It's this card's versatility that makes it insanely good. First, it's a one drop counter to removal or anything else that your opponent might do to one of your creatures. Second, it can turn a disadvantaged table into a huge advantage by giving one-sided damage prevention. Just block your opponents alpha strike and laugh. Last, it's white's one-drop Overrun. Sure you don't get any bonuses to power or toughness, but you essentially get unblockable instead of that measly trample. The only problem is that the second two effects are sometimes imperfect against multi-color decks, which are obviously common in the meta. However, more often than not even against a multi-color deck most or all of your opponent's creatures share at least one color. Bottomline: this card wins games; early, mid, or late game. 5/5
Posted By:
Authw8
(10/27/2009 6:56:17 PM)
Okay, so Blue is suffering pretty badly right now, and then WotC turns around and gives white a one-mana Negate, Overrun, and so much more. Why is white so powerful right now? Blue is supposed to have the best countermagic but everything good is WHITE for some reason. Also, I decided to play Standard so I wouldn't have to spend the $225 i will never have on tarmogoyfs, and then as if in response, WotC makes Baneslayer Angel. Why does this have to happen to this game that was once insufferably awesome and is now woefully imbalanced?
Stupid recession.
Posted By:
Th3_Dark_On3
(12/5/2009 1:50:34 PM)
@Th3_Dark_On3
For a long time, white has been what can only be called the weakest/worst colour, and for good reason. After Lorwyn, as early as Shards of Alara, white began to get good card- Elspeth, and then Path, with a few other cards showing up here and there. White was becoming a colour on par with most of the others.
And then we got M2010, and Baneslayer. Baneslayer Angel is not a good card, for several reasons. First, and most obviously, it's unbalanced. If you're unsure what I mean, refer to Serra Angel and Shepherd of the Lost, two balanced five-drop angels. Second, it gave Wizards an opportunity to abuse its new "Nythic" rarity. Its rarity was Baneslayer's only balance, and a poor one at that, and made it a card with such incredible demand that it is one of the most expensive cards in standard, putting it out of reach for many players.
Yet, despite these drawbacks, blue players in this post-Lorwyn world point at white, or perhaps more accurately, cards like Baneslayer, and... (see all)
Posted By:
gongshowninja
(4/24/2010 11:54:17 PM)
I enjoy using this with Ajani Goldmane's ultimate.
Posted By:
HouseofLastWords
(5/10/2010 12:24:32 PM)
I got this card yesterday and did a massive double-take. All of your white creatures gain protection at instant speed for 1?!
Anyone who rates this at under a 5 is fooling themselves.
5/5
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(1/21/2010 6:47:47 AM)
Am I The First One To say This?
Fine.
Isochron Scepter
Your welcome.
Posted By:
twiddleman12
(8/17/2012 1:39:24 PM)
Awesome card. But just to clear up some misunderstandings some posters here have:
1. This does squat against mass removal. Mass damage, yes, it works against, but mass removal, no.
2. Wrath of God and Infest do not deal damage. It is because they don't deal damage (and don't target, can't forget that) that this doesn't stop them. JaxonBateman, if those two did deal damage, protection would stop the damage. Protection prevents damage.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(3/22/2010 3:38:05 AM)
An absolute must in any white creature deck. I would say it's the white counterpart to Lightning Bolt, except BtE isn't as versatile as Bolt.
Still, 5/5
Posted By:
VirtueVsVice
(10/5/2009 4:04:40 PM)
This card is inexpensive and versatile in a deck full of white creatures. It can be used to save all of your guys from Volcanic Fallout or Earthquake. You can also use it during combat to fly past your opponent's blockers. White is so powerful!
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(10/2/2009 9:34:06 PM)
it should at least have had a 5cmc
Posted By:
Tezz
(7/1/2010 3:42:29 AM)