PRIMER | Heliod, Radiant Dawn

Commander / EDH* Control Flash Group Hug WU (Azorius)

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Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 12x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 9x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abduction
• 1x Conclave Tribunal
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Eaten by Piranhas
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Cut a Deal
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Skyscribing
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x White Sun's Twilight
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

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Instant (13)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Emergency Powers
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x March of Otherworldly Light
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vision Skeins
• 1x Wheel and Deal

Creature (11)

• 1x Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

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Introduction

Power level: 6ish

Heliod is compleat, and he is very, very awesome

This deck plays a control game, which primarily involves the same line in the first few turns:

T1: Land, T2: Rock, T3: Heliod, T4, Flip. This is, of course, the ideal line but oftentimes you want to wait until the midgame to flip Heliod, as he gets a pretty big target on his back one people realize what you're doing, and a 6,8,10 tax cmc is rough, especially in the two colors with the worst ramp in the game.

This deck has the legs to survive the early/mid game though - it has a lot of Propaganda effects, and a TON of sweepers to keep the field clear.

This deck plays a control, group hug, and tempo game all at once. It's weird but lethal at the same time. Enjoy the rest of the primer!

You should play this deck because...

• It's consistent (tutors, card draw, ample ramp)

• It's easy to Snowball

• It has lots of sweepers/interaction

• It's fairly easy to pilot

• It plays passably without Heliod

• It has teeth even with little mana open

• It has tons of gas

• It's pretty resilient, as it can has ways to deal with most threats in the format

• It's very tricky to deal with once it gets going

Don't play this deck because...

• It's noticeably weaker without a flipped Heliod

• It struggles with ramp in the early game

• It's artifact/enchantment heavy so it gets hosed by Bane of Progress and other static sweepers

• It's somewhat annoying to play against

• It usually wants to play reactively

• It draws out the game

Card Breakdown

• Draw:

Cut a Deal

Echo of Eons

Fascination

Prosperity

Secret Rendezvous

Skyscribing

Windfall

Howling Mine

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Emergency Powers

Vision Skeins

Wheel and Deal

Jace's Archivist

Faerie Mastermind

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Consecrated Sphinx

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• Removal

Day of Judgment

Doomskar

Wrath of God

Abduction

Conclave Tribunal

Control Magic

Corrupted Conscience

Cyclonic Rift

Generous Gift

March of Otherworldly Light

Path to Exile

Render Silent

Settle the Wreckage

Currently looking for cuttables to add more counterspells

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• Ramp

Arcane Signet

Ancient Tomb

Azorius Signet

Jeweled Lotus

Mana Vault

Mind Stone

Sapphire Medallion

Sol Ring

Thought Vessel

Fellwar Stone

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• Finishers

Pretty much any wheel

White Sun's Twilight

Time Stretch

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Emrakul, the Promised End

Consecrated Sphinx

Laboratory Maniac

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Important Cards/Tech

• Faerie Mastermind

• Always play on the end of your opponents turn

• Playing extra turn spells at the end of opps turn is devastating

• Teferi's Puzzle Box

• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger/Emrakul, the Promised End post wheel

• White Sun's Twilight on opps end step

• Not playing into opps fresh hand after a wheel is important!

Enjoy the deck! Leave suggestions below. Thanks for reading :)

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 3 months ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Phyrexian Mite 1/1 C
Folders	Cool Ideas