Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Deck Philosophy
WHY BRUNA?
I've wanted to build enchantment tribal for a while now, but haven't really found any commanders that speak to me. Then when I was looking through my binder I saw Bruna, Light of Alabaster. I've always liked commanders with big splashy abilities and I think Bruna fits my playstyle overall. I actually like limiting myself to 2 colors as it makes the deck easier to build and feel more unique. I also dont have an aura deck yet.
There are other commanders I might consider. One of the main ones being Zur the Enchanter although he can be a bit overpowered. I think i want to simply go azorious and intentionally gimp the deck a little by going sans , but if this list doesn't work, I'll consider that option since there are lots more powerful enchantments in black. If I went with Zur I'd be limiting myself to 3cmc or less for the most part and likely skipping some of my favorite auras like Celestial Mantle.
The density of viable enchantments for this deck is high enough I feel like I might actually be able to pull it off. Yes, Dockside Extortionist or Bane of Progress will be very happy about it.
DECK PHILOSOPHY
There are a ton of white and blue stax enchantments. Stax as a hard and fast deck in my playgroup would probably not be welcome and in the same vein as mass land destruction, but if I purposefully gimp the deck by ONLY running enchantments I think this will be allowable.
One thing Bruna does that I think often gets overlooked or ignored is that she encourages a certain kind of stax package given the fact that she circumvents mana costs in such a specific way and I want to explore that. Looting effects that pitch auras into the graveyard means I never have to pay their mana costs if I can use Bruna's ability.
Having a win con in the command zone for a stax deck seems powerful. I'd probably rather have non-aura recursion or draw, but again I think there should be enough cards to fill out the 99 for these effects and it's another way to self-limit the deck.
I want to build Bruna in such as way as to feel unique and bit different than every other Bruna deck I've seen. I want to run cards that synergize well and may not be used elsewhere that frequently. A good example of that is Lilting Refrain or Web of Inertia.
Instead of running a bunch of mana rocks, I want to try things like Energy Flux instead and not run ANY of my own artifacts. Fun, I know right? The same goes for conventional targeted removal and board wipes. I want to find ways to lean on enchantments to take care of issues.
HOW DOES THIS DECK WIN?
Basic gameplan is to stall the board with the stax pieces, while looting powerful auras into my graveyard, and then when I have the mana to cast Bruna, swing in for lethal.
OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:
There's a Back to Basics package here in that I am not running hardly any dual lands, excpet for only the best utility lands. We'll see if it works or not. Mainly this was a way to reduce the cost of the deck. I also suspect I might get a lot of hate for this card specifically since it's pretty close to things like Blood Moon and Winter Orb in power level.
Current Decklist
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