Devotion to White Angels

Modern Angels Control Devotion Mono-White

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Creature (19)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Meld
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 4x Skyclave Apparition
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 4x Wall of Omens
• 3x Weathered Wayfarer

Land (23)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 2x Emeria, Shattered Skyclave  ^Flip
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 13x Snow-Covered Plains

Artifact (1)

• 1x Godsend

Enchantment (9)

• 4x On Thin Ice
• 2x Quarantine Field
• 3x Seal from Existence

Instant (8)

• 1x March of Otherworldly Light
• 4x Path to Exile
• 3x Settle the Wreckage

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Sideboard

Land (4)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Scavenger Grounds

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 4x Runed Halo

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Sunscour

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Maybeboard

Creature (62)

• 4x Admonition Angel
• 2x Aegis Angel
• 2x Angel of Serenity
• 2x Angelic Overseer
• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 4x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 4x Banisher Priest
• 2x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 4x Knight of the White Orchid
• 2x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 4x Mesa Enchantress
• 2x Reya Dawnbringer
• 4x Sanctum Prelate
• 4x Serene Master
• 4x Serra Avenger
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 4x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 4x Twilight Shepherd
• 4x Wall of Omens

Enchantment (30)

• 4x Authority of the Consuls
• 4x Citadel Siege
• 4x Ghostly Prison
• 4x Lightmine Field
• 4x Porphyry Nodes
• 4x Runed Halo
• 4x Stasis Snare
• 2x Story Circle

Instant (24)

• 4x Cloudshift
• 4x Condemn
• 4x Marrow Shards
• 4x Rebuff the Wicked
• 4x Silence
• 4x Swords to Plowshares

Land (19)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 4x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flagstones of Trokair
• 3x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Artifact (8)

• 4x Expedition Map
• 2x Sensei's Divining Top
• 2x Tower of Fortunes

Planeswalker (6)

• 4x Gideon Blackblade
• 2x Gideon Jura

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Balance
• 4x Wrath of God

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A Midrange Angels Deck

This is a non lifegain Angels Deck

"Description might not always be up to date" Last updated: October 2023

by Todd Hebenstreit and Drcfan AI Edit

Intro

The main idea for this deck is using Angels like Akroma, Angel of Wrath & Brisela, Voice of Nightmares     & Iona, Shield of Emeria & Avacyn, Angel of Hope in modern. This is only for people who did not want lifegain as a theme in Angels! To make that possible, i had a lot to learn over the last 10 years, when i started with Angels.

White has: - Card advantage through individual card trading value, cantrips, refetching used cards - Ramp through devotion

Building an Angels Deck

Angels are very high drops, so you have to accelerate your gameplan or survive long enough.

• Devotion: A huge plus, Devotion provides passive ramp without wasting cardslots for ramp cards. Therefore cards need to have multiple manasymbols of that color in order to work properly. Active devotion means, you put in cards like Leyline of Sanctity, Leyline of the Meek,Oversoul of Dusk, Fieldmist Borderpost to increase Devotion early on artificially. Passive devotion means, that devotion comes along with building up the board over several turns just to fix your mana to consistently cast 8+mana drops. Devotion is more of a mana fix because you will rarely have 8mana on turn 8 only by land drops without devotion. This deck is all about efficiency and consistency

Other strategies

• Mana Dork Ramp: Small creatures that generates mana like Llanowar Elves to accelerate the game plan. You need to have some dig-spells or Creature search spells (example Planeswalker Decks use Deploy the Gatewatch, Combo and Ramp use Traverse the Ulvenwald) But the dorks are absolutely dead drops in late game which this deck does not have

• Reanimation: Simple, shovel your Angels in the graveyard with loot effects like Faithless Looting and reanimate them Unburial Rites. Can be wanky in modern because of heavy graveyard hate

• Cheese Strategy: If someone is able to link me a working Tron-Angels or Amulet-Angels, let me know :)

Main Strategy

The main strategy is midrange control. Try to go on the draw in the first match to trigger benefits of (Weathered Wayfarer). This makes room for setting yourself up until turn 4-6 where the board control gave you already that many devotion mana, that you can take out Angels. This Deck is very consistent because of tutor effects Weathered Wayfarer, Thalia's Lancers and a white card draw engine for lategame Mistveil Plains+Secluded Steppe

Interactions

• Bruna, the Fading Light  , discarded cards or killed creatures reanimate

• Emeria, the Sky Ruin & Akroma, Angel of Wrath brutal in a control matchup.

• Thalia's Lancers is a cantrip that can fetch any legendary card.

• Weathered Wayfarer can always be activated when using Path to Exile / Settle the Wreckage during the game

• Weather Wayfarer + Secluded Steppe + Mistveil Plains = {W}{W}{W}{W} Draw a card once per turn (Late game you draw 2 cards per turn as devotion gives sufficient mana!)

• Mistveil Plains potential mill survival?

• Brisela, Voice of Nightmares     + Iona, Shield of Emeria + Sanctum Prelate prison lock cards

• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx give mana back of any white mana symbol spell casted in a turn before using Nykthos. Example [Turn 6, 3{W}Devotion, Lands: 5 Plains + 1 Nykthos (Mana available=6total) => Casting Sanctum Prelate before using Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx gives you +2{W}Devotion => Total mana available increased from 6 to 8 this turn!

Board control cards

• March of Otherworldly Light, Universal removal instant speed
• Quarantine Field Universal removal or complete board removal if devotion is high enough
• Skyclave Apparition Universal removal and devotion builder
• Settle the Wreckage creature mass removal instant speed
• Path to Exile creature removal instant speed
• On Thin Ice creature removal and devotion builder

Sideboard Options

• Leyline of Sanctity Discard is death for mono white. Against Burn, 8-Rack, storm, etc
• Nevermore against combo or super annoying cards
• Boseiju, Who Shelters All Control decks
• Sejiri Shelter   or just plain 4x Favor of the Mighty against Control decks
• Scavenger Grounds Turn 3 Graveyard exile, you can also 4x Rest in Peace
• Linvala, Keeper of Silence creature combo decks for turn 5-6
• Detection Tower Removal proof boards
• Sunscour Combo decks with massive creature board early game

Other included cards

• Godsend A "6-drop" equipment. It suits the gameplan (devotion, prison effects, card type diversity), the flavor and is my favorite magic card. You 100% win any combat when equipped and its suits the prison style of the deck

Honorable mentions

• Mana Tithe Oh man i love this card. A modern playable counterspell in white is a totally unexpected mindgame. The value from this card is huge in the first few turns then zero, but counter a Tron decks turn 3 Karn Liberated is gold. Tableflips guaranteed. One of max for mind games!

• Lightmine Field Super annoying against most token decks, suits devotion plan and all first strike creatures in the deck

• Porphyry Nodes combo with Gideon Blackblade for eternal boardwiping

• Story Circle if your playgroup is slow, this is super super annoying

• Knight of the White Orchid, but late game bad but good early game.

• Charming Prince + Skyclave Apparition

• Archangel of Tithes pillow fort devotion instead of 4 mana slot boardwipes, same slot as Settle the Wreckage or Lightmine Field or Wrath of God, replace boardwipes with it

Additional info

• Maybeboard contains the rest of all cards i own for this deck that i tested. You can try them too ;)

• Best buying option you have in europe is Cardmarket

Thanks for reading, feel free to comment

**Deckbox and Playmats are selfmade **

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Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Mono-White 4 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	11 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 21 - 14 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Angel Warrior 4/4 W, Illusion */* U
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