Creature (3)
Land (24)
Enchantment (10)
Artifact (7)
Instant (9)
Sorcery (7)
Sideboard
Creature (4)
Enchantment (1)
Instant (3)
Sorcery (7)
Maybeboard
Angel tokens. EVERYWHERE.
About the Deck
A powerful, albeit slow combo deck with ultimate inevitability. The deck survives early game with a flurry of removal spells and sweepers until Angelic Accord can come online.
Once Angelic Accord is online, the deck slowly spirals out of control as a massive swarm of angels forms to destroy your opponent.
Name for the deck comes from a combination of Warleader's Helix and Angelic Accord, the former which can kill something and gain you enough life to trigger the latter.
Step 1 - Survive to Play Angelic Accord
With one card being the real powerhouse behind this deck, the deck needs some draw and scry power to find what it needs.
- Temple of Silence / Temple of Triumph - Scry 1 can be quite powerful, if at least to remove a dead draw late game. If you can find Angelic Accord, even better.
- Magma Jet - Burn a pesky X/2 creature, then set up your next draw.
- Read the Bones - Digs down up to four cards to yield you two cards.
Your opponent is very likely trying to kill you while you dig for this critical card. Stall them out with a variety of removal spells.
- Chained to the Rocks - Deals with almost all the creatures in standard, including the gods of Theros.
- Mizzium Mortars - The ONLY card that could possibly be run in this deck to kill Blood Baron of Vizkopa.
- Dreadbore - Great versus big creatures, and deals with planeswalkers.
- Hero's Downfall - Instant speed Dreadbore. Even better.
- Anger of the Gods - The perfect amount of damage. So many creatures have three toughness or less, and this exiles Chandra's Phoenix. Even better, it keeps the 4/4 Angel tokens alive and well.
Step 2 - Gain 4 Life
Angelic Accord is now online. Gain 4 life, and watch as your board presence escalates.
- Elixir of Immortality - Cheap and gives a ton of life. Also completely ruins decks that try to mill you to win.
- Bubbling Cauldron - Sacrifice something for an Angel token.
- Warleader's Helix - Burn something and gain four life plus an Angel token.
- Trading Post - Trade away lands for angel tokens plus four life. Alternatively, trade away itself or a Bubbling Cauldron for a card.
- Blood Baron of Vizkopa - A really big Geist of Saint Traft when Angelic Accord is in play.
Sideboard
Various tools for various decks.
- Anger of the Gods - More copies so you can lay waste to the entire field.
- Assemble the Legion - A card that can win the game entirely by itself. You will eventually win if you successfully resolve it versus control.
- Mizzium Mortars - Can become a Plague Wind versus certain decks.
- Last Breath - Hits many relevant creatures in the current standard.
- Rakdos's Return - Midrange and control decks crumble when you fireball their HAND.
- Slaughter Games - Get rid of something that is an absolute terror. More on this below.
- Boros Reckoner - An absolute house against aggro decks.
Using Slaughter Games Effectively:
Slaughter Games is a tricky card to use, as you need to know what to hit with it in the first place. What you want to get rid of changes with the kind of deck you play, and the kind of deck you are up against.
Good Targets for Slaughter Games:
- Against Mono-Black Devotion: Name Erebos, God of the Dead or lose. This card single-handedly ruins this deck's main win condition, and has no real answer.
- Against U/W/X Decks: Naming Sphinx's Revelation is always a solid choice. If they don't have it, naming Detention Sphere can keep them from exiling Angelic Accord.
- Against B/R/X Decks: Naming Slaughter Games might be a good idea. If they realize what your deck does, they will play it naming Angelic Accord, and there goes the main win condition.
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| Date added | 11 years |
| Last updated | 10 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 0 - 2 Mythic Rares 35 - 10 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.94 |
| Tokens | Angel 4/4 W, Goat 0/1 W, Soldier 1/1 RW |
| Folders | Combo Decks, Favorite Decks, Interesantes |
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