THEY'LL POOP ON YOUR CAR.
THIS DECK WAS, UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, A MONO WHITE ANGEL/HUMAN DECK WITH A HEAVY FOCUS ON EXILE AND PROTECTION VIA CARDS LIKE
Brave the Elements
AND
Emerge Unscathed
, WITH THE EXILE COMING FROM THE Fiend Hunter'S AND Path to Exile'S (I ALSO HAD Honor of the Pure IN HERE FOR SOME ADDED BUFFING), AND THEN ONE DAY I HAD THE IDEA TO JUST MAKE IT W/U AND SEE HOW CONTROL HEAVY I COULD GET WITH IT WHILE KEEPING THE ANGEL/HUMAN THEME. I HONESTLY, AT THE TIME, FELT LIKE GOING W/U WOULD JUST STRAIGHT UP IMPROVE IT BY BACKING UP THE EXILE THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN THE DECK WITH VARIOUS COUNTER SPELLS, AMONG SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. I'M STILL NOT SURE IF I LIKE THE MONO WHITE STYLE OR THIS STYLE BETTER, BUT I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE ON PAPER, THIS LOOKS PRETTY DECENT.
SO THE BASIC IDEAS AND COMBOS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE. THE WIN CONDITION IS TO JUST BEAT PEOPLE UP WITH THE BIRDS WITH SWORDS UNTIL YOU KILL THEM DEAD, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE DECK KEEPS THEM DOWN UNTIL YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. I VIEW THE HUMANS AS JUST ADDED CONTROL SPELLS.
Meddling Mage LETS ME SINGLE OUT ASPECTS OF MY OPPONENTS DECK THAT I KNOW THEY HEAVILY NEED TO WIN, OR THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE EARLY GAME.
I VIEW
Grand Abolisher
AND Fiend Hunter AS JUST MORE CONTROL SPELLS, WITH THE FORMER PROTECTING ME FROM ALL KINDS OF THINGS I'D RATHER NOT HAVE HAPPEN WHEN IT'S MY TURN (OTHER BLUE PLAYERS, VARIOUS BUFF SPELLS GOING OFF AFTER I'VE DECLARED ATTACKERS, ET CETERA), AND THE LATTER BEING A FORM OF SEMI-SPOT REMOVAL THAT CAN HELP ME AT VIRTUALLY ANY PHASE OF THE GAME.
THE BIRDS WITH SWORDS ALL HAVE VARIOUS REASONS FOR BEING IN THE DECK. I ORIGINALLY HAD
Seraph of the Sword
IN HERE, BUT SHE CAME OUT FOR THE 3 Restoration Angel'S. HER SYNERGY WITH MY HUMANS, IN PARTICULAR THE FACT THAT SHE LETS ME CHOOSE A NEW TARGET FOR MY Fiend Hunter OR Meddling Mage JUST SEEMS TOO GOOD TO ME. Archangel of Tithes IS YET MORE CONTROL ON TOP OF BEING A FLYING 3/5 WHOSE ABILITY COMBOS EXTREMELY WELL WITH Ghostly Prison. Angel of Jubilation IS LIKE A LIVING Honor of the Pure THAT CAN ALSO SERVE TO SHUT DOWN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF MY OPPONENT'S DECK, THOUGH IT'S REALLY SITUATIONAL, AND
Angelic Overseer
COMBOS FAIRLY WELL WITH ALL THE HUMANS THAT I'M RUNNING. I WILL ADMIT THAT AS MUCH AS I LIKE
Angelic Overseer
AND HER INTERACTION WITH MY HUMAN CARDS, I'M CONSIDERING REPLACING HER WITH Baneslayer Angel. ALTERNATIVELY I COULD THROW IN Archangel Avacyn
.
THE VARIOUS INSTANTS ARE SOMEWHAT SELF EXPLANATORY, AND I ALREADY MENTIONED WHY Ghostly Prison IS IN HERE. Isochron Scepter SERVES TO MAKE THE CONTROL ASPECTS OF THE DECK A LITTLE MORE EVER PRESENT. IT CAN GIVE ME A Silence, Path to Exile, OR ANY COUNTER SPELL IN THE DECK ASIDE FROM
Render Silent
THAT I CAN CALL ON AT ANY TIME FOR 2 COLORLESS MANA. PERSONALLY, I LOVE IT.
BUT AS WITH ANY DECK I'VE EVER MADE, I'M NOT IMMEDIATELY HAPPY WITH IT. THERE ARE ASPECTS OF IT I'M STILL NOT CERTAIN OF, IN PARTICULAR MY COUNTER SPELL SETUP. THERE ARE ALSO SOME SPELLS I STARE AT AND WONDER IF I'D BENEFIT FROM INCLUDING THEM IN SOMEWAY, SPECIFICALLY THINGS LIKE
Rebuff the Wicked
, Supreme Verdict,
Hindering Light
, AND Detention Sphere. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, Iona, Shield of Emeria WOULD BE A FANTASTIC "I WIN" CREATURE TO INCLUDE, BUT SHE'S SO DAMN COSTLY I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WOULD ACTUALLY BE WORTH INCLUDING HERE, LET ALONE WHAT I WOULD TAKE OUT FOR HER.
I SERIOUSLY WELCOME ADVICE AND IDEAS HERE. I PRIMARILY OWN AND PLAY DECKS OF EVERY COLOR OTHER THAN BLUE, AND THE ONLY BLUE DECK I ACTUALLY OWN IS A NINJA DECK WHICH PLAYS FAIRLY DIFFERENT FROM THIS. THIS DECK RIGHT HERE IS SOMETHING I'D REALLY LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT ISN'T COMPLETE ASS BEFORE I DO, OR IF I SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO THE MONO WHITE SETUP.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO MAKE A G/W ANGEL DECK, LOCATED HERE: ANGELS ARE JUST BIRDS WITH RAMP
