<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daxos the Returned" href="#" target="_blank">Daxos the Returned</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.adampaquettemtg.com/">Adam Paquette</a></em></p>
<h2>Returning from the Underworld</h2>
<p>Greetings and welcome to <em>Precon</em> <em>Remastered</em>! Here is where we unearth old preconstructed decks from their graves and give them new life (perhaps with a special, golden mask, too!). This week, we're kicking off the <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/c15"><em>Commander 2015</em></a> festivities with a commander who was relatively obscure until recently, when it spiked because of <a href="https://edhrec.com/precon/silverquill-influence">a precon</a> helmed by <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Killian, Decisive Mentor" href="#" target="_blank">Killian, Decisive Mentor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (cool deck, by the way). Which one do I mean? This one.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Daxos the Returned"></div></div>
<p>Poor, poor Daxos. Impaled by his <a href="https://mtg.wiki/page/Elspeth_Tirel">girlfriend</a> because <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Xenagos, God of Revels" href="#" target="_blank">Xenagos, God of Revels</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> got really cheeky and needed to become a god so bad. In any case, his card holds a unique niche in the <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/enchantress">enchantress</a> pantheon. He, along with a couple of other <a href="https://edhrec.com/commanders/orzhov">Orzhov</a> commanders (including the aforementioned Killian), are the only ways to play an enchantment deck within these colors. Daxos gives us an experience counter for each enchantment that gets cast. On top of that, we could make some big enchantment beaters for three mana.</p>
<h3>Gaining Our Bearings</h3>
<p>As always, here are our rules for remastering precons:</p>
<ol>
<li>The value of the deck cannot exceed $120. This will apply to the reprints only, which gets to my first personal quirk.</li>
<li>Every card unique to the original precon stays in the deck. All those new cards that get released with precons remain in the list.</li>
<li>The land package should closely reflect what we get in precons these days (and, in my humble opinion, they're actually pretty good).</li>
<li>At least until 2020, we're not tied to a particular set, so we're free to choose whatever we want. You can be assured I have ideas for 2020 and beyond, though.</li>
<li>Universes Beyond cards are not added. No exceptions, unless they have an in-universe variant. Granted, this will change when we get there.</li>
</ol>
<p>With that out of the way, let's see what the original list looked like.</p>
<h2>The Original Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Call the Spirits - Commander 2015" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Daxos the Returned
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Ajani&#039;s Chosen
*1 Banshee of the Dread Choir
*1 Bastion Protector
*1 Burnished Hart
*1 Celestial Ancient
*1 Celestial Archon
*1 Corpse Augur
*1 Dawnglare Invoker
*1 Doomwake Giant
*1 Dreadbringer Lampads
*1 Fate Unraveler
*1 Ghostblade Eidolon
*1 Herald of the Host
*1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
*1 Kor Sanctifiers
*1 Mesa Enchantress
*1 Monk Idealist
*1 Nighthowler
*1 Oreskos Explorer
*1 Sandstone Oracle
*1 Silent Sentinel
*1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
*1 Thief of Blood
*1 Treasury Thrull
*1 Underworld Coinsmith
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Ancient Craving
*1 Dawn to Dusk
*1 Deadly Tempest
*1 Death Grasp
*1 Gild
*1 Open the Vaults
*1 Righteous Confluence
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Crystal Chimes
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Orzhov Cluestone
*1 Orzhov Signet
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Wayfarer&#039;s Bauble
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Aura of Silence
*1 Banishing Light
*1 Black Market
*1 Cage of Hands
*1 Daxos&#039;s Torment
*1 Dictate of Heliod
*1 Fallen Ideal
*1 Grasp of Fate
*1 Grave Peril
*1 Karmic Justice
*1 Marshal&#039;s Anthem
*1 Necromancer&#039;s Covenant
*1 Phyrexian Arena
*1 Phyrexian Reclamation
*1 Seal of Cleansing
*1 Seal of Doom
*1 Shielded by Faith
*1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
*1 Underworld Connections
*1 Vow of Duty
*1 Vow of Malice
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Barren Moor
*1 Command Tower
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Ghost Quarter
*1 New Benalia
*1 Orzhov Basilica
*1 Orzhov Guildgate
*11 Plains
*1 Rogue&#039;s Passage
*1 Scoured Barrens
*1 Secluded Steppe
*13 Swamp
*1 Tainted Field
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Vivid Marsh
*1 Vivid Meadow
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h3>Regrets in Life</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Karlov of the Ghost Council"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dawnglare Invoker"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Underworld Coinsmith"></div></div>
<p>Firstly, we can see that precons have been improving, but only a little. It'd be years before we see something substantial. Secondly, there is evidence of an identity crisis with this deck, splitting it between Enchantress and <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/lifegain">Lifegain</a>. A lot of the life gain is primarily for the secondary commander, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karlov of the Ghost Council" href="#" target="_blank">Karlov of the Ghost Council</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Make no mistake, he is a powerful card, but he does not belong here. Sadly, he has to remain because of the rules.</p>
<p>The good news, though, is that there are a few enchantments that actually help Karlov. However, he's not the commander for this deck, so any life gain we make is more accidental than intentional. In fact, our priority when remastering this deck is to amass a large number of experience counters.</p>
<p>There's also a good amount of fluff among the reprints that can be easily cut, including <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dawnglare Invoker" href="#" target="_blank">Dawnglare Invoker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Coinsmith" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Coinsmith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. We can do better than both of these, especially with over a decade's worth of cards being added to our card pool.</p>
<h3>The Newly Returned</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Daxos&#039;s Torment"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Herald of the Host"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Righteous Confluence"></div></div>
