Commander Month: Ephara, God of the Polis

Welcome to Commander Month everyone! Every Monday this month, you'll get to see two EDH decks each week, one allied color god and one enemy colored god. Of course, building a deck with the gods of Theros is easy, you might say. Of course, we're not just using any cards we want, we'll be using only cards legal in Standard from Return to Ravnica through M15.

This week, I present to you a deck featuring Ephara, God of the Polis.

General x1 Ephara, God of the Polis Legendary Creatures (4) x1 Avacyn, Guardian Angel x1 Daxos of Meletis x1 Heliod, God of the Sun x1 Isperia, Supreme Judge Creatures (25) x1 Aegis Angel x1 Aetherling x1 Ajani's Pridemate x1 Archangel of Thune x1 Archetype of Courage x1 Archetype of Imagination x1 Artisan of Forms x1 Banisher Priest x1 Battlewise Hoplite x1 Chasm Skulker x1 Dauntless River Marshal x1 Dawnbringer Charioteers x1 Eidolon of Countless Battles x1 Fabled Hero x1 Fiendslayer Paladin x1 Hushwing Gryff x1 Imposing Sovereign x1 Nyx-Fleece Ram x1 Phalanx Leader x1 Seraph of the Sword x1 Sigiled Starfish x1 Soldier of the Pantheon x1 Soul of New Phyrexia x1 Soul of Ravnica x1 Stormtide Leviathan

Instants (12) x1 Aetherspouts x1 Azorius Charm x1 Battlewise Valor x1 Congregate x1 Cyclonic Rift x1 Dauntless Onslaught x1 Dissipate x1 Dissolve x1 Gods Willing x1 Polymorphist's Jest x1 Protect//Serve x1 Retraction Helix Sorceries (2) x1 Devout Invocation x1 Divination Enchantments (11) x1 Arrest x1 Banishing Light x1 Blessing x1 Dictate of Heliod x1 Dictate of Kruphix x1 Divine Favor x1 Ephara's Enlightenment x1 Gift of Immortality x1 Ordeal of Heliod x1 Ordeal of Thassa x1 Sunbond

Artifacts (8) x1 Azorius Keyrune x1 Chromatic Lantern x1 Elixir of Immortality x1 Godsend x1 Ring of Three Wishes x1 Spear of Heliod x1 Tablet of the Guilds x1 Trading Post Planeswalkers (4) x1 Ajani Steadfast x1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride x1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion x1 Jace, Architect of Thought Lands (33) x1 Azorius Guildgate x1 Hallowed Fountain x1 Mana Confluence x1 Mutavault x1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx x1 Rogue's Passage x1 Shimmering Grotto x1 Temple of Enlightenmet x1 Thespian's Stage x1 Transguild Promenade x1 Unknown Shores x11 Plains x11 Island

This was a difficult deck to build. I had so many cards I wanted to include. Of course, I limited this deck to focus on card draw and life gain, something those two colors do well.

Let's start with the card draw...

    

Chasm Skulker is an important card for the card draw as you get to boost it and even get creatures when it dies. Granted they have Island Walk, but that's why Stormtide Leviathan is included. Divination is a staple for card draw of course. Dictate of Kruphix is important for multiplayer games as it allows for everyone to draw two cards per turn which helps them while providing a needed boost for you.

In the lifegain department, we have powerful cards, of course.

    

Archangel of Thune has lifelink and boosts all your creatures. Daxos of Meletis gains you life and allows you to gain life and cast cards an opponent has. Additionally, Sunbond exists in this deck because with all the available life gain in this deck, you can easily boost a small creature, like perhaps Fabled Hero, and have a huge creature.

Everything in this deck revolves around life gain and drawing cards as well as boosting creatures. Boosting creatures is the easy part.

    

So that is pretty much the deck. Draw cards, boost creatures, gain life.


Be sure to come back next week for two more decks that you can play in a game of EDH or take to FNM and play in Standard.