Need an excuse to buy FTV: Angels
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Aug. 14, 2015, 2:25 p.m. by NixTheThird
Like the title says, I've been wracking my brain to make the 35 bucks worth it. Now, by worth it, I mean use most of the angels in the set in fun decks that can win occasionally in multiplayer. I could try to shoehorn them into different multiple decks, but (long story short) that ain't happening.
INSTEAD, I come to ask you all for ideas on using as many of the angels in one deck that can kick some ass, take one or two names, and make me laugh at the ouny little amount of money it cost me.
Sidenote: I don't mean this to be a economic discussion. The argument of "the invividual cards cost more than the box set" vs "prices will drop like a rock, wait a while" is another conversation entirely.
VampireArmy says... #3
You should pick it up because several of the angels are staples of edh in general and though you have now use now, you could need them later
August 14, 2015 3:35 p.m.
NixTheThird says... #4
That's my current thinking, VampireArmy, however I am also very weak in my white and red deck building, which is the majority of the set. So I'm trying to pick people's collective skull meat to think up ways to use them besides just one or two of them in a red or white or both token deck... which is all my small brain has thought of so far.
Well that, and some super durdely "I HAVE BIG ANGELS YAAAAAAY" deck. which has its place I suppose.
August 14, 2015 3:45 p.m.
Good luck finding for $35 - it's listing for $80 right now on Ebay.
But if you need or want strong commander staples, get it! You can always sell the cards you don't want.
Also, Tariel EDH maybe? Slam Aurelia, Tariel, Avacyn, Baneslayer, dual Akromage, Iona as finishers.
August 14, 2015 4:23 p.m. Edited.
LittleBlueHero says... #6
Along the lines of your "I HAVE BIG ANGELS YAAAAAAY" deck you could use the cards to build an Angel tribal EDH. There are more than enough cards to support it, but actually making it function should be a fun challenge (depending on your level of competitiveness).
For me liking the alternate arts is worth the $35 but thats me.
Most of the Angels in it will replace non foil versions in my mono white Angel (flying) EDH. You are lucky if you can get it for $35, I had to pre-order at $70 because the shops around me are greedy.
August 14, 2015 4:29 p.m.
the.beanpole says... #7
Big, overcosted angels, dragons, and demons in a Kaalia of the Vast deck (heavy on angels) + Belbe's Portal, Quicksilver Amulet, Heartless Summoning, Rakdos, Lord of Riots, etc. to get things out in other ways too.
August 14, 2015 5 p.m.
libraryjoy says... #8
I've got it on preorder (for $75). In anticipation, I've put together a Gisela, Blade of Goldnight EDH deck that should be fun to play. I was hoping Gisela would be in the box, but since she wasn't, I bought her outright for about $10. Outside of the FTV angels, the rest of the deck can be had for about $30 minus basic land. I mostly built it out of stuff I already had, so there may be some unusual choices - I'm not going for really competitive, but at least a bit stronger than my other budget decks.
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August 14, 2015 5:58 p.m.
I already have a strong tribal angel deck i built for the missus, it now gets foil upgrades and my edh cube finally has the angel suite all foiled out too! I pick between gisela or aurelia each time i play, the deck is splash red, and in multiplayer edh it can happily hold its own and win with either commander
August 14, 2015 7:24 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #11
@maiden77 missus? did you mean misses? maybe I just dont know how to spell that word and I'm confused for no reason.
August 14, 2015 7:31 p.m.
NixTheThird says... #12
Gonna check out that deck you posted for sure. Wasn't thinking angel tribal would be all that strong due to most angels being on the heavy cmc side with low impact (most of them, not all of them). But as I said, looking for an excuse!
August 14, 2015 11:09 p.m.
One letter different should'nt confuse you that much DERPLINGSUPREME lol and missus is correct, even though we aren't married it's the correct spelling, at least in the Queen's English not sure about Murrrrka
continuum says... #2
I plan on putting them in my Graveborn deck. Some of them at least.
August 14, 2015 2:34 p.m.