Playability: 4/5 - always happy to pull her in limited. Barring removal, game is a 3-5 turn clock after she lands. Even faster if she's got some good equipment on her or you've got combat tricks ready to help her out with.
Art: 5/5 - anyone who disagrees is probably trolling
Coolness Factor: 5/5 for being iconic and timeless
Final rating 4/5 since, duh, I only rate cards on their playability. Same reason that I didn't hate-rate baneslayer or Jace 2. Also same reason that I downrate certain Timmy-oriented fatties that are card-disadvantage machines.
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(7/17/2011 3:20:50 PM)
One of the few angels in the game (recently) that doesn't freak me out. The angels of Mirrodin have fallen to Phyrexia, and the Angels of Alara and Zendikar are distant, detached and alien to the plane's "real" creatures. Also, the flavor text is brilliant. If taken as coming from a priest, it means the angel. If coming from the angel, however, it's saying you should follow Serra. Her death is debatable, due to Karona's journey.
Posted By:
NeoKoda
(8/24/2011 7:48:08 PM)
Bye bye Baneslayer~!
Posted By:
Kitty_the_Kat
(7/31/2011 3:55:10 PM)
She gets Baneslayer's coffee... after spitting in the pot xD
Seriously though, i'm glad that they made SOME attempt to bring some balance... but with things like Visions of Beyond & Sundial of the Infinite around, I'm afraid that, IMHO, R&D dropped the ball (again).
Posted By:
blugrn1989
(7/10/2011 5:08:14 PM)
Serra Angel is overrated. Now bring on the 0.5/5 rates.
Posted By:
Axelle
(7/22/2011 2:46:50 PM)
I love this card. I has pretty high power and toughness, two great abilities, is very iconic and BALANCED!!! People seem to forget that being good doesn't mean overpowered and necessary to play a playset in every deck of it's color. This makes a fine beater, and is right where the power level should be (unlike Walletslayer Angel). I enjoy using this card more than using Walletslayer, if only because it still gives everyone else a chance, and makes for a fair, fun fight (try saying that five times fast)!
Posted By:
Superllama12
(9/20/2011 3:04:19 PM)
I love this card! It's SO awesome! Best white flying around! And that's saying something!
Posted By:
Simont73
(9/16/2011 1:38:36 AM)
Won me many games in a M12 draft. It was even better than the Frost Titan I had at times. They had trouble answering to a 4/4 flyer with vigilance. Great card.
Posted By:
Elthan
(9/18/2011 4:02:12 PM)
leaf arrow + hornet sting = dead angel?
Posted By:
Hivis_of_the_Scale
(10/3/2011 10:18:28 AM)
Unlike Baneslayer Angel, Serra Angel, one of my first favourite Magic cards (I love theRevised art), is extremely difficult to assassinate or death stroke. She is also immune to Gideon Jura's -2 abililty.
Serra Angel, we love you.
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(10/25/2011 6:28:04 AM)