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Not bad. Have you considerd adding 2-4 elixer of imortality
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Try to find a more efficient lifegain than Angel's mercy. It has way too high CMC.
Thx, should i swap them out for something like rest for the weary?
try elixer of immortality
yes thanks for the feedback, i think i will swap out angel's mercy for 2 elixer of immortality and 2 rest for the weary. Do you think this is a good idea?
Yes. Rest is much better, although you may want to sideboard Immortality to cope with mill.
If your playing life gain, try Ajani Goldmane. He is possibly a better Ajani for this deck considering his abilities
Or add in creatures with lifelink and/or Rhox Faithmender.
really nice build. might want to consider using wall of omens instead of the angelic wall - draws you a card, which will speed up your deck... and with all the flying you have in it already, a flying wall isn't too crucial especially if you swap the spirit mantles in for the vigil for the lost (i'd say move them in full time and go with 4 mantles and 3 vigils for cost efficiency). great deck though!
thank you for the advice
I would say that pacifism is great, but Journey to nowhere is better. :) same mana cost, but it exiles the creature instead. the other thing that I would do is add some land searching lands. for deck thinning. that way you will be drawing less lands later in the game.Examples: arid mesa, Marsh flats, or something like that.
i see what you mean about journey to nowhere however i already have four pacifisms so i am going to keep that the same for cost reasons. i dont see the reason of the land cards since this is a mono-white deck, thanks for the feedback tho.
To build off of what he was saying, he ment fillers. so say you have 20 lands, 4 of them are lands that grab other lands. if you have 2 marsh flats in your hand, you will search for 2 lands in your deck. after you search for those lands, instead of having 18 lands left in your deck, you will have 16. its a trick, so that once you reach your desired land amount, you won't draw lands. they also reduce your deck effectively down to a 60 card deck, because for you have a card, that essentially is just another card. other fillers of other colors, are. street wraith, Manamorphose,Gitaxian Probeif you were to fill your deck with fillers, you could essentially have a 40 card 2 color deck that has 20 cards that draw a different card.anywho, you have a lot of 1 and 2 mana cost creatures, so you should look into not drawing alot of land, but it is important to have it in your first hand, i would put in 8 fetches and 12 basic. also, you have a ton of 1 and 2 drops, you consider 2 aether vials?
the land searching is for deck thinning later on. not really because you need land you don't have. Think about it like this. when you play an Arid Mesa it gets a card from your hand, and it also gets a card from your library, reducing the chances of you drawing another land later on in the game when you already have plenty of lands, which means that you are more likely to draw a useful card. heck, you could even use evolving wilds or terramorphic expanse, even though they are "slow" land searching cards because the lands come in tapped.as for the journey to nowhere... it is a really cheap card.
For Life Gain, you may want to consider Recumbent Bliss. It is very similar t Pacifism, but you gain 1 life at the beginning of your upkeep. It may be useful to you. And if you are playing a bit of Flying, look at Victory's Herald.
i have a ton of evolving wilds/terramorphic expanses would they work for the deck thinning?
they do... but they cost you a land. because they come in tapped, its more like, no land this turn, 2 lands next turn.
short answer yes, but they aren't as good as arid mesa or marsh flats. I still use evolving and terramorphic in several decks anyways. :)
I think squadron hawk would be better in the main deck, maybe replace him for the pegasus?idk , i'm a sucker for squadron hawks.
oh and divinity of pride is also killer in all lifegain decks imo
Have you thought about Rhox Faithmender? This deck would become amazing with a few copies of him in it, if you can afford it.
Very cool deck, pretty bad ass! Have you consider Divine Favor or Holy Strength?
also, I would swap out your Concordia Pegasus for more soul attendants and more Serra ascendants. just my thoughts though. :)
yes i wanted to do that however they are not to cheap. i dont have that much to spend, all of the most expensive cards (like ajani and sun titan) are ones i have found in boosters a while back. im still considdering it.
souls attendent is not expensive but i think i might use some soul wardens instead since they are cheaper i thik and im not playing standard so it dosent matter about having an old card
ok... soul warden is almost s good. although I am petty sure that attendant ha been out of standard for a good chunk of time now... as for the Serra ascendant, that's true, they are a bit pricey. I was just giving suggestions on how I think the deck could perform better is all.
