Angelic Goats (budget)

Modern Angels Budget Competitive Devotion Lifegain

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Creature (26)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1x Angel of Invention
• 2x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 2x Archangel of Tithes
• 3x Flickerwisp
• 4x Knight of the White Orchid
• 2x Restoration Angel
• 4x Soul Warden
• 3x Springjack Shepherd
• 4x Wall of Omens

Land (18)

• 2x Flooded Strand
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 2x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 6x Plains
• 2x Shefet Dunes
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 1x Temple Garden
• 3x Windswept Heath

Instant (7)

• 4x Cloudshift
• 3x Path to Exile

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Honor of the Pure
• 2x Legion's Landing  ^Flip

Artifact (5)

• 1x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 4x Wildfield Borderpost

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Sideboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 2x Gaddock Teeg
• 2x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Enchantment (4)

• 3x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Rest in Peace

Instant (1)

• 1x Blessed Alliance

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip

Instant (1)

• 1x Dromoka's Command

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Sacred Ground

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(Because what more do you need in life :) )
this is a good punishing swarm deck with a good amount of life gain (to give us plenty of time to assemble things) and a nice brutal angels to help against those pesky control decks. :)

Main Win
Springjack Shepherd. it gives you a swarm of tokens (and a good amount of time a tone of life)
then Flicker away :).

Alternative Win
play Akroma, Angel of Fury face down, then play flicker (preferably Restoration Angel as starting turn 5 with two huge angles and whatever stuff you played turn 1/2 normally wins the game.

Archangel Avacyn  : for those who played her in standard she need no explanation and she can easily come down turn 4, pair this with some timely flicker abilities and she's dealing damaged and making stuff indestructible at will.

The Flicker Spells
Cloudshift protect your stuff and gain a tune of value i the process
Flickerwisp just so many possibilities
Restoration Angel Again no intro needed

Value
Wall of Omens big defender (out of bolt range ) and card draw
Soul Warden combined with Springjack Shepherd it's better that a perfect Martyr of Sands :)
Springjack Pasture Excellent lifegain and can token generate in a pinch
Legion's Landing   early token/lifegain/devotion late game manasink

Ramp
Knight of the White Orchid is inconsistent ramp normally but with the assist of Path to Exile, or Wildfield Borderpost it becomes a Nature's Lore with a 2/2 first strike attached.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx yeah its brutal.
Legion's Landing  , Springjack Pasture can both double as ramp late game.

Augmentations

Honor of the Pure excellent effect, adds to devotion, hard to remove
Shefet Dunes can win game out of nowhere
Archangel of Tithes stalls perfectly, makes a swarm attack unblockable and adds 3 devotion.
Angel of Invention big scary, makes tokens, make everything bigger and can flicker for value
Archangel Avacyn   instant speed indestructible is nothing to scoff at and on a huge body that board wipes, it was love at first sight.

Removal
Path to Exile it's a classic for a reason and helps us ramp in conjunction with Knight of the White Orchid

NOTESmay add 1-2 of Kytheon, Hero of Akros   and Brimaz, King of Oreskos next time i go with a big playtest also seriously considering dropping Springjack Pasture for another Legion's Landing   but would probably need the aggressive cards above to really make it work

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 4 Mythic Rares 24 - 9 Rares 12 - 2 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	2.56
Tokens	Goat 0/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	neat
Based on	Glimmering Shepherd (budget) amicdeep MDN