That's our nut draw. While it is beatable by a wrath, the deck's spicy explosive power is not something to be ignored.
The two main payoffs of this deck are
Divine Visitation
and
Teysa Karlov
. They're pretty straightforward, since when we start creating Angels with Visitation, the opponent generally can't keep up, and Teysa just represents so much value with Afterlife creatures.
Right now, Standard provides us with eight (efficient) sacrifice outlets, which isn't bad.
Pitiless Pontiff
makes combat difficult, while
Priest of Forgotten Gods
is just a ton of value if it lives to be non-summoning-sick. In fact, discounting all the upsides, just sacrificing two creatures for free is often beneficial in this deck.
For utility, we have a couple
Unbreakable Formation
s to protect against sweepers (while still being relevant as a random pump spell), one
Revival / Revenge
to fish back Afterlife creatures for value or to drain the opponent for a bunch, and two copies of
Mortify
just to have a catch-all answer in a deck without many free slots.
Our manabase is mostly just normal Standard Orzhov with eight rare duals, a guildgate, and a
Field of Ruin
. We also have one copy of
Memorial to Folly
and
Memorial to Glory
each. The former lets us fish back creatures for value, while the latter can create more bodies. Since they are lands, they come at a relatively low opportunity cost.
Overall, this is a very fun and spicy deck, and while I don't think anyone will win the Pro Tour with it, it's worth trying out at the FNM level of play. Plus, it's not that expensive of a deck.
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