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
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade
• 2x Giver of Runes
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 2x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 4x Wall of Omens
• 3x Weathered Wayfarer

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 2x Quarantine Field
• 3x Runed Halo

Land (23)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 2x Emeria, The Sky Ruin
• 3x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 16x Plains

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Gideon of the Trials

Instant (3)

• 3x Path to Exile

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Wrath of God

Artifact (1)

• 1x Godsend

Sideboard (15)

• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 2x Nevermore
• 4x Rest in Peace
• 3x Stony Silence
• 2x Terminus

Maybeboard

Creature (52)

• 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
• 4x Mesa Enchantress
• 2x Reya Dawnbringer
• 4x Serene Master
• 4x Serra Avenger
• 4x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 2x Thalia's Lancers
• 4x Twilight Shepherd
• 4x Wall of Omens

Enchantment (26)

• 4x Authority of the Consuls
• 4x Citadel Siege
• 4x Ghostly Prison
• 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

Instant (24)

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

Land (17)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Emeria, The Sky Ruin
• 4x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flagstones of Trokair
• 3x Ghost Quarter

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Gideon Jura

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A Midrange Angels Deck

"Description might not always be up to date" Last updated: April 2020

The main idea for this deck is using big Angels like Akroma, Angel of Wrath & Brisela, Voice of Nightmares & Iona, Shield of Emeria & Avacyn, Angel of Hope for a modern Angels deck. 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 "cardadvantage by value"(you don't draw extra cards, you just play cards which trade 2+ vs 1 card), so you won't waste turns with card draw spells (which white does not have). Furthermore modern is a hate format. By adding cards of every subtype, it makes it harder to hate. 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 Leyline of Sanctity.

This deck performs quite ok against most modern 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 8-10 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, Ranger-Captain of Eos

• Good Synergy: Weathered Wayfarer with Path to Exile

• 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. Grixis control dies to Akroma, Angel of Wrath

• Ranger-Captain of Eos + Emeria, The Sky Ruin stupid late game hard lock

Board control with:

• Runed Halo, keycard shutdown, like Death's Shadow,Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle,Grapeshot
• Quarantine Field (good against midrange)
• Banishing Light
• Gideon of the Trials (Prevents several combo decks from winning the game)
• Path to Exile

Sideboard Options:

• Leyline of Sanctity against Burn, 8-Rack, storm, some combo decks
• Stony Silence Artifact hate
• Nevermore against any Combo Deck (swap this if you face more control than combo)
• Rest in Peace graveyard hate
• Terminus against Humans, Affinity, Zoo, Elves, (All Modern FNM cheap decks are boardswarm decks) You can also go with Ghostly Prison

I can usually sideboard ~ 4-8 cards against any matchup

"Why did you include this card?"

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 minor, but counter a Tron decks turn 3 Karn Liberated is gold. Tableflips guaranteed

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.

Maybeboard:

-Contains the rest of all cards i own for this deck that i tested. You can try them too ;) Cards that I've looked into:

I own this deck in this configuration. Thanks for reading, feel free to comment

Deckbox and Playmat are selfmade

The pricerange on the side is way too high Go to cardmarket.com for the cheapest options (Europe)

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 2 Mythic Rares 19 - 13 Rares 6 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Gideon
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