Angel Warfare
Kicking ass and taking names. Hopefully. Would y'all help a girl out?
Hiya My Passionate Nerdsters! New to the site/forum, 1st shot at a Modern deck. Please take a look, share your wisdom, say "howdy-do" etc..... Thx in advance.
-nycpeach
I remember when I started MTG and tried to make a working
pure white
angel deck.
It did not turned out too well ahah.
First of all, the mana curve.
You got 4 turn 1 drop, 4 turn 2 drop, and the rest is all on 3+ CMC.
In modern, this means that you're basically a sitting duck in a format where the first three turns are the most important ones.
Also, remember that
human is usually a green/white/blue tribe, so don't limit yourself to white only.
Mix up the things.
I'll
dismember the deck (wall of text incoming):
Cavern of souls is good, keep it.
Angelic Destiny is an aura.
All auras suffer the same problem: the 2x1; luckily you can
recover it if the creature dies.
But you still "lost" the turn in the grand scheme of things.
If you really like it, I would keep in a single copy, as a finisher for late game or when you're in control (sort of).
Avacyn, Angel of Hope is a powerhouse, but it's... mana expensive.
Like, really really expensive.
You need to cheat her in game somehow.
Green can help you do that.
Captain of the Watch is a so-so addition (and extremely costly).
Yeah, you use a lot of warrior humans on the deck, but you need to focus on a game strategy: do I use the humans as a temporary meat shield while I ramp mana up to put angels on the field to finish off my opponent?
Or do I use the humans as both a starter AND finisher, with angels being a sort of "supportative" figure in the deck?
Cathars' Crusade is an enchantment (so it has a sort of "protection" in his own way), costly, but still effective.
Not bad not good.
Champion of the Parish is a good turn1 drop... for a
pure human deck.
If you want to play angels, you need mana, and if you want mana, you need accelerations.
And all good mana dorks sit at 1 mana.
A 2 copy of the card would suffice.
Day of Judgment, a wrath I guess you wanna use when Avacyn is on the field.
Costly, makes the job done.
It's ok I guess.
Gideon Jura is... expensive.
Again.
Too expensive for too little advantage, there are better version of him.
Gideon's Avenger, expensive, body under average for his CMC, with the premise that he can grow.
Realistically, he won't, since he'll probably die at the first block.
Even if he grows, a spot removal can works wonders since he has not protection on his own.
Grand Abolisher, a good hatebear/control (sort of) card.
Good body, nice effect, good CMC.
Keep it, maybe in x2, since the effect is redundant.
Linvala, Keeper of Silence, my favourite card ever.
Solid body, good CMC, good effect, keep it but in x1.
Oblivion ring, you got no flickering effect so it loses a lot of value.
It's a spot removal with sorcery speed, too slow and expensive.
I would cut it altogether.
Odric, Master Tactician, loves the "swarm" tactics, and you ain't swarming that much (unless the games goes for 20+ turns and you start to have 20 mana).
I would cut it altogether.
Sword of Feast and Famine/
Sword of War and Peace, nice equipment pieces, works
wonder in a lot of situation.
I would diversify them with other swords, tho.
Proposed changes:
-1
Angelic Destiny-1
Avacyn, Angel of Hope-2
Captain of the Watch-1/-2
Cathars' Crusade-2/-4
Champion of the Parish-1
Day of Judgment-2
Gideon Jura-4
Gideon's Avenger-2
Grand Abolisher-1
Linvala, Keeper of Silence-4
Oblivion Ring-4 Odrin, Master Tactician
-1
Sword of Feast and Famine-1
Sword of War and PeaceNow for the replacement, I would go for a Green/White deck.
Noble Hierarch/
Avacyn's Pilgrim: pretty self explanatory: pimp the mana up.
Noble is a staple for every bant or selenya deck, but she costs money.
Pilgrim is the cheaper version of her.
Path to Exile, the strongest spot removal in modern for white.
Dragon's Eye Sentry: she will buy you time.
She can't attack, but has a wonderful body for her cost and first strike.
FIRST STRIKE ON A 1CMC DROP!
Kytheon, Hero of Akros or
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar to replace
Gideon Jura.
The first is a creature that goes well tematically with the "attack en masse", the second is just a better version of Gideon.
Mikaeus, the Lunarch: a modulable drop that can be a powerhouse or a buffer for your creatures.
Thraben Inspector, solid body for a turn1 drop, and can give you a clue to draw cards in
dead turns.
Remember that white's
weakness is the lack of way to draw cards.
Warden of the First Tree, a modulable creature that can become a massive powerhouse if left unchecked.
Weathered Wayfarer, one of my favourite monowhite ramp, can help you thin the deck.
Not so easy to use tho, unlike
Noble Hierarch.
Hamlet Captain, a buffer for the humans.
Knight of the Holy Nimbus, one of my favourite card.
Attacks damn well, and he never dies, unless the opponent decides to keep the mana open.
Knight of the White Orchid, the toughter cousing of
Weathered Wayfarer.
Can fetch you a land, even a
shock land.
Mayor of Avabruck, another buffer for the humans.
This one is passive.
Relic Seeker, wanna get those swords?
Go get those swords!
Thalia's Lieutenant, get a counter on everybody and pumps herself up.
Dauntless Cathar,
recycle herself by putting a flying spirit on the battlefield.
Fiend Hunter, a spot removal with both legs, arms, and a warhammer.
Somberwald Sage, because I heard you like to ramp.
Thalia, Heretic Cathar, holy shit this card is broken.
Tireless Tracker, good body, nice landfall effect, can grow.
Angelic Page, it's, well, an
angel.
A little one.
Emancipation Angel, sort of "
flicker" your average
human so that all the buffers can be activated again.
Angel of Jubilation, a solid buffer.
Archangel of Tithes, holy shit she's annoying for the opponent, yet extremely valuable.
Gisela, the Broken Blade and extremely powerful body.
Too bad she dies to Bolt.
Archangel Avacyn, a powerful, but risky card.
Be prepared to lose your board if played unproperly.
Baneslayer Angel one of the best angels out there for his CMC.
Herald of War, tricky to get in play properly, but once she's setted, you can play the deck for (almost) free.
Sigarda, Heron's Grace this
angel was made for the
human tribe.
Exalted Angel, can be sort of tricked into play via morphing.
Angel of Glory's Rise, wanna swarm the field?
Iona, Shield of Emeria, even more costly than Avacyn, yet when she enters the battlefield, it's game over.
Entreat the Angels, if draw and casted as miracle, can win you the game.
Now, if you want to cheat creatures in play for free...
Why don't you add a nice 4x of
Descendants' Path ?
It allows you to play a permanent from your topdeck during the upkeep for no cost.
So, you got a lil' innocent
Angelic Page on the field and an Avacyn awaiting for you on the top of your library?
Surprise, you got an Avacyn on the field for free.
This works well with
Mutavault (since you can activate it at the beginning of your upkeep), and it will retain BOTH the
angel and
human subtype.
Alas, another way you have to cheat things into play is
Windbrisk Heights.
It enters the battefield tapped (slowing you down), but hidewaying an Emeria and casting it the next turn for free is sweet.
That's all I can think off right now.
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