My Go-To, Casual, "best of one" Deck.
For over 20 years, my favorite kitchen table Magic Deck has been, featuring my Favorite Cards Lightning Angel and Wrath of God. I've been playing with them since I was 9.
I'm 32 now and that number is growing rapidly, I've played Magic Casually for 2/3 my life, for a few years (19-26) I had a competitive Spirit, but I Never made it to "Pro Magic Player" status, but now magic is just Strictly a game Played for fun, though I still do enter tournaments, for fun.
The Deck has evolved a lot since I was little. Seeing itself Shaped into many Archetypes: Tempo, Control, Aggro, Burn, and Reanimator, but ultimately becoming a Midrange Burn Deck.
In this final iteration, I have removed all counter Spells, all artifacts and enchantments, and all card Draw. I am Doubling down on the top deck Nostalgia of "is it wrath of gods?", "is it lightning bolt?", play style of when I was a kid. I've decided to make it forever modern Legal, despite the Desire to include much older cards. I am a casual "best of one" kitchen table Magic player, as such all future decks I post will be in EDH, Casual, and Custom formats.
This is a perfect deck to play when I'm playing against Someone I've just met and to introduce myself and my magic Play style. Their reaction to a 32+ year old Adult playing a deck designed by their inner child, (which involves wrathing the board anytime they Develop a board state and Constantly targeting Them with Burn Spells) is a good way for me to gauge all future interactions and games played against that person.
Vengeful Dreams, Reya Dawnbringer, Helionaut, are some of the Classic inclusions from the Early years I wanted to mention in this immortalization of the Deck.
But enough about Me, and My history of the deck, Let's Talk about the Deck Now, in it's current State.
Angel8Wrath AKA Apocalypse 2024/ The Lightning Angel Deck
8 Wrath Effects
4x Wrath of God: Because it is my Favorite card
4x Sunscour: Because more Wrath
8 Angels
4x Lightning Angel: Because it's my Favorite Creature
4x Metropolis Reformer: Because F**k Mono Burn
16 Burn Spells
4x Lightning Bolt: Because it is the Best Burn Spell
4x Boros Charm: Because it is the 2nd Best Burn Spell (That can be pitched to Sunscour)
4x Lightning Helix: Because it is the 3rd Best Burn Spell (That can be Pitched to Sunscour]
4x Jeskai Charm: Because it is the 4th Best Burn Spell (That can be pitched to Sunscour)
Random Synergy
2x Cavern of Souls: Because Casting lightning Angel is all I want to do
2x Defy Death: Not because I think it's a Good card (I Don't), But because I'm willing to pay for a 5/6 Lightning Angel.
4x Squadron Hawk: Because it is a noble bird willing to claw out the eyes of my enemy and Sacrifice its own family so I may cast Sunscour for Free.
4x Restless Anchorage: Because it is a / source that becomes a Creature with Flying (notably very helpful when I am field wiping 3-6 times per game)
2x Animal Sanctuary: Because Squadron Hawk and my Bird land deserve love and support, as they can Single Handedly win me The Game.
Please feel free to comment below with your favorite cards or sets, or the sets you started playing, Feel free to link your favorite Deck, and of course, what you think of this deck.
