Angels We Have Heard On High

Commander / EDH Angels Budget Lifegain Mono-White

orcopollo

Creature (26)

• 1x Akroma, Vision of Ixidor
• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Bishop of Wings
• 1x Cartographer's Hawk
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Firemane Commando
• 1x Herald of War
• 1x Impassioned Orator
• 1x Inspiring Overseer
• 1x Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Metropolis Reformer
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Righteous Valkyrie
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Serra's Guardian
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Speaker of the Heavens
• 1x Starnheim Aspirant
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Valkyrie Harbinger
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Artifact (13)

• 1x Angel's Feather
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Fountain of Renewal
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Marble Diamond
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Moonsilver Spear
• 1x Scroll of Avacyn
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Surveyor's Scope
• 1x The Book of Exalted Deeds

Instant (10)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Angelic Intervention
• 1x Cosmic Intervention
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Revitalize
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Union of the Third Path
• 1x Valorous Stance
• 1x Your Temple is Under Attack

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Answered Prayers
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Makeshift Binding
• 1x Path of Bravery
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x Spirit Bonds
• 1x Static Net

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Castle Ardenvale
• 1x Idyllic Grange
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 23x Plains
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Seraph Sanctuary
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x War Room
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Everything Comes to Dust
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Starnheim Unleashed

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Creature (4)

• 1x Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1x Luminarch Aspirant
• 1x Resplendent Marshal
• 1x Serra's Emissary

Instant (2)

• 1x Elspeth's Smite
• 1x Riot Control

Artifact (2)

• 1x Angelheart Vial
• 1x Parhelion II

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Ajani's Welcome
• 1x Monologue Tax

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This is my mono-white lifegain angel tribal EDH deck. I built this with a low budget, so it doesn't feature any very expensive cards (Mondrak, Glory Dominus being the only very expensive one and it can work even without). Obviously, this makes it less strong than it could be, but it still works pretty fine!

The wincon here is pretty simple: gaining life, triggering effects that make tons of angels, making them big and strong with Giada, Font of Hope and other creatures (such as Akroma, Vision of Ixidor, Lyra Dawnbringer, Odric, Lunarch Marshal, Sephara, Sky's Blade etc), and then deal as much evasion combat damage as possible!

Being a mono-white, the engine may be a bit slow to build and, despite having plenty of protection, it is susceptible to exile. For this reason, Angel of Destiny works as a last-resort plan B weapon, in case the main strategy fails to play out or is contrasted. With all the life-gaining cards in the deck, it shouldn't be too difficult to reach 55 life; at that point you will just need to attack your opponents with Angel of Destiny to make them lose.

Pros:

• It has a lot of cool angels and seeing them getting progressively bigger is satisfying

• It makes you build a big board with tons of creatures that complement and help each other

• It's a fun deck that you can build for less than 100 £/€/$ (I spent around 70£/80€/85$)

Cons:

• It's mono-white, which, despite being my favourite colour in Magic, I recognise is limiting in terms of mechanics and cards you can use

• You need some patience to get it properly going (but when it does, it's basically unstoppable!)

• Being a low-budget deck it doesn't have cool stuff like Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Teferi's Protection, or Anointed Procession, which would obviously make it even better, but again I tried to include only cards below 10£/€/$ (except for Mondrak, Glory Dominus, which I already owned)

Let me know what you think!

Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 4 months ago Achieved #12 position in Commander / EDH 4 months ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH Budget 4 months ago
Date added	5 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Angel Warrior 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Human 1/1 W, Powerstone, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 W, The Monarch