Tiskelion goes in here too. Same exact thing that Walking Ballista does (remove a +1/+1 counter to do a damage) just more expensive and cannot add counters by itself. You can still get it with your Enlightened Tutor and Militia Bugler
Heliod really pushed mono-white weaknesses. The enormous income of +1/+1 counters help in a lot of ways. Need card draw? Try Mindless Automaton and Etched Oracle. Need mana ramp? Try Crystalline Crawler and Workhorse. And it's not only Walking Ballista, Heliod enables a lot of other combos. I'm really loving this card.
He's gonna be a white commander that IS also boring because all games are going to be race to your combo. Just what White needed. The new thassa should have been the new White god.
@@thewintersaint You're totally right: an onboard flicker commander let's white reuse its old ideas to win, instead of getting new ones. Seems very proper, and flicker is white's value option
@@RealBillDozer bitch i hope white start to break the color wheel like crazy. They got most of their good strats taken so it's time for White to take some stuff too.
Abzan Falconer and Abzan Battle Priest could both be really good in this deck. Falconer gives all your creatures that have +1/+1 counters Flying, while Battle Priest gives them Lifelink.
It's funny, because I've wanted to build a mono white deck for a minute, yet not go equipment-centric, and this looks like the deck for me! Thank you, brother!
Hello. Im new and dont even know howbto play but i pulled 2 mythics! In 7 packs! 1st was my FAVORITE! Calix Destiny's hand and the 2nd was actually my favorite HELIOD SUN CROWNED!
As a devoted white player I can see Heliod as being very strong, maybe even cEDH viable, however, I don't even have to play the deck to see just how unfun it is. Both to play against it and to play with it. Lifegain is far from the most exciting archetype, expecially in mono white, and combo with ballista will get old and boring rerally fast, especially since it's the main wincon of the deck. Word of advice to people trying to dip their toes in mono white with Heliod: it's equally important for your deck to be strong as it is for it to be fun to play. My recommendation? Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle. He's a mono white artifact combo commander with a lot of potential for non-linear gameplay. He has multiple ways to win the game, is fun to play and fun to brew. Take it from someone who played with most white legendaries out there, fun is crucial if you don't want to disassemble your deck after a couple of games.
there's alternative budget version of walking ballista, triskelion, it's a 6 cmc, that enters the battlefield with 3, +1/+1 counters, and it has remove a +1/+1 counter: triskelion deals 1 damage to any target. and it cost less than a dollar.
monoskelion for 2 , wich enters with a counter might also be very helpful. it cost 1 to acitivate the ability, wich shares with ballista or triskelion. might be a nice option in early mid game, when u dont get to cast ballista or triskelion because of mana lag.
I just love watching all of your presentation DJ - because you give them with such passion and power! I love it! Also really love - if not all, your deck techs - this one is BADASS!!
You're awesome! First time watching one of your videos. I rarely Like and/or/ Subscribe to stuff, admittedly. But you did such an awesome job, I was compelled to. Keep it up! I'll stay tuned..
Storm Herd goes well with a recently spoiled mono-white creature: Archon of Sun's Grace 2WW P/T = 3/4 Creature - Archon Flying, lifelink Pegasus creatures you control have lifelink. Constellation - Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, create a 2/2 white Pegasus creature token with flying.
Storm herd with Divine visitation on the battlefield. That would be awesome to see. 40+ 4/4 Angel's. I put D.V in my Alela deck so I can have beefier tokens instead of 2/1 faeries.
I think if you’re going with something that’s going to churn out so many 1/1s your best “ramp” outside of smothering tithe is Phyrexian Altar and Ashinod’s Altar. Toss those surplus 1/1s to the altars and get some mana for your follow up spells
What I really like in Heliod is indestructible and not representing any serious threat by himself - most other Commanders look much more dangerous and get killed. I don't believe he's Tier 1, but at least he's very fun to play and it really helps you to negotiate (just sell some +1/+1 tokens). I also think that you should wipe the board a lot, as this is what White is very good at, so you shouldn't have a lot of creatures (at least destructible creatures lol).
