MTG Salvation

Basic idea. Naya Angels. Looking to find a deck that can house two of my favourite cards from my favourite block: Sigarda, and Gisela. Angels is a theme I've always wanted to use, and I love the Planeswalkers that you can access in Naya colours. Any obvious things I'm missing?

The biggest things I see are ramp and card draw. I know that a lot of angels start at the 4 cmc range and work up from there. I dont think five ramp spells is enough to reliably cast the expensive angels. The deck also needs card draw. When you start laying down angels and people wipe the board, you will need ways to refill your hand in order to continue to angelic smackdown. Harmonize, Soul's Majesty, and Mind's Eye are a few that pop to mind.

I'm not sure what cuts to make, but I agree with you. I'd normally just run Garruk, Primal Hunter, but GGG in the mana cost is just infeasible. Harmonize is probably worth running, and I wouldn't mind finding room for Chandra, Pyromaster. Do you think 40 creatures is too much?

Yes I do think 40 is too many. Here are some cards I would suggest cutting:

Wildcall - Without a way to blink the manifested creature, you run the risk of hiding away an angel that would be better than the token you get.
Mastery of the Unseen - See above.
Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light - There are much better options in your colors to remove creatures, artifacts, and enchantments.
Angel of the Dire Hour - Your deck is about playing things on your turn, not trying to leave 7 mana open on other peoples' turns. Plus fat trimming.
Luminous Angel - Too small of a body for the mana cost. Plus you arent a token deck, so that ability is not relevant.
Angelic Curator and Angelic Page - These two creatures dont do enough in that they will have no impact on the board when you play them, or attack with them.
Mikaeus, the Lunarch - If you are trying to go for this type of effect, Cathars' Crusade does it much better, and for cheaper.

Thats nine cuts to start with that opens the way for more ramp and some draw cards.

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Seems like Mayael would be a better Commander for a Naya angel deck.

Except that 29 of his 39 creatures couldnt be used from a Mayael activation.

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Seems like Mayael would be a better Commander for a Naya angel deck.

Except that 29 of his 39 creatures couldnt be used from a Mayael activation.

Yeah, that's a bit of a problem on Angels. I'm considering Gahiji, Honored One instead of Marath, but that's about it commander-wise.

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Yeah, that's a bit of a problem on Angels. I'm considering Gahiji, Honored One instead of Marath, but that's about it commander-wise.

What are you trying to do with Marath as the general? While he is generally just a good commander in these colors, without at least some support cards, Gahiji would probably suite your game plan better.

I was hoping to find a general who was in the colours, had so.e mild synergy with the deck or value on its own, and was also fun to play. I considered Palladia-Mors just so I could actually own an Elder Dragon Highlander list, but I also really like the design on Marath. Gahiji offers more value to the deck itself, though. (Still might go Palladia-Mors, tbh)