Angels by Naired95

Format: Commander

Commander: Child of Alara

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color Angel tribal midrange and control build utilizing Child of Alara primarily as an in-command-zone defensive deterrent. The primary game plan accelerates early mana through artifacts, cost-reducers like Giada, Font of Hope and Urza's Incubator, and powerful cheat engines such as Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge and Defense of the Heart. Once established by Turn 4, the deck deploys high-impact legendary Angels including Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, and Lyra Dawnbringer, creating massive life swings and lethal flying combat pressure. A sturdy pillowfort suite consisting of Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Archangel of Tithes, and Stoic Angel deters opposing aggression while Drana and Linvala shuts down creature abilities. The deck closes games around Turn 7 via overwhelming aerial combat or an asymmetric lock using Avacyn, Angel of Hope alongside Armageddon.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Armageddon
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Child of Alara
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Errant and Giada
  • 1 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Herald of War
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kaalia of the Vast
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lotus Vale
  • 1 Luminarch Ascension
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Maelstrom Archangel
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Serra the Benevolent
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shattered Angel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starnheim Aspirant
  • 1 Stoic Angel
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie