Natural Heavens

I'm wondering where the Rancor went. Trample + Exalted is where it's at. You can have a 20/20 Exalted swinging in but just get chump-blocked by some schmo-Spirit.

And Rancor is just an insane card, anyways.

As much as I like Sigarda, Host of Herons and think she's incredibly underrated, I feel like she's underutilized here. Sublime Archangel should really top out your curve creature-wise. In all honesty, I'd plug in another Oblivion Ring and another Loxodon Smiter . Smiter's a machine. He can't be countered and he's a 4/4 body on (likely) your second turn.

He's also the perfect counter to Liliana of the Veil , which will likely see some more play post-rotation. She goes to 4, you discard Smiter, and Lili dies next turn.

October 2, 2012 3:17 p.m.

I built a deck like this a few weeks ago, just waiting on Rav to put it together. Looks very similar to mine (you can check it out at Exalted Smiters).

I like yours a lot. I would remove the card:Faith's Shield for Rancor however. Rancor makes this deck destroy. I'm not totally sold on the use of the planeswalkers either, not that they'd be bad by any means, just not sure they're totally necessary for the deck. I'll have to check back after you play it to see how it went. Also I agree with your use of Silverblade Paladin over Nearheath Pilgrim .

Nice deck, +1. Going to steal some of your sideboard ideas :-)

October 2, 2012 3:20 p.m.

I took Rancor out to make room for Selesnya Charm as it has a trample ability. I love charms for their versatility, but I agree that losing rancor was a mistake. card:Faith's Shield is a game winner and so is going to stay. I'm not sure about Garruk Relentless  ^Flip . He is a good distraction and can sometimes fetch a game winning creature witch is why i am reluctant to remove him.

October 2, 2012 3:35 p.m.

I don't necessarily disagree but I think it's smarter to have Rancor in especially for an exalted deck, so good choice to put it back. If you want Garruk in you could always shave off a Silverblade Paladin and a Sublime Archangel since Garruk allows you to go get the ones you do have.

October 2, 2012 11:02 p.m.

Made a few changes to the sideboard but I don't know if it is the right build...

October 3, 2012 3:43 p.m.

I'd take out the Guildgate. You want to be playing lands each turn and playing right up your curve. Playing something that must enter tapped will only slow you down. And you don't need that much mana-fixing, anyways.

+1 Plains , +1 Forest , -2 Selesnya Guildgate .

October 3, 2012 10:39 p.m.

The deck has been play testing very well. I am still working on the side board. What about 2x Terminus for it?

October 5, 2012 1:29 a.m.

Terminus makes for a good side board card no matter the circumstances, imo.

October 5, 2012 5:50 a.m.

I taking this to a tournament tomorrow (hopefully). Any last minute advice appreciated.

October 10, 2012 5:34 p.m.

well the only thing i dont care for is the lack of 2 drops but u more than make up for it with aggressive and impressive 3 drops i wish you luck and i hope you do well the only thing i could think of is take swap out the Cathedral of War for Gavony Township

October 10, 2012 9:05 p.m.

Well, last night's tourny was very disappointing. I went 1-2.

I had a strong first round getting 2 turn 4 wins (it helped that my opponent got mana screwed both times), but that was the only bright spot.

Round 2 was no contest. Game one I could only draw lands and game 2 I only saw two lands. I need to learn to mulligan/shuffle better.

Round 3 was very frustrating. Every attack was deflected by either bouncing to my hand or to the top of my deck ( Cyclonic Rift and Azorius Charm ). The only answer I have against this is my 4 card:Faith's Shield which I never saw. I need more protection for my creatures. That is why I'm going to add 3xcard:Ranger's Guile to my sideboard.

October 12, 2012 2:56 p.m.

I put Sheltering Word and card:Judge's Familiar in my sideboard as options against the types of decks you went against in round 3. I'll see tonight how it works out.

October 12, 2012 5:58 p.m.

I feel more confident with this build... It seems to handle control decks better. I will be playing it in a tournament tomorrow.

October 18, 2012 1:51 a.m.

I have gone 3-0 in the past two tournys. It's running well, when it wants to... I still get mana screwed more than I think i should.

October 26, 2012 2:52 a.m.

I added an Acidic Slime to help deal with game 1 o-rings and Detention Sphere .

October 30, 2012 8:52 p.m.

Nice deck, i see u dropped sublime for restoration angel... good combo plus u drop a double white mana demand. would trade out a plains for a forest but it probably wouldnt really make much of a matter. Hey fellow "Magicians" I'm Currently in afghanistan so im missing out on the current standard hopefully im back before the end of this block but i would really want someone to play one of the decks i built deck:gw-big-stuff (no sideboard yet) on a FNM and see how it does would be much appreciated. its a semi cheap deck money wise i guess... would be nice for some suggestions and feedback on it also.

October 30, 2012 9:45 p.m.

I wondering if I should replace Loxodon Smiter with Centaur Healer . The meta around here is mostly control, so the can't be countered is nice, but it usually just gets board wiped. The centaur synergies better with the restoration angel but can be countered.

Any suggestions?

November 6, 2012 4:24 p.m.

I switched back to Loxodon Smiter but kept Centaur Healer in the side.

I have gone 3-0 in the past two tournys I have taken it to.

November 29, 2012 3:31 p.m.

Nice!

November 30, 2012 3:32 p.m.