Fun fact: Todd Lockwood also did a lot of art
for various Dungeons and Dragons sourcebooks. As
such, I was about to say that this looked like
unusued concept art for a location on Mount
Celestia, but that sounds snarkier than I mean -
it's actually a very inspiring piece. That alone
would probably make the card worth a place in a
lot of decks, and as long as Ponder is also
legal in the same format, the requirement for
its alternate cost doesn't look so steep. For
some reason, I also noticed that it rather
easily sets up Mosswort Bridge, which is kind of
funny.
Today's card of the day is Entreat the Angels
which is a three White and two X or with Miracle
a two White and one X sorcery that puts X 4/4
angels with Flying into play. Five mana
for one 4/4 with Flying isn't that noteworthy,
but is a bit better when the same card can
produce two 4/4 with Flying for seven. The
nine or more mana to create additional tokens is
unlikely which makes this far more impressive
when the Miracle is activated. That same
five mana produces three angels and each
additional mana spent is another token which can
become a game-ending play particularly if
triggered by a card draw on the opponent's turn.
Overall this is a strong card in the right build
and like most Miracles really requires proper
management to activate both at the lower cost
and in an advantageous situation.
For Limited this is an incredible bomb that is
only weakened if drawn too early or in the
opening hand. As a mid to late game card
this is a finisher that should win nearly any
game with the format defining advantages of
large flying tokens. An absolute first
pick in Booster and while a bit too White
reliant to be splashed in Sealed is very much
worth running the color because of it being in
your pool.
Welcome to
a new week of card of the day reviews here at
Pojo.com. To kick this week off we are looking
at Entreat the Angels from Avacyn Restored.
Entreat the Angels is a white mythic rare
sorcery that costs double X and three white
mana. Entreat the Angels puts X 4/4 White Angel
creature tokens with flying onto the
battlefield. Entreat the Angels has a Miracle
cost of X and two white mana.
Entreat the Angels is sick. Now if you try
casting it for its actual cost, it factors out
to be way too expensive. But when it is cast for
its Miracle cost, it is simply amazing! For
example, if you have five mana out and want to
cast Entreat the Angels, you would end up with
only one 4/4 white Angel with flying. Almost
like getting a Serra Angel that lost its
Vigilance. However, for that same five mana for
the Miracle cost, you would end up with three
4/4 flying Angels!
Card is simply amazing, nothing much more
to say about it. Except that in Standard
white/green decks should make a surge and run
Entreat the Angels with Parallel Lives for some
added fun!
