White Lightning

Commander / EDH Angels Lifegain Mono-White

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Creature (30)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Aegis Angel
• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Angel of Jubilation
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Angelic Field Marshal
• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Bishop of Wings
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Meld
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Emeria Angel
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Goldenglow Moth
• 1x Healer's Hawk
• 1x Herald of War
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Resplendent Angel
• 1x Segovian Angel
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sun Titan

Artifact (12)

• 1x Endless Atlas
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Parhelion II
• 1x Pearl Medallion
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x True Conviction

Instant (6)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Midnight Haunting
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Serra the Benevolent

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 24x Plains
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Seraph Sanctuary
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Battle Screech
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Spectral Procession
• 1x Wrath of God

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Version 2.0 of a still experimental Angels deck; The aim of this deck is to get some flying creatures into play, make them indestructible and defeat your opponents by going over or through their defence. The life gain aspect of the deck and indestructible blockers also makes you hard to kill.

This deck is not fast, and it isn't designed to be. Early in the game you'll be looking to maintain enough presence not to be too easy a target but also not a glaring threat that will draw fire from your opponents. In the later turns you'll be hoping to launch your offence when your opponents have less answers for the questions that'll be flying at them.

Sephara is, of course, the leader of your army, keeping your airborne forces from harm. With this in mind it only makes sense to provide some protection of her own. Aegis Angel, Adarkar Valkyrie, Selfless Spirit, Spirit Bonds and Gift of Immortality all provide good cover against "destroy" effects and damage, and Mother of Runes is excellent against spot removal. Obviously, Avacyn, Angel of Hope protects her too but by that point Sephara's own protective ability is pretty much moot.

When your forces are indestructible, your board wipes can essentially become one-sided, particularly if you can protect your commander too. Divine Reckoning is great in the absence of adequate protection as you can just select Sephara and keep her and all of your flyers while your opponents get reduced to one creature each, with the option to do it again later.

To help with the high mana requirements, Pearl Medallion, Oketra's Monument, Urza's Incubator and potentially Herald of War reduce mana costs and Mind Stone, Nyx Lotus, Thran Dynamo, the ubiquitous Sol Ring and the ridiculous Smothering Tithe bolster your mana production. Sword of the Animist can also prove to be a decent ramp engine; providing you with a guaranteed land per turn when you can attack freely.

Card draw relies on cards such as Endless Atlas, Bonders' Enclave, Mind's Eye, Well of Lost Dreams and Dawn of Hope as well as Mentor of the Meek.

As for assembling the flying army that will hopefully win the game, plenty of the creatures in this deck have flying and Midnight Haunting, Battle Screech and Spectral Procession provide multiple small flying creatures that will help to cast Sephara for alternative cost, while also providing some pesky blockers when she's on the field. Divine Visitation can really beef these spells up as well as allowing non-flying tokens from other sources to take to the skies. More Angel tokens can be made from Parhelion II, Resplendent Angel, Angelic Accord or a personal favourite of mine, Luminarch Ascension.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Bird 1/1 W, Emblem Serra the Benevolent, Human 1/1 W, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance