In my current local meta, aggro seems to be the main strategy. In order to counter this, I've made a deck with some things to hopefully stem the aggro, allow you to slap down some big angels and hopefully swing for lethal. Also, I noticed no one used Syndicate Trafficker and I usually play black, so goodbye Electrostatic Pummeler and Voltaic Brawler, hello Syndicate Trafficker and Archangel Avacyn
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Main features:
Syndicate Trafficker triggers from Angel of Invention and
Weaponcraft Enthusiast
Selfless Spirit to have an indestructible set of creatures for a turn
Archangel Avacyn
to protect your dudes/stop flyers
Eldrazi Displacer to blink, trigger ETB effects, tap down baddies
Angel of Invention for lifelink/stopping flyers/token generation/buff
Eerie Interude and an
Acrobatic Maneuver
to either flash Avacyn again for indestructible, generate more tokens from fabricators, recur from graveyard with Restoration Gearsmith or protect your dudes.
Restoration Gearsmith
for recursion
Noxious Gearhulk for some removal/lifegain combo
Westvale Abbey
in case you have lots of tokens around late game
Declaration in Stone
to remove pesky tokens or difficult creatures
Immolating Glare
to keep from getting punched
Sideboard
Fragmentize - No Panharmonicon or Smuggler's Copter shenanigans here!
Kambal, Consul of Allocation - Take your control somewhere else!
Bone Splinters - Oh, you only get one creature when you play a card??
Linvala, the Preserver
- Down creatures? Down life? No worries, Linvala will save the day!
Anguished Unmaking - For When you just don't know how to deal with a permanent...also gets rid of Ulamog.
Immolating Glare
- Less aggro, please! (subject to change after playtesting, some in mainboard)
Better hope they don't have lots of clip wings!
This is my first serious attempt at brewing a deck all by myself. Please feel free to suggest new cards and, of course, +1s are appreciated if you feel it's deserved.
