Archangel of Thune

Creature — Angel

Flying

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Combos

• Archangel of Thune + Resplendent Angel
• Archangel of Thune + Fathom Mage + Horizon Chimera
• Archangel of Thune + Spike Feeder
• Archangel of Thune + Spike Feeder + Walking Ballista
• Archangel of Thune + Kitchen Finks + Viscera Seer
• Archangel of Thune + Scavenging Ooze
• Archangel of Thune + Brutal Hordechief
• Archangel of Thune + Sage of Hours + Spike Feeder
• Archangel of Thune + Walking Ballista
• Archangel of Thune + Horizon Chimera + Sphinx's Revelation

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (44)

DemonDragonJ on Selesnya's Voice

3 weeks ago

I like this deck, very much, but I would choose Nature's Chant over Disenchant, since it is strictly better than its predecessor, and I also would recommend Archangel of Thune over Ageless Entity, unless having a single very powerful creature is more important than making all of your creatures more powerful.

I recommend Eternal Witness over Revive, unless you wish to keep the mana curve of your deck low, and Soul of Eternity is superior to Serra Avatar in the majority of situations.

Also, do you have a limited monetary budget for your lands? You have many lands that enter the battlefield tapped, so I would recommend that you replace them with lands such as Temple Garden or Wooded Bastion, and I also think that Saltcrusted Steppe is simply too slow, unless you have proliferation in your deck.

DemonDragonJ on Why Have There Been So …

1 month ago

seshiro_of_the_orochi, Hylda is an amazing creature, but she does not actually provide a way to tap creatures on her own, in the same way that Archangel of Thune synergizes with herself.

fluffyeel on Death and Taxes

1 month ago

Apart from a spate of tutors of varying price points (Vampiric Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Entomb, etc.), here are some thoughts of varying degrees of evilness/making sure your opponents "love" you forever:

• Kokusho, the Evening Star is, for me, a must-include in any black-containing EDH deck, especially with how its life-drain effect scales with the number of players. You could also add an Archfiend of Despair and/or Wound Reflection to multiply suffering, Archangel of Thune to make your board bigger with every passing turn (or life-gain occurrence), and/or Boon Reflection for more life-gain fun!
• Some additional reanimation in addition to what you already have could be handy. For this, I would suggest Karmic Guide; Junji, the Midnight Sky; Reanimate; and/or Necromancy.
• If you have access to it, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician would be super-handy: on-demand sacrifice, not to mention card draw and weakening your opponents' boards.
• Some more land fetch/land thinning tools, like Expedition Map; Urza's Cave; Prismatic Vista; and Marsh Flats, might help. Similarly, Field of Ruin and Demolition Field serve double-duty of land fetch and land destruction for problematic lands. Alternately, some more multi-lands like Reflecting Pool, Mana Confluence, and other pain lands could help you in early game stages.

Anatak on Defender Lifegain... Lets get political

2 months ago

Hello, thank you for listing this very interesting deck. I've been thinking about a similar idea, combining Defenders and Lifegain.

I really like the Angelic theme with Angelic Accord, Luminarch Ascension and Angelic Wall. Very flavourful! I see Seraph Sanctuary in your Maybeboard and think it would only add to this strong flavour.

The Pride Guardian and Wall of Essence haven't turned out to be strong cards in my experience, because they rely on your opponent attacking you to proc the lifegain. Although I suppose that does work very well with Luminarch Ascension, since it discourages your foes to attack you.
Perimeter Captain is a strong enough card on its own and is exempt from this, and may even encourage you to run other good defenders which don't gain life, such as: Wall of Omens and Jeskai Barricade, the later of which by the way is a much needed combat trick, which the deck is currently light on.

A card you may wish to consider is Archangel of Thune, although its expensive! Another is Dawn of Hope.

In any case I wish you luck with the deck and thank you for inspiring some changes in my own build.

Basshunter on delney, sister lookout (help wanted for wincons)

4 months ago

Thanks mate, i actually had True Conviction in here, but i cut it out for cheaper cmc Voice of the Blessed. I think i have enough lifegain-events in here to get Archangel of Thune out of control without the need of Conviction....but still it is a super strong card - it simply doesnt synergyses with one of the key card Springjack Shepherd...I have to think about it..

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Aurelia, …

4 months ago

I very much would like to put Aurelia, the Law Above into these two EDH decks, but I am not certain what cards I should remove to make room, for her.

For my Uril, the Miststalker deck, I believe that I could replace Flameblade Angel with Aurelia, because, while Flameblade Angel is an excellent card, she is reactive, while Aurelia is proactive, but my Gisela, Blade of Goldnight deck is slightly more complicated, since I am not certain which card to remove. I originally was contemplating removing Archangel of Thune, but she is too amazing to not have in this deck, so I think that I may instead remove The Immortal Sun, because, while that is an excellent card, it does not contribute to the overall theme of that deck.

What does everyone else say about this subject? How can I put Aurelia, the Law Above into those two decks?

Ziabo on delney, sister lookout (help wanted for wincons)

4 months ago

True Conviction with Archangel of Thune is a monster Synergy. First strike hits doubling the power on board then double strike hits getting a massive life total and doubling again.

Best I've got for a wincon

Last_Laugh on Similar cards to Sigil of …

5 months ago

Scapegoat will get the job done. Bonus points for refilling your hand if a boardwipe you can't otherwise avoid happens.

Together Forever is an excellent option if you have a counter theme (Felidar Retreat, Anduril, Narsil Reforged, Archangel of Thune, Cathars' Crusade, Nykthos Paragon, Luminous Broodmoth, etc.)