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So, this is one iteration of a deck I used to run (before I got Baneslayer and some of the Legendary Angels). The general idea is to stall out the early game until you can either Quicksilver out some big Angels or just hard-cast them for the win. It also has an unlikely chance of effectively ending the game for mono-color decks by about turn 3, if I get two Ancient Tombs in my opening hand, a Quicksilver Amulet, and Iona. Avacyn is nice for flashing out with an Amulet right before a board sweep or to ensure my creatures win a trade. Baneslayer is, of course, Baneslayer, and the other Legendary Angels are pretty good at just finishing up most situations.
Earlier builds of the deck ran stuff like Sunblast Angel (which works so very well with Quicksilver Amulet, and will keep your opponents off their game), Angelic Arbiter, and so on. I've considered adding in Admonition Angel for more removal, and/or putting in Thalia (either version) for some early game additional slowdown.
With the board sweepers and powerful creatures, this deck is strong in early and late game, but the mid game seems a bit iffier. The slowdown and disruption early game helps me get to the point where I can Wrath of God their creatures, and Austere Command works well for those pesky enchantment-based or artifact-based decks. Reya and/or Emeria are for recursion, though Emeria is slower (I used to use Endless Horizons for that).
Theme is very important to me. I never build decks to just jam together a bunch of creatures and spells that wouldn't normally work together. I like my decks to be both competitive and thematically coherent, telling a sort of a story even as we play. In this case, the idea is to make a good Angel tribal that does what a lot of them fail to do: secure the early game so that the late game belongs to the most powerful ladies in the Multiverse. I'd love some thoughts on this, and I'll be posting other Angel decks in the near future.
Edit: I just realized that Ancient Tomb
isn't Modern-legal. I suppose you could replace it with a combination of Nykthos and Cavern of Souls.
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| Date added | 8 years |
| Last updated | 8 years |
| Legality | This deck is Modern legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 11 - 1 Mythic Rares 16 - 7 Rares 4 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 3 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 4.39 |
| Folders | Of interest, Other People's Stuff, Decks, White |
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