THEY KEPT THE SWORDS TOO.
I MADE ANGELS ARE JUST BIRDS WITH SWORDS AND IN LOOKING AT ALL THE VARIOUS ANGELS THAT EXIST, I REALIZED THAT I LIKED A LOT OF THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BIRDS WITH SWORDS BUT THEY'RE DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO USE IN A W/U SETUP. THEN I SAW COOL GREEN BIRDS WITH SWORDS, AND I SAID TO MYSELF... WHAT IF THE BIRDS WITH SWORDS COULD RAMP. SO NOW I'M MAKING THIS AND SEEING IF I LIKE IT BETTER OR NOT.
THE BASIC STRAT IS PRETTY CLEAR HERE. ALL THE GOOD BIRDS WITH SWORDS ARE FUCKING EXPENSIVE, SO THE GREEN MAKES IT FEASIBLE THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY HIT THE BOARD. Avacyn's Pilgrim AND
Somberwald Sage
ARE OBVIOUS GREEN RAMP THAT HELPS ME HIT THOSE BIG CREATURES SOONER AND Knight of the White Orchid HELPS ME OUT IF I'M FALLING BEHIND IN LAND OR LETS ME GET SOME CHEEKY EXTRA LAND IF I HAD SECOND TURN.
THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO CHEAT OUT THE BIRDS WITH SWORDS AS WELL, SUCH AS THE VARIOUS HIDEAWAY LANDS OR THE Quicksilver AmuletS.
Odric, Lunarch Marshal DECIDED THAT HE LIKED THE ENTIRE MTG RULE BOOK, AND HE WANTED ALL OF HIS BIRD FRIENDS TO LIKE IT TOO. HE COMBOS EXTREMELY WELL WITH A LOT OF THE BIRDS WITH SWORDS, ESPECIALLY
Angelic Overseer
.
Congregation at Dawn
IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE HERE AS IT LETS ME SETUP A PERFECT DRAW FOR THE NEXT 3 TURNS IF I WANT, SAY, A
Somberwald Sage
FOLLOWED UP BY TWO SWOLE BIRDS WITH SWORDS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
Path to Exile,
Journey to Nowhere
AND Day of Judgment LETS ME KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL IF MY OPPONENT IS POPPING OFF SOONER THEN I AM, AND ASCETICISM (THOUGH I COULD SEE MYSELF MAYBE TAKING IT OUT FOR SOMETHING ELSE) PROTECTS ANY CREATURES I HAVE THAT AREN'T INDESTRUCTIBLE YET FROM BURN OR REMOVAL.
PERHAPS THE WEIRDEST COMBO IN HERE IS THE Increasing Savagery AND
Herald of War
. OBVIOUSLY I WANT COUNTERS ON THE HERALD TO MAKE MY EXPENSIVE SHIT CHEAPER, BUT THE FACT THAT SHE'S ONLY A 3/3 SCARES ME. I COULD FORESEE MANY SCENARIOS WHERE MY OPPONENT ACTUALLY HAS FLYING BLOCKERS STRONGER THEN HER, AND CLEARLY I WOULD WANT HER TO SWING AND LIVE. Increasing Savagery LETS ME BYPASS THE PART ABOUT HAVING TO SWING TO GET COUNTERS ON HER AT ALL, AS WELL AS IMMEDIATELY MAKING Avacyn, Angel of Hope OR Akroma, Angel of Wrath ONLY COST ME 3 MANA IF I HAPPEN TO HAVE THEM IN HAND. I'LL TAKE A 4 MANA Iona, Shield of Emeria AS WELL. REALLY, I COULD DITCH THE HERALDS FOR SOMETHING LIKE Emeria Shepherd OR Angel of Jubilation AND THAT WOULD FREE UP 2 MORE CARD SPOTS SINCE I PROBABLY WOULDN'T KEEP THE SAVAGERIES AT THAT POINT, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE.
THIS DECK IS DEFINITELY STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. I LIKE HOW IT'S SETUP RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE A FEW CARDS THAT I'M IN DEBATE ABOUT TRYING TO FIT IN. SPECIFICALLY, THINGS LIKE Descendants' Path AND Timely Reinforcements. THE FORMER IS JUST AN INTERESTING CARD THAT WOULDN'T BE DIFFICULT TO FIT IN AS LONG AS I WAS OK WITH LOSING MY AsceticismS, AND THE LATTER COMBOS EXTREMELY WELL WITH Windbrisk Heights.
