Giada, Font of Hope | Upping the Average

[@okgut2033]

Just to help out having more draw options. Other carddraws: - Sigarda's Splendor - Cosmos Elixir - Mind's Eye - Rogue's Gloves - Oblation - Sword of Fire and Ice Political draw: - Flumph - Master of Ceremonies - Secret Rendezvous - Coveted Jewel Wheel: - Credit Voucher - Teferi's Puzzle Box Cantrips: - Scout's Warning - Shelter If you want grouphug is also there: - howling mine - Horn of Greed - Temple Bell - Mikokoro, Center of the Sea - Font of Mythos My absolut must have: - Endless Horizons Here a 🍪 for you :)

[@ginov.7039]

Cosmos elixir is my go to, war room is great as well.

[@ericlawson3555]

Endless horizon is so good! How many do u usually exile to be safe?

[@okgut2033]

@@ericlawson3555 i would say it depents on a few things: - how many cards do you still want to be able to find plains - how much mana do you need to be "online" As soon you allready have the mana you need each turn to do your thing and dont feel bad to draw a dead landramp you go all in. If the landramp is your consern then you take a few less. If your not save with your mana, dont play it and wait some turns till you are. On my view its ramp is bonus. The main reason you play that card is to avoid drawing dead cards. Thats also why i rate it so high :)

[@Vicic_]

Literally pulled showcase Giada from a pack right before this video, very excited to see this video!

[@thomasbuege8074]

God I love this channel! Thank you for this one!!!! Such an exciting Commander

[@BFG93]

Happy to see Kristen get the recognition she is an incredible mtg player 🙌

[@jstrorma]

Ran this deck (with a couple of changes) a couple times now and it works great and it's VERY fun to play! As an Angels collector, Giada made me very happy!

[@ChromeCrown]

can you share your decklist please??!

[@markgrochowicz4098]

Best swap was Brave the Elements in instead of Rebuff the Wicked. Made this change immediately in my Giada EDH deck. Thanks!

[@nagashizzar3978]

Hell yeah!!! Wait I mean heaven yeah!!!

[@vasylpark2149]

Your assessment on Youthful Valkyrie and Segovian Angel has me really confused the only time I would see these cards being bad is after a board wipe or Giada has been removed. At that point everyone is rebuilding, even if it is late game and Giada is out at worst you will get a 2/2 angel with flying and vigilance for Segovian Angel and a 2/2 angel with flying that can get bigger. the upper cap for how big that could get is much higher. I think this deck needs more lower costing angels with more card draw.

[@whatsupdoc6358]

I agree. The cheap angels are fueling the power of your big angels. The biggest difference between my Lyra deck(minus the immense lifegain synergies) and my Giada deck are the amount of the cheaper costed angels in it.

[@InTecknicolour]

this deck profile goes for big angels for giada but there's builds that go for low to ground angel spam along with token angel spam

[@carlosdanger5634]

I couldn't agree more. When I initially made Giada, I put in the biggest angels I could find and it was way too slow. The smaller angels ramp QUICK. I like Resplendent Marshal as it triggers twice. Inspiring Overseer is an excellent common that gets you a card so it doesn't punish you if you draw it late game. Minas Tirith and Dawn of a New Age both help with card draw. Secret Rendezvous is my favorite card draw in white in this format. You can use it as a political card ( "Hey, let's not attack each other for X turns and you can draw 3 cards.") or just pick the opponent who poses the weakest threat. White has some fantastic ways to avoid board wipes, and when your flying lifelink legion is the only thing left on the board, there's next to nothing that can stop you. Board wipe protection includes Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection, Unbreakable Formation, and Eerie Interlude. Together Forever fits right into this deck as well. For 2 mana, it hangs out on the battlefield and can be used whenever you're in a pinch. Sephara, Sky's Blade and Avacyn, Angel of Hope are both Angels and grant your team indestructible. Faith's Reward and Marshal's Anthem can pull some Angels right out of the graveyard.

[@vasylpark2149]

@carlosdanger5634 this is part of the reason edh is trending fast. Being able to deploy more, more often is becoming the norm.

