Archangel Avacyn
Oracle Text
Flash
Flying, vigilance
When Archangel Avacyn enters the battlefield, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
When a non-Angel creature you control dies, transform Archangel Avacyn at the beginning of the next upkeep.
- Rarity:Mythic Rare
- Type:Legendary Creature - Angel
- Set:From the Vault: Transform
- Reverse Card:Avacyn, the Purifier
- Banned in
- Legal in UKN MDN CMD LGC VIN CAS CLA
- Artist:James Ryman
5 mana for a 4/4 flyer with Vig/flash? Bad
5 Mana for a Indestructibly effect on a boros charm? Way to late(mana wise), all your guys have been killed already. Also way to expensive to dodge Bord wipes, which is by far the best part about those types of effects.
5 Mana for a ineffective beater that can kill your own aggro strat?
This card is a bad Control Beater, A Bad Mindrange card, and a terrible top end for a agro strat(With a huge liability with the flip)
I look at this card and I see something that has just been poorly designed. If instead of The Indestructibility ability, it has "When Archangel Avacyn enters the battlefield, Exile Target creature". And It's flip only hurt your enemies creatures, then I think it would be a fine card. It would be sorta okay for control, as it's a 5 mana kill spell with a 4/4 body with Vig on it, it would be okay as a top end in aggro because removing enemy fatties plus a flier is okay, and it would be great in mid-range.
Maybe you are right for competitive play, but for casual this card is amazing.
When she sees no play, give yourself a "I told you so" for me
I really wanted to love this card, but it's just terribly designed
Serra Angel says hi. Flash is immensely powerful on a big body, especially with an awesome ETB ability like this one. This doesn't just flash in to protect against board wipes; it protects against attack as well. Flash in Avacyn, she and all your blockers are indestructible, and next turn, you have a 4/4 flyer and all your creatures to attack with. She says to your opponent "Go ahead, remove something. Take three to the face and lose all your small creatures. I can take it. Can you?"
Serra Angel plus flash, a turn of protection, and the potential to get +2/+1 and clear out all my opponents creatures with toughness less than 4 AND hit them for an extra 3, scaling with multiplayer? Sign me up.
However, the flavor of it (Or SOI in general is great, reminds me of old Innistrad)
I don't want to make the card sound too bad it still will be good in a few decks it just is not what I personally look for in my avacyn's.