If I were so inclined, I would start a rumor
that this card means Avacyn is going to be white
and black, assuming I also didn't know that
Helvault is the card that foreshadows Avacyn
Restored. Maybe instead of worrying about that,
we should all be worrying about what this card
means for anyone trying to play against a white
and black deck with lots of tokens, or indeed
almost any white and black deck. Seriously, can
you think of any creature that wouldn't be much
more powerful if it had both lifelink and
deathtouch? In settings where you have a lot of
multilands, you can "splash" the Vault into many
different decks and dominate combat like
Umezawa's Jitte used to (but with less fear of
Ancient Grudge). Believe it.
Today's card of the day is Vault of the
Archangel which is a land that taps for one or
for two a Black and White mana gives creatures
you control Deathtouch and Lifelink until end of
turn. Both effects are useful and have
proven very impressive when on the same
creature. Any Black and White deck,
particularly the popular token theme, should
make room for this land as the only drawback is
it being colorless mana. In the middle
stages of the game when five or mana sources are
available any activation of this can majorly
change the state of the game. Expect to
see this in tournament or casual decks alongside
Sorin and other token generation cards.
For Limited splashing Black or White just to
activate the effect of this is potentially a
winning strategy, but is of course stronger if
your pool includes strong cards in both colors.
The Vault makes for a somewhat risky first pick
in Booster as it locks you into two colors, at
least partially, but is strong enough in the
format to justify the effort. In Sealed it
just depends on your pool of Black or White, but
even if you play this as just a land it can have
a psychological impact on your opponent.
Having Deathtouch available to block with or
both effects for a major attack should give most
opponents a difficult time and the potential to
get multiple turns of use during a game makes
this both efficient and effective.
Wow its been a while since I reviewed.
The card of the day today is Vault of the
Archangel. Personally I think this is the
best land out of all the ones from the Innistrad
block. It gives ALL your creatures
deathtouch AND lifelink. Essentially it is
saying turn all your creatures into Vampire
Nighthawk. With this on the field combat
is almost always going to be in your favor,
block to gain life and destroy their creatures.
If you're attacking then they take damage and
you gain life. The only downside that I
can see is taking up five of your lands. I
like the flavor and the price. I would
seriously pick up as many of these as I can now,
I think its going to be hot later. If this
card is in the right deck it will demolish all.
Welcome back readers todays card of the day is
an interesting land for decks that can run white
and black. If you’re going esper colored for
solar flare in standard this could make an
interesting one of land lifegain allowing you
more time to stabilize and deathtouch allows
you to just run over opponents on offense or
force them to not attack on defense. The ability
to turn all your creatures into Vampire
Nighthawks is obscenely powerful and I foresee
this card seeing play as a 1 or in most decks
that can support it and potentially black and
white token decks. In extended and modern the
same concept applies this is not a lynchpin
style card but a powerful one of to add to decks
and dominate combat late game. In legacy and
vintage tapping this many lands better have a
more immediate impact. In casual and multiplayer
this card is amazing a powerful card on offense
and defense and death touch can be a political
dont attack me warning and lifelink just allows
you to outlast your opponents of which in
multiplayer there are many. In limited it’s a
real solid bomb if your in the colors and just
allows you to win combat trades easily. Overall
a card with casual and constructed applications
and is one powerful land.
Welcome to
a new week of card reviews here at Pojo.com!
Today we are looking at the Vault of the
Archangel from Dark Ascension! Vault of the
Archangel is a rare land card that taps to add
generic mana, or you can pay two generic, one
white, and one black mana to give all your
creatures death touch and lifelink until end of
turn.
Vault of the Archangel is sure to be a card that
gradually sees more and more serious play, and
is a sure fire bet to be lighting up casual play
as we speak. Sure the mana cost to activate may
seem a little steep, but in the end it could be
enormously beneficial. Imagine this in a Soldier
deck, chock full of little First Strikers. Now
suddenly, they have Deathtouch and Lifelink. You
could wipe out an entire blocking force, and
gain a bunch of life to boot!
In newer decks, this is finding a home in
human and vampire based decks, as it well
should. If you can get your hands on the new
Sorin, then they go quite nicely together. And
with how quickly humans can be produced, you can
gain a nice army in no time at all. And then sit
back and watch as they desimate an opponents
field on kamikazi runs, all the while boosting
your life total.
