Overview

Virtue and Valor is built around the enchantress archetype with a Wilds of Eldraine twist: the new Role tokens. Roles are Aura enchantments that attach to creatures, and Ellivere of the Wild Court creates a Virtuous Role on another target creature whenever she enters or attacks. Virtuous Role gives that creature +1/+1 for every enchantment you control, meaning your attackers grow as the deck's enchantment count climbs, without any additional investment.

The draw engine runs off enchantment density. Ellivere draws a card whenever any enchanted creature you control deals combat damage to a player, rewarding a strategy of continuously layering Auras and Roles onto a board that's going to attack anyway. Classic enchantress pieces like Enchantress's Presence, Eidolon of Blossoms and Kor Spiritdancer draw a card whenever you cast an enchantment or Aura, or one enters. The result is a deck that draws deeply while simultaneously presenting a wide board of enchanted attackers that grow over time.

Key Cards

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Kor Spiritdancer
Draw Engine · Aura Payoff
A two-mana 0/2 that gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it, and whenever you cast an Aura spell you may draw a card. In a deck full of Auras it is both an enchantress and a fast-growing threat.
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Danitha Capashen, Paragon
Cost Reducer · Lifelink
A three-mana 2/2 with first strike, vigilance and lifelink. Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast, so every Aura in the deck is cheaper, and her lifelink keeps your life total healthy while you build up.
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Mantle of the Ancients
Recursion · Aura
A five-mana Aura. When it enters, return any number of target Aura and/or Equipment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to enchanted creature, and the creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it. One Aura can bring back a whole pile of them.
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Daybreak Coronet
Voltron Aura · Lifelink
A two-mana Aura that can only enchant a creature that already has another Aura attached. The enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike, vigilance and lifelink, making an already enchanted creature a dominant attacker.

Playing the Deck

The deck's ideal opening involves deploying an enchantress draw engine in the first two or three turns. Kor Spiritdancer on turn two followed by a sequence of Auras draws multiple cards per turn cycle. Ellivere is best played on turn four alongside other creatures that will receive Virtuous Roles when she enters and attacks, stretching the Role generation across the whole board rather than stacking on a single threat.

The mid game revolves around maintaining enchantment density. Each new enchantment cast triggers draw effects and grows buffs on enchanted creatures. Ethereal Armor and Mantle of the Ancients turn the accumulated enchantments and Auras into a combat-lethal threat, and Daybreak Coronet gives an already enchanted creature +3/+3 with first strike, vigilance and lifelink. The deck has enough lifegain through lifelink to weather most aggression while the engine assembles.

Closing out games usually comes through combat. A wide board of creatures each wearing a Virtuous Role and perhaps an additional Aura presents multiple large threats, growing further with every enchantment already in play, that are difficult to chump indefinitely. Danitha Capashen, Paragon attacks as a first-strike lifelink threat while making your Auras cheaper, and Mantle of the Ancients can bring Auras back from the graveyard, so losing one to removal rarely sticks permanently.

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths: The deck has exceptional card advantage for a creature-based strategy. Between Sythis, Ellivere's draw trigger, and multiple enchantress payoffs, it rarely runs out of resources. Sythis's lifegain and Danitha's lifelink provide natural resilience against aggressive decks, and the wide board of growing creatures is difficult to answer cleanly with single-target removal.

Weaknesses: The deck is vulnerable to enchantment hate and board wipes. Mass removal that also hits enchantments can set the engine back significantly. The strategy is relatively linear and experienced players will recognise the draw engine and may prioritise removing Sythis or Ellivere before the board state becomes unmanageable. The deck also requires some time to set up and can be slow against faster combo-oriented tables.

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Verdict
Virtue and Valor is a polished enchantress precon. Ellivere of the Wild Court provides a genuinely novel angle for the archetype through Role token generation, and the deck's draw engine is consistent and satisfying to pilot. The Role token subtheme from Wilds of Eldraine plays naturally into the enchantress shell. The deck rewards players who enjoy building board states gradually and punishes opponents who cannot answer enchantments efficiently.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What cards are in the Virtue and Valor decklist?
The Virtue and Valor precon is a 100-card Commander deck led by Ellivere of the Wild Court. The full Virtue and Valor decklist, with every card, current prices and a button to copy the list into your deck builder, is on this page.

Who is the commander of Virtue and Valor?
Virtue and Valor is led by Ellivere of the Wild Court, a white and green commander.

Which set is Virtue and Valor from?
Virtue and Valor was released in 2023 as part of Wilds of Eldraine Commander.

How can I upgrade Virtue and Valor?
We have a step-by-step upgrade guide for Virtue and Valor that lists specific cards to cut and add, with the reason for each swap.

Full Decklist

All 100 cards from the out-of-the-box Virtue and Valor precon, enriched with current prices. Click any card to expand it.

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