The Immortal Sun – Festival of the Gods: Heliod’s Glory Event Guide and Decklists MTG Arena Zone – MTG Arena Zone

In the third week of Festival of the Gods, we are basking in Heliods Glory and The Immortal Sun Emblem! In this event, our spells cost 1 less, all our creatures get +1/+1 and we get to draw an extra card each turn but we are not able to use the loyalty abilities of Planeswalkers. Read on for event details, tips and strategies, and decklists tailor made for this event. If you wish, you can click here to skip straight to the decklists!

Daylight is breaking on this weeks Festival of the Gods event and the radiant glory of Theros God of he Sun. Heliod is burning brighter than ever. Each player has an emblem with the effects of The Immortal Sun and starts with only six cards. How will you outshine your opponent?

The following cards are banned:

Faerie Vandal Narset, Parter of Veils Irencrag Pyromancer Lavinia, Azorius Renegade Improbable Alliance

Due to the effects of The Immortal Sun emblem, Planeswalkers with only loyalty abilities are banned in this event.

Heliod is often invoked at dawn meals and in matters of family honor, legal proceddings, and marraiages to name a few. His areas of influence include the sun, law, justice, kinship, and retribution. He is occasionally symbolized by a pegasus.

In addition, the MTG Arena team has confirmed on reddit that Planeswalkers with passive abilities from War of the Spark can still be played, except these Planeswalkers that are banned but not displayed on the event page (not including Narset):

To clarify, youdo nothave to re-enter the event and you only have to pay the entry fee once. There is no limit on the number of losses (or victories). Play as much as you want for the duration of the event.

Firstly, lets break down the Emblems abilities one by one and see how we can exploit it.

Ob Nixilis might be a bit too slow for this event, but could be an interesting inclusion. Jace, Wielder of Mysteries can also be used as a win condition.

So as many people might expect, a creature based aggro strategy is probably the best kind of deck for this event as it can make use of all the abilities very well. The normal run of the mill Mono Red Aggro, Rakdos Sacrifice and Gruul Aggro will perform great here. If youre just looking for a cheap deck, play 20 Islands and 40 Persistent Petitioners!

Decks like Temur Reclamation and Jeskai Fires (remember to replace the Teferi) can also be very good as they have sweepers and powerful cards like Fires of Invention and Wilderness Reclamation that can come down a turn earlier. Do keep in mind once Fires of Invention is out, its normal rules will still apply, meaning the number of lands will dictate what you can play without paying its mana cost.

All decks below are built around making best use of The Immortal Sun Emblem!

We will be back this weekend with Standard decks from MagicFest Lyon, and next weeks Festival is also going to be very exciting as we get Historic Brawl officially supported for the first time! Enjoy the event, as games are sure to be quick and dirty.

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