My Inflatable Angels

[johannhowitzer]

This deck was created for this month's Light Trials; the name is a reference to an episode of Adventure Time.

What do you get when you combine an Archangel with Momentum and Gravity Pull?  You get a versatile combination of offense and defense that can deal with a huge variety of threats!  This deck can deal with damage-based CC, powerful shields, plus it has strong offensive capabilities and powerful CC of its own.  Strategy is VERY important when playing this deck!

by johannhowitzer

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The Archangel is a powerful offensive force, but beyond that, it can be very difficult to remove from the field.  The combination of Light with Gravity allows your Archangels to eliminate just about any enemy creature in one turn when using Gravity Pull offensively, and you get Momentum in the bargain.  Be careful, though - it's not always wise to play Momentum on everything, since an Angel with Momentum can't destroy enemy creatures.  Depending on your opponent, it may be wiser to hold back on Momentum until you've neutralized some large targets and gained the upper hand.

Gravity Pull can also be used defensively, but Angels cannot survive a one-turn beatdown... use this tactic only when desperate.  It is also possible to Gravity Pull your own angel, then Momentum one or two enemy creatures to ensure your Angel survives a bit longer.  I've pulled that off once or twice, it worked well but it's tricky.

The quantum balance on this deck seems very solid.  With this many pillars, Archangels play pretty quickly.

[Higurashi]

Love the deck, love the name. This is one of the most original and fun Trials deck so far. Kudos.

[Sevs]

What Higs said.

I think this and YoungSots decks are my favorite so far in trials

[johannhowitzer]

Thanks guys!  Some potential tweaks:

- Rays of Light in place of some pillars to make this deck more resistant to EQ and early PC.  You definitely need this many Towers for a reliable starting draw... it gets pretty slow sometimes if you remove some of them.  You are going to have a high late-game quantum intake, which tempted me to add a Dragon or two, but I decided against it - speed is valuable for this deck, as it's only a partial stall.
- Gravity Shield would be an interesting addition, maybe over one Shard and one Gravity Force.  Angels can one-shot anything that Gravity Shield doesn't block, aside from Momentum.  Very vulnerable to Steal, though.
- Titan in place of Morning Glory.  Instead of protection from PC you get a non-lobo-vulnerable source of Momentum damage, which can be greatly helpful, especially with all those mono-Aether arena decks...