The first iteration of this deck wanted to explode out of the gate with every possible one-drop available to land a highly impactful 5-drop like Cathars' Crusade or Vanquisher's Banner. However, this strategy had its problems, namely in that it got heavily crippled by board wipes and interaction. I also missed the flavor of Humans and Angels working together that my original Selvala list had. So I trimmed down on the one drops, added some ways to slow the opponent down, and we have arrived here:
Katilda and Innistrad's Hateful Eight
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Our "Hateful Eight" here are Tocatli Honor Guard, Ethersworn Canonist, Drannith Magistrate, Containment Priest, Grand Abolisher, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Glowrider, and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben. They all serve to heavily disrupt opposing strategies and slow the game down for us as we build up our board. Sanctifier en-Vec, Esper Sentinel, and Mangara, the Diplomat help accentuate the plan. Even the Angels get in on the fun; after all, divine beings do not concern themselves with the opinions of mere mortals.
There are various card advantage engines here to help us recover or to tutor up the hate pieces we need. Captain Sisay finds a surprisingly high number of cards, and can be searched in multiple ways. Our planeswalkers all draw us more cards, and there's even Arena Rector to punish our opponent for wrathing the board by giving us an easy way to recover. I even included some green cantrips to smooth out the early game and dig for appropriate pieces.
In the end, we win through combat damage. Kamahl, multiple lord effects, True Conviction all help the deck pack a punch when were are ready to win.
I'm currently working on a maybeboard of alternate Humans and Angels in case I would like to tone down on the stax-y elements for more casual groups.
Before getting retired, Selvala was probably one of my strongest/most tuned lists, and I would love to see Katilda reach that pinnacle as well. Open to thoughts and suggestions!
