MTG Salvation

Archangel of Thune 3WW
Creature - Angel (M)
Flying, Lifelink

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

3/4

(From the Rumor Mill thread: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=511050)

Very interesting card. I believe it will find a spot in my 720, but I think it's playable in smaller cubes (maybe replacing something like Exalted Angel or Yosei). Thoughts?

Card seems okay, much less powerful than the competition plus it fails to pass the Terminate test. But if she gets in there once, your dudes become gigantic.

Card image in spoiler (it's huge).

Exalted Angel is better. It has the flexibility of morph, which means it can come down a lot earlier. And 4/5 is sturdier then 3/4. Sure this Angel has a better best case scenario, but it is not as trustworthy. Another minor problem is that it is not great in control.

Still in bigger cubes (like your 720) it might find a spot. Flying Lifelinkers rules. Lifelink is a beast of an ability.

I like the art. I still like Exalted Angel better though.

If she was a 2/4 but was 1 less to cast she'd be better as a curve topper for aggro decks. As she is she wouldn't be good for control and 5cc is too steep for a lot of aggressive decks.

I'd rather just stick with baneslayer angel

Is it me or does that artwork look so weird?
The wings looks plastered on and the sword looks so tiny...

Perhaps a good card for larger cubes. It's good in token/anthem decks, for example. But I think the white 5cc creature slot is packed with better options.

I designed this card a few years ago as a GW legendary creature for our custom EDH general league that we never started playing.

Tis a shame it isn't legendary, I really wanted to play Spectral Procession with a Soul Warden in play.

Is this card even better than Battlegrace Angel?

Exalted Angel is still way better than this. Exalted Angel is an absolute house that can be a control finisher that allows you to always have counter mana up. It's turn 3 into turn 4 mode isn't that impressive, but when you play Exalted Angel as a morph turn 5 you have 2 up for your counter, and next turn when you play a land and morph it, you still have 2 up for a counter... It's what control wants, a threat that allows you to keep protection up, has evasion, and stabilizes your life really well.

As for Yosei, he's pretty good and seems better to me still. He also allows for some fun locks with things like Recurring Nightmare and so forth.

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Is this card even better than Battlegrace Angel?

I'd say yes... Well, even then that's debatable.

This card is better if you're playing tokens or have more than one creature simply because Exalted is kind of an awkward ability, and two instances of it on one card is even more awkward.

I know there are better Angels out there at 5cc. But I just love how she pumps your Soul Sister weenies the moment she enters the field (provided that you have at least 1 sister out on the field when she resolves).

I like this Angel

I think this is the 6th best white 5-drop. After:

• Baneslayer Angel
  
• Reveillark
  
• Karmic Guide
  
• Cloudgoat Ranger
  
• Geist-Honored Monk
  

If it cost 2WW we'd be talking.

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Cool combo with Spike Feeder!

Yeah. And it's modern legal.

It can also be combined with Kitchen Finks and a sac outlet.

I think this is sick in constructed decks built around its ability, but it's not so good in cube. Like many others have mentioned, it's probably the ~6th best white 5 drop.

I was pretty excited about it before I got to the P/T part of the spoiler.

I really with it triggered when she came into play as well, but as of now, she'll be on the outside looking in.

I suppose she plays well with a lot of white cards like Ajani Goldmane, Soul Warden, Fitchen Finks. Most cubes don't focus on lifegain as a white deck, tho that might be fun

She doesn't look cubeable to me. There's much better 5 drops I would add before I add her. If only she had a bigger body.

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I like the art. I still like Exalted Angel better though.

If she was a 2/4 but was 1 less to cast she'd be better as a curve topper for aggro decks. As she is she wouldn't be good for control and 5cc is too steep for a lot of aggressive decks.

This.

I hope the art is somehow found on a playmat/poster. Gorgeous to look at

Needs more first strike...think of how great it could have been!

Anyways, as it sits I really would not run it in a cube smaller than 800 (not too many cubes bigger than that unfortunately)...there are just so many better options. (Also, her and yosei occupy different card slots in my mind...yosei is better in reanimator than this girl, and better in control...this girl is better in maybe aggro...if you want your aggro curve to end on 5...probably not...or if you support tokens as an anthem.)

I would not run her at 810.

Really? I'd probably run her at 760, she's not amazing but she's not bad either, and she does have some fun combo potential when it comes down to it.

i like every other cubeable 5 drop over her.

Weird... I mean she does just kill people if you have a Spike Feeder or Kitchen Finks and a free Sac Outlet. There's also just Zuran Orb and even multiple Extort triggers making it a big dude, and potentially anything else you may have in play. This also plays nice with Scavenging Ooze as you can just activate it multiple times.

I mean it's a little too cute for smaller cubes, but there are a bunch of interesting interactions with this angel and ways to make it huge fast. Cube just has a lot of random life gain, so even Lone Missionary can just randomly be good with this card, comes into play, gains 4 life, becomes a 3/2 and your angel becomes a 4/5, swing you get a 4/3 Missionary and a 5/6 angel. That's not bad in a large cube.