This is neat, unfortunately I always get bored with decks like this that are laser focused on getting one game winning combo(even with some depth on other fronts). I wouldn't say it's the best mono white Commander(in my opinion), and I wish it did something more interesting for mono white, but it's certainly still fairly strong.
You know, i builded him focusing on the lifegain instead of those endless combos, and found out that a soul sisters deck can be grossly fun to play. Little mana costs, a lot of creature hitting the battlefield that buffs each other while skyrocketing your life count. But I'm weak to Reservoir glamour, so he was my emergency nuke button.
GROOOOOOSSSS...... I'm definitely turning my God Eternal oketra into Heloid... literally has all the same cards but he makes everything better plus the ballista combo. And GG storm herds!!!
I still think Sram and Teshar are the best mono white commanders. Heliod is good, but I don’t think Heliod is as nuts as everyone says he is. Walking Ballista is insane.
sram is probably the fastest, teshar is more resiliant tho and can be built in multiple ways so i prefer teshar....heliod is something in between so we will have to see
I feel so smart for coming up with this on my own for my first deck. granted I did have a life gain white deck like 9 years ago I played for a summer, I came back to it because nostalgia but granted back then it was just because I could only afford a deck from the budget bin 😂😂😂
Did you consider Together Forever for grindier games? Its like a mini combo with Heliod and Ranger-Captain, outside of just being generally good with Heliod
To be fair, i think you will end up being the archenemy on the table as this commander wins with just one other card in your deck. Thats what ive experienced atleast with other commanders that wins with just one other card. But if you like being the archenemy, this seems really nice!
I disagree with that. if your getting super out politicked maybe but after the first few turns someone else will get ahead and its pretty simple to point the finger at them as being the biggest threat.
What do I want to see in Mono White? I would like to see a mana sink for tokens that doesn't cost 3 or 4 CMC I would like to see a card draw commander that works with whites theme I would like to see Archbishop Farrel
needs to be played where you can get the storm herd back, you can play it, attack with a herd of lifelinking pegasuses (with that new lord pegasus) and then recur the spell to make an even bigger herd to swing again. white needs some spell recursion just for that fun janky combo
What would I like to see in mono white this year? Angels for one thing. Not a single one since Core 20. I though Angels were whitney's iconic creature. Apparently they forgot
Mono-white has been my favorite since I started magic in the late 90s. I'm excited for this commander, but I'll probably still be playing Sram more as for me he's the most fun commander ever made.
Been thinking about this video. I actually like this deck and I may build it, but I don’t like the fact that there seems to be this opinion among some commander players that a decks isn’t “good” or “powerful” if it’s not a combo deck.
I really like what they did with this general. They need to keep doing this- making generals that synergize with what mono-white does well. God-eternal Oketra synergized with White's tendency for White Weenie. Heliod, Sun Crowned synergizes with White's tendency for lifegain. If Wizard's is serious about bringing White up to speed in EDH, they need to make generals and payoffs for what White does well. I think we're headed in the right direction.
Yes you can cause the costs for the extort costs are in brackets as an explanation of the effect. So it doesn't count towards the color identity of the card
Been a white player for the longest time, still needs ramp and card draw. (good addition tho to the white pool of cards) but still needs more support to be at par with mono black, green or blue.
You know what? I'm pretty sold. I have most of these pieces lying around. I might build this. Depends on if Heliods price drops. No way I'm paying $17 for one.
Hey I liked the intro that included you. Having you in your videos kinda makes them way cooler. Love the work as always. Keep it up and have a happy new year
Hey DJ. I knew you're probably very busy but I would really like to see a commander deck from you based around Uro, the new simic Elder Giant. I would really like to build a deck around him, but most of the chatter is about him in the 99. I bet if anyone has any cool ideas for him, it's you.
so he is not going to play good ramp like Basalt Monolith, mana crypt,mana vault,sol ring,Chrome Mox,Everflowing Chalice.smothering tithe, Mind Stone, Mox Diamond, Grim Monolith but he is going to play generator??
