Angels by NotYourAngel

Format: Commander

Commander: Licia, Sanguine Tribune

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Mardu deck utilizes Licia, Sanguine Tribune as a heavy-hitting lifelink commander at the helm of a dedicated Angel tribal and lifegain archetype. The strategy focuses on accelerating into high-impact Angel creatures using cost-reducing permanents like Giada, Font of Hope, Starnheim Aspirant, and Urza's Incubator. Once on the battlefield, enablers such as Righteous Valkyrie, Bishop of Wings, and Archangel of Thune turn life gain into overwhelming board presence, pumping the entire flying armada into massive lethal threats. Life total acts as an expandable resource to fuel secondary engines like Black Market Connections, Bolas's Citadel, and Licia's counter-generating ability, or to power out an alternate win condition with Aetherflux Reservoir. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and dependent on natural draws due to low tutor density, the deck commands impressive mid-game resilience, high combat evasiveness, and strong defensive lifepads that outlast aggressive opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Angel of Finality
• 1 Angel of Vitality
• 1 Angelic Destiny
• 1 Angelic Renewal
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
• 1 Archangel of Thune
• 1 Archangel of Wrath
• 1 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
• 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1 Bishop of Wings
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Boros Garrison
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dazzling Angel
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drana and Linvala
• 1 Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer
• 1 Eradicator Valkyrie
• 1 Essence Harvest
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exalted Angel
• 1 Exemplar of Light
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Feather, Radiant Arbiter
• 1 Feather, the Redeemed
• 1 Firemane Avenger
• 1 Firja's Retribution
• 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
• 1 Giada, Font of Hope
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Greater Auramancy
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Inspiring Overseer
• 1 Inspiring Vantage
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Justice Strike
• 1 Leyline of Hope
• 1 Licia, Sanguine Tribune
• 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1 Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pearl Medallion
• 7 Plains
• 1 Quicksilver Amulet
• 1 Rakdos Carnarium
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Resplendent Angel
• 1 Rest in Peace
• 1 Restoration Magic
• 1 Righteous Valkyrie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sanctify
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Silence
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Speaker of the Heavens
• 1 Starnheim Aspirant
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1 The Creation of Avacyn
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Youthful Valkyrie