I think that's a good idea. I could try some of those cards, but, I like to keep the deck mostly angels. I threw in a couple of Angelic Pages for early drops. Serra Angel I don't like, since it costs the same as a Baneslayer, and Baneslayer is a much better card.
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Any deck where the win condition is 'Rage Quit' works for me. I am totally doing this.
Some nice combos in here. I particularly like Master of the Wild Hunt and Photohydra. Doubling Season with any Hydra is also awesome.
Good idea! I have them sitting around, too. Now I have an excuse to use them!
I never thought of the Pearl Medallion. I'll have to find room for a few! The Sol Rings have been working out pretty well for me so far. Got a lucky draw yesterday, and dropped a plains and two Sol Rings turn one. Turn two dropped Quicksilver Amulet, and Turn 3 dropped Iona. My opponent was playing a mono-black deck, so, it was completely locked down by turn 3. Doesn't always run so smoothly, but it was nice to see!
Agreed. I'm definitely going to have to try this.
No idea what creatures to use here. Puresteel Paladin is nice, and Squadron Hawk is great to get some units out early game to equip things to. Sun Titan is expensive, but, it gives some late-game hitting power, and can help return just about all my other creatures to play. Not sure about Kemba or Grand Abolisher, though. Any suggestions on what to use there?
I paid $150 for the core of the deck, which was the Jace cards (3 Jace Beleren, 2 Jace Mindsculptor), most of the land and spells, and the artifacts. I added the creatures in myself.
That seems pretty good. Oblivion Ring is a helpful card, and Sun Titan certainly seems powerful. He's pretty expensive, though. But hopefully Everflowing Chalice will help get him out faster.
I think I agree about the Butcher. It's just too expensive to be helpful. Gatekeeper does seem awesome, but, I'm not really sold on the Hexmage. I'm fairly new to the game, though, so maybe I just don't understand the application of it. Are there really that many situations where it would be useful? Vampire outcasts are overpriced if you can't Bloodthirst, but, I figured with Sorin's Thirst and Taste of Blood, it'd be fairly easier to trigger that. And the Bloodthrone/Highborn/Bloodghast combo seems really good to pass up, especially considering how cheap they all are. Is there a better way to run that combo without the bloodthrones?
Thanks for the comments, guys. I sort of had the same thoughts when I first looked at the deck. I thought "Wow, this is some cool stuff", and then I looked through it again and wondered, "How is this supposed to work?" So it seems that the Lodestone Golems should go. I'll also replace my cancels with mana-leaks, and I think swapping the borderposts for Seachrome Coast is a good idea, as is removing Negate and Essence Scatter for preordain. Any idea what I should replace the Lodestone golems with? Is there a creature that might work well, or should I just leave it with the Baneslayers and Knight of the White Orchid?
Yeah, I think you're right. I should move those from the sideboard to the main deck. I'm concerned about the balance of cheap/powerful creatures. Bloodlord and Butcher are nice, but, I'm not sure I'll ever really get a chance to play them. I'll try swapping some of the bigger creatures for Nighthawk.
Yeah, I figured that the first 4-5 turns would be an issue. Sol Ring and Quicksilver Amulet will help a little, but, I think you've offered some good advice here. I'll try trimming out a few of the more powerful angels, and dropping in some little things like Moonglow Moth and Angelic Wall. Thanks!
I think you're probably right here. Blue/white makes a great combo. The only reason I did wasn't that I just bought a deck from a friend of mine, and it was fairly similar (http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=225451), so I was trying to make this a little different to change things up a bit.