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One of my all time favorite cards Serra Angel just become irrelevant. Seriously, this at 3WW is absurd. I'm not going to say they killed Magic 2010 by printing this, but they sure crippled it.. In limited this dominates battlefield and in constructed it's still awesome. In legacy it rocks and in vintage it's just ok. At least they didn't add protection from black and red. 5/5 normally, but 4/5 from a vintage player's standpoint.
Casual play is just as frustrating for some if they keep printing stuff like this.
Posted By:
Kartakass
(9/20/2009 10:42:34 AM)
Good card, but has a huge target on it's head whenever it hits the board. When I'm playing against WW I always try to save a doom blade or terminate to take care of her when she drops.
Posted By:
faisjdas
(1/17/2010 4:45:31 PM)
baneslayer's lifelink, first strike and +1/+1 (not to mention pro demons/dragons) > serra's vigilance.
both die to removal. (removal excuse is invalid)
what is serra's advantage giving that it has the same cost as baneslayer?
it has none.
realistically serra = virtually useless.
baneslayer will replace it nine times out of ten.
aka power creep.
Posted By:
NecroArTeest
(12/4/2009 7:23:29 PM)
I was staring at two of these and a myriad of other angels across the board from me while playing a green deck. I was getting the tar kicked out of me, and I did eventually loose the game; but nothing was more satisfying than blowing Baneslayer out of the sky with Hurricane.
I call it a moral victory.
Posted By:
PhyrexianLobbiest
(10/26/2009 12:53:36 AM)
Good card, but it dies to a Storm Crow with two giant growths, which will actually cost less.
Posted By:
xonix2002
(3/11/2010 9:21:27 AM)
i honestly have no real problem with this card. its good yes, its op, yes, but honestly there are so many cards like this these days and they have many answers to cards like these, i mean even in a zendikar intro pack, i already have the perfect counter to a baneslyaer, malakir bloodwitch. sure she is 1 point behind the angel stat wise, but vamps have got angels in the bag.
Posted By:
slaveofbolas
(6/10/2010 3:14:32 PM)
Is this the future of creatures? Or is this just testing the waters first? Kinda makes me curious as to what insanity Zendikar may bring.
Posted By:
Rudyardo
(7/29/2009 1:38:50 AM)
This card is only marginally less degenerate than Psychatog. Since the time this was released, I honestly cannot say that I've seen a deck that was capable of producing white mana that would not have been better with four of these in it.
For someone like me who is constantly walking the fine line between casual and competitive play, this card is very bothersome. It represents a considerable number of things that I believe are very bad for the game. Firstly, it gives me serious concern about power creep. Not since the heady days of Ravager Affinity being legal in standard have we seen the release of cards as powerful as this, several of the planeswalkers, and the cascade mechanic. Similarly, not since those days have we seen a deck as dominant in standard as Jund has been over the past year, and sadly, the remarkably overpowered and thoughtless cascade mechanic is the only thing that has been keeping Baneslayer in check. It's degeneracy countered by degeneracy, an... (see all)
Posted By:
The_Trendkill
(6/21/2010 6:37:46 PM)
Okay, so it's efficient. But who would you really rather have if you had only two islands - this or Storm Crow? Yeah, I thought so. Storm Crow is a directly superior card.
Posted By:
Kirbster
(6/29/2010 5:13:53 PM)