I switched back to my trusty B01 Orzhov deck late in the Arena May Ranked Season. As I had expected, my Boros Angels deck ran into stiffer opposition once I made it into Platinum. From 63% in the last run in Gold, it dropped to less than 50% in Platinum.

So, I dusted off the Clerics. I wasn’t sure how it would go but they performed surprisingly well, notching up a 64% win rate (18 wins to 10 losses). When May wrapped up and the June season kicked off, I just kept playing with the deck. But the good times stopped abruptly and the deck now stands at a mediocre 33% win rate (4 wins to 8 losses). Low numbers, I know, but quite a change of fortune.

Looking at Untapped.gg stats, my deck certainly seems to have outperformed similar decks in May. I’m not sure why that is but it could simply be a statistically inconsequence given the low number of games I played.

The Boros Burn decks that have caught everyone’s attention certainly have not been kind to my clerics. I’ve only won once in four tries so far. I think they will require a slightly more defensive posture on my part, keeping back some defenders and mana to protect them from that rapid onslaught.

More to come on this as I am curious to see if this is just a bit of a bad streak or if it is really time to tweak the deck (or shift to something else).

Here is how the deck looks at the moment:

Deck:

• 4 Cleric of Life’s Bond (ZNR)
• 2 Valorous Stance (VOW)
• 4 Vanishing Verse (STX)
• 3 Orah, Skyclave Hierophant (ZNR)
• 4 Righteous Valkyrie (KHM)
• 4 Elite Spellbinder (STX)
• 2 Voice of the Blessed (VOW)
• 4 Lunarch Veteran (MID)
• 2 Kor Celebrant (ZNR)
• 4 Luminarch Aspirant (ZNR)
• 2 Boon of Safety (SNC)
• 2 Cave of the Frost Dragon (AFR)
• 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant (AFR)
• 4 Brightclimb Pathway (ZNR)
• 3 Shattered Sanctum (VOW)
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (NEO)
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO)
• 1 Agadeem’s Awakening (ZNR)
• 4 Swamp
• 7 Plains

Sideboard:

• 1 Academic Probation (STX)
• 1 Expanded Anatomy (STX)
• 1 Environmental Sciences (STX)
• 1 Mascot Exhibition (STX)
• 1 Reduce to Memory (STX)
• 2 Chaplain of Alms (MID)
• 1 Cloudsteel Kirin (NEO)
• 1 Voice of the Blessed (VOW)
• 1 Path of Peril (VOW)
• 1 Intercessor’s Arrest (NEO)