Giada, Font of Hope by Durdle Engine
https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/ub99gf/video_giada_font_of_hope_deck_tech/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATzkjhd-ixg
https://archidekt.com/decks/2639244#Giada,_Font_of_Angels
Sideboard is his list of upgrades.
Maybeboard is maybe add.
Aquireboard is maybe remove.
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Drop resplendent angel. You dont want to exile your own graveyard angels. Instead replace her with anything else. A lost of 3-4 mana cost angels (remember giada is angel dork so a 4 can count as a 3)
breathkeeper seraph, hero of bretagard, shepherd of the cosmos, goldnight redeemer, angelic guardian, Angel of Dawn, angel of Condemnation, shattered angel, angelic curator, Archangel of Tithes.
Herald of the host, creates angels to attack other players when it attacks… more counters….
Ajani strength of the pride, get to 55 life, and for 4 mana uptick 0 exile all your opponent’s artifacts & creatures
I'm prob cutting Reaper for Lyra tho, bc i'm too stupid to go infinite and i'm a Lyra stan. :) Reaper is still one of the best angel artworks.
Which cards are u removing if u put the upgrades?
I would remove like-for-like. So things like Hedron Archive for ramping swords, the lower impact angels in the 4/5 mana range for the more powerful angels. Chuck out Dawn of Hope and Eye of Vecna for Tome of Legends and Endless Atlas, since they are a better draw source.
Upgrades:
--Ramp:
Dowsing Dagger
Sword of the Animist
Sword of Hearth and Home
--Search for one of the 3 above equipment ramp:
Steelshaper's Gift
Stoneforge Mystic
--Stax (+lifegain):
Authority of the Consuls
Blind Obedience
--Powerhouses ($$):
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Lyra Dawnbringer
Archangel of Thune
Resplendent Angel
--Card Draw:
Tome of Legends
Endless Atlas
Sword of Fire and Ice
--White Staples:
Smothering Tithe
Path to Exile
Land Tax
redd comments:
I think Angelic Sleuth will also be good as a source of card draw with Giada as most of your Angels will have +1/+1 counters.
Also, for budget angels, one I can recommend is Seraph of the Sword. It’s a 35 cent card that can block anything that doesn’t have trample over and over and over again, and it’s a 4-drop, so it helps lower the curve a bit.
Oh I really like Angelic Sleuth for this deck, I must have missed it during spoiler season. Easy slam dunk.
Angelic Sleuth and Sanctuary Warden both add a little card draw that is sorely needed (for people who can't afford $40 cards) and synergize very well with what you are already going to be doing with Giada. There's also the angel that reduces the cost of angels and humans based on her size and the cleric out of Kaldheim that'll help with cost reduction...
Akroma, vision of Ixidor
https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgfinance/comments/uavuy1/with_giada_font_of_hope_as_a_new_angel_commander/
If I were building an Angel deck, auto-includes would be:
Bishop of Wings
Righteous Valkyrie
Lyra Dawnbringer
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Serra the Benevolent
Sunblast Angel
Seraph Sanctuary
Mind Stone
Angel of Invention
Angel of the Ruins
Valkyrie Harbinger
Angel of the Dire Hour
Angel of Jubilation
Angelic Skirmisher
Archangel of Thune
Archangel of Tithes
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Militant Angel
This is a good list. I’d add a few: Resplendent Angel, Starnhein Unleashed, The Book of Exalted Deeds, Baneslayer Angel, Gisela, the Broken Blade
Really anything that is a ‘good value’ Angel or things that generate lots of Angel tokens are going to see minor to moderate increase in prices.
Even Elspeth Resplendent and Luxior, Gaida’s Gift will have synergy here.
As an interesting speculation and a small dose of theorycrafting here, Mirror Box may yield some really fun results with Giada, Font of Hope and angels in general in the 60 card formats.
