MTG Salvation

Stoic Angel is a card I've not played with (or against) that I can recall.

Is this card any good in practice? Anyone play with this card in a meaningful way?
I mean, all I'm really seeing is a fragile perm drawing instant hate.

Is a vigilance-focussed deck the best way to use this thing?
Or;
Given that Bant has better things to do, is the best way to use this card to not run it at all?

Cheers.

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Given that Bant has better things to do, is the best way to use this card to not run it at all?

Pretty much this. Bant is an amazing Prison color but that's mostly because of things like Brago, King Eternal and Derevi, Empyrial Tactician which can be used to untap all of your permanents though things like Winter Orb, Static Orb, Tangle Wire, etc. Things like Stoic Angel that prevent your mana dorks from untapping are hot garbage because that's typically how you're breaking parity. You want to curve Elvish Mystic into Priest of Titania and use that mana advantage to continue casting spells while the rest of the table is locked under Rising Waters effects.

Personally I would'nt run it in a FFA.
I might in a 2HG or other format with allies provided my allies were prepared for it.

There's a person in my group with a Bant exalted deck that's played Stoic Angel before. There's definitely synergy with what that deck wants to be doing in a vacuum, but in practice the hate she drew from opponents with fair, creature-based decks probably ended up hurting more than helping overall.

Thanks everyone, appreciate the input

Just to give an opposite viewpoint; it is a very aggressively costed creature that plays equally defensive. In the right build I think it's a fun card to play around with, and with cards mentioned like Brago, King Eternal and friends, untapping all of your dudes is not a problem, making this card more one-sided than it looks.