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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut.com |
First off, I'd like
to say, "Happy Birthday, Daniel!!" You're
fantastic and I love you!
Now on to less important but more popular things.
Today we talk about one of the more popular of the
"Avatars of" series. A very casual card, and one
that is liked by a lot of the Type 1.tabletop
community. Good times in a
Worship deck? Probably.
In limited, a nice
pick as you always want a game breaker in your
deck in case of a stand off. This would
certainly do it for you. High pick for white.
Constructed:
1
Casual: 4
Limited: 4
Current Price:
Avatar of
Hope $3.29
Worship
$4.34
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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The only avatar from
Prophecy to make it to 8th Edition.
Unfortunately, he costs 8 mana. Yes, he can cost
2 mana, but when is white at 3 life or less? The
unlimited block capability is kind of nice too,
but the fact that this costs 8 prices this out
of most competitive constructed decks.
It can be fun in
casual, where 8 mana isn't a big deal.
In limited, it's
huge, and it flies. Play it if you are white.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 4
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Avatar of Hope
I want to apologize
now for the negative reviews on cards this week,
but this one is bad too. Constructed players
should steer away from this card at every
chance. It is overcosted for the type of useful
abilities you want. Truth be told, you only get
to use the ability once anyway.
I would gladly take
this card in limited, however. Casual players
like this card as well. It doesn't fit a ton of
decks, but it does find a way to get played.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 3
Limited: 3
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Avatar of Hope
It flies, but often if you're at 3 life to play
him, he's just a fog for a
turn- if they don't have the removal ready.
Still, good enough in
limited, not only to perhaps recover the game,
but also occasionally as
just a really expensive flier.
Constructed 2
Casual 2.5
limited 3 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Avatar of Hope
Looks, its a white
B.F.M. Just kidding. Although with that casting
cost it sure feels the same. The Avatar of Hope is
simply too defensive a card to be particularly
useful, especially when its overall effect is
often the same as casting a fog for one green.
While I really like this card as a concept, I
think execution of it was lacking.
Constructed:
1
Casual:
2
Limited:
1
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Avatar of Hope
Avatar of hope was one in a series of five avatars
to come out in Prophecy. Each avatar had a
different way to reduce the casting cost of the
avatar. This cards ability to be played cheaper if
you have 3 or less life means that you are
obviously in trouble and will most likely die
anyway. In constructed there are just better cards
to play so I don’t rate it that high. In limited
its cost is just way to high but if you get down
to 3 or less you will probably be able to hold off
there whole army unless they have fear or unblock
able creatures. Not my favorite of the avatars.
Constructed 2
Limited 2
Casual 2.5 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Avatar of Hope
The avatars from
Prophecy all looked pretty decent at first glance;
the only ones that have ever seen any play (at
all) were Fury and Woe; Hope has never really made
it into any deck, and probably never will. Being
at the brink of death does not sound appealing
enough to make it a priority to utilize this guy’s
bonus.
Move this beast
onto a casual table and he can own the board for
quite a while. He’s able to get through for a
significant amount of damage while also able to
act as a Fog-effect if necessary. Drop a Sandskin
on him and he’s there for a long, long time. You
can ignore this guy for Mental Magic; that WW6
doesn’t come up a whole lot, heh.
He’s an 8-cost 4/9
flier. While rather expensive for limited, I
definitely think you draft him and play him if at
all possible. If your deck is aggressive enough to
be able to kill someone before this guy matters,
then congratulations, you drafted well and can
have cookie.
Constructed: 2.0
Casual: 4.0
Limited: 3.0 |
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Avatar of Hope
A card for a fairly desperate
situation. Basically, you get to stall another
turn or rather, WW all combat damage is dealt to
Avatar of Hope. Otherwise it’s not that good. 8
mana, 4/9, pass. White Weenie can’t afford to play
this even with the alternate cc. If they have to,
they should be already gone.
In Casual, it’s much better. An
excellent staller.
In Limited, meh, I’m not that
impressed. A little expensive. A mediocre pick.
Construced: 2
Casual: 4
LImited: 2.5 |