Resplendent Angel
Starnhein Unleashed
The Book of Exalted Deeds
Baneslayer Angel
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Elspeth Resplendent
Luxior, Giada's Gift
Mirror Box
Giada, Font of Hope
Definitely add Luminarch Ascension to the list of auto includes. Easy to turn on in edh and works really well with giada caring about having a lot of angels
Angel of Vitality and Youthful Valkyrie (a shakier print, and sees play in standard still) are both somewhat taut already and could be really solid includes as well
angel of vitality
youthful Valkyrie
if this were 3-4 years in the future I could see some of the more unique angel mythics like Angel of Destiny or Book of Exalted Deeds jumping, but they're still in standard so I expect no movements besides maybe a couple high-entry cards like Resplendent Angel going up a few dollars.
Angel of Destiny
The Book of Exalted Deeds
Resplendent Angel
Most of the actual angel cards aren't particularly too expensive with a few outliers (Resplendent Angel and Archangel of Thune).
In terms of cheaper angels at the moment, I'd say that Righteous Valkyrie is the safest bet as it is generically good in any lifegain decks, and also synergizes with cleric tribal (which appears to be quite popular in EDH).
Resplendent Angel
Archangel of Thune
Righteous Valkyrie
Mono white is a big downside. I think I’d prefer this in the 99 of something like Shalai
This would actually work pretty great because of green you can add cards like Doubling Season, Parallel Lives, Anointed Procession, etc
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Anointed Procession
Doubling Season (g)
Parallel Lives (g)
Reserved list angels could spike some more as people wanna build white angel edh.. [radiant archangel]?
Angels, like demons and dragons, are powerful but overall not terribly synergistic even after pushing out a little bit of tribal support in recent years' sets. They work best as standalone finishers or board-securing pieces as a payoff, not as cogs in a tribal machine.
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Average mana cost is just too high. This totally messes up the curve in the color that's already the worst at getting ahead on mana. This makes Angels stronger by themselves and weaker when they're together because they destroy your curve.
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Angels' unifying themes are generally about life gain, which I like when it bounces life gain into another strategy like +1 counters but life gain on its own is overall not a powerful strategy and it's not a very inspiring theme. The Witherbloom cards from Strixhaven took this strategy in a more interesting direction anyway.
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Generally the Timmy types that are going to be attracted to playing a bunch of big hitters, are probably more interested in dragons, demons, or even dinosaurs, before they would pick angels, and Giada doesn't change that.
avacyn, angel of hope
lyra dawnbringer
emancipation angel
Starnheim Aspirant
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https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/wdh86v/is_there_any_card_that_reduces_the_costs_of_angels/
Is there any card that reduces the costs of angels?
Starnheim Aspirant is fantastic.
My advice would be to look more into effective mana ramp rather than mana reductions.
Angels are usually expensive to cast. This means that you’re usually only casting one angel per turn. Which means your mana reducer is only reducing a spell once.
Mana ramp ( Burnished Hart, Thran Dynamo, Sol Ring etc) will help you cast all your spells, not just angels.
A mix is good too!
Pearl Medallion seems like it would be an option, but it is fairly expensive.
Semblance Anvil, although it's probably not an amazing option.
Oketra's Monument or Cloud Key will reduce by 1, monument gets you a dude too.
https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3Acost+o%3Aless+o%3Aangel
https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3Acost+o%3Aless+o%3Achoose+o%3Acreature+o%3Atype&unique=cards&as=gridℴ=name
Herald's horn and Urza's incubator are too expensive for me.
Try Herald of War (great for angels and humans) Or any card that reduces white casting costs
I really enjoy the fact that this search found Morophon, the Boundless even though he doesn't mention angels specifically, because "changeling" includes the word.
Not sure why no one recommended Archaeomancer's Map but it does wonders if you're going against any green decks that have ramp in them, you'll always keep up with your land.
Oketra's Monument also works but only for white Hazoret's Monument is the red version.
Starnheim Aspirant
Burnished Hart
Thran Dynamo
Pearl Medallion
Semblance Anvil
oketra's monument
cloud key
Herald of War
Herald's horn
urza's incubator
Morophon, the Boundless
Archaeomancer's Map
Oketra's Monument