@@dbptwg they still make counterspells and legendary creatures that make your counterspells easy to find and cast. Also they make removals, sacrifice effects and all kind of stuff, so taxes are just fine. Is merely another form of control.
It's a fair argument from a game design space. But as a multiplayer, often more social format, taxs tend to be called out as too unfun by groups. Commander/EDH needs to have the group appreciation angle considered.
Ok but we ain't talking about Stasis or something as harsh as that. But still, people joke around saying that White has no personality and taxes, damage prevention, damage redirection, protective/defensive effects, effective removals, board whipes and effective combat abilities are its main signature features. As its effective creatures are mostly little dudes - and that can't change too much because it would enter Green's domains -, it needs greatly to be enhanced in other ways that "play White". It isn't reasonable, for example, to want White ramping as Green or drawing as Blue.
I love mono-white and play Oketra... i feel like this seems optimistic... one board wipe and poof ... you are top decking. Card draw being so contingent on other combos is tough... but better than Oketra i guess.
It may look pretty awesome as a mono white commander but Heliod lore wise is such a tool I could never have him as one of my commanders. It’s actually fitting that he would be some gross combo style commander hahah
T1: ancient den to Sol ring to walking ballista X=1 T2: plains and mox opal, play heliod, give walking ballista lifelink, swing, put the counter on the ballista, BRAAAAAP!!! Two turn victory!
@@spencersonnier1 it's not even that wild of a scenario you could replace the chrome mox with any free rock that makes colored mana and your set, I'm sure if you honed the deck enough this happening by t4 wouldn't be extraordinary
This deck needs maximum hate/protection since it’s such a telegraphed combo. For that reason I would definitely add Grand Abolisher, Defense Grid, and probably Ethersworn Canonist.
I may be missing something but why is nobody talking about how Heliod combos with Triskelion also. Yes it costs 6 mana, no it’s not as efficient or perfect but it works exactly the same going infinite. Why not add it just for the sake of having a 2º copy of a Bootleg Balista in case it gets exiled or something? Plus, it costs like 25 $ less
It's a good card for white, but not something so busted to really move white up the ranks. Sure, the Walking Ballista combo is lethal, but it seems to me that it's to much of a one-trick pony: a combo based on a single creature is quite easy to disrupt, especially if the table sees it coming from a mile ahead. I would have probably preferred something that helps white to deal with its lack of ramp or card draw without necessarily breaking the color pie.
Tiskelion goes in here too. Same exact thing that Walking Ballista does (remove a +1/+1 counter to do a damage) just more expensive and cannot add counters by itself. You can still get it with your Enlightened Tutor and Militia Bugler
shhhhhh.... Don't tell everyone.... It is still stupid cheap and I plan on surprising my play group! :P
Tiskelion is on the full list, he just doesnt mention it
I'm glad it is said. No one I talked to about it so far even remembers triskelion.
@@nathanmonette4820 Good point, I totally missed that. Thanks for clearing that up.
Apparently the only way wizards can make a decent white commander is by making it combo with one of the most degenerate artifacts in years
yup
And Mikeius is still a better commander for this combo as you don't even need any mana for Walking Balista.
@@Izelor walking ballista mikeaus need a sac outlet (mikeaus give it +1/+1)
@@ykl1277 Right, I mistook it for Triskelion.
At least they might ban Ballista now.
Heliod really pushed mono-white weaknesses. The enormous income of +1/+1 counters help in a lot of ways.
Need card draw? Try Mindless Automaton and Etched Oracle.
Need mana ramp? Try Crystalline Crawler and Workhorse.
