An Angel and a Goat walked into a Battlefield..

Standard* Aggro Combo Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

AndyCov92

Creature (19)

• 2x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 3x Bogbrew Witch
• 3x Desecration Demon
• 2x Emmara Tandris
• 4x Festering Newt
• 2x Lifebane Zombie
• 3x Sin Collector

Land (21)

• 3x Forest
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 3x Swamp
• 4x Temple Garden

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Angelic Accord
• 2x Dark Prophecy

Artifact (4)

• 2x Bubbling Cauldron
• 2x Trading Post

Instant (8)

• 3x Heroes' Reunion
• 3x Orzhov Charm
• 2x Selesnya Charm

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Read the Bones

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 2x Sphere of Safety

Instant (3)

• 3x Dark Betrayal

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 2x Crypt Ghast
• 3x Lifebane Zombie

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Blind Obedience

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HEAVILY EDITED AND THE THING BELOW PROBABLY DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE BUT READ ANYWAY

I do need some help with this deck, so any comments and tweaks that people make would be really helpful and also muchly appreciated. I mostly need help with the sideboard.

The idea of this deck is just to play an aggro life gain game through the combination of creatures and artifacts.

The main combo visible in this deck would be Bogbrew Witch/Festering Newt/ Bubbling Cauldron. Cheap 1/1 creature that in a best case scenario can take down a 5/5 with it's effect. The ability of the cauldron able to sacrifice the newt or creatures is useful. The gain of 4 life is perfect for triggering Angelic Accord and making a 4/4 flying token angel. The loss of 4 life per player with festering newt is always useful in games, but especially in multiplayer scenarios.

Next up is Sin Collector. This guy isn't much but the ability to see an opponent's hand and remove any instant or sorcery is pretty useful. I mostly use it as a chump blocker or to sacrifice to the Bubbling Cauldron or Trading Post.

Crypt Ghast is there for mana ramp. Makes getting a few extra creatures out pretty useful. The extort ability is useful if I have some spare mana floating when I've played a spell that would otherwise go unused.

Obzedat, Ghost Council appears here as a clock with it's ability to gain two life and target opponent loses two life. This means it needs to be dealt with. 5/5 makes it pretty stable as a blocker also.

The Gray Merchant of Asphodel is featured as one of the win-cons as serious amounts of black devotion as found in this deck could easily hit +10 regularly. When in play, it is also a useful blocker.

Desecration Demon is one of the big guys. 6/6 flying for 4 mana? Yes please. Needs to be dealt with asap.

Necropolis Regent is in this deck as I feel it's just a fun card. Makes the opponent think about their moves as a 1/1 newt can soon become a hard to deal with 4/4 and even 8/8 if left long enough. Pretty stable also and moderately priced at 6 mana.

Angelic Skirmisher is a recent addition to the deck, but it's ability to give lifelink, first strike or vigilance is very useful in my eyes. Lots of life gain or easy blockers after attack. I don't expect this card to find much play as it's easily removed being a mono white creature.

Doomblade is featured as it is cheap removal for use in a black deck. This is swapped out for Ultimate Price against most black decks as it will get more play.

Orzhov Charm can be used to bring back Newts from the graveyard when they've been sacrificed. It can also be used as removal against most decks, although the life loss can sometimes be significant but easily countered when I have my life gain engine/combo up and running. It's ability to return a creature to my hand is mostly reserved for Bogbrew Witch if it is pacified or something. I don't know. Who cares in all honesty? This is the worst charm out of all of the charms. Don't hate the player or the game, just this card.

Angelic Accord sits nicely in this deck as life gain and it's ability fit together rather well. Triggering at each ends step also means I can save a creature as a blocker, assign it as a blocked and then sacrificing it to the Bubbling Cauldron and thus gain 4 life and generate an Angel 4/4 Flyer that won't have summoning sickness at the beginning of my turn!

Dark Prophecy is a temperamental card. Life loss for a draw step when a creature dies is useful when I have life gain set up, but there have been a few times I have had my arse bitten when Erebos has stopped lifegain and I've just fucked myself into Oblivion by sacrificing creatures. I am weary.

Whip of Erebos gives all creatures lifelink and can bring cards back from graveyard which is always useful. Gray Merchant of Asphodel entering the battlefield and leaving, only to return the same turn to deal yet more damage is a brilliant combo. Cute eh?

Trading Post is great for lifegain. It's discard a card feature means I can play Obzedat for 1 mana less when I've been manascrewed for Plains and it can remain in the game through trigger stacking. Plus I like goats. You should see my tokens..

Read the Bones is in for draw. Pretty obvious to be honest.

Rogues Passage is a nice little extra. Making something like Desecration Demon unblockable with lifelink is always nice!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 1 Rares 16 - 5 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Goat 0/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance