I'm Loving Angels Instead by Brontoraptor86

Format: Commander

Commander: Giada, Font of Hope

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This mono-white Commander deck is helmed by Giada, Font of Hope, focusing on an aggressive tribal flying and lifegain midrange strategy. The primary game plan revolves around casting Giada on Turn 2 to accelerate and amplify subsequent Angel spells, allowing each new flyer to enter with scaling +1/+1 counters. By Turn 3 and 4, the deck curves into potent synergy pieces such as Righteous Valkyrie, Resplendent Angel, and Lyra Dawnbringer, quickly inflating life totals and producing massive evasive threats. On Turn 5, the board achieves critical onset, presenting a dominant aerial combat presence capable of closing out the game across two subsequent combat phases. While the deck boasts formidable combat efficiency and robust protection via Grand Abolisher, Mother of Runes, and Sephara, Sky's Blade, it is constrained by limited card draw velocity, an absence of nonland tutors, and reliance on combat damage to eliminate opponents.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Angelic Skirmisher
  • 1 Angelic Voices
  • 1 Answered Prayers
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Ashes of the Abhorrent
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bishop of Wings
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Decree of Justice
  • 1 Diamond Knight
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Doomskar
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Herald of War
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Metropolis Reformer
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Paladin Class
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 31 Plains
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Starnheim Aspirant
  • 1 Subjugator Angel
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Valkyrie Harbinger
  • 1 Valkyrie's Call
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie