Sephiroth is one of the most popular cards in Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy collaboration. The Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier card brings a new twist to the Orzhov sacrifice archetype, and the deck builds on this Sephiroth card rather than Planet’s Heir, because this is mostly for commander or EDH.
There are several ways to insert Sephiroth into the Orzhov sacrifice, and here’s a rough breakdown of a typical Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier deck that will capitalize on using that sacrifice to good use.
Sephiroth Fabled Soldier Standard Decklist for MTGA
While there are more cards you’re able to plug and play into the deck, you’ll want to focus on these cards to keep the early game pressure while also being low-cost enough for Raise the Past.
You can replace Felidar Cub since it is mostly niche and played mostly against rising enchantment decks in standard, possibly with Vivi and Cloud, Midgar Mercenary decks.
Sidisi, Regent of the Mire is also a card you might think of replacing first. This card is more for keeping Sephiroth back from the graveyard after being blasted by those annoying mono-red aggro decks.
Sephiroth Fabled Soldier Standard Deck Playstyle and Keypoints
The way to play the Orzhov Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier deck is by keeping constant pressure on the enemy by keeping minions that stick relentlessly on the board. Creatures likeInfestation Sage, Nesting Bots, and Nezumi Linkbreakerare hard to wipe with shock cards and are often common sacrifice targets for Sephiroth, Bartolome, and Zahur.
Voice of Victory is there to mobilize more attacking creatures thatsummon and sacrifice themselves and synergize perfectly with Sephiroth, Elas il-Kor, and Bartolome.
When you may’t keep your creatures on the board, you don’t have to worry since you’ll rely on recovering with Raise the Past to bring almost every creature in your graveyard back to the battlefield. This synergizes well with Elas il-Kor or even Resolute Reinforcements since it activates the abilities.
Your main goal is to swarm the board with creatures, drop Sephiroth to farm cards, and hopefully transform Sephiroth immediately.
In the best-case scenario, you’ll want to dropInfestation Sage, Voice of Victory, and Sephiroth in the first three turns. When Sephiroth gets played, you’ll sacrifice a creature and then attack with Voice of Victory no matter what. This spawns two new attacking creatures that die at the end phase,transforming Sephiroth to the Winged Angel on turn 3.
Once you get Sephiroth’s emblem activated, you’ll most likely breeze through this match.
To summarize the playstyle:
Other Synergies & Tactics:
Overall, the Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier standard deck is a versatile aggro deck that excels in keeping the pressure non-stop while having some potential midgame to endgame comeback potential with Raise the Past. It is fairly easy to play and learn, and crafting the deck wouldn’t cost as much, apart from all the Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier cards.
Enzo Zalamea
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