The ramp package is legit. 271 Favourites. Bruna has vigilance, so you will always have her ready to block if anyone decides to come at you. Meet Bruna, Light of Alabaster Jared didn't meet Bruna right away. Giving Bruna, Light of Alabaster shroud won't interfere with her ability. In any normal meta, one might easily include Corrupted Conscience on this list. Flying, vigilance Whenever Bruna, Light of Alabaster attacks or blocks, you may attach to it any number of Auras on the battlefield and you may put onto the battlefield attached to it any number of Aura cards that could enchant it from your graveyard and/or hand. That's a fine approach, but in terms of the highest levels of Commander play, it isn't actually "competitive". With Cataclysm, you'll keep your Bruna and your Diplomatic Immunity and on your next turn when you swing you'll get back every aura that you had to sacrifice! As you pare down a list like this, you'll want to keep the key auras that make Bruna so dangerous. Format: Commander Deck Date: Dec 2, 2020 Archetype: Bruna, Light of Alabaster… Sigarda, Host of Herons. Upon completing this column I took a moment to go back through the past few years worth of our Commander League's monthly totals. Ten Great New Arts from Commander Legends, Clean Sweep: A Magic the Gathering Puzzle. I would never suggest that anyone bling out a deck until they know for sure that they enjoy playing it. The best way to introduce you to Jared is by way of a few anecdotes. Commander is the format of infinite combos and ridiculously powerful interactions. We both ran Eldrazi Conscription, an aura that gives the enchanted creature +10/+10 and Annihilator 2. 800. He didn't even jokingly suggest that I should have passed turn because of our "deal". No, for several reasons. Kill them first and they should have a pretty hard time forcing you to sacrifice anything, as they'll be out of the game. In a format where nearly every good deck runs some sort of combo and many decks are specifically designed to win by going infinite, it's hard to not look at Bruna as being a powerful, but ultimately a fair deck. I'm pretty sure if Josh was regularly facing a player like Jared and a deck like Bruna, he'd have a very different opinion about the viability of commander damage. SP/NM - $0.79. Greater Auramancy will prevent someone from throwing a wrench into your plans by exiling any of your auras. While you might think the third most important aura would be one that makes her unblockable, like Aqueous Form (not in Jared's list) or Steel of the Godhead (which IS in his list), you'd be wrong. I love this deck and I have a lot of respect for it. Auras only target as spells. If you don't know how their specific decks run, you should at least know what to look for in the colors that are at the table. Running every possible fetch land is a great way to smooth out your mana and thin out your deck, but if you don't already own them and you aren't in a position to buy them, they can also go. In a semi-competitive meta it should feel right at home and in a casual meta it will probably dominate if you spend the time to learn the deck and learn how to play it well. It's where your interests connect you with your people. On a recent Saturday before our Commander League games started I sat down with Jared to talk with him about his deck. The term "competitive" doesn't mean what you might think it means. The deck is fast, fun, and consistent, but best of all UNDER $50!! That must help, but I still find his approach to the game inspiring. angel magicthegathering preggers preggo preggy pregnancy pregnant pregnantbelly pregnancyfetish pregnantpregnancy mtgmagicthegathering pregnantexpansion pregnantfetish preggobelly preggofetish. You don't need to run several dozen auras and only running what you need leaves room for more counterspells, boardwipes and other key pieces that make up a strong, resilient deck. I've played against Jared for several years both in our league games and in the occasional casual game as well. Thanks for reading and I'll see you next week! I walk through my build of this glorious angel. It was slow and clunky, had an average converted mana cost (CMC) around 6 and wasn't particularly competitive. Sure, he wanted to win the game, and he could have countered Narset and not even given me a chance to swing her. It might seem strange, but a huge graveyard full of janky auras might actually be more likely to attract a Tormod's Crypt or Nihil Spellbomb than just a few cards even if those cards are key parts of your strategy. You need to play politics and order your targets carefully. He is constantly thinking about what your commander does, what colors you are in, and how to best assess the various threats at the table. A pared down Bruna list, or a cheaper list with more auras can still be a lot of fun, and can still win games. That means you can steal any auras you want to steal and you get to cheat the casting costs for each and every aura in your hand and in your graveyard. This list should be able to hold its own against some "cEDH" decks but it won't dominate a truly competitive meta. Having the ability to kill opponents out of nowhere is also a big factor. Commander VS is back! I had no choice - I had promised I wouldn't go after him and my only other opponent was one I couldn't even do damage to. "MYSELF! This site © 2020 TappedOut.net, LLC Average Type Distribution. Being killed first means that you were the biggest threat at the table, and that's definitely a compliment. If you play carefully and use just the right auras you can clear tables pretty easily. There was no whining about having to play