Xenan Heroes

This is a deck centered around Sindain's Bracers and Javan, the Steel Crest.

Sindain's Bracers lets you play more and more cards per turn, eventually overwhelming your opponent with hand disruption, unit theft, and wide boards of decently statted units.

Javan, the Steel Crest is the reason this deck is so unit-heavy, and why there's so many 4-drops. his ability allows you to spend your energy filling your board so that even if it's wiped, you can continue the pressure from hand.


There's cheap early game units like Star-Reader Severin and Zido, Cabal Housecat to stall with while you find your combo and ramp out uncontrollably. I've chosen these ones because they both create a small cushion as chump blockers, and become ramp dorks after you've played Sindain's Bracers.

Star-Reader Severin will come back to the field giving you an immediate +1 power.

Zido, Cabal Housecat will find its way back to you after dying, giving you +1 power or even give you +2 total power over its lifetime if played on turn 4 after another 4-drop.

Alhed Ascending is both a good stat unit early game and a powerhouse late game when everything you play pumps him up for a massive swing. Giving all your attackers decay also discourages them from blocking and makes reanimator decks really sad.

If the game continues long enough, you may want to transition into a more punchy gameplan, so in the market there are cards that will make the opponent die if they fail to respond to even one since they will likely be low on health. These are basically the 5 horsemen of Xenan markets minus Pale Rider's Timepiece because if they are reliably dealing with your board then it won't really help, instead we have Curtain Call for more disruption. Minus Xenan Temple because it's a bit slow for this deck so we have Eclipse to create an instant board, and minus End Of An Era because it will kill your Sindain's Bracers and that will screw you over so instead there is Nullblade because it's a great card all-around.


In the sideboard are some great alternatives for either sustain, ramp, or disruption.

Aymar, Dark Summoner is a great tool against devour. You can use her along with Kickflip Monk if that mechanic gets too strong.