MTG Salvation

In my EDH gauntlet, I want to have one deck of each mono-color. My metagame is relatively competitive (i.e. no dedicated cutthroat combo, but decks are fairly powerful in terms of card quality and do have some combos). Mono-white, along with mono-red are definitely the tougher decks to make, while also having a theme or gameplan I like. Luckily, for mono-red Wizards made Feldon of the Third Path, which lead to a sweet deck based on reanimating value creatures (a strategy I love).

Mono-white, on the other hand, was a lot more difficult to make a deck for. I originally started with a Heliod, God of the Sun deck based on enchantments and enchantment-synergies. It had some nice interactions, but just felt so weak compared to the metagame's decks. I then decided I wanted to make a control deck, since mono-white can destroy things, i.e. control the board, pretty well. I love the concept of the control deck that is just all control cards and one creature that you use as a finisher when you've established control. Basically, I love the concept of The Deck.

I chose Akroma, Angel of Wrath because I've always liked her since Legions. Her natural haste and protections are definitely handy, especially the former. The vigiliance is also a nice touch. I'm sure Avacyn is a more powerful commander, but I really want to use Akroma.



Now, I know the deck isn't just one creature like The Deck, but some of the other creatures are either necessary or just too powerful not to run.

I don't want the deck to be too Voltron, but I added Fireshrieker and Loxodon Warhammer to speed up the Akroma clock. I don't have any of the Sword of X and Y cards, but I'll try to get Sword of Feast of Famine.

Any mono-white control players have any suggestions? I really don't know how to balance the amount of card-draw, ramp, and removal in mono-white. Given Akroma's large mana cost, I've definitely skewed the balance towards ramp so I can actually cast her early.

If you're running a snow-land mana base, you should really be playing Scrying Sheets. Depending on how slow your metagame is, I'd also take a look at Thawing Glaciers. The longer your game goes, the more incremental advantage you can rack-up with these lands, which cost you essentially nothing in opportunity-cost.