And it's not only Walking Ballista, Heliod enables a lot of other combos. I'm really loving this card.
0:13 That mini vogue was too adorable. This is a DJ I wanna see more of
"The best mono white commander in years has one wincon and all the drawbacks of white".
Seems legit.
He's gonna be a white commander that IS also boring because all games are going to be race to your combo. Just what White needed. The new thassa should have been the new White god.
@@thewintersaint You're totally right: an onboard flicker commander let's white reuse its old ideas to win, instead of getting new ones. Seems very proper, and flicker is white's value option
And if it had any other win con, y'all would be bitching and complaining about WoTC is breaking the "color wheel"...
@@RealBillDozer bitch i hope white start to break the color wheel like crazy. They got most of their good strats taken so it's time for White to take some stuff too.
Abzan Falconer and Abzan Battle Priest could both be really good in this deck. Falconer gives all your creatures that have +1/+1 counters Flying, while Battle Priest gives them Lifelink.
i realize I'm kind of off topic but does anybody know a good website to stream new movies online?
@Achilles James meh I watch on Flixportal. You can find it if you google :D -holden
@Holden Milo Thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it !
@Achilles James Happy to help :)
It's funny, because I've wanted to build a mono white deck for a minute, yet not go equipment-centric, and this looks like the deck for me! Thank you, brother!
Hello. Im new and dont even know howbto play but i pulled 2 mythics! In 7 packs! 1st was my FAVORITE! Calix Destiny's hand and the 2nd was actually my favorite HELIOD SUN CROWNED!
I always portayed DJ as this smiling happy guy, but damn Heliod seems to hit a sweet spot cause he looks even more happy during this video xD
As a devoted white player I can see Heliod as being very strong, maybe even cEDH viable, however, I don't even have to play the deck to see just how unfun it is. Both to play against it and to play with it. Lifegain is far from the most exciting archetype, expecially in mono white, and combo with ballista will get old and boring rerally fast, especially since it's the main wincon of the deck. Word of advice to people trying to dip their toes in mono white with Heliod: it's equally important for your deck to be strong as it is for it to be fun to play. My recommendation? Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle. He's a mono white artifact combo commander with a lot of potential for non-linear gameplay. He has multiple ways to win the game, is fun to play and fun to brew. Take it from someone who played with most white legendaries out there, fun is crucial if you don't want to disassemble your deck after a couple of games.
there's alternative budget version of walking ballista, triskelion, it's a 6 cmc, that enters the battlefield with 3, +1/+1 counters,
and it has remove a +1/+1 counter: triskelion deals 1 damage to any target.
and it cost less than a dollar.
monoskelion for 2 , wich enters with a counter might also be very helpful. it cost 1 to acitivate the ability, wich shares with ballista or triskelion. might be a nice option in early mid game, when u dont get to cast ballista or triskelion because of mana lag.
Hello DJ... love u content!!! Thanks for showing me the edh with ur budget Ruric Thar deck-tech. ❤️🖤💥
Also worth noting: heliod can put counters on itself, even when it's not a creature.
I am worried that they’ve turned the heat off where DJ lives…
man's never hot
I just love watching all of your presentation DJ - because you give them with such passion and power! I love it!
Also really love - if not all, your deck techs - this one is BADASS!!
You're awesome! First time watching one of your videos. I rarely Like and/or/ Subscribe to stuff, admittedly. But you did such an awesome job, I was compelled to. Keep it up! I'll stay tuned..
Linden, The Steadfast Queen is gross with Heliod
Finally your channel got recommended on my list. Been hoping it would pop up.
Storm Herd goes well with a recently spoiled mono-white creature:
Archon of Sun's Grace
2WW
P/T = 3/4
Creature - Archon
Flying, lifelink
Pegasus creatures you control have lifelink.
Constellation - Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, create a 2/2 white Pegasus creature token with flying.
If you have easy access to flying, dowsing dagger is good for the same reason has legions landing(inwhite). 3 mana ramp.
