Although it's very slightly weaker than Armadillo Cloak, 99% of the time it's not going to make a difference -- how often do you actually cast a cloak on your opponent's creature? Not stacking with lifelink is a bit more annoying, but honestly, lifelink creatures aren't that common anyway.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(6/13/2013 8:30:07 PM)
@Guest439773480
For sure. This art not only fails to represent what the card does, but it's also super terrible.
I'm all for the new armadillo cloak, but what the hell happened to the art and flavour?! >.<
EDIT
@Aquillion
Well for starters, it doesn't stack with itself like armadillo cloak does. It also doesn't stack with other sources of lifelink (be it from the creature itself, or another aura/equipment).
My friend has an Uril EDH deck and he stacks this with scourge of the nobilis to get double lifelink (as well as +8/+8, firebreathing, and trample lol). It's still not a huge difference though.
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/24/2013 10:31:35 AM)
Don't laugh. It works.
Posted By:
TomWarleader
(9/16/2013 4:11:10 PM)
This card is better than Amramdillo Cloak in situations where you need to block and gain the life to survive. It probably wins more games than situations where you get double lifelink on a guy, so I'd say this is the better card.
Posted By:
Kurraga
(10/5/2013 8:11:18 PM)
This card is amazing with the new Heroic mechanic. In my Bant deck I threw down a Battlewise Hoplite turn 2 and then followed with this turn 3.
Sure, I'll take a 5/5 trample with lifelink AND know what I'm going to draw next turn.
Posted By:
Zeritanos
(1/30/2014 11:59:08 AM)
In my opinion, Armadillo Cloak revisited is the most underrated card in Standard right now. Selesnya Aura is a beatdown - throw out a Gladecover Scouts for hexproof safety, mix in Ethereal Armor, and finally the most underrated card from Born of the Gods, Eidolon of Countless Battles, with Unflinching Courage attached, you have yourself an 8/8 hexproof, trample, lifelink, first strike on turn 4. This combo took down a local MTG tourney - Selesyna Charm added works wonders to eliminate Gods, or splash in a 2/2 that can be sacrificed if a sudden Devour Flesh arrives.
Posted By:
Okeemn
(2/21/2014 9:01:32 PM)
Armadillo Cloak is better than this card, but not for the reason you might think: the Cloak isn't affiliated with the Selesnya Conclave, which automatically makes it better. That said, I can't argue against this card's utility, and it'll do if you can't get your hands on its superior predecessor.
Posted By:
TheWallinator74
(4/28/2014 8:50:01 AM)