Overview:
A mono-white Angel tribal deck focused on lifegain synergies and recursion, helmed by Bruna, the Fading Light with potential to meld into Brisela using Gisela, the Broken Blade.
Primer:
The deck aims to establish a strong lifegain engine while deploying powerful Angels. Early game focuses on ramping and setting up lifegain triggers through cards like Bishop of Wings and Serra Ascendant. Mid-game involves leveraging lifegain payoffs to generate card advantage and create Angel tokens. The commander provides recursion value, helping recover from board wipes. Win conditions include combat damage through an army of Angels, alternative wins through Angel of Destiny, or establishing control through The Book of Exalted Deeds.
Weaknesses:
The deck is vulnerable to graveyard hate, which disrupts the commander's recursion strategy. High mana curve makes it susceptible to early aggression and mana denial strategies. Heavy reliance on creatures makes it particularly vulnerable to board wipes and mass removal.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Serra Ascendant
- Bishop of Wings
- Archangel of Thune
- The Book of Exalted Deeds
- Angel of Destiny
- Righteous Valkyrie
- Sephara, Sky's Blade
- Court of Grace
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 4/10
- Resilience: 6/10
- Consistency: 5/10
- Interaction: 4/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a casual-focused power level, with some optimization through strong Angel tribal synergies and lifegain payoffs. While it includes powerful individual cards, the high mana curve and reliance on combat damage for wins places it firmly in the casual category. It's stronger than a typical precon due to its cohesive strategy and quality of individual cards, but slower than focused decks that can consistently threaten wins before turn 8-9. The deck would struggle against more optimized strategies but can hold its own in casual pods.
Final power level rating: 4.5 - 5.0
Bruna, the Fading Light