Storm herd with Divine visitation on the battlefield. That would be awesome to see. 40+ 4/4 Angel's. I put D.V in my Alela deck so I can have beefier tokens instead of 2/1 faeries.
Love the Legion's Landing tech! Will definitely probably include it in my mono-white deck when I actually build one XD
I think if you’re going with something that’s going to churn out so many 1/1s your best “ramp” outside of smothering tithe is Phyrexian Altar and Ashinod’s Altar. Toss those surplus 1/1s to the altars and get some mana for your follow up spells
What I really like in Heliod is indestructible and not representing any serious threat by himself - most other Commanders look much more dangerous and get killed. I don't believe he's Tier 1, but at least he's very fun to play and it really helps you to negotiate (just sell some +1/+1 tokens). I also think that you should wipe the board a lot, as this is what White is very good at, so you shouldn't have a lot of creatures (at least destructible creatures lol).
DJ, that red jacket really brings out your eyes. Never noticed they were so blue
I love Storm Herd with Divine Visitation on the battlefield!! Great vid I'm really excited to add Heliod to my EDH
Haha, I said the same thing before I looked through the comments and seen yours. It'll be awesome to pull this off.
i like your video of this Mono white commander deck and a huge fan of yours Jumbo Commander
Lots of fun cards and ideas for my Elenda deck, looks like a supper fun mono build
As someone dedicated to pushing monowhite commanders even when they aren't good, I really felt vindicated by your inclusion of storm herd. Thank you.
Mono white is my favorite to play
This is neat, unfortunately I always get bored with decks like this that are laser focused on getting one game winning combo(even with some depth on other fronts).
I wouldn't say it's the best mono white Commander(in my opinion), and I wish it did something more interesting for mono white, but it's certainly still fairly strong.
You know, i builded him focusing on the lifegain instead of those endless combos, and found out that a soul sisters deck can be grossly fun to play.
Little mana costs, a lot of creature hitting the battlefield that buffs each other while skyrocketing your life count. But I'm weak to Reservoir glamour, so he was my emergency nuke button.
GROOOOOOSSSS...... I'm definitely turning my God Eternal oketra into Heloid... literally has all the same cards but he makes everything better plus the ballista combo. And GG storm herds!!!
I still think Sram and Teshar are the best mono white commanders. Heliod is good, but I don’t think Heliod is as nuts as everyone says he is. Walking Ballista is insane.
sram is probably the fastest, teshar is more resiliant tho and can be built in multiple ways so i prefer teshar....heliod is something in between so we will have to see
im quite happy with my Odric the Lunarch Marshal
I feel so smart for coming up with this on my own for my first deck. granted I did have a life gain white deck like 9 years ago I played for a summer, I came back to it because nostalgia but granted back then it was just because I could only afford a deck from the budget bin 😂😂😂
Did you consider Together Forever for grindier games? Its like a mini combo with Heliod and Ranger-Captain, outside of just being generally good with Heliod
I was thinking about something similar with Test of Endurance/Feldar Sovereign/Approach as back up wincons with all the lifegain and for extra salt.
I would also consider Diamond Mare and Recruiter of the Guard, also Brave the Elements could come handy for protecting Ballista.
To be fair, i think you will end up being the archenemy on the table as this commander wins with just one other card in your deck. Thats what ive experienced atleast with other commanders that wins with just one other card. But if you like being the archenemy, this seems really nice!
I disagree with that. if your getting super out politicked maybe but after the first few turns someone else will get ahead and its pretty simple to point the finger at them as being the biggest threat.
What do I want to see in Mono White?
I would like to see a mana sink for tokens that doesn't cost 3 or 4 CMC
I would like to see a card draw commander that works with whites theme
I would like to see Archbishop Farrel
9:03 “... OFF IN THIS OOH WATCH ME CRANK IT WATCH ME ROOOOLL!”
needs to be played where you can get the storm herd back, you can play it, attack with a herd of lifelinking pegasuses (with that new lord pegasus) and then recur the spell to make an even bigger herd to swing again. white needs some spell recursion just for that fun janky combo
DJ you should really start a podcast, in adition to being on The Command Zone.
