This deck is all about Angelic Accord. Angelic Accord is a cool card in standard. It's not great in standard (it isn't good either), but it's cool, and that makes it fun, and that makes me want to play it.
The Build:
Soldier of the Pantheon: A good one drop. The protection is great against opponent's Rakdos Cackler,
Frostburn Weird
, Domri Rade, etc.. Most importantly, there's life gain. Against the new Jund deck, this card will help get you pass turn 4.
Voice of Resurgence: Amazing card that must be dealt with and also helps buy you time. Has potential synergy with Trostani, Selesnya's Voice.
Brimaz, King of Oreskos: The first head of the "Deadly Three" (His sisters Archangel of Thune and Trostani, Selesnya's Voice play very well together). He has four toughness, vigilance, makes tokens, and only three mana. Why not run him?
Courser of Kruphix: Gains you life and has four toughness for the Trostani, Selesnya's Voice trigger; plus extras.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice: The second head of the Deadly Three. She enjoys gaining life, populating Angelic Accord tokens, and long talks in the forest.
Archangel of Thune: The third head of the Deadly Three. She has great synergy with most of the cards in the deck. Alongside her flame-sword she carries a can of whoop-ass and reading materials. And she will swing all three at you.
Elixir of Immortality: Not my favorite card to use but it's better than
Brindle Boar
and Heroes' Reunion. It triggers Angelic Accord and is not a bad play on turn 1.
Selesnya Charm: The only sweeper in the deck. Helps out in a number of situations and opens up a number of interesting plays throughout your games. But really, it's mainly a sweeper.
Bow of Nylea: It's nice to have deathouch, especially against Jund (Check the sideboard). This card give us what we need, except it doesn't give enough. You get three life but you need four to trigger Angelic Accord. You get deathtouch, but you need creatures on the board.
Riot Control
: This is my least favorite card in the deck. But I'm hoping it helps during stalls and desperate situations. If not, then I'll replace it with
Last Breath
since we need at least 1/3 of the deck to generate life gain. Or perhaps
Fiendslayer Paladin
? He's a badass.
Angelic Accord: The reason we've assembled this clusterfudge. We want to break this in standard. I'm hoping this build will perform.
25 lands. 6 come in tapped. If I'm consistently missing a landdrop I will start running 26.
The Sideboard:
Mistcutter Hydra: Monoblue
Glare of Heresy
: Hits Detention Sphere and Elspeth, Sun's Champion.
Last Breath
: Great against MonoBlack and RDW. And can also hit your own Voice of Resurgence to trigger Angelic Accord. YAY!
Pithing Needle: When it lands, Domri Rade, Jace, Architect of Thought, Xenagos, the Reveler, and Polukranos, World Eater go flaccid.
Bow of Nylea: Helps stop the Jund/Gruul hordes. Who wants a Voice of Resurgence to kill their Polukranos, World Eater? No one, thats who.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion: I'm on the wall about this young woman. She's good against control, but I feel
Glare of Heresy
and Mistcutter Hydra is enough to get you there. Maybe against Esper control she would serve more purpose. Maybe only run one in the sideboard and bring in another Pithing Needle? Maybe Ka-Ka-Karametra, God of Harvests?
The Match-ups:
MonoBlue: Take out Elixir of Immortality, Bow of Nylea, and one Brimaz, King of Oreskos to put in Mistcutter Hydra. Bring in
Glare of Heresy
and take out
Riot Control
if they are running Detention Sphere.
MonoBlack: Bring in
Last Breath
and take out Elixir of Immortality and Bow of Nylea.
Jund: Bring in 1 Bow of Nylea and Pithing Needle. Take out Elixir of Immortality and 1
Riot Control
Gruul: Bring in Bow of Nylea and Pithing Needle. Take out Elixir of Immortality and
Riot Control
Esper Control: Bring in Mistcutter Hydra, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, and Pithing Needle. Take out Courser of Kruphix,
Riot Control
, Bow of Nylea, and 1 Elixir of Immortality.
UW: Bring in Mistcutter Hydra,
Glare of Heresy
, and Pithing Needle. Take out 2 Courser of Kruphix, 2 Selesnya Charm,
Riot Control
, Bow of Nylea, and 1 Elixir of Immortality.
Orzhov Control: Bring in Elspeth, Sun's Champion,
Last Breath
, and
Glare of Heresy
. Take out, Elixir of Immortality, Bow of Nylea,
Riot Control
, and two [Soldier of the Patheon]].
RDW: Bring in
Last Breath
and take out Elixir of Immortality and Bow of Nylea.
Suggestions anyone?
