"Ave Christus Rex"
**Prototype**
Since I kinda wanted to get into [[symbol:WB]]Orzhov[[symbol:WB]], I built this to have it resemble the IRL Roman Catholic Church. Of course the Church of Deals is the opposite of the Holy See, but I wanted to mechanically make it as "holy" as I can, while still keeping it as true to the [[symbol:W]][[symbol:B]] nature of the deck.
So for this build, rather than _just_ lifegain, I also wanted to focus on +1/+1 counters. I'm fusing this deck with the [[symbol:B]]Black[[symbol:B]] vampiric, wrathful, life-stealing side from the [[deck:rakdos-festival-of-fire]], but also the [[symbol:W]]White[[symbol:W]] protective, spot removing, wide-swinging strategies of my good friend's Angel tribal deck ((he uses [[card:Giada, Font of Hope (SNC) *f-pre*]])).
So this deck consists of a bunch of Angels, white removal spells, black enchantments, and cards that synergize with lifegain and +1/+1 counters, led by [[card:Karlov of the Ghost Council|His Holiness Pope Karlov]]. Primary win cons are either big beatdown (helps if you make Karlov unblockable with [[card:Vexilus Praetor (40K) *f*]], [[card:Whispersilk Cloak (PCA)]], [[card:Shizo, Death's Storehouse (DMC)]], or [[card:The Black Gate]]), shooting everyone in the face with the Rube Goldberg machine of [[Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top]], draining everyone with either [[Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond]] / [[Exquisite Blood + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose]], or pinging everyone with [[Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista]].