Of Angels and Dryads

Standard Aggro Control GWU (Bant)

Hyren123

Creature (14)

• 4x Geist of Saint Traft
• 4x Invisible Stalker
• 2x Loxodon Smiter
• 4x Quirion Dryad

Land (24)

• 3x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 2x Simic Guildgate

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Oblivion Ring
• 4x Spectral Flight

Instant (10)

• 2x Azorius Charm
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 2x Mystic Genesis
• 1x Negate
• 4x Unsummon

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Devastation Tide
• 4x Hands of Binding

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Nivmagus Elemental

Land (6)

• 3x Steam Vents
• 3x Sulfur Falls

Instant (5)

• 2x Counterflux
• 3x Izzet Charm

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Drogskol Reaver

Instant (1)

• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

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This is a a deck I decided to list to help a friend at work. I borrowed some of the deck from an article that I read on the wizards site. I only remembered the fact it was using Geist of Saint Traft, Quirion Dryad, and Hands of Binding. Not entirely sure of how playable this deck is yet.
Geist of Saint Traft is a great u/w card. It delivers aggro to the playing field, puts the opponent on a clock, and leaves them hunting for answers very quickly. Add in Spectral Flight and you end up with a 3 turn clock.
Quirion Dryad is a fun card if you plan on only splashing green. The main aspect of this deck being control it's mostly a U/W deck. This means that almost every turn, you'll be able to pump the dryad with an extra +1/+1 counter and then be able to block, or swing on you turn with a larger creature.
Invisible Stalker is perfect for Hands of Binding. This allows you to consistently get off your creature lock, and it pumps up the dryad.
Mystic Genesis is a late game counter, that can end the game all by itself. If you counter something like a Griselbrand not only did you just null a win-condition, you also just gained an 8/8 beater on the field. It also triggers the dryad.
Devastation Tide is a good board wipe, since I am running enchants. It allows me to reset my opponents side of the field, and force them to start tapping down to get their win conditions back out, which gives me a whole other opportunity to counter them.
Oblivion Ring I am skeptical of; it is a good card for what it does, early-mid game creature control. It allows me to open them up for damage that they might normally be able to block to kill or trade. With that said, it does not work well with Devastation Tide or any other major sweeps such as Supreme Verdict.
The mana base here is to try to keep the price down some. Some. I realize that sounds crazy when you're still looking at a $250+ deck list, but every dollar saved is a boon. I don't see a way to run a 3 color deck reliably without using things like the Hinterland Harbor or Glacial Fortress.
The sideboard
It is currently a shift from Green to Red, to answer other control decks. The point there being to get a Nivmagus Elemental on the field early, try to counter their counters, and other main win conditions, while having the option of eating my own spells.
Counterflux would be replacing Mystic Genesis to allow me the answer to storm decks.
Izzet Charm being a great utility card as soon as you start to splash red in. Search for cards, a negate style effect, and straight burn.

I am fairly new to generating sideboards, and I am looking for feedback of all kinds. Main board improvements, and sideboard help both.
Thanks for any responses!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 12 Rares 15 - 3 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.44
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Ooze X/X G