Ah, the only card featuring Jesus Christ
Posted By:
Layk
(5/19/2012 7:02:07 PM)
Rancor's best friend. For three mana you get +5/+3, First Strike, Vigilance, Lifelink, and Trample. That's really impressive for a white/green deck, and even more so if they're on Kor Spiritdancer, Thran Golem, or Mistmeadow Skulk.
Its downside just encourages you to play more Auras to reduce its risk, and its mana cost narrows its usefulness only slightly. So if you have a white deck that already has a handful of Auras, including two or three copies of this will cause some major problems for your opponent. Well worth the slots in your deck.
Posted By:
Lazyblazey
(7/26/2012 9:31:37 AM)
...Here, Bruna, I have something just for you.
Posted By:
Totema
(8/16/2012 11:51:01 AM)
This is white's nail in the coffin as far as aura finishers. I give it 3.5 out of 5 because its a tricky deck to pull off, and you probably wouldn't want to run more than 2 (maybe 3) in a deck. Here's how you can justify its WW cost: it requires a early creature, hopefully with hexproof, followed by an aura (take your pick there are a LOT, from commons to rare to choose from). When you pull this, you've already spend around 3-5 mana for the dude and the aura, making this a 5WW mana investment enchantment, but you get to play it on turn 4 or 5 (as a finisher) PLUS you get to keep mana open for a counterspell or other shenanigans.
Think W/U
Slipery Bogle, Invisible Stalker, Geist of Saint Traft all fill the curve for hexproof super-beaters.
you have curiosity, spectral flight, traveler's cloak. And hell the shadowmoor common aura aren't half bad.
Follow that up with Daybreak Coronet and you've got probably a 2 turn clock on an opponent (with mana open for counter magiks).
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Posted By:
Haelthor
(10/24/2012 8:09:09 PM)
I realize it's quite efficient; but its playability seems marginal. It is likely in mono-white (in which case it's easier to 3-for-1) or it's possibly in a mixed color setting where the efficiency is more difficult to get at and the risk of being 2-for-1 or 3-for-1'd is still quite possible.
Further, against White, Green, or Blue, they can bounce/destroy one aura and kill this aura as well. While it'll pay off big time if it lands well, it's high-risk-high-reward behavior and I don't know if I buy into it on this instance.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(1/24/2013 9:50:46 PM)
It's the Halo of Already Having A Halo!
Posted By:
Salient
(6/17/2013 4:42:57 PM)
He could be Greek... is Theros the fabled enchantment-matters set?
Edit: OOOOH MY GAR OH MY GUY OH MY GEY OOOOH MY GURR
LOOK AT WHAT THIS DUDE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AT SAN DIEGO
I posted that 7/18/2013 3:22:36 PM
I bought about five of each Oath of the Ancient Wood, Path of Bravery, Ajani's Chosen, Awaken the Ancient, Indestructibility, Dismiss into Dream, and a few others.... maybe I should have invested some more? And maybe I missed something that everyone knows would be valuable in a heavy enchantment block... I dunno. But I'm so excited. :)
Edit again: Well, I read two other old articles that mentioned an enchantment theme was expected in Theros. I have a long way to go.
Posted By:
JimmyNoobPlayer
(7/20/2013 4:57:07 PM)
Would not be surprised if this was reprinted in Theros.
Posted By:
Sabisent
(7/22/2013 8:08:17 AM)
Turn 1, Ornithopter, Ethereal Armor
Turn 2, This, attack with a flying 5/7 first strike vigilance lifelink
Turn 3, plains, 3 more Ethereal Armors, attack with a 23/25 first strike flying lifelink creature for the wins
Posted By:
SirLibraryEater
(1/13/2014 12:48:29 PM)
Turn 1: Ethearal Armor. Turn 2: Daybreak Coronet. One had a 7/7 Walking Corpse In 2-headed giant on turn 2 with this.
Posted By:
Maxofthehouse
(2/20/2014 3:29:51 AM)