Devotion to White Angels

Modern Angels Control Devotion Mono-White

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Creature (19)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Flip
• 4x Charming Prince
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 4x Skyclave Apparition
• 3x Thalia's Lancers
• 3x Weathered Wayfarer

Artifact (1)

• 1x Godsend

Land (23)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 2x Emeria, Shattered Skyclave  ^Flip
• 1x Emeria, The Sky Ruin
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 13x Snow-Covered Plains

Enchantment (9)

• 3x On Thin Ice
• 2x Quarantine Field
• 4x Runed Halo

Instant (8)

• 4x Path to Exile
• 4x Settle the Wreckage

Sideboard (15)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 3x Grand Abolisher
• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 2x Nevermore
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 2x Terminus

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Creature (58)

• 4x Admonition Angel
• 2x Aegis Angel
• 2x Angel of Serenity
• 2x Angelic Overseer
• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 4x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Avacyn, Guardian Angel
• 4x Banisher Priest
• 2x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 4x Knight of the White Orchid
• 2x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 4x Mesa Enchantress
• 2x Reya Dawnbringer
• 4x Serene Master
• 4x Serra Avenger
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 4x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 4x Twilight Shepherd
• 4x Wall of Omens

Enchantment (30)

• 4x Authority of the Consuls
• 4x Citadel Siege
• 4x Ghostly Prison
• 4x Lightmine Field
• 4x Porphyry Nodes
• 4x Runed Halo
• 4x Stasis Snare
• 2x Story Circle

Artifact (8)

• 4x Expedition Map
• 2x Sensei's Divining Top
• 2x Tower of Fortunes

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Balance
• 4x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (6)

• 4x Gideon Blackblade
• 2x Gideon Jura

Land (19)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Emeria, The Sky Ruin
• 1x Emeria, The Sky Ruin
• 4x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flagstones of Trokair
• 3x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Instant (24)

• 4x Cloudshift
• 4x Condemn
• 4x Marrow Shards
• 4x Rebuff the Wicked
• 4x Silence
• 4x Swords to Plowshares

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A Midrange Angels Deck

This is a non lifegain Angels Deck

"Description might not always be up to date" Last updated: March 2021

by Todd Hebenstreit and Drcfan AI Edit

Intro

The main idea for this deck is using Angels like Akroma, Angel of Wrath & Brisela, Voice of Nightmares & Iona, Shield of Emeria & Avacyn, Angel of Hope in modern. This is only for people who did not want lifegain as a theme in Angels! To make that possible, i had a lot to learn over the last 6 years, when i started with Angels.

The strength of white is "card advantage by value"(you don't draw extra cards, you just play cards which trade better), so you won't waste turns with card draw spells (which white does not have). Furthermore modern is a hate format. This deck is immune to most of hate cards like Land hate Blood Moon , Artifact hate Stony Silence , Graveyard hate Leyline of the Void . Keep in mind that you can always trade consistency <> speed. For having more fun playing this deck, i prefer consistency by using tutoring effects over beeing super fast. If you want it faster but more inconsistent, you can devotion ramp with Borderposts (like Mistvein Borderpost ) and Leylines like Leyline of Sanctity . This deck performs quite ok against most modern semi competitive decks. The hardest match is still control (problematic are spells like: exile spells Path to Exile , Planeswalkers Teferi, Hero of Dominaria , and bounce spells Cryptic Command )

Building an Angels Deck

Angels are very high drops, so you have to accelerate your gameplan or survive long enough. There are 4 different strategies to do that.