[@apollo202120]

i personally recommend adding in metallic mimic. it comes down early and does a nice giada impression in a pinch.

[@whatsupdoc6358]

I run far more cheaper angels in my giada deck. Get the beats started early and when my bigger angels start coming in they could be much bigger. Protection is hugely important in it.

[@jamesgreenwood1703]

Yeah I think running almost every 4 drop angel that is semi useful should go in the deck. All you need is 3 lands and giada you should be fine

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

I started running eerie interlude because if ypu build up enough angles with it or any other flicker it will have a mini craterhoof like effect.

[@whatsupdoc6358]

@@skullkrusher-dx4kg ive been running emancipation angel also. ive been looking at Angel of condemnation

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

@@whatsupdoc6358 the angel of condemnation is a little slow id rather just have an ephimerate lol. How much ramp do you run aside from the commander?

[@cameronmes4046]

@@skullkrusher-dx4kg check interaction there

[@newtpondskipper]

Facts about white is that the best cards for the color, the staples, don't get reprinted often if ever.

[@RPGFanboy14]

A neat bit of removal I didn't see in the deck one might consider is Crib Swap. It's a Tribal instant that is a Changeling spell so Giada can help cast it. Mileage may vary but I do enjoy little interactions like that.

[@StrifeTrinity]

The new Sanctuary Warden is soooo good with Giada. Trust me, mono white/angel tribal for life

[@TamesLovesGames]

Literal perfect timing for this video as I recently cracked her foil alt art in a set booster and decided fate was telling me to build this.

[@CynicalLight]

My mono white angel deck took years to collect because yeah money, it ain't cheap, but I'm so proud of what it has become. My commander for the longest time was Gisela the broken blade. It used to be an angel human mono white until I could finally get my mana to work with the heavier cost angels.

[@meximan374]

Great schuff, def adding her to my Gisela deck. its been getting more White Weenie over time, I need to focus it back up with Angel synergies! Def using this info!

[@Slo-Mode]

Thanks for the budget list! Really like when cool coomanders have them :)

[@Ian-to2vo]

I played essentially this deck and it really cruised (turn 1 esper sentinel that was never removed helped immensely)!!! Big strong attacks every turn. My final opponent that game buffed an invisible stalker to lethal for next turn with no cards left in his library. Then I drew my Secret Rendezvous for the win!

[@harveyhale1101]

I'm going full ham on that +1/+1 counter interaction. The Ozalith and Resourceful Defense ensures they're not to waste when Angel's die. Also with the Ozilith, it allows things like Mimic Vat and Herald of the Host to have temporary angels come in Beefy and instantly store up counters when they get exiled at end of turn. Angelic Sleuth can also hone in on them temporary angels leaving the battlefield with counters on them

[@Eassle]

Building with this commander now. Thanks for ur opinions on the deck

[@vice723]

Ty for the vid!

[@50JoshLovesFishing]

I love her alot i did have Sephora sky blade at first but when i got her i switched it out and i couldn't be happier I love Giada so much

[@syrgwyn4536]

I am playing a high budget decklist, but in every game I see it, Mask of Memory is MVP.

[@frandynamo2143]

Giada is a exciting new card for angel fans like myself and I'm no stranger to mono white however.. The weird thing about angels as a tribe is that except from Lyra they don't actually support each other much. The only thing they tend to have in common asides from the angel type is the high CMC.. Which is not a great thing to have in common. xD Fortunately there are a decent amount of cost reduction cards and Giada of course addresses this issue herself being a mana dork for angels.. But where this deck will likely really struggle is card draw. Enabling good card draw will make the difference in this deck drastically...

[@testostrodon9674]

Would love to see an episode on Falco Spara!

[@MarkoArillius]

Finale of Glory also made it into my deck. It's only an Angel play at ten mana, but I set my angel deck up with some hardcore ramp between land tax and a lot of white reducers, and when it is an angel card it is a ten 4/4 angel card.

[@silentkingsubject]

was expecting mirror entity to show up as a "how do you do, fellow angels" pick!! wonder why it didn't make the cut??

