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I have always love Cleric Tribal decks, but I wanted to make a thematic deck around the idea of clerics praying for deliverance and being answered in the form of angels (consider Answered Prayers the inspiration). It could certainly be improved as far as making it more competitive, but I am more interested in improvements that add to the theme without reducing effectiveness.
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i'd say add 2 Dawn of Hopes, 2 Divine Visitations, and 4 Castle Ardenvale. They give some sustain and token generation. Thematically you can say Castle Ardenvale is a place of lots of churches, worshipers or w/e. Divine Visitations makes sense as the clerics could get inspired from the angels visiting. Dawn of Hope... well hope is needed in faith.
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I did look at Divine Visitation and loved it here, but it's price puts it out of range. Single cards over $10 are sort of unofficially banned in my play group.
Oh... okies that makes sense.
+1Personally I would remove Soul Warden because you don't play enough small creatures (in comparison to a token deck). Answered Prayers could also be removed because it doesn't help you with enter the battlefield triggers, as it's already on the battlefield and simply changes from enchantment to creature. Some suggestions, to replace those cards:Answered Prayers should work like a charm with Bishop of Wings), Luminarch Ascension (Can take care of excess mana), Seraph Sanctuary, Shalai, Voice of Plenty, Serra Avenger, Lyra Dawnbringer, Angel of JubilationPersonally I would also include something like Oblivion Ring to be able to interact with threats your opponents puts on the field.
I agree about Soul Warden as she isn't particularly thematic, but I did some playtesting without her and didn't have enough life gain triggers. I like Seraph Sanctuary to help with this, although I worry about the uncolored mana not working with 15 cards in the deck.I also agree that Answered Prayers is not great here, but it was essentially the inspiration for this deck (capitalize on life gain into angels) so I struggle removing it. The artwork for Luminarch is perfect, but the card is too expensive, as is Lyra and Jubilation. Some removal would definitely improve the deck, what about some Fiend Hunters to keep with the theme?
Even more creatures, when Starnheim Aspirant is on the field. Would need some tests to determine if a playset would fit into the deck. There are several forms of budget, the question is, what is your/ or you playgroups (from what I read in the upper post) approach to "budget"? :)I would make a 2/2 split between Fiend Hunter and Oblivion Ring as the ring is very versatile and can hit creatures, enchantments and artifacts, while the hunter "only" can hit creatures. Bonds of Faith could also be an option and is also versatile. Another option would be to go for carddraw (Bygone Bishop) or revival (Order of Whiteclay)