"Heliod , Sun Crowned: Mowed by the Sun God"

"Heliod , Sun Crowned: Mowed by the Sun God"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

One of the gods that I looked forward to cracking in my birthday box was Heliod , Sun Crowned because of a combo that could kill all of my opponents if done right.

It has to do with these two abilities that Heliod, Sun Crowned has:

1) Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.

2) 1W: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

And the third component is a Walking Ballista.

Now assuming that Heliod is already in play , you cast the Walking Ballista for 2 mana giving it a +1/+1 counter. And hopefully you have 2 mana to activate Heliod , Sun Crowned's ability of giving the Ballista lifelink and assuming that none of your opponents can kill the darn thing then you are all set.

Remove a +1/+1 counter and ping an opponent and since the Ballista has lifelink thanks to Heliod and you just gained 1 life from that 1 ping of damage , you can put another +1/+1 counter on it so you can ping all your opponents to death and you have a cushion of life points that no one can reach , especially if they are dead while you are gaining more life.

It occurred to me that you can also do this with a Triskellion but the Ballista is a much faster and cheaper option. It does feel good to mow down your opponents unopposed.