<p>Before we get to the remastered list, let's discuss the new cards. One of my biggest gripes with this precon is that the creature count is too high for where I need it to be. This is unfortunately off the back of the new cards, like the myriad pair (e.g., <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Herald of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Herald of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>) and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Corpse Augur" href="#" target="_blank">Corpse Augur</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which does not belong here. Neither did the backup commander I mentioned above, to be fair.</p>
<p>However, for all the flak I give the new cards in this precon, <em>Commander 2015</em> does introduce one of my favorite cycles in the game: Confluences! Unfortunately, for this week, we're stuck with the worst of the cycle, relatively speaking. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Righteous Confluence" href="#" target="_blank">Righteous Confluence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> here means that our backup commander is ready to remove something while we gain 15 life. That said, we're also likely going to exile a troublesome enchantment and/or make a few tokens.</p>
<p>Finally, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daxos&#039;s Torment" href="#" target="_blank">Daxos&#039;s Torment</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> reminds me of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cacophony Unleashed" href="#" target="_blank">Cacophony Unleashed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in that each enchantment that comes in animates them for some brutal beatings. Except Cacophony also board wipes on entry, but it forgoes haste while getting other keywords (spoilers: it's in the remastered version).</p>
<h2>The Remastered Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Call the Spirits-Remastered" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Daxos the Returned
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Agent of Erebos
*1 Ajani&#039;s Chosen
*1 Archon of Sun&#039;s Grace
*1 Banshee of the Dread Choir
*1 Bastion Protector
*1 Celestial Archon
*1 Corpse Augur
*1 Demon of Fate&#039;s Design
*1 Doomwake Giant
*1 Eidolon of Astral Winds
*1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
*1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
*1 Ghostblade Eidolon
*1 Ghostly Dancers
*1 Grim Guardian
*1 Herald of the Host
*1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
*1 Mesa Enchantress
*1 Nighthowler
*1 Oreskos Explorer
*1 Sandstone Oracle
*1 Soaring Lightbringer
*1 Starfield Mystic
*1 Starnheim Courser
*1 Thief of Blood
*1 Underworld Coinsmith
[/Creatures]
[Sorceries]
*1 Ancient Craving
*1 Deadly Tempest
*1 Feed the Swarm
*1 Open the Vaults
*1 Righteous Confluence
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Lightning Greaves
*1 Orzhov Signet
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Hierarchy
*1 Thought Vessel
*1 Wayfarer&#039;s Bauble
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Banishing Light
*1 Black Market
*1 Boon of the Spirit Realm
*1 Cacophony Unleashed
*1 Cage of Hands
*1 Conviction
*1 Darksteel Mutation
*1 Daxos&#039;s Torment
*1 Flickering Ward
*1 Grasp of Fate
*1 Intangible Virtue
*1 Karmic Justice
*1 Phyrexian Arena
*1 Phyrexian Reclamation
*1 Seal of Cleansing
*1 Shackles
*1 Shielded by Faith
*1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
*1 Sun Clasp
*1 Underworld Connections
[/Enchantments]
[Instants]
*1 Anguished Unmaking
*1 Despark
*1 Path to Exile
*1 Swords to Plowshares
[/Instants]
[Lands]
*1 Caves of Koilos
*1 Command Tower
*1 Desolate Mire
*1 Eclipsed Steppe
*1 Evolving Wilds
*1 Fetid Heath
*1 Isolated Chapel
*1 Myriad Landscape
*12 Plains
*1 Shattered Sanctum
*12 Swamp
*1 Tainted Field
*1 Temple of Silence
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Umbral Expanse
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h3>A New, Enchanting Life</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Flickering Ward"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Archon of Sun&#039;s Grace"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Soaring Lightbringer"></div></div>
<p>List cost (at time of writing): $108.84</p>
<p>Remastered Cost (again, at time of writing): $111.24</p>
<p>That's not much of a bump in price, and we're well below the $120 threshold. And the fixes are sure to give our commander more firepower. I've added a few cards that you can activate to return them to our hand. That way, we can cast them again and again to build up our experience counters! The best of these is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Flickering Ward" href="#" target="_blank">Flickering Ward</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which has the added benefit of protecting our key creatures.</p>
<p>On top of that, we also have more ways to build up an army of tokens. Both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archon of Sun&#039;s Grace" href="#" target="_blank">Archon of Sun&#039;s Grace</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Soaring Lightbringer" href="#" target="_blank">Soaring Lightbringer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> make tokens when enchantments enter and when we attack, respectively. Lightbringer, though, has the added benefit of giving the spirits made from <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daxos the Returned" href="#" target="_blank">Daxos the Returned</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> flying, so we get some evasion. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ghostly Dancers" href="#" target="_blank">Ghostly Dancers</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes flying tokens when enchantments enter, and also lets us reclaim one from our graveyard on entry.</p>
<h3>A Second Life</h3>
<p>Comparing this precon with the one helmed by <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Killian, Decisive Mentor" href="#" target="_blank">Killian, Decisive Mentor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, the latter's better in many ways, but that doesn't mean this precon isn't a good place to look for upgrades. I point to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Daxos the Returned" href="#" target="_blank">Daxos the Returned</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>'s price spike as an example of this take. Anyway, while we have a spicier precon to cover soon, next week we return to the other series, <em>Commander Makeover</em>, so I'll see you all then.</p>


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