I would change Pacifism for Spirit Link and the pegasus for Soul's Attendant or Soul Warden.I never spammed my decks anywhere but since your deck have the same taste that others 3 decks of my I really recommend, maybe you get new ideas.Edit.: Would be greate to add Ajani Pridemate too.
No Angelic Accord for more angelic tokens from all the life you gained?
Instead of using elixirs of immortality maindecked run 2 loxodon warhammers. And maybe find room for 2 more. They let you win clocks instead of elixir which is at best sideboard material against certain decks.
Also you might want to look into the soul sister build which is what you are trying to make. It's actually pretty cheap to make outside of the serra ascendants that are pricey. Also honor of the pure is awesome for global pump to his white creatures.
I agree with soul sisters deck, and loxodon war-hammer, look up these also - lone missionary, ajani's pridemate, wall of reverence, celestial mantle and luminous wake. Definitely put 4 Serra ascendants
you have a ton of life gain, and while it isn't necessarily the best card for this deck you might consider putting a rune-tail, kitsune ascendant in the sideboard, not a great card again, but if you can get enough life to use the ascendants, why shouldn't you try to use it too, just a thought
Might consider the card Righteous Cause, since it can be triggered by an opponent or your own creatures it will give you a nice little shield against 1-damage hits, and if you have blockers then you gain life for each attacker... it's a much better suggestion than rune-tail, don't know why i didn't say it first
Fun deck! Life gain is always entertaining! A few ideas for you, "Goldenglow Moth" probably a better choice then the "Aven Squire" or the "Leonin Skyhunter" This card shouldn't be all that expensive. "Well of Lost Dreams" is another interesting card. You should take a look at it. depending on how your deck rolls you may need some drawing cards and thats a PERFECT card for that problem. "Armored Ascension", however may be a little bit more expensive, but not terrible, is great for any mono-white deck. Specially if you're running "Spirit Mantel".Personally, I'm a hater on "Whitesun's Passage". It's a one time 5 health gain spell... and then it's gone... Not really my cup of tea. Instead of that, you might think about "Luminous Wake". Sure it's 1 CMC more, but it's potentially a lot more life gain in the long run for one card.Another card thats always fun in a life gain is "Felidar Umbra". Specially sense you really only have one creature with "lifelink", and then on top of that you only have 1 of him. Considering most of these suggestions are auras/enchantments, You definitely cant go wrong with "Daybreak Coronet". However that's a seriously pricey card. But it's SO BEAUTIFUL!I can't comment on a lifegain deck without pointing out "Celestial Mantle" either. And once again combo that with some "Spirit Mantle". Can you say insta double my life every turn? cause I CAN!Anyway, check out those cards. You never know, you might like a few of them. (few might be a little expensive. sorry not 100% sure on cost for most of these)
Good job with the deck. Here's my suggestion : remove the 2 White Sun's Zenith. You only have 20 mana sources, rarely being able of cast the Zenith for more than 1/2. If you do remove them, add 2 extra plains for that Armored Ascension on the sideboard and extra consistency.
Mistveil Plains couples well with Squadron Hawk. Emeria, the Sky Ruin, is also good in mono-white land when you want those Serra Ascendants again.
Try to keep your deck at 60 cards for overall consistency. I don't like the White Sun's Zenith here as you rarely get a lot of value from it. With this much lifegain perhaps you could up the land count and toss in a Felidar Sovereign as an additional win condition while removing the auras or something.
I forgot about felidar, good advice
a couple of cards you might consider is Gift of Orzhova for more lifegain options and Cradle of Vitality so you can gain more advantage from your lifegain. Rhox faithmender is a good option that was suggested before and would pair really well with cradle.
I would replace, Whitesun's Passage with Life Burst, it is capable giving more life in the long run.
Life Burst instead of Whitesun's Passage
Drop the Leonin Skyhunters, they aren't really doing that much from what I can see, and if you take them out, you'll bring your card count down to 60.