This is not an easy deck to play, but I believe it's in the top tier. There are some dissynergies, but they're fine if you know to play around them. The two primary problems are anger of the gods and squadron hawk/pitchburn devils. We don't have enough sweepers, and anger is necessary, so just make sure you clear your creatures out of the way first - you should almost always be able to do so. DO NOT - I REPEAT - DO NOT play your elixirs unless you plan to use them right away, or at least before your next turn. You do not want them on the field, you want them in your hand, under most circumstances.

I brewed up a quick deck, 5-0ed some randoms, and here is the list I played:

4 x Boros Guildgate
12 x Plains
8 x Mountain

4 x Trained Caracal
4 x Gods Willing

3 x Truefire Paladin
2 x Hero of Iroas
4 x Nimbus Wings
3 x Ordeal Of Heliod

3 x Banisher Priest
2 x Mentor of the Meek
2 x Goblin Rabblemaster
1 x Brimaz, King of Oreskos

3 x Armored Ascension

2 x Wrecking Ogre
1 x Baneslayer Angel
1 x Stormbreath Dragon

1 x Inferno Titan


As I was building the list in the deck editor, I was reading Gods Willing and realized that it was potentially going to cause my Auras to fall off, so I decided to play only white auras so I could more effectively use the pro-red option to save my creatures from removal and still have the aura attach/stay attached. I wanted to get the fourth copy in here, but I didn't want to cut a land for it and I felt all my other spells were too important to cut. Don't forget that this card can make your dudes unblockable on some boards, as well.

I also decided to try Trained Caracal because of the lifelink which lets it profitably attack while enchanted without having to sit back and threaten a block. He's also a cheap trigger for Mentor if nothing else.

I also decided to try Goblin Rabblemaster because he makes dudes, those dudes trigger Mentor, and I can give him flying to make sure he gets through. There is a lot of potential extra value on this card, but I haven't drawn it yet.

I also decided to forgo the red removal spells and use Banisher Priest instead; my logic was that it is a lot easier to protect in a deck with Gods Willing and it's a body to increase my creature count. I wouldn't enchant this unless it was a last resort, but the option is there, and the removal mode hits a wider variety of targets, albeit at sorcery-speed. In my first game I had an Indulgent Tormentor underneath a Priest and my opponent tried to release it with Ulcerate after I had declared my attack; fortunately I had the Gods Willing in hand and he was unable to successfully play that trick or I would have lost.

The Broodkeeper tokens are pretty good, I held off a 5/5 Ajani's Pridemate for several turns just by holding back a token with enough red mana open. I kind of wanted to boost my Plains a bit more because of Armored Ascension, but I want Truefire Paladin on T2 and excess red mana can be dumped into these guys.

I did get to beat somebody on T5 by bloodrushing my Wrecking Ogre onto a flying Brimaz to hit for 14. I also hardcasted the Ogre in another game but didn't get to enchant it. I still think it was worth five mana as a hardcast, because it would be a huge threat once you give it flying. I think he has tremendous value here.

I certainly don't think I have this deck figured out or anything, I'm sure it still needs a few tweaks, but if you're interested in trying out a WR aura deck then I feel that this is a good place to start.