• Devotion (Passive, Active): A huge plus, Devotion provides passive ramp without wasting cardslots for ramp cards. Therefore cards need to have multiple manasymbols of that color in order to work properly. Active devotion means, you put in cards like Leyline of Sanctity , Leyline of the Meek , Oversoul of Dusk , Fieldmist Borderpost to increase Devotion early on. Passive devotion means, that devotion comes along with building up the board over several turns just to fix your mana to consistently cast 8+mana drops. In passive Devotion, Devotion is a mana fix because you will rarely have 8mana on turn 8 only by land drops else. This deck has a passive devotion plan

Other strategies

• Mana Dork Ramp: Small creatures that generates mana like Llanowar Elves to accelerate the game plan. You need to have some dig-spells or Creature search spells (example Planeswalker Decks use Deploy the Gatewatch , Combo and Ramp use Traverse the Ulvenwald )

• Reanimation: Simple, shovel your Angels in the graveyard with loot effects like Faithless Looting and reanimate them Unburial Rites . Can be wanky in modern because of heavy graveyard hate

• Cheese Strategy: If someone is able to link me a working Tron-Angels or Amulet-Angels, let me know :)

Main Strategy

The main strategy is to prolong the match so you can reach 6-10 turns (Yeah i know modern is a turn 3 format, but you can almost always survive 10 turns with some white removal cards). Always go on the draw in the first match! ( Weathered Wayfarer ). This makes room for setting yourself up until turn 4-6 where the board control gave you already that many devotion mana, that you can take out Angels. This Deck is very consistent because of tutor effects Weathered Wayfarer , Thalia's Lancers and "White card draw" Mistveil Plains + Secluded Steppe

Synergies

• Bruna, the Fading Light , will let you grab any Angel, also Iona, Shield of Emeria if discarded. Emeria, The Sky Ruin will bring all back in a control heavy match.

• Thalia's Lancers is a cantrip that can fetch any legendary card.

• Knight of the White Orchid / Weathered Wayfarer + Path to Exile / Settle the Wreckage

Board control cards

• Runed Halo , keycard shutdown, combo shutdown, like Death's Shadow , Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle , Grapeshot
• Quarantine Field permanent removal or complete board removal if devotion kicks in
• Banishing Light + Oblivion Ring permanent removal little cheaper
• Settle the Wreckage or Lightmine Field Swarmwipe on a stick, depends on how often you face token decks
• Path to Exile
• On Thin Ice curve filler devotion

Sideboard Options

• Leyline of Sanctity Discard is death for mono white. Against Burn, 8-Rack, storm, etc
• Nevermore against combo or super annoying cards
• Eight-and-a-Half-Tails Control decks
• Boseiju, Who Shelters All Control decks
• Sejiri Shelter   or just plain 4x Favor of the Mighty against Control decks
• Scavenger Grounds Turn 3 Graveyard exile, you can also 4x Rest in Peace
• Hall of Heliod's Generosity an option against sideboard enchantment removal
• Linvala, Keeper of Silence creature combo decks for turn 5-6
• Detection Tower you never know

Other included cards

• Godsend A "6-drop" equipment. It suits the gameplan (devotion, prison effects, card type diversity), the flavor and is my favorite magic card. If you want to go anymore competitive with Angels, you should swap it out. Its good against any blue copy creatures deck (casual FNM)

Honorable mentions

• Mana Tithe Oh man i love this card. A modern playable counterspell in white is a totally unexpected mindgame. The value from this card is huge in the first few turns then zero, but counter a Tron decks turn 3 Karn Liberated is gold. Tableflips guaranteed. One of max for mind games!

• Lightmine Field Super annoying against most token decks, suits devotion plan and all first strike creatures in the deck

• Porphyry Nodes combo with Gideon Blackblade for eternal boardwiping

• Story Circle if your playgroup is slow, this is super super annoying

• Wall of Omens is similar to Knight of the White Orchid , but late game better and early game slightly weaker. Charming Prince + Skyclave Apparition is also a viable option

• Emeria, The Sky Ruin will only ever trigger in grindy matchups

• Archangel of Tithes pillow fort devotion instead of 4 mana slot boardwipes, same slot as Settle the Wreckage or Lightmine Field or Wrath of God , replace boardwipes with it

Additional info

• Maybeboard contains the rest of all cards i own for this deck that i tested. You can try them too ;)

• Best buying option you have in europe is Cardmarket

Cards i want but dont exist yet

Thanks for reading, feel free to comment

Deckbox and Playmats are selfmade

2017

2021

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Mono-White 10 months ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 3 Mythic Rares 29 - 12 Rares 2 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Jetons	*/* Illusion
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