Eight mana is a lot for something that doesn't
win you the game then and there, but making
absolutely everything on your side of the board
indestructible is a great way to make sure you
actually live another turn. You are following
this up with Day of Judgment, right? For
tournament play, Avacyn is just too big and
unwieldy unless you're getting her out with
Unburial Rites, but that doesn't mean you'll
never see her. Really, Casual play is where
she'll shine her brightest. Not only does she
make a decent Commander, but reanimator
strategies are more common in Casual and she's
quite the bomb to reanimate!
For our latest entry in the List of Reasons Why
Kaalia of the Vast is the Best Commander, we
have Sorin's daughter-protege-Frankenstein
creation-something or other. While she's a
rather blunt instrument in the ongoing struggle
against the people who think it's funny to put
twelve different Terror variants in one deck,
and too expensive for some decks, it's hard to
argue with the premise (and the concept -
considering what their flavor text and such
says, angels don't often get an in-game
representation of the shielding and protecting
aspect of their nature). Combining her with
Sigarda is just overkill.
Today's card of the day is Avacyn, Angel of
Hope which is an eight mana legendary White 8/8
with Flying, Vigilance, and makes all of your
permanents Indestructible. For the cost
this is a very efficient creature that works as
both an offensive threat with evasion and
defensive by being Indestructible plus does both
at the same time thanks to Vigilance. She
is a bit expensive to bring into play,
particularly outside of Multiplayer where her
effects really shine, but if she does enter the
battlefield in some manner she will change the
flow of the game dramatically. The number
of effects that can benefit from having all of
your permanents be indestructible is lengthy and
it shouldn't be a surprise when competitive
decks try working Avacyn into their lineups.
For Limited this is a game-ending bomb that is
nearly unbeatable with even a 0/1 available to
mitigate alpha strikes. Being resistant to
most removal and a huge evasive threat that can
also block any attack is just a dominant force
and a blatant first pick in Booster. The
triple White out of eight is reasonable even for
Sealed and again she should be played whenever
possible, as the only hindrance would be an
extremely weak White pool that prevents forty
percent or more of the mana sources being White.
Welcome back to
the card of the day section here at Pojo.com!
Today we look at the Avacyn Restored spokeswoman
herself, Avacyn, Angel of Hope. Avacyn, Angel of
Hope is a mythic rare white legendary creature
Angel that costs five generic and three white
mana for an 8/8. Avacyn has flying and
vigilance. Avacyn and other permanents you
control are indestructible.
Avacyn, Angel of Hope is amazing. Forget the converted
eight mana cost, who cares. All your toys cannot
be broken once she hits the board. Period. I
love this card. Now let’s think, you might say
eight mana is too much, well then you haven’t
been paying attention. There have been so many
great artifacts that produce mana, and many of
them cost only three mana themselves. This means
that getting them out and then casting Avacyn
could only take you four to five turns. And a
fifth turn Avacyn would be simply amazing. Game
changer regardless. Plus, Avacyn Restored gave
us a card to help out even more. Herald of War
is an angel that when it attacks it gets +1/+1
counters, and humans and angels cost one generic
less for each +1/+1 counter on it. Meaning
swinging will cause Avacyn to cost less. And if
you run standard, swing once, Proliferate the
rest! Once Avacyn is on the board, you will fear
attacking so much less. But your opponent will
fear it more. And you can also use things like
Quicksilver Amulet to drop her into play right
when the timing is right, like a Day of Judgment
is about to make powder out of your army. Avacyn
pops in to say, “No!”
