A pretty good card for control decks. This is in
the right colors too; I wouldn't be surprised at
all if a Bant control deck shows up, and this
will be a nice part of it. The color
requirements are harsh, but four mana for this
body and this ability is very good. If you can
pick any of these up at a prerelease, I would
try and get some.
In limited, good, but not great, because in a
creature stalemate they'll just leave guys
untapped to block this. This would be fun to
drop after they try an alpha strike, though.
Constructed - 3.5
Casual - 4
Limited - 3
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Stoic Angel
Wizards of the Coast has played it
conservatively when making Stasis variants down
the years, with good reason (did anybody *not*
hate playing against it back in the day?). Stoic
Angel is one of the better ones, but also one of
the fairer ones as every color has a way to deal
with creatures. I could easily see a Standard
control archetype being built around the Angel,
supported by Bant Charm (last Friday's official
preview) and Primal Command. It's a good time to
play green control decks.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Miguel
Tuesday 9-23-08
Stoic Angel
Constructed:
A green, white, and blue Angel. Not the same as
Miss America(Lighning Angel). But I see some
Bant being played alot. With Birds in 10ed,
these three colors should be easy to play. 3/4
flying and vigilance are good for the costs. The
only get to untap one creature is great. If you
are the only one playing vigilance or you are
using the Knights with Exalted this can get
dangerous fast.
Casual:
Locking down the whole table in multi-player
will put a big red target on this gal. Be ready
to protect her and yourself.
Limited:
Again doing limited reviews before the whole set
is know is hard to do. These cards look great
for limited so far. But there could be a hidden
bomb of doom not know to us local folk. She will
be a great pick, and she is a 'rare'. She can
get in front of a big Dragon to take some damage
for you.
Overall a great Angel with a cool ability. Maybe
Wotc will make a Angel/Dragon decks like the
Elves/Golbins.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 4
Limited: 4
Later
Miguel
BeJose
Stotic Angel 1UWG
Flying, Vigilance
Players can only untap one creature during their
untap steps
3/4
Plays right into Bant's Exalted mechanic. Even
if your just play UWG and not Bant exclusively,
this still effectively gives you 2 beaters a
turn while your opponent only gets 1. I say
effectively because your opponent can stockpile
creatures for an alpha strike so always be
careful of that.
Expect to see this in constructed, its a control
players dream. Cheap with and attack and defense
in one. For casual you are going to get hated on
if you play this card, people like being able to
untap their creatures.
Similar to yesterdays card another great
creature for limited, this will help you win the
damage race. However it doesn't really help you
if your opponent is swinging with an Overlord,
so don't pin all your hopes on it
