LET THERE BE LIFE! by paul adam


This is a deck that is built around an excellent all white strategy:
massive life gaining! With this deck, it is very easy to keep yourself
at twnty life or more consistently, while your wimpy creatures slowly
wear down your opponents. The real Piece de resistance here is the Serra
Avatar, if you get it out and keep it alive, you'll have the enire game
under your thumb. If you get a hold of the Serra's Blessing, it will be
practically unstoppable. Most of your creatures and spells assist in
some way with life gaining and can generally hold their own in combat.
The Warrior Angels and Sentinel act as your reserve power creatures, but
look to the lesser heroes for most of your damage.


Lands: -20 total
12 plains
4 forbidding watchtower
2 nomad stadium
2 remote farm


Spells: -22 total
3 arrest
4 congregate
4 life burst
3 moonlit wake
1 serra's blessing
//2 soothing balm
2 spirit link
//1 swords to plowshares
*1 worship
*1 wrath of god


Artifacts -3 total
//1 braidwood cup
*1 sentinel
//1 angel's trumpet


Creatures -15 total (+4 forbidding watchtower +2 sentinel)
2 coalition Honour Guard
3 pious warrior
3 radiant's dragoons
4 staunch defenders
*2 warrior angel
**Serra Avatar


Best combo:  Moonlit Wake-> Wrath of God -> Serra Avatar
Kill everything, get two life for each creature, then slap down your
giga trump card! Fun with swarm decks!
Runner up: (see sideboard) Coalition flag-> Sentinel
Ever fell that urge to never allow dameage from large creatures in?


The cards marked with an *asterisk* are rares and should be the last
step in building this deck. It functions rather well without most of
them. Do not feel as though this deck will be totally unplayable without
those Warrior Angels or that one worship, chances are your life will
never be low enough to really need it. As for the Serra Avatar, it is a
near locked in win for you once it's out, but don't rush out to plunk
down the 20 clams for it just yet. I have only played 3 games with a
loaner avatar and I only drew it twice, keep that in mind, it's one card
in a deck of 60, if you rich suckers want two "goy gezunt!", as they
say.


Sideboarding


 The cards marked with a // are what I usually use as my rotationals,
feel free to use others as you desire.Personally, I rarely sideboard
anything other that colour hosers, otherwise, I find the deck gets less
organized, having said that, feel free to add in more removal, more
creatures or different artifacts. In terms of hosers, these are my
suggestions: (I do not condone the use of CoPs, runes or wards in any
way.


HOSERS:
2 Warmth (anti-red)
1 Conversion (anti-red)
2 Defense Grid (anti-blue)
2 karma (anti-black)
1 light of day (anti-black)
1 absolute grace (anti-black)
<<open to suggestions for green, white hosers>>
1 kill switch (anti-art.)
1 purify (anti-art.)


OTHER:
2 Pacifism
2 Coalition flag
1 Mirari


That's my deck! Have fun meddling with it and making it your own.
Remember, what works for one player won't for another and Rome wasn't
built in a day- so patience, patience, patience! 


Live Long and Prosper! 
Paul adam adam8353@home.com