[@ultimateretroasd]

Thirst I thought that it was a matter of flavor, but then I realized that most angels already are 4/4 fliyers, so it's a waste of slot

[@nik700]

Angels are pretty big, they don't need a lot of pump. Also, mono white, not a lot of extra mana laying around

[@hohjoshua1649]

Extra plans lens is amazing in the deck

[@sebastianschafers7164]

What did you cut for it?

[@MegaGrip13]

I have a Sephara deck already and I'm so torn between Giada and Sephara...

[@ClosedOpenness]

Keep Sephara in you 99 and just use Giada as the commander

[@1235q]

I have a Heliod, Sun's Champion lifegain deck (without combo) and it uses several of the angels that Giada plays, so I'm also a bit torn between which one of these would I rather have as a deck.

[@__Samue.le__]

@@1235q giada because is more sinergic with the Angels than an eliod ( who is usually a combo commander ) without combo

[@MegaGrip13]

@@ClosedOpenness they have different deck feels though. Sephara is voltron/flying tribal (i get to use some of my favorite fliers that aren’t angels) and giada is angel tribal. Both decks I like, they’re just different and I’m having trouble choosing.

[@ginov.7039]

Same

[@AKitchell]

Even though it's got a hefty CMC, a potential game ender would be Legion Loyalty, giving all your creatures myriad. The Angels that would come in via this ability (and not die to the legend rule) would get extremely big, potentially allowing you to one-shot your opponents all at once.

[@captcharisma02]

The mono white card draw is so difficult. You either need to dead combat damage via an equipment or pay mana when you gain life. With the latter, there is no mana left to cast spells

[@rockylindsey1647]

helm of the host might be a good addition as well getting 2 copies of your commander which will double the 1/1 counters for new angels or getting another copy of an angel already in play and the copy will be even bigger and the copies stick around

[@kjellegilhustad2095]

My pet card Radiant Archangel is gonna go straight inn to this deck.

[@stevenburton7725]

I ended up throwing in Aetherflux Reservoir and a Strip Mine due to running into quite a few fog like effects and Glacial Chasms.

[@thischannelhasnocontent8629]

I need more cards that grant her protection. Because look at her. I must protecc.

[@arenkai]

The budget version already spiked nearly $100 This game's prices are getting out of hand faster and faster

[@Caolboy]

Can someone please explain to me why Youthful Valkyrie is sitting at $8.00??

[@oscarjacobo9404]

For my deck list I would also try to include shattered angel and angel of invention since life gain and pumping angels is nice!

[@spacefreak5064]

I love my angel tribal deck with a hidden eldrazi theme ;) Brisela Voice of Nightmares is my commander

[@StrifeTrinity]

I have one too I run bruna at the helm and gisela in the deck. How do you run it

[@spacefreak5064]

@@StrifeTrinity Same. Bruna is my commander and Gisela is in the 99. I focuse mainly on a draw / discard strategy to get through my deck and pitch high cmc Angels in the yard to reanimate them later with Bruna and other reanimator spells. Then play Avacyn or another mass indestructible spell, boardwipe and attack for the win. Or I manage to assemble Brisela and pair her with Void Winnower to lock the others out of the game and win from there it is lots of fun when it works ^^ The rest of the deck is filled with draw/ramp/removal of which the first two categories are struggling because mono white but it does work with some good artifacts and sadly pricey white staples but I love my Angel deck

[@StrifeTrinity]

@@spacefreak5064 Nice...I tend to run a much more reanimater/toolbox build but when you play angels everything can be a bomb. Slight stax with arbiter and others. But...the true mvp lately has been angel of Destiny

[@jacobtrahan1993]

Would love to see your thoughts on Ziatora. I manage to crack a gilded rare of her and pretty much got my list together but it could always be better! I would love to see what you have to say about the flinging dragon.

[@krgood9008]

Cloud key, like this card is like super good for any tribal

[@drumerman14]

The content has been awesome, keep it up! I have to ask/request: with the new Secret Lairs coming, is there any chance for a Breya video?

