Well, I was on a mission of building "the ultimate" angel deck, and I might have found it. It has been in this configuration for quite some time and has never been beaten.

There are guys I play with who come just to play against this deck. I am a bit more modest than that, I say, it needs some work, a bit o'tweaking if you will.

Oh, and this is not "T-anything", this deck is built for "The Love of the Game" and not to stay within the guise of banned/not banned cards. The whole "banned" thing pisses me off.

Okay, the basic premise is flying stuff...duh? The "Moat" is optional as I know that it is hard to find and expensive, I would just stick another land in thereor a library of leng if I didn't have it already. The rest of the cards as far as availability and price...I have no idea. Anyway, the cool thing about this is that on the occasion that you get lucky enough to draw up a breath of life or miraculous recovery, you can discard any big creatures you have and bring them back cheaper. Yea that sounds kind of dumb, what with all the new stuff that's out, but its fun to pull off.

The story circles add a nice twist because you don't have to worry about a side board for your COP's, you can just pick the color as the cards come in.

The serra avatar is the kicker. With the little life giving stuff like contemplation, angelic chorus mangara's blessing...etc. you can hold off a bit on the avatar. When you feel its time, say, when you have 60 life...hehehe, bring this bad boy in as a 60/60 (also gaining 60 life again from the angelic chorus thrusting your life count to a whopping 120). Throw in the power matrix and the avatar flies, has trample and first strike. This has happened to me almost every time I play it (no, I don't stack the deck). There's also the cryptic gateway to help bring thse big guys from your and if you want.

The only downside I have found so far is the counterspells of blue, but the duration of this deck outlasts all the blue I have played, especially with the feldon's cane.