphinx's Disciple
8 Island
7 Plains
1 Unknown Shores

The curve on this thing is a little wonky, but after goldfishing a few hands, it definitely seems to get going and never looks back.

Witches' Eye was a strange inclusion, but with Heliod not playing nicely with the four Inspired Creatures, it was a backup to tapping down the creature(s) I needed when and if I needed them.

With Ephara and Heliod, as well as consistent Scry and draw action, I should be able to dig through a pretty good chunk of my deck. Having several sources of producing tokens with extra mana is also a really tough threat to deal with, especially with Heliod being Indestructible.

Once the board state is stalled and I can gain presence, Glimpse the Sun God is more than likely going to be Sea God's Revenge 2.0 preceding an alpha strike for the game.

(Michifus) Podcast Episode 1: Born of the Gods Set Review: Rares and Mythics

Episode can be streamed or downloaded below:


In Episode 1, Willis, Pieter, Penn, and Kyle discuss the rares and mythic rares from the upcoming Born of the Gods set coming out in February.

I am looking into hosting options or publishing to iTunes, so bear with me until that is worked out.