Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
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Only disappointment is that there's no Linvala, but otherwise a nice FTV with a good mix of decent-priced angels, a few fan favorites, a few old glory kind of cards and no real chaff. 8/10 would preorder again.
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
The only one I'm upset about it Lighting Angel, I'm not very fond of the card or the art. But overall I'm very happy with this; I already have plans for 14 out of the 15 in this set.
Really didn't expect that art to be for Exalted Angel.
Also I noticed that the wording on Exalted Anged is not "lifelink"...
Kind of wondering what is the difference between
"Whenever Exalted Angel deals damage, you gain that much life." (Exalted Angel)
and
"Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life." (lifelink)
Someone cares to explain please?
Exalted Angel's ability stacks with lifelink. It's also a triggered ability, while lifelink is a static ability.
They reprinted it so often and it doesnt get a new art.
I mean, cmon, if a card is reprinted the 3rd time it should get at least a new artwork, otherwise its just annoying ... (its the 5th time reprinted)
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Missing Linvala suxx for sure and ofcourse we got a fair deal of allmost 0 value angels (and fairly unplayable aswell).
Id give it a 5/10 , it has something that makes me interested in it, but i would much more likely simply trade for that cards instead of buying this product.
Surprised (and disappointed) there wasn't an Angel of Despair, or another black or black/x angel, since it feels like a more iconic and appropriate counterpoint to angels than the red/white angels. Overall pretty good though!
The first FTV set I'm legitimately interested in, just wish these didn't have their prices jacked up like they do. I understand it's for the LGS, but I still wish there were a budget version (maybe non-foil, white bordered...)
So thanks to this list, the smart consumer inside me can finally chime in. Despite being a big fan of angels, I think the only cards I really want are the two Akromas and the Serra Angel. The new Iona artwork and Iridescent angel just seem okay to me while I do prefer the Sutfin's original Exalted Angel artwork. Everything else I already have, and I'm not really dying to have them in FtV foil form. So yeah, I may likely cancel my preorder depending on how much the singles go for the cards I really want.
Regarding the list itself, I feel like the one card now spoiled that I'd like to see new art would be Jenara. I always felt like she looked a bit too much like George Washington.
Brings us to a total of roughly 112 dollars. That's pretty decent value as is, so anyone complaining about a lack of value here...yeah, don't.
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Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Does no Linvala make it more likely that she may appear as a reprint in BFZ?
Pretty sure they wouldn't reprint her unless it was as a totally new card named Linvala, the Something of Something. The exclusion of anything should have no effect of in-block reprints.
I gotta say, after last year's article where Gavin Verhey lovingly explained why each card was chosen, bringing us through the set card by card in alphabetical order, Trick's article this year seems haphazard, random, and slapdash. I may not have agreed with every choice that they made with Annihilation, but at least we got decent insight as to why they made those choices. This year was "tidbits of history about these angels", which will probably be done better in the box insert.
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I was WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG. There isn't a single "crappy" card in this set. Good show wizards. Must have set. Iridescent angel is gorgeous. Baneslayer is cool stuff. Really needed Jenara. Just a good show all around. Usually many cards don't "Feel" mythic in these ftv's, but each one of these angels does.
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I missed on
3 Archangel of Strife) I really thought Despair would be here
4 Aurelia, the Warleader never gave her a chance
7 Entreat the Angels I thought about it, but initially gave it to Sigil before the Origins reprinting
8 Exalted Angel I also contemplated her because of Morph being in the last set, but I thought a black angel was better placed
12 Lightning Angel I really contemplated it initially since it was just reprinted in a Duel Deck and WotC has shown that they like reprinting the same cards in the span of a year
I hit on:
6 Baneslayer Angel easy
10 Iridescent Angel With the announcement of protection being used less, this seemed like a given since she won't be reprintable any time soon.
11 Jenara, Asura of War When Stoic Angel was confirmed out this made the most sense.
13 Platinum Angel easy
Overall I may try to get one of these. I love the art on Iridescent Angel
That's not really how this works though. Most people will pay $closer to $112 than the MSRP and the cards' value is going to be hard to extract.
I am quite well aware. This is just to prevent people from saying things like "This set got no value in it". This set clearly does, it's just much more spread out than in the last few FTV's, where the value was either on a few P3K cards (Who since crashed tremendously) or on Jace.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Sold on this. Most of them I need for my Kaalia EDH, one I need for a General for another in the future (Jenara), and the others I can use elsewhere. Sad about no Angel of Despair, but I guess it's def better then FtV: Annihilation.
I am quite well aware. This is just to prevent people from saying things like "This set got no value in it". This set clearly does, it's just much more spread out than in the last few FTV's, where the value was either on a few P3K cards (Who since crashed tremendously) or on Jace.
