Altar of Annoying Fliers

Two win-cons:
-Beat face with fliers buffed with Golden Aviary
-Swarm with dozens of 6/1 Slaughtering Shadows created by Altar of Souls


Reason(s) for card
Hold the Line! : Extra bodies for blocking/life gain
Healing Song: Counteract Altar and Gnat life loss
Hunted Outlaw: Early aggro resistance
Annoying Gnat: Annoying to deal with when buffed with Aviary
Sunsilk Faeria: Cheap flier with useful Charge 3
Altar of Souls: Powerful creature generator
Drakkar Skycaptain: Helps push creatures a bit past burn range
Demon Wing: Cheap early flier, can collect Faeria early
Golden Aviary: Flier buff
Air Elemental: Flier and faster land placement
Choking Sand: Cheap(er) removal for pesky low power, high toughness taunters
Last Nightmare: Hard removal

Pros:
-Strong against creatures
-Strong against slower decks
-Can produce a constant and oppressive flow of creatures by land and air
-Two win-cons, yet surprisingly consistent
-Generates tons of card advantage
-Easy to pilot


Cons:
-Slow starts
-Often lead to full hand
-Weak against burn/mass burn
-Weak against aggro/rush
-Requires tactical land placement to prevent structures from being attacked by hasted creatures
-Hard to play 3-6 mana spells while summoning 6/1 Shadows

Some cons can be mitigated with defensive land placement and playing aggressively with Shadows (from Altar) and fliers.


I'm having a blast playing this decklist. It's still a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with what I came up with on my own and how well it plays. Inspiration for the deck came from me wanting to figure out how to use Gnat efficiently. However, I'm going to test out removing Doomgate, Time of Legends, and maybe Gnats and replace with other things for consistency and see how that goes. Again, very fun deck to pilot. The only time I lost was when I accidentally placed a structure in front of the Doomgate, which slowed Ostregoth down and misplays. Have not playtested against dedicated red/yellow decks, but I predict this deck will have trouble with them. Especially, Firestorm/Bloodsingers. I've only been playing in Casual, so do not know how this will fare in Ranked. Feel free to ask any questions and suggestions are welcomed.

Currently testing out Drakkar Skycaptain for burn resistance and Hunter Outlaw to slow early aggro.

EDIT(3/19): Replaced Doomgate and Time of Legends for 2 Mistral Guide to increase consistency.

EDIT(3/20):Replaced 1 Air Elemental and 2 Mistral Guide for 3 Drakkar Skycaptain. Replaced 2 Choking Sand with 2 Hunted Outlaw.