[@Sweetluckk]

I’m glad to see more people playing mono white angels as angels are my favorite tribe in magic . One combo I wanna share with you guys is Bishop of wings + Divine Visitation . Bishop of wings states: (w)(w) Whenever angel enters the battlefield under your control you gain 4 life . Whenever an angel dies , create a 1/1 white spirit . This card is already strong alone in an angel deck because 4 life is enough to trigger angelic accord and Valkyrie harbinger off of 1 angel coming in . But let’s talk about Divine visitation which is 3(w)(w) enchantment that states If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead. So now with bishop of wings and divine visitation if you’re angels die , you create an 4/4 angel with vigilance /flying instead of the spirit and the angel coming back in will trigger bishop of wings , gaining you 4 life each time an angel comes in , your tokens can now swing freely with no fear of dying and instead have a positive drawback if they die , of course angels synergyze with life gain and all the angels coming back in can trigger other cards like giada and cleric class making your angels come back even stronger and with more life , I hope you guys try this angel tribal combo yourselves , a lot of people don’t know the combo also so it’s quite humorous when the effect plays out without people realizing its potential.

[@aaroneisenman6873]

Actually a lot of people know the combo...it is the basis of an infinite combo with any free sac outlet

[@Sweetluckk]

@@aaroneisenman6873 well that’s pretty cool , I’m new to magic so I wouldn’t know , I didn’t even know mono white has sacrifice abilities , I’m still learning as I go .

[@aaroneisenman6873]

@@Sweetluckk Technically Mono white doesn't have sac effects, but there are several older artifacts that do. Black also has several free sac outlets, if you are willing to go with an Orhoz(B/W) Commander.

[@Sweetluckk]

Personally, angels are my favorite tribal , I’m aware of the combos effectiveness in black , I’ve already played green white angels, mono white , and white/black , and yes I definitely use it to infinitely draw off yawgmoth or infinitely gain life or infinitely pump fallen angel, but I’m actually more curious to just what mono white angels can do on its own because it’s the dominant angel color.

[@Sweetluckk]

@@aaroneisenman6873 is there any other angel combos that you know about that are in mono white ?

[@thedanath]

How is Segovian Angel/Youthful Valkyrie bad late game? If you have a decent board of angels(and Giada out) then you get counters on Segovian Angel/Youthful Valkyrie so now you just payed one/two mana for a potentially "big" angel. Sure if Giada is not out at that point then sure its not a great late game play, but still i wouldnt cut them from the deck.

[@jacoblong8581]

Howdy! Have you ever had any interest in any Abzan commanders?

[@bashlindsay7618]

Nice, I've never made a mono colored deck before

[@ClosedOpenness]

They are fun. I have Urza, K’rrik, and now Giada(formerly Avacyn). I am going to have Ayula for green, but haven’t settled on a red commander.

[@taishoukinjiro]

Hot take. What if you played Karoo instead of Guildless Commons?

[@kriptonite981]

Upping the average for Adeline!

[@manramen]

There's so many options for Giada I just can't pick one, like budget or no I just need ONE option to go with so i can order the pieces :P

[@DIMONICWOLF]

ive play tested this alot and it needs more basic mana. love it though

[@mitchelschafer1347]

Brave the elements 👍Why not sejiri shelter? Mdfc that does all of the things Edit: should've finished watching first lol

[@themerpking8445]

I just opened a foil showcase of this card and want to build an EDH deck out of it, any genre of cards I need? Like cost reductions or sorcerys

[@amamozart93]

Love this series! However I must say I would prefer these videos to be focused on more established commanders, rather than newer ones

[@-Cetus-]

Same, I'd love a Zedruu episode

[@jacobestrada1399]

Play Wall of Mourning. It’s 2 mana draw 3.

[@HZAres]

Giada would still work if the angels etb all at once

[@FrostSylph]

Unfortunately due to how giada works, cards that summon multiple angels at one time will all get the same number of counters. Any mass resurrection spell that brings everyone in at once, if it brings giada too, will give no counters. This is due to her ability saying "angels you *already* control" meaning that anything that enters as part of the spell is not counted.

[@morrius0757]

I completely disagree with Youthful Valkyrie's removal, Giada pumps up your angels by giving them counters when they enter equal to the amount of angels you've casted while she's on the board. Youthful Valkyrie gets pretty big from my playtesting and helps Giada increase that pump effect faster.

