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The first part is pretty intuitive, made easier byyour commander being a 7/6 with trample and haste.
The second part’s where your strategy gets interesting.
Enlightened Tutor by Howard Lyon
If nothing else, you’re free to grab a land from the top four instead.
An important note about Eivor’s ability is the timing on the trigger.
Give Eivor double strike with an effect like Embercleave to double-trigger Eivor’s ability each combat.
Ondu Spiritdancer by Tran Nguyen
The second hit might even deal more damage depending on what Saga you find first.
Besides costing six mana, Eivor has another glaring weakness:a lack of protection.
No ward, no hexproof, just exposed and out in the open like a true Viking warrior.
Ondu Spiritdancer by Tran Nguyen
The Strategy
This deck requires a three-pronged approach.
Once you’ve hit six mana,your gameplan shifts towards your commander.
You have a handful of cost-reducing effects in this deck that work as pseudo-ramp.
Some reduce the cost of enchantments, some reduce colored spells, and some work on both.
The best stories to unfold on the battlefield.
Unfortunately,most Sagasdon’thave this ability, so be sure not to miss out on the ones that do.
Hall of Heliod’s Generosity by Daniel Ljunggren
Some inclusions are meant to set up Eivor’s trigger.
Enlightened Tutor and Moon-Blessed Cleric can tutor for an enchantment and place it on top.
Scroll Rack can similarly hide Sagas from your hand on top of your library.
This Eivor list features a few cutesy ways to manipulate the counters on Sagas.
Power Conduit can achieve the same effect while also growing your creatures.
The manabase as presented is also right in the middle as far as budget is concerned.
Budget Decreases
This deck has plenty of opportunities for budget cuts.
There’s plenty of wiggle room with individual nonlands as well.
Card art is worth a thousand words.
Archon of Sun’s Grace by Matt Stewart
