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Lands:
10 Plains
6 Mountain
4 Boros Garrison
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Creatures:
4 Weathered Wayfarer
4 Angel of Mercy
4 Serra Angel
4 Blinding Angel
4 Firemane Angel
4 Razia, Boros Archangel

Other Spells:
4 Lightning Helix
2 Boros Signet
4 Ghostly Prison
2 Faith's Fetters

The Boros Angels of Ravnica at Sunhome.

Description of deck by its author (quoted):
There are currently six Angels in Standard (soon to be seven), and the fact that two of the best ones are R/W (Razia, and Firemane Angel) led me into those colours. Unfortunately, Angels start at five-mana and go all the way up to eight (not eleven, as was previously believed). Since Tribal Wars decks have so few slots to work with once you meet your creature quota and get your lands figured out, having a tribe with such high-cost creatures squeezes you even further. To get the requisite mana, I turned to the mystical land-fetching nomad, Weathered Wayfarer. The Weathered One is particularly good at finding Boros Garrisons. Because you have to return a land to your hand when you play a Garrison, it's much easier to maintain the Wayfarer's fetching-condition (you must have fewer lands than your opponent) while still advancing your own game plan. Boros Signets can also help in this respect.

I've taken this deck to 50-48 record in the West Division. All the life-gain (Angel of Mercy, Firemane Angel, Lightning Helix, Faith's Fetters, and Miren, the Moaning Well), combined with a full set of Ghostly Prisons and Blinding Angels, have helped me pull off a number of come from behind wins against fast decks (see: Elves, Goblins). Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion is very nice against decks with a lack of flying creatures, allowing you to kill in two attacks.

As I said, this is the version I've been playing Online. It might be worth dipping into Blue for Compulsive Research and Zur's Weirding, to set up the Firemane Angel / Zur's Weirding “lock.” Once Coldsnap becomes available, I think I will try out a B/W version of the deck, with Adarkar Valkyrie and Angel of Despair replacing Firemane Angel and Razia. You'd lower the curve by one whole mana!

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by Chris Millar @ www.wizards.com

TRIBAL: Angels - Razia, Boros Archangel / Firemane Angel / Ghostly Prison

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