Your right, "Cheap removal is plentiful". But that dosent mean that this card is balanced, a 100000/100000 for 3 mana can be bounced, exiled, burried and pacified too.
This card is balanced in standard 2010 play but its broken for the casual "play any card you have" gamers. Yes there are many many broken cards, but why add to the list? The rules changes for 2010 were targeted for the beginers and the casual gamers to make the game more intuitive. Im a casual player, and this card makes me feel like wizards is phasing out old classic cards and forcing players to buy the new ones. Great job Hasbro, keep it up and there will be a new format "Pre M10 only".
Posted By:
YotianSoldier
(8/18/2009 11:03:42 PM)
I play white and I am even mad this got printed. I guess if I wanted to spend 200$ and get 4 copies of this I would think differently, but I certainly won't be doing that anytime soon.
Posted By:
BrutalJim
(3/13/2010 2:33:19 AM)
ARGUMENT FOR: Sometimes having overpowered cards can be fun, simply for the fact that they are overpowered! Cards like Baneslayer Angel divide the playing field into two types: those who play the card, and those who do not play the card. This adds structure and a minimum of predictability to the meta-game. You KNOW people will be playing Baneslayer Angel, simply because they have no reason NOT to play it! Furthermore, people who play Baneslayer Angel KNOW that there will be many players who have prepared their decks specifically to counter it, so they will have to include stuff to protect their investment.
So perhaps, if Magic did not have these notorious cards, these 'celebrities', the game would be less interesting?
Besides, how sweet is it to go up against a $60 (Australian) Baneslayer and counter it on turn 5 with a simple $0.20 Essence Scatter? Very satisfying of course!
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(5/4/2010 3:30:17 AM)
Stupidly overpowerd and overpriced..... Don't like it even though its awesome -_-
Posted By:
Behalter
(1/12/2010 7:06:11 PM)
This card is stupid. I mean, come on! Why not just make it a one-drop?
Posted By:
P-Slice
(1/13/2010 4:44:13 PM)
I don't really care about this card. Definitely over powered, but not hard to get rid of. Doom Blade or Terminate. Tah-dah!
Posted By:
HolyArchangel
(1/17/2010 1:34:41 AM)
As a huge fan of white Angel cards, of course I am thrilled to have this one in a deck! But, I must admit that the first time I saw it, I thought, "Shouldn't there be at least one more W in its cost?" It just seems so blatantly unbalanced. It really should have been 3WWW or 4WWW. Either way, with all of those white-type abilities, it should have had at least WWW in its cost. The "protection from Demons and from Dragons" part doesn't bother me too much. There are plenty of decks out there that won't be affected by these abilities at all. It's the fact that she's a 5/5 with flying, first strike, and lifelink. With these abilities alone, she should cost at least one more White.
Posted By:
KnightLord77
(11/16/2009 12:32:46 PM)
Storm Crow+Gigantiform = WIN
Once again, strickly worse than Storm Crow
Posted By:
Nerobyrne
(2/17/2010 3:52:59 PM)
Why Mythic cards are broken beyond repair: So Wizards can make more money off you by making the better cards fewer to find, therefore making you buy more and more boxes to find that power gaming card.
See all other Mythics and Demigod of Revenge to see more evidence.
Posted By:
DragonLord132
(9/3/2009 6:19:53 PM)
Fortunately, it dies to removal.
Posted By:
Dregrage
(3/29/2010 9:08:29 AM)