archenemy. Her ability is extremely powerful, and we get to play with the black sheep of the MTG permanents in auras. Sometimes it takes an entire table working together to manage a threat like Bruna. Jared has worked hard to earn his place as an Bruna expert in the Commander community. The "best case scenario" doesn't happen very often so let's take a look at what Bruna actually looks like. Narset had picked up enough fun stuff in all those swings at the Fog Bank to make her lethal with double-strike. My list was chock full of extra turns and combat steps, but I genuinely figured I'd get in a few swings, eventually flop into nothing helpful and he'd kill me with a giant, unblockable Bruna. Today's column is a look at one of our league's best players, Jared DeSousa and his favorite deck, Bruna, Light of Alabaster. Dec 25, 2016 - Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Cyclonic Rift should be familiar to you. Every once in a while you might even be able to talk someone into attacking you. Jared told me that Diplomatic Immunity is probably the single most important protective enchantment for his Bruna deck and has won him more games than he can count. Jared's deck is his pride and joy. You can’t move or steal cipher cards with Bruna. Over the past few years he probably has a winning record against me, but he brings a calm, friendly demeanor to every game. If nothing else, the deck's strategy is a "fair" one. You'll load Bruna up, she'll get exiled or destroyed and someone will exile your graveyard and pretty much put you out of the game. He kills you one player at a time and the big challenge is to properly assess threats and figure out the right order in which to clear the table. This Bruna list is built to be able to function within a competitive meta. Multicolored decks make these calculations a little more difficult. He didn't even get that gloomy, woe-is-me demeanor that many players (myself included) sometimes exhibit when it's clear the table is not going to give you any room to play the game you want to play. Artist: Winona Nelson. What's more, you should take it as a compliment. If you fill up your graveyard just right, you can live the dream and make your Bruna into the insane powerhouse shown in the Reddit meme that first caught Jared's attention. I don't entirely understand how their scoring system works, but he has spent a lot of time advising players who are starting out on the Bruna path and I'm sure that has helped. When you cast Bruna you're going to want to do it with counterspell backup, or more likely Force of Will backup. Opponents will often forget that Bruna's ability will trigger if she blocks. Sarkhan, Fireblood by Grzegorz Rutkowski. Some players are like me, and rotate through decks at a fast pace, never staying with one for very long. Whenever Bruna, Light of Alabaster attacks or blocks, you may attach to it any number of Auras on the battlefield and you may put onto the battlefield attached to it any number of Aura cards that could enchant it from your graveyard and/or hand. That has given me the chance to play hundreds of games over the past few years against an incredible variety of decks and players. The rule of thumb with Shroud is that unless the word "Target" is involved, it does nothing. Keeping Bruna safe and surviving to be able to kill everyone is a key part of the plan. Bruna takes to the sky once more, bringing judgment and seeking her redemption, yet the scars of what happened still haunt her. I actually thought it'd be pretty hilarious if I was able to get Eldrazi Conscription attached to Narset and then he killed me with a +20/+20 Bruna by using BOTH of our Eldrazi Conscriptions. Others settle upon a favorite Commander and spend years honing and perfecting a deck until it is just a real force to be reckoned with. Then I had to swing into a Fog Bank with nothing more helpful than Prowler's Helm attached. That doesn't mean I have an easy time against him. I told Jared that if he let Narset hit the field and attack, I wouldn't go after him. Shroud won't interfere at all with Bruna's ability. You have to think about what each deck probably wants to do, and you need to make educated guesses based on the information you can pick up by watching them play. This 8-drop gives the enchanted creature +10/+10, trample and annihilator 2. Bruna: Light of Alabaster-Commission. Hello all, this week we are talking about another new commander from Avacyn Restored, the Blue-White beauty herself, Bruna, Light of Alabaster. My favorite games are with people who are good players but are also great tablemates and Jared is both. Based upon what you've got in your hand and what you draw into during the early part of the game, you might not have much to have to search for when you draw into a tutor. After an overloaded rift, you should be able to figure out who needs to get a visit from Bruna before they are able to rebuild their board. As it turns out, he hasn't, and in 2016 and early 2017 his list probably wasn't up to the challenge. When I heard Josh Lee Kwai of The Command Zone podcast talk in early 2018 about how he thought commander damage was overrated and rarely mattered in our format, I was stunned, but it's possible my reaction had a lot to do with having a deck like Bruna in my meta. That's all well and good, but the next part is where she can get a little crazy. He plays for fun and while he enjoys playing a strong deck and playing it well, his enjoyment of the game comes as much from the social side of the game as from the competitive side of it. Aetherhub Archidekt Deckstats Moxfield MTGGoldfish. 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