"Heliod's Pilgrim: Mono White Aura Fetch 2014"

"Let me get you that Eldrazi Conscription in EDH"

"Heliod's Pilgrim: Mono White Aura Fetch 2014"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

So what happens when you have an Aura Tutor effect in the common slot? Well a lot of shenanigans for Standard Pauper that's what! With M15 almost upon us I find myself looking at this 3 to cast white card that allows you to put an aura card from your library to your hand(you have to reveal it first though). Heliod's Pilgrim and boy has she been to a lot of places by now. Here is a decklist I came up with to take advantage of Heliod's Pilgirm.I am going to start with a Mono White Weenie deck for now and see where this leads. There are a lot of interesting Aura's coming out and Heliod's Pilgrim will be there to welcome them all in Standard Pauper.

22 X Plains

4 X Heliod's Pilgrim

4 X Hopeful Eidolon

4 X Nyxborn Shieldmate
2 X Observant Alseid
4 X Keening Apparition
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18 creatures

4 X Ethereal Armor
4 X Oppressive Rays
4 X Pacifism
4 X Celestial Flare
2 X Chosen by Heliod
2 X Armament of Nyx
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20 spells

Sideboard:
4 X Mortal Obstinancy
4 X Guildscorn ward
2 X Chosen by Heliod
2 X Armament of Nyx
3 X Last Breathe
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15 Spells

Now obviously the target would be a hard to find ethereal armor among your 60 card decks. Heliod's Pilgrim allows you to bypass all the hassle of finding the card , Simply cast her and she will find it for you. Finding an Ethereal armor creates two things. One is hope. Hope for you because you actually have a shot at winning. It also creates fear among your opponents because they already know that you have an Ethereal armor at hand and could attack at any turn. Well that is for the offensive side of things . while the card Heliod's Pilgrim can search for Aura cards one of its limitations is that it cannot search for a creature with bestow because it is merely an enchantment creature and not an aura at the time that you searched. It can however look for Defensive cards that can delay your opponents or outright control their creatures that there is no other way but victory for you.

Cards like Pacifism and Oppressive Will will be staples in this particular build since they could control opposing creatures while in the meantime up your aura/enchantment card count on the battlefield which makes any creature that has Ethereal armor on it much larger. If for some reason this creature is killed and the armor falls into the graveyard you could always fetch another one with Heliod's Pilgrim. I also included 2 Armament of Nyx here. Most of the creatures that I have here are enchantment creatures, so the armament could give them double strike. Imagine how that would look like on a 6/6 Double Striking  , Lifelinking Hopeful Eidolon. 12 lifegain per swing right? and if your opponents cannot block it anymore? Double damage and life gain. Armament of Nyx also serves another purpose , it was put here as a sort of potential temporal jail for non enchantment creatures.  I mean it could still block and attack. Only it would never deal damage because all of it would be prevented. A nice addition for offense and defense as well.

In case you find yourself facing an enemy that has a lot of mana hybrid creatures or multicolored ones you could also fetch up Guildscorn Ward. So that your biggest creature could just pass through. Guildscorn Ward is an aura that gives Multi-Colored protection. You may not always need it but heck it is in the sideboard just in case that you do.

So the plan is simple , build up the Aura/Enchantment count , find your Ethereal armor with Heliod's Pilgrim...then smash face. Control , Control and then Attack when they have no blockers left for you. Yup Heliod's Pilgrim  has gotten me to brew a pauper deck again , I can't wait to see this card in combination with other colors. More on that soon. In the mean time keep on brewing!