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Maikeruu
Today's card of the day is Archon of
Redemption which is a 3/4 with Flying for five
mana that also boosts life points by the power
of itself and later Flying creatures that you
play. Personally I don't find cards with gain
life effects particularly useful unless they are
still beneficial without the life points and
come with a reasonable mana cost. White has many
other options for a five mana creature with
Flying and the life gain just isn't enough to
really sell this even if a deck plays plenty of
other support.
For Constructed, Casual, and Multiplayer this
just doesn't offer enough power for the price to
be worth running. Gaining life doesn't win games
and even with some kind of combination around
each gain of life there are other options that
are easier to get into play or defend. The type
being just an Archon is no benefit as well or it
may have seen some play in a theme deck, instead
I see this one as trade fodder to get a better
rare.
With Limited almost anything with Flying is
playable and this is not an exception. Five mana
for a 3/4 isn't the best, but it is a solid body
and the life points don't hurt. The double White
in the mana cost isn't too bad for five mana and
in Sealed a Blue/White Flying deck generally
works out fairly well. With Booster this is a
playable first pick that should be seen as a
weak Angel, but nowhere near the power of other
rares and mythics. Despite not being a bomb this
is solid support and shouldn't be passed around
to be used against you if at all possible.
Constructed: 2.0
Casual: 2.0
Limited: 3.5
Multiplayer: 2.0
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