Sure. Also, it's worth noting that they really could not have made this set MORE valuable. There aren't enough angels to do so without it just being "FTV: Mythic Angels since Zendikar." For the restrictions put on the set it's really a fine collection of cards. I just hate that there is this perceived sense of value that will sucker people into buying it for $100.
Gotta say, value-wise this is an insanely good FTV. Sure, they put in Iona instead of Linvala, but other then that, pretty much every valueable Angel of note got in. Avacyn? Check. Iona? Check. Baneslayer? Check. Got some moderate value angel cards too in Entreat, Jenara, and Exalted. And we got $115 of value in the whole set. Happy with this!
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01 Akroma, Angel of Fury
02 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
03 Angel of Despair
04 Angel of Glory's Rise
05 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
06 Baneslayer Angel
07 Basandra, Battle Seraph
08 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
09 Iona, Shield of Emeria
10 Luminous Angel
11 Maelstorm Archangel
12 Platinum Angel
13 Restoration Angel
14 Serra Angel
15 Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Progenitus
Karona, False God
Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Kytheon, Hero of Iroas
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Atarka, World Render
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Iroas, God of Victory
Vorel of the Hull Clade
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
Zur the Enchanter
Yay for most of that stuff!
New art on Iridescent Angel is gorgeous,
Entreat the Angels is a welcome non-Creature card,
and Baneslayer Angel and Jenara, Asura of War will make many (including myself) happy!
OTOH, I kind of can't believe they reprinted the same Lightning Angel art *again*.
Still, a total slam dunk of an FtV.
It's a shame I just moved away from my best LGS
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Progenitus
Karona, False God
Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Kytheon, Hero of Iroas
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Atarka, World Render
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Iroas, God of Victory
Vorel of the Hull Clade
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
Zur the Enchanter
Commander
U Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
RG Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
WB Amalia Benavides Aguirre
They reprinted it so often and it doesnt get a new art.
I mean, cmon, if a card is reprinted the 3rd time it should get at least a new artwork, otherwise its just annoying ... (its the 5th time reprinted)
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Missing Linvala suxx for sure and ofcourse we got a fair deal of allmost 0 value angels (and fairly unplayable aswell).
Id give it a 5/10 , it has something that makes me interested in it, but i would much more likely simply trade for that cards instead of buying this product.
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Regarding the list itself, I feel like the one card now spoiled that I'd like to see new art would be Jenara. I always felt like she looked a bit too much like George Washington.
Serra Angel: Chump Change
Avacyn: $ 32.47
Tariel: $ 8.54
Iona: $ 11.25
Entreat: $ 8.99
Baneslayer: $ 12.99
Platinum: $ 8.00
Lightning: Chump Change
Aurelia: $ 4.59
Exalted: $ 2.78
Jenara: $ 9.89
Akroma 1.0: $6.65
Akroma 2.0: $ 5.16
Strife: $ 1.50
Iridescent: $ 1.59
Brings us to a total of roughly 112 dollars. That's pretty decent value as is, so anyone complaining about a lack of value here...yeah, don't.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
That's not really how this works though. Most people will pay $closer to $112 than the MSRP and the cards' value is going to be hard to extract.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Feel free to tell me yours!
I missed on
3 Archangel of Strife) I really thought Despair would be here
4 Aurelia, the Warleader never gave her a chance
7 Entreat the Angels I thought about it, but initially gave it to Sigil before the Origins reprinting
8 Exalted Angel I also contemplated her because of Morph being in the last set, but I thought a black angel was better placed
12 Lightning Angel I really contemplated it initially since it was just reprinted in a Duel Deck and WotC has shown that they like reprinting the same cards in the span of a year
I hit on:
6 Baneslayer Angel easy
10 Iridescent Angel With the announcement of protection being used less, this seemed like a given since she won't be reprintable any time soon.
11 Jenara, Asura of War When Stoic Angel was confirmed out this made the most sense.
13 Platinum Angel easy
Overall I may try to get one of these. I love the art on Iridescent Angel
I am quite well aware. This is just to prevent people from saying things like "This set got no value in it". This set clearly does, it's just much more spread out than in the last few FTV's, where the value was either on a few P3K cards (Who since crashed tremendously) or on Jace.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Lymphoma Cancer Survivor!
Angel. Would have been so nice to have a handsome male angel for a change
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Sure. Also, it's worth noting that they really could not have made this set MORE valuable. There aren't enough angels to do so without it just being "FTV: Mythic Angels since Zendikar." For the restrictions put on the set it's really a fine collection of cards. I just hate that there is this perceived sense of value that will sucker people into buying it for $100.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
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