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Angel of Retribution
Creature — Angel
Flying, first strike
Exe928 on
Lyra's Dawn of Life
5 years ago
As a fellow Angel lover (you can see my angel tribal & taxes deck here ), I think you run many angels that are simply not good enough. Angel of Retribution, Radiant, Archangel is too fragile to mass removal, Seraph of Dawn, Seraph of the Suns, Shepherd of the Lost, Requiem Angel, Angelic Field Marshal is useless if you don't have your commander out, and if you have it you really don't need that much having viligance on all your creatures when a lot of them already have it, Exquisite Archangel (if you want this kind of effect I would prefer Resolute Archangel, that does it whenever you want), Herald of War I think is too slow, all of those I think cost too much for what they do, even Radiant, because she is too vulnerable against mass removal, although you could argue that she is good enough, I don't like her that much. I also think some of them like Silver Seraph or Shattered Angel could be removed but I'm fearing that I am going to cut too much and you will end up with less than 100 cards. Also, I'd suggest removing Iona, as hard as it is for me to say, but when my opponents stole it from me for the third time and named white I finally decided is too risky to run her in a monocolored deck.
I also think you are running some inefficient lifegain. Chaplain's Blessing is too weak, you could instead run cards like Blessed Alliance that are far more versatile, or Solemn Offering to mix targeted removal with life gain. Rest for the Weary, Sun Droplet, those ones I think are too ineficient.
Finally, some of the artifacts you run are to make your creatures able to evade more, but I don't think it is necessary when all of them already fly and are enormous, so I would cut Trailblazer's Boots and Prowler's Helm. I don't think Whispersilk Cloak is that good taking into account how many enchantments and abilities you have that target your creatures, and Sunbeam Spellbomb isn't good enough if you are not running some kind of graveyard recursion.
Finally, I would cut many of the cards you use to buff up your angels. They are already big, you don't need too many +1/+1 effects when you are always casting 5/5s, 6/6s and 7/7s. That would make Silver Seraph, Path of Bravery, Honor of the Pure, Dictate of Heliod and Light from Within cuttable.
Have you thought about adding Approach of the Second Sun? It's a nice alternate win condition that makes you gain life. I'd also think about including the OG Ajani Goldmane, it was made specifically about lifegain.
PhotogenicParasympathetic on pskinn01
6 years ago
Cool cool, so I looked through your deckbox binder, and found a few things I'm interested in. Would you consider doing 30$, plus:
Scavenging Ooze
Necroskitter
Sunblast Angel
(scars of mirroden)
Requiem Angel(dark ascension)
Angel of Retribution
Angel of Finality
(C13)
All cards below this point from Commander Anthology:
Angel of Finality
Karmic Guide
Angelic Arbiter
Angel of Despair
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Akroma, Angel of Fury
Archangel of Strife
Basandra, Battle Seraph
Fallen Angel
Lightkeeper of Emeria
Voice of All
Serra Angel
Shattered Angel
Totalling 57.96 (by TCG Median price)
For my Scalding Tarn, MM17 edition, $53.99 TCG Median?
