At her worst, she's an 8 mana Fog.
At her best, she's a complete deck shut down.
If you got two attacks with her, it was well worth the investment.
Posted By:
PrimeSonic
(4/23/2011 11:04:55 AM)
Unbelievable picture! Greg Staples is such a master at painting these beautiful creatures. More angels by Greg:
Serra Angel
Baneslayer Angel
Archangel of Strife
Posted By:
SgtSwaggr
(8/14/2011 3:58:49 PM)
The amazing Brave the Elements that will keep her safe as a one shot.
Obviously a powerful card if you can keep her alive.
4/5
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(7/26/2011 7:36:54 AM)
Empyrial Archangel is a nice looking card.
She has the potential to be a rather nasty card... The shroud decreases the number of possible combos though... I think I'll combine her with damage prevention and see how that works.
I wonder what happens when you have two of her.
Posted By:
Zoah
(10/9/2011 10:32:49 PM)
? ? ? ? Why is everyone discussing how damage is dealt when all of you should be talking about the positive and negative aspects of the card? If your unsure of how the EA's ability then look in a rule book or consult a rule-guru! Almost every previous comment here is wasted on senseless talk about the way the mechanic works.
As for what I think of the card, here's what I have to say: epic yet expensive. At such a high a cost EA is restricted to control (and possibly combo) decks only. Although combo and control decks usually will have an entire board set up by turn eight, ensuring that the EA is utilized to its full potential. What I mean by this is that, by the time EA is casted, you don't want it as the only card that you have in play. In such a case your archangel would be subject to lethal damage from the opponents creatures and spells, so rather it would be logical to have several enchantments and creature in play first. Of course, I would imagine that most players wou... (see all)
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(6/16/2009 3:45:10 PM)
My friend has a pretty sweet deck with this, Stoic Angell, and bunch of other great cards.
This is, by far, my favorite one to Counterspell.
Posted By:
blugrn1989
(6/6/2011 9:34:42 PM)
Cool ability and flavor, awesome art, just not a good use of 8 mana.
Still a cool idea no doubt
Posted By:
BlackAlbino
(5/30/2011 9:20:02 PM)
I like the SHROUD... But it's special ability SUCKS, should have the words 'you may' in the beginning... And only a 5/8 for eight mana... :|
... I give it a 2/5....
Posted By:
AbyssalManZero
(12/28/2009 1:01:26 PM)
this works well with inviobility
Posted By:
Deranged.Hermit
(1/11/2010 11:19:14 AM)
I'm pretty sure if you take 8 damage, both Archangels are killed. The damage to EA is individually considered. Nice card tho, I drafted a Foil :D
Posted By:
jhimbob
(3/28/2009 6:32:06 PM)