Casual EDH: Beauties and the Beast
This is, in my mind, what a casual EDH deck should look like; heavy on theme, low on mass-destruction, still capable of pulling out the occasional win.
In this case the theme is Beauty and the Beast, where Uril is the Mythic, Legendary Beast, and he’s backed by 26 beauties, all creatures depicted as women in the artwork. This restriction prevents other cards, probably more powerful in this deck, from being played (such as Thrun, Troll Asthetic, and Stonehewer Giant), while making it infinitely more interesting to play against.
The deck runs a metric tonne of enchantments. It’s kinda like the anti-Zur deck; where Zur wants to lock the board down, Uril just wants to smash face or have fun trying.
The heavy token theme (Captain of the Watch, Hero of Bladehold, Kazandu Tuskcaller, Mobilisation) allows for some internal synergies for card drawing and damage dealing with Goblin Bombardment and Fecundity, while providing bodies for the fairly broken equipment provided.
Here’s the decklist.
// General (The Beast)
1 Uril, the Miststalker
// 29 Creatures (The Beauties)
1 Mother of Runes
1 Argothian Enchantress
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Silhana Ledgewalker
1 Elvish Visionary
1 Sylvan Ranger
1 Kazandu Tuskcaller
1 Saffi Eriksdotter
1 Kor Spiritdancer
1 Mesa Enchantress
1 Yavimaya Enchantress
1 Elvish Champion
1 Auramancer
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
1 Imperious Perfect
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Verduran Enchantress
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Nullmage Shepherd
1 Umbra Mystic
1 Eternal Witness
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Captain of the Watch
// 25 Enchantments
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Sterling Grove
1 Glory of Warfare
1 Aura Shards
1 Fecundity
1 Glare of Subdual
1 Flickerform
1 Shield of the Oversoul
1 Bear Umbra
1 Greater Auramancy
1 Greater Good
1 Pollenbright Wings
1 Doubling Season
1 Mirari’s Wake
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Sigil of the New Dawn
1 Gaea’s Anthem
1 Mobilization
1 Pyrohemia
1 Snake Umbra
1 Wheel of Sun and Moon
1 Beastmaster Ascension
1 Armadillo Cloak
1 Enchantress’s Presence
1 Privileged Position
// 5 Artifacts
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Whispersilk Cloak
// 2 Spells
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
// 2 Planeswalkers
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Elspeth Tirel
// 36 Lands
1 Gaea’s Cradle
1 Taiga
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Savannah
1 Plateau
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Windswept Heath
1 Arid Mesa
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Treetop Village
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Raging Ravine
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Strip Mine
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Contested War Zone
1 Reflecting Pool
6 Forest
4 Plains
4 Mountain