Orzhov Midrange

[MisterJH]

Orzhov Midrange 62 cards, 2 sideboard 5 {Plains} 1 {Rogue's Passage} 2 {Vault of the Archangel} 6 {Swamp} 4 {Godless Shrine} 4 {Isolated Chapel} 22 lands 3 {Vizkopa Guildmage} 2 {Sublime Archangel} 3 {Alms Beast} 3 {Desecration Demon} 4 {Disciple of Griselbrand} 2 {Demonlord of Ashmouth} 17 creatures 4 {Lingering Souls} 4 {Sign in Blood} 2 {Orzhov Keyrune} 1 {Killing Wave} 3 {Essence Harvest} 3 {Dying Wish} 2 {Faith's Reward} 2 {Oblivion Ring} 21 other spells Sideboard 1 {Orzhov Charm} 1 {Pacifism} 2 sideboard cards

[MisterJH]

My theme for this deck is to use things like {essence harvest} to deal big damage with the cheap 4 CMC 6/6 creatures, i dont realy know how to tie it together though

[Silent1236]

Woah, I like this.  {Dying Wish} + {Alms Beast} + {Killing Wave} is pretty sweet.  Its a pretty fun looking deck idea.  Although, I'm a little confused about the {Sublime Archangel}.  I just don't really see her doing a whole lot.

[MisterJH]

Attack with {alms beast} for +2-4 at least then sac to {cartel aristocrat} with {dying wish} for more damage/life.. All before they can get te benefit of the life gain. Also i happen to have one so i threw it in there xD

[Silent1236]

Ahh, I see.  That's pretty sweet!

[MisterJH]

Why thank you! Any suggestions on how to balance the deck? I want some recursion and a significant amount of kill cards otherwise the deck wont work

[Silent1236]

I'd honestly say say
-1 {Holy Mantle}
-3 {Smite}
+2 {Demonlord of Ashmouth}
+1 {Sublime Archangel}
+1 {Killing Wave}

[MisterJH]

Im scared of adding more demonlord because i dont have a lot of thinks to sac unless i have {dying wish} on it already

[MisterJH]

And the holy mantle is to push through a few extra points of damage because none of my big creatures are likely going to be attacking, but thats just my view

[MisterJH]

Sublime archangel with dying wish, attack then killing wave for 0, sac the angel, bring back with faith's reward for 5 life and 10 damage woot

[MisterJH]

Ok so it is fairly slow on cockatrice.. How can i either speed it up, or add more control while still keeping the theme

[MisterJH]

Bump, minor changes

[MisterJH]

Bump

[Mothaelon]

Sign in blood for draw or keyrunes for ramp and life gain.

[MisterJH]

Draw, of course.. -.- i alwys overlook that absurdly important aspect