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One must wonder why this card was ever green-lighted with 5 CMC. Especially since she makes so many past angels/white fatties completely obsolete. Power creeps like this are getting out of hand. A few years ago this would've had a CMC of at least 7. Even if it was 6 it would've been something like 3WWW.
Posted By:
Omniance
(10/8/2009 10:49:35 PM)
increasing rarity to create absurdly nice cards is stupid. Stronger card abilities should be compensated with technical stuff like mana cost and not rarity. makes draft that much more unfair and constructed that much more meaningless because people who really want it would just buy 'em anyway. yeah thats right all WOTC cares about now is that we buy buy and buy
Posted By:
CheloniaMania
(9/26/2009 10:26:24 AM)
Seems kinda unbalanced for 3WW
Posted By:
Sidecutte
(10/30/2009 6:12:34 PM)
5cc for a 5/5 is bland and somewhat mediocre for a vanilla creature. Add in flying, and you have a fair, but cheap creature. Then you give it first strike, lifelink, and some half-assed protection, and you have an insanely cheap card. Rarity does not provide sufficient balance. If it was like 4WWW, it would be fine. Even maybe 3WWW. 3WW means that it will go down early, and will dominate the field.
Horribly unbalanced. I opened one, read it, considered trading it. Read it again, decided against trading. Even if I never use my white deck, it's nice knowing I have a Baneslayer in it.
Posted By:
Elysiume
(7/18/2009 11:22:49 PM)
Completely broken, absurd card. Anything SPLASHING white will run 3 or even a playset. It's the default five drop. It adds NOTHING to the game, it doesnt have interaction, drawbacks, it's not a situational card or anything, well done Hasbro, keep ruining Magic. This is why i dont play it anymore outside of MWS, standard decks run 4x of this 40$ crap and extended decks with creatures MUST run a playset of expensivegoyfs if they dont want to lose. If tarmogoyf is what we see on 'Futuresight' as rare, hell, i can't even imagine what kind of unbalanced crap will wizards come up with for the 'mythic rare' slot in few years.
Posted By:
BelloAbril
(12/8/2009 1:05:35 AM)
Should cost at least 1 more white mana...but still overpowered nonetheless...
Posted By:
revilolee
(11/4/2009 5:27:27 PM)
So nasty, yet so, so good! Just so unfair given secondary market cost, but gotta play 4x if you run white.
5/5
Posted By:
QNG425
(11/2/2009 11:56:51 AM)
Totally agree with PhagePoker... they're just making ridiculous non specific dumb undercosted vanilla cards that are OBVIOUSLY better than an old one and doesn't even require you to make a choice... some cards like this one are just less cost, more features, period. I liked Magic when it was more complicated, like when you read a card and said "big deal" and then later you'd find a real good use for that.
Posted By:
LeoKula
(10/27/2009 10:54:34 AM)
This card epitomizes everything I hate about modern Magic. Totally over powered / under coasted. Nothing fun about this card at all, Simply put this card reads "unless you have X4 of this card as well you will probably not beat me" cards like this ruin the game, they take away the strategy / skill and creativity and create a situation where there is just one best deck, which every one has. I love Magic the Gathering but the more I see this kind of insane card in newer sets the less inclined I am to buy newer sets and less likely I am to play new opponents as my not playing this doesn’t stop others from doing so.
Shame on you Wizards for deciding that Mythic Rare should = overpowered and un-fun.
Posted By:
Guest1760089517
(1/15/2010 7:38:27 AM)
Ridiculous. It's either slightly undercosted or has one (or two) too many abilities. I always thought Serra Angel was balanced, but powerful. Shepherd of the Lost is a balanced angel as well for the same converted mana cost. But this ? It should've had less power and toughness (say, 3 each), be legendary or cost more, in my opinion. Rarity should have nothing to do with a card's actual power, but instead provide possibilities not present on the more common cards.
Posted By:
Belz_
(10/15/2009 4:14:55 AM)