DJ you know the way to my heart with that storm herd lol xD
Do you think this deck would work without the combo elements? Its cool but we don't combo in my playgroup.
What would I like to see in mono white this year? Angels for one thing. Not a single one since Core 20. I though Angels were whitney's iconic creature. Apparently they forgot
thanks for the basic white commander set up! :)
Sram and Teshar would like a word
What happens when walking ballista gets banned?
My next edh deck! Awesome card and finally a decent mono white commander.
sram and teshar, even old heliod but not that strong...and lin sivi oh well
wouldnt you just gain 1 counter off the lifegain not 2 because the life link damage would be one trigger?
Mono-white has been my favorite since I started magic in the late 90s. I'm excited for this commander, but I'll probably still be playing Sram more as for me he's the most fun commander ever made.
Oketra is a blast too... but card draw is no bueno :(
Literally sleeved up a brand new GE Oketra deck the same week as Heliod was spoiled. :( Oh well, back to the drawing board...
OKetra is still epic... and heaps of those cards can be used in either deck.
Been thinking about this video. I actually like this deck and I may build it, but I don’t like the fact that there seems to be this opinion among some commander players that a decks isn’t “good” or “powerful” if it’s not a combo deck.
Im building this or Karlov, they synergize well (and black can tutor for the combo pieces better)
If you were to make a 60 card deck out of this what cards would you use?
I really like what they did with this general. They need to keep doing this- making generals that synergize with what mono-white does well.
God-eternal Oketra synergized with White's tendency for White Weenie.
Heliod, Sun Crowned synergizes with White's tendency for lifegain.
If Wizard's is serious about bringing White up to speed in EDH, they need to make generals and payoffs for what White does well. I think we're headed in the right direction.
Double strikers love him too, give them lifelink before the damage and they'll gain 2 counters every combat and tons of life.
So... you should definitely make budget commander deck techs because I literally can't afford half of this deck. Thanks!
The new Tibalt just became an auto included in my red decks now.
ConsistEncy* Good tech!
As soon as heliod got spoiled I knew that this was coming
What's with the jacket indoors
Where's Linden?
Can you play Extort in this deck since it has W/B hybrid mana?
Yes you can cause the costs for the extort costs are in brackets as an explanation of the effect. So it doesn't count towards the color identity of the card
don't forget wayfarer's bobble :)
Animation module is a decent card to mention as well. Especially when you run like 5 Soul sister effects.
Been a white player for the longest time, still needs ramp and card draw. (good addition tho to the white pool of cards) but still needs more support to be at par with mono black, green or blue.
I went to a prerelease today and got alternate art heliod
you like simply adorable during that first few seconds.
You know what? I'm pretty sold. I have most of these pieces lying around. I might build this. Depends on if Heliods price drops. No way I'm paying $17 for one.
No artifact mana ramp?
Hey I liked the intro that included you. Having you in your videos kinda makes them way cooler. Love the work as always. Keep it up and have a happy new year
I was hoping for a more stax style card for monowhite or a color shifted Rhystic Study
This deck is nasty in the best of ways!
Best White commander? What about Sram from kaladesh?
DJ has a great voice!
Keep up the Awesome!!!
can you do more episodes of the command zone?
Why not throw in a pearl medallian for some mono white ramp?
Hey DJ. I knew you're probably very busy but I would really like to see a commander deck from you based around Uro, the new simic Elder Giant. I would really like to build a deck around him, but most of the chatter is about him in the 99. I bet if anyone has any cool ideas for him, it's you.
