With the knowledge that these are fifteen cards Id like to replace, lets examine what the fifteen new cards I added to the deck are, and then take a look at some of my choices and explain why they were made: Minas Tirith Emerias Call Shattered Skyclave Mother of Runes Pyre of Heroes Luminarch Ascension Youthful Valkyrie Stoneforge Mystic Flawless Maneuver Resplendent Angel Stroke of Midnight Akromas Will Karmic Guide Lyra Dawnbringer Steel Seraph Avacyn, Angel of Hope Now I really wanted to lean into the Angel theme here, so I cut a few of the cards that were geared toward producing other kinds of tokens
The dark borders and Crystal foil both punish handling, so minimize how often it leaves protection
This story has appeared in other places across the web, with this forum post including a picture of the deck purportedly being carried in (and a several dozen page deck list)
Sure, they can be fun, but you absolutely will spend more money than you want and you almost definitely wont get that chase card youre after
(Its worth mentioning that Bunnelby is a card that Control decks tend to run anyway.) Toedscruel [Paradox Rift]: Probably my favorite part of looking at recent Expanded results was seeing how much play Toedscruel was seeing
