There are going to be some interactions with this that I can already see from the spoiler. However, I'm not sure those interactions will be enough to save this card, at least in constructed play.
If there's enough lifegain, this is just win more. If the lifegain matters, then you aren't getting the anthem. Then again, when paired with the Archangel...
Final judgment: too soon to say without knowing more of the environment.
This + Archangel of Thune = Some pretty fun interactions I think, even if only the secondary effect is active at the time.
Soul Sisters is getting some new toys here. Whether or not they pay off we'll have to see I guess. I like Archangel of Thune in theorywith SS, but as others have sad in the thread, I'm not sure this is better than Honor of the Pure by any means. The lifegain really doesn't seem to contibute anything. anjd the restriction is just not worth the trade off.
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I don't think it's amazing, but I do think this furthers my hypothesis that Blood Baron is gonna be huge come rotation. There's so much stuff to go around him in a WBx midrange, with so many possibilities to further his cause.
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I'm thinking about it two ways in Soul Sisters. While it's Honor is cheaper I rarely feel like dropping honour on turn 2, I usually want to be laying down more dudes. I like this because it's an extra life gain engine. I think it's worth testing at the very least.
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Did anyone notice you gain life just for attacking?
I get that the +1/+1 requires to be over 20, but when you keep gaining life just for attacking, this is a good thing.
I don't think you can immediately think this card sucks, especially at the 3 cost and also there's cards that gain benefit for gaining life in this set.
Additionally, isn't there that black/white card that for life over 30 becomes a monster? i could see this at least as some casual deck fun.
I think you are all thinking about this in the wrong way. This is a pretty decent mirror-breaker for aggro decks. Remember that just because it costs 3 does not meant you have to play it on curve -- play it after you have a few creatures in play and suddenly you can be much more aggressive in your attacks, since the 'few life' gained can mean you have much less to worry about with blockers. And use the lifegain ability enough and you have the inevitability of the anthem to make your creatures just better than your opponent's.
As a 1-2 of in an aggro/midrange sideboard, this could definitely swing games in your favor.
This is a better card than some people are giving it credit for. The anthem is nothing special, but the lifegain can potentially be abused. It all depends of course on what cards exist to support it. But I can see potential for a pretty decent deck being built with this as part of the tool kit. That is how people should view this card. It is a took kit card. It may not see standard play, but it is not a bad card.
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Yeah, this seems pretty underwhelming. It's a cool idea for a card, with a cool effect, but there are so many more better things you could be doing for 3 mana and a card.
I don't think this would really help much in an aggro mirror. You don't want want to spend 3 mana and a card on an enchantment that'll gain you a few life points. Seems like your opponent will just negate that over the next couple turns by playing an additional threat. And in an aggro mirror, there's no way you're going back to 20 life. So .. yeah, I don't really see it there.
I wonder if maybe this might be better against midrange or control decks, where they're not really attacking you much in the early game. But then, your life total doesn't really matter, and then this becomes a bad Honor of the Pure.
Hmmm ... I don't know what you'd do with this.
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a spell that doesn't even work all the time for 3 mana at rare? so bad
Agreed. It's amazing people are even debating if this is good or not, when it obviously is not.
If there's enough lifegain, this is just win more. If the lifegain matters, then you aren't getting the anthem. Then again, when paired with the Archangel...
Final judgment: too soon to say without knowing more of the environment.
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Soul Sisters is getting some new toys here. Whether or not they pay off we'll have to see I guess. I like Archangel of Thune in theorywith SS, but as others have sad in the thread, I'm not sure this is better than Honor of the Pure by any means. The lifegain really doesn't seem to contibute anything. anjd the restriction is just not worth the trade off.
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I get that the +1/+1 requires to be over 20, but when you keep gaining life just for attacking, this is a good thing.
I don't think you can immediately think this card sucks, especially at the 3 cost and also there's cards that gain benefit for gaining life in this set.
Additionally, isn't there that black/white card that for life over 30 becomes a monster? i could see this at least as some casual deck fun.
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As a 1-2 of in an aggro/midrange sideboard, this could definitely swing games in your favor.
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I don't think this would really help much in an aggro mirror. You don't want want to spend 3 mana and a card on an enchantment that'll gain you a few life points. Seems like your opponent will just negate that over the next couple turns by playing an additional threat. And in an aggro mirror, there's no way you're going back to 20 life. So .. yeah, I don't really see it there.
I wonder if maybe this might be better against midrange or control decks, where they're not really attacking you much in the early game. But then, your life total doesn't really matter, and then this becomes a bad Honor of the Pure.
Hmmm ... I don't know what you'd do with this.
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Legion r/w enchantment, intangible virtue. All. Possible until Theros hits. Think it might be fun.war leaders helix, the flashback white card rally the peasants, the token making red elemental spell.
Just need another enchantment that poops creatures in r/w and itll be amusing