MTG goldfish did a commander spotlight, might be worth a look
When I saw Heliod, I started brewing up a deck. It was pretty similar to this, so I feel like I might not be total trash at deck building lol
Definitely should add Terrain Generator to this deck, since you do run weathered wayfare and land tax, since, you know.
No ramp in mono white
so he is not going to play good ramp like Basalt Monolith, mana crypt,mana vault,sol ring,Chrome Mox,Everflowing Chalice.smothering tithe, Mind Stone, Mox Diamond, Grim Monolith but he is going to play generator??
Cool deck! Mono-white doesn't get a lot of love in most formats.
When are we getting a deck list?
Really quick, isnt recruiter of the guard better than ranger of eos
Well well... Now I know where my stack of long forgotten white edh cards can go to
mono white:
more taxes. More creative taxes. That is how wotc can give white the nudge it needs without breaking the pie.
@@dbptwg they still make counterspells and legendary creatures that make your counterspells easy to find and cast. Also they make removals, sacrifice effects and all kind of stuff, so taxes are just fine. Is merely another form of control.
It's a fair argument from a game design space. But as a multiplayer, often more social format, taxs tend to be called out as too unfun by groups. Commander/EDH needs to have the group appreciation angle considered.
Ok but we ain't talking about Stasis or something as harsh as that. But still, people joke around saying that White has no personality and taxes, damage prevention, damage redirection, protective/defensive effects, effective removals, board whipes and effective combat abilities are its main signature features. As its effective creatures are mostly little dudes - and that can't change too much because it would enter Green's domains -, it needs greatly to be enhanced in other ways that "play White". It isn't reasonable, for example, to want White ramping as Green or drawing as Blue.
@@PetrusCaex Exactly
More smothering tithe, land tax, ghostly prison
recruiter of the guard should also be mentioned
Just pulled him (showcase) at my first Prerelease and had to see what I got lol
I love mono-white and play Oketra... i feel like this seems optimistic... one board wipe and poof ... you are top decking. Card draw being so contingent on other combos is tough... but better than Oketra i guess.
No Crystalline Crawler? Seems really good to solve that mana problem if you can gain life from a few sources regularly.
It may look pretty awesome as a mono white commander but Heliod lore wise is such a tool I could never have him as one of my commanders. It’s actually fitting that he would be some gross combo style commander hahah
Triskelion?
T1: ancient den to Sol ring to walking ballista X=1
T2: plains and mox opal, play heliod, give walking ballista lifelink, swing, put the counter on the ballista, BRAAAAAP!!! Two turn victory!
I love it.
It’s 100% Magical Christmas land god hand status, but I love it
@@spencersonnier1 it's not even that wild of a scenario you could replace the chrome mox with any free rock that makes colored mana and your set, I'm sure if you honed the deck enough this happening by t4 wouldn't be extraordinary
pro tip
Enlighten Tutor can grab your combo pieces
but I personally am more interested with Soul Sisters fattening up the weenies with Heliod
This deck needs maximum hate/protection since it’s such a telegraphed combo. For that reason I would definitely add Grand Abolisher, Defense Grid, and probably Ethersworn Canonist.
i think i'll be swapping storm herd out for ajani's welcome.
Pretty good mono-white commander, better fetch for Zur :D
Triskelion is a combo piece too!!!
A fraction of the price of walking ballista
I may be missing something but why is nobody talking about how Heliod combos with Triskelion also. Yes it costs 6 mana, no it’s not as efficient or perfect but it works exactly the same going infinite. Why not add it just for the sake of having a 2º copy of a Bootleg Balista in case it gets exiled or something? Plus, it costs like 25 $ less
It's a good card for white, but not something so busted to really move white up the ranks. Sure, the Walking Ballista combo is lethal, but it seems to me that it's to much of a one-trick pony: a combo based on a single creature is quite easy to disrupt, especially if the table sees it coming from a mile ahead.
I would have probably preferred something that helps white to deal with its lack of ramp or card draw without necessarily breaking the color pie.