HUMAN SOLDIER (DECK BREAK DOWN)

          As the theros set has been released and set in stone, it was time to make some fun new standard decks. The greatest thing about theros is that it’s based around the Greek mythology. So being both my favorite things in one, who could blame me or anyone else to be excited about it? I will give you my first new deck list and I will do a little breakdown as to why the card was put in there.

12x Plains

12x mountain

2x soldier of pantheon

2x Titan’s strength

2x spark jolt

3x Akroan crusader

1x Truefire Paladin

1x Akroan hoplite

2x Battle wise valor

2x Ill-tempered Cyclops

2x Setessen Battle Priest

1x lightning strike

2x magma jet

3x phalanx leader

2x solemn offering

1x dauntless onslaught

4x two-headed Cerberus

1x Anax and Cymede

2x Observant Alseid

1x Spear of Heliod

2x decorated griffin

2x Fortress Cyclops

          The whole idea behind the deck is to try and make it as close to a human soldier deck as possible. The human soldiers part of the deck all help out in some way or another, granted all the creatures in this deck aren’t human soldier but I can only make the deck with what I got. If I could, I would buy the cards I would really need for the deck, but I kind of like having the Cerberus and the Cyclops in the deck. It makes it seem like they’re the sidekick for the humans. Until then this is what I have to deal with.

          One of the things I love about theros is the ability triggers they have. Like for the human soldiers in the deck have heroic which is where the creature gets targeted by a spell, it will do its ability. Some of those abilities will help other creatures by giving them a +1/+1, or put out a token creature or two, and ETC.

Phalanx leader heroic ability is triggered by a spell you cast that targets phalanx leader, when that happens, other creatures you control gets a +1/+1. The great thing about this ability trigger is, you can use instants, enchantments, and sorcery’s on the creature and it will do the ability. The +1/+1 counter doesn’t go away until the game’s over, not till end of turn like most abilities. Instants like titan’s strength that gives target creature a +3/+1 counter till end of turn would trigger Phalanx Leader heroic ability and give other creatures a +1/+1.

Another creature with heroic ability is Akroan Crusader. This creature heroic ability is whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan crusader put a 1/1 red soldier creature token with haste onto the battle field. It does the same thing as phalanx leader only with tokens when you target Akroan crusader.

Cards like Setessen battle priest heroic ability lets you gain two lives when you target it with spells. It’s a great card to have if your life is in trouble and looking for a way to stay alive a little bit longer, or you just want to be ahead of the game and gain life early and give the other player that much more trouble trying to bring your life down to zero.

Remember this deck is still being tweaked out and I built this deck for fun, not competitive. What new triggers are your favorite from the new theros set?

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