[@kaladin_nightsong]

One day I’ll get a 5 color Angel commander 🙏

[@bobrashley5936]

Why do very new commanders when there won't be as much deck data? It's like this series has become an advert for the latest set release.

[@vasylpark2149]

yeah thats a good point, he also tends to only talk about commanders that are higher on the list or ones that everyone talks about not ones that interesting and underplayed. I surprised my table with Ayara, First of Locthwain, filled with ETB creatures that destroy or sac a creature. That deck left the entire table dumbfounded about how oppressive the deck was. Even I was impressed because that was the first time I had played it. When you keep pulling flesh bag marauder out of the graveyard then hitting everyone for one its a great feeling.

[@sheepparade4852]

There are 1100 decks for this commander on EDHRec already.... It's #7/100 Mono-W.

[@andrewsparkes6275]

Re: Empyrial Storm at 5:53. You say as they enter one at a time, Giada will give them each progressively more counters...which means the opposite is true too, the first one will enter with less. Let's pretend you do get two and you have no other angels except for Giada: The first will get one counter due to seeing Giada, and the second will get two when it sees Giada and the previous token, resulting in a 5/5 and a 6/6. With Entreat the Angels, each angel will still see each other Angel that entered at the same time anyway and each will enter with the maximum counters: Both will enter and see two other angels (Giada and the other token) and both will get two counters, meaning you'd affectively get two 6/6s. So your reasoning is actually wrong for Empyrial Storm and it is not better in this way. (Don't get me wrong, it's a better card overall due to lack of top deck manipulation as you say, but I'm talking solely about the counters).

[@FrostSylph]

I don't think that's how Giada works. Because she only counts angels you already control, the new ones don't see each other when they're on the battlefield.

[@andrewsparkes6275]

@@FrostSylph Hmm maybe you're right...the only ruling states: "“Each Angel you already control” means each Angel you control other than the Angel entering the battlefield, including Giada. It doesn't matter if some or all of the Angels on the battlefield entered the battlefield after Giada did." i.e. It only talks about it as if only one Angel enters the battlefield. And given that alone, it does seem to suggest it simply doesn't count itself but sees all other Angels on the battlefield. But you're right, the "already" does add some confusion...now I'm not sure!

[@OfficialBarbarose]

At the end of the video when you say the font of *hope* joke you put the emphasis on font instead of hope and I couldn't help but think of Kamora Hall's iconic "we were rooting for *you*"

[@joey_heroic]

omg. this 🙌😂

[@InsiderBoy]

I have issues with how Giada is pronounced. 😅

[@GoyfAscetic]

Please up Mayael the Anima's average.

[@Mathewu_]

When did upping the average just become deck tech for new cards?

[@supernova86]

Pretty sure Giada is pronouced with a hard "G", not a soft one

[@Hashbrown1682]

A better Counterspell would be warping wail

[@andrewsparkes6275]

Not really? The majority of single-target removal spells are instants (or ETB abilities). Plus despite a handful of colorless utility lands, the cost is a lot harder to achieve than a simple white you get from more of your lands. Wail isn't even better against destruction/damage-based sorcery boardwipes as it costs double the amount of mana. Edit - while it IS better against exile/minus-toughness wipes, that's only an edge case against the many more cases where a 1cmc white spell is better, so the 1cmc white one is still a better choice overall, unless your meta is absolutely rampant with more sorcery exile/minus wipes than all of the single-target instant removal added up together.

[@Jwhiz24]

I'm really confused why he didn't even mention changelings.

[@adamwarehime6444]

No blinding angel or the og serra angel got to make room for those two in any angel deck

[@bleachcraft8]

Get emerias call out of here. It's either a bolt land or the worst card in the deck, it's not worth it

[@francescogirardello9250]

I really liked the video but I can't stand how you pronounce Giada

[@andresperez7476]

Why is your hair that way? 🐸🐗🐢

[@Greenlover1717]

I saw Giada first time it was exposed automatically become my first mono 🤍 commander and started making the deck now I have to test it super exited