I was playing an actual booster draft with a total of 3 players, i first picked baneslayer angel and never put it in my deck because i wasn't playing white. I still won.
It seems like white will be getting a lot of the powerful cards, flyers like this, removal like oblivion ring or path to exile, 2/1 for 1 mana, etc. This is 5 mana for a 5/5 beat stick, normally would be good, but Wizards took some drugs in and gave it 5 abilities. Aside from the protection, giving it 2 out of 3 of the other abilities is downright still playable and deserves to be in decks.
Now why can't something like this deserve to be in all colors, but mainly green, which is known to have beatsticks? Instead we get 5/6/7 mana cost creatures with, sometimes more often than not, no abilities.
Posted By:
aznxknightz
(7/17/2011 12:57:25 AM)
At least it doesn't have vigilance?
Posted By:
SuperSphinx
(1/22/2011 11:08:26 AM)
Size does matter, when it comes to 5 CMC angels. I am concerned if Serra Angel is even comparable, but it does have vigilance, which could save you from a possible storm crow attack.
Posted By:
Jesseman
(4/18/2011 8:50:34 PM)
They could have at least made it legendary....
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(1/12/2012 9:38:35 PM)
This card isn't actually that great to be honest. There's a reason that this card has dropped so much in price, my local store sells these for $7 or $8, quite a difference from the old $50 price tag on it. Actually there's a few reasons. The original reason was Jace, the Mind Sculptor because he was bouncing these all day. The current reason is because its close enough in cost to be completing with the titans, which drop one turn later and actually affect the board in some way as they enter, they are also stronger than Baneslayer. EDIT: I also forgot to mention Mirran Crusader with Sword of War and Peace, which is usually better than this card in every single way, and is already swinging before this even hits the board.
There's also the issue of removal. Face it, creatures for the most part suck. They are the second most vunerable card type (after auras) and as such are extremely easy/cheap to take care of. So in order for... (see all)
Posted By:
Kitty_the_Kat
(8/20/2011 4:58:35 AM)
This thing is scary. I mean, it's really powerful. I think that what really does it is that there is nothing comparable at the same CMC. I mean, if there were a 5/5 angel for 5, this would be okay, but this has first strike. I mean, just one hit on a player is enough to swing the game a lot--10 point life difference is very significant. I feel that this is a little overpowered, if only because any hit swings the owner 5 life at least. Plus, nothing short of straight kill spells/Dismember do anything to it. So yes, I don't think that power creep is as bad as many people say, but I do feel that mythics get an unnecessarily high power level
/rant
@HollinDayze69lolll: I don't have to patience to read that, you look like an idiot, it's unreadable, so please do us all a favor and shut up
Posted By:
Superllama12
(5/23/2013 1:31:46 PM)
I'm not sure if anybody noticed this, but there's no way I'm going to check these walls of comments, so...
-Oh look, it costs five.
-Power five.
-Toughness five.
-Has five abilities.
That's interesting.
Oh wait, I completely forgot about the text box...
(That, and BANE-SLAY-ER AN-GEL.)
Posted By:
Thaxan_Number_14
(1/28/2011 12:10:30 AM)
With ceatures like Storm Crow and Chimney Imp I dont see how this card will ever see play in extended. Maybe some crazy deck in vintage has a spot for this card...
Posted By:
efletcher
(7/13/2010 10:14:01 PM)
Could be worse. It could have protection from Red, or shroud. Could you even imagine the backlash it'd get then? This is a good card, very powerful, but, there are still a plethora of cards to combat it anyway, and many of them are one or two drops. So it's not hard to deal with at all if you prepare for it.
Posted By:
GottaRunGottaRunNow
(1/12/2012 9:02:59 AM)
Broken or not broken, I just think this card shouldn't exist. It isn't cool, it doesn't do anything to make the game fun, it just wins games in the simplest way. Has anyone actually said "Hey, that game where I swung with baneslayer for game was the most fun I've ever had winning!"
If Wizards wants to make a big powerful angel mythic then fine, make something like Iona, or Avacyn, not something like this.
Posted By:
EKraj
(5/18/2013 5:43:47 PM)