In itself it's a pretty good card but not good enough in my opinion to have a great role in a deck on itself thus you should use him in combo with something for example: make him indestructible by using for instance Deathless Angel or Indestructibility
That will make a pretty decent defence I think :)
Posted By:
Heartbreak_two
(8/7/2010 9:48:03 AM)
I don't understand the hate for the 8th edition art. You're just nostalgic. This art is solid, and fits perfectly with the concept of the card. A very white creature holding it's ground. The colours are wonderful too.
Posted By:
Larwick
(7/23/2011 4:42:54 AM)
Basilisk Collar! Wheee.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(1/2/2012 3:27:56 AM)
"If you have 3 or less life, you may pay 6 less to...
Oh wait, he used a Lightning Bolt.
GG, buddy."
"But wait, I use one of those mana I saved to play Healing Salve! You and your Lightning Bolt can stick it!"
Good card, great concept. Many times coming out on the wrong end of things I wish I had one of these in my hand.
Posted By:
jfre81
(9/1/2012 10:52:13 PM)
Phyrexian Unlife.
Posted By:
MattLynn
(1/29/2013 1:59:51 AM)
Casting this and heart of light or inviolability in the same turn can really irk your opponent after they spent time whittling you down to 3 life.
Posted By:
roguepariah
(12/28/2010 8:30:46 AM)
510.1c A blocked creature assigns its combat damage to the creatures blocking it. If no creatures are currently blocking it (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage.
I guess this means that if your opponent attacked with, say, three 8/8 creatures, the first two would kill it, be blocked, and even though the Avatar was dead before the third one even did any damage to her, it is still considered to be blocked and does no damage to anyone or anything, unless it has Trample.
Or if they attacked with ten 1/1 Squirrels. Avatar of Hope could block all ten of them.
Combo her with Darksteel Plate, Reya Dawnbringer, Deathless Angel, or Regenerate, and you'd be untouchable, except for Trample.
Posted By:
PurpGuy
(9/10/2011 11:48:05 AM)
transcendence - need more be said?
Posted By:
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
(12/19/2011 12:41:12 PM)
I guess play with Worship? That way being at such low life won't be such a detriment?
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(2/20/2010 10:45:26 AM)
So, you're saying if it was given an offensive ability, it would be able to better protect your life total? I guess it could kill your opponent(s) while protecting yourself, thus ending the game before they could kill you, but the issue isn't really vigilance. It doesn't seem to be designed for attacking at all. It needs to be able to protect itself- protection from X, shroud, etc. That's because it will, most likely, be the only thing keeping you from imminent death, and so it's all the more unfortunate if it gets kill-spelled. It'd need a bit of retooling if it was to add anything that fancy, though.
No, if you want to protect yourself at low life totals, maybe Convalescent Care? Some Story Circles, Windborn Muses, even a Moat (against certain strategies). Or just Wrath away opposing armies and hope for the best. The poor Avatar is none too reliable.
Also, one of the poorer illustrations of the ... (see all)
Posted By:
DoctorKenneth
(12/11/2009 8:59:10 AM)