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too good. this is power creep at its finest. 5/5's normally go for 5 mana by themselves, but adding flying is another mana, and then lifelink is another. first strike, meh.. but still, this is a 7 mana angel for 5. this card is so good even if you were playing mono-black you'd want to splash white! how good is this card? so good from now on i'm gonna call it the mox angel, or perhaps baneslayer lotus. i haven't decided yet.
-- By john wayne from the movies your grandparents remember, USA on July 19, 2009
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Broken Card that is exactly what WotC said it was trying to avoid - "Power Creep." Good Gawd - talk about "power creep"... This is a leap! This negates the Serra Angel totally. What is WotC thinking? Another Akroma. I'm horrified that the only drawback to this card is its rarity. Boo, Wizards, Boo!!!! :-(
-- By Johnny E Worthen from Sandy, UT USA on July 20, 2009
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Its a shame, paying 1 extra colorless mana for this would save everyone and extra 20 bucks for this card. Sheesh! Love the art!
-- By Cheapy the Cheapskate from The Projects on July 22, 2009
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I am surprised no one has mentioned her protections. Being protected from dragons and demons elimates 90% of the fliers big enough to kill her. It might as well say, "To kill her, you have to terror (doom blade now), fireball, planar cleanse, Maelstrom Pulse, insert removal spell here, etc." She is too good for her cost and they put her in the same set as Serra Angel! Let's see, 5 mana for 4/4 flier with vigilance or 5/5 flier first striker with lifelink and protections?? I think I'll take the Baneslayer.
-- By Chi-Guy from Chicago on July 23, 2009
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These things are so rare to find.. I bought three boxes so far and haven't pulled a single one of them. It is vunerable to a terminate, pulse, path, or any other removal but if you can get this beauty out and flying when your opponent doesn't have an answer you are set.
I will have to rank this as one of the best creatures ever made!
-- By Phil from Houma, LA on July 23, 2009
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it's cute. but theres way too much removal in standard for this to ever win you a game. when it comes out its simply a target to save a better creature. like uril
-- By sadf from asdfasdf on July 28, 2009
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5 STARS across the board for this AWESOME lady. An Angel with an ATTITUDE=DEADLY!
-- By Anthony from Phila. Pa. on August 04, 2009
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lols, pulled this outa a booster today... and liliana... haha ;D
anyways, gud kard gud kard
-- By Angry from Arlington Texas on August 11, 2009
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I really don't know what WotC was thinking with this one. I mean, back in the day we considered serra angel a 5 star card because it stood on it's own and could splash in other decks. This is a serra angel with 3 extra abilities at the same cost. They have degraded one of my favorite creatures and this I am not pleased about, but hey I was glad to pull this from my box. This one is going straight into my white-black-green casual deck. All I can say is It's a good thing dark ritual isn't standard legal anymore. Then this card would be truly beastin'
-- By Jozsef from NJ on August 16, 2009
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It gets its rating due to its efficiency mostly. She's got three standard and useful combat abilities (Flying, First Strike, Lifelink) and the two minor but very intruiging protections. What prevents this card from being completely broken is that she does NOT have Vigilance. Not having vigilance means that she'll be too busy roving the skies for demons and dragons to defend you when your turn is over (unless you use another card or effect that keeps her untapped, or you decided not to attack.) The other downfall is that she's expensive in the money sense. I pulled one from a box I bought, but she's not that easy to come by and costs about 25$ a piece on average online or in card stores. One of the reviewers above me is right; if she costed one white mana more she would be worth about 1/4 as much to buy.
-- By rogonandi from Edmonton, Canada on August 20, 2009
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too good... wow even though i have one ( im lucky) I do think that it is over powering 5,5 lifelink protection and flying makes it cost way more and responding to the guy who said that he bought 3 boxes and he still didn't get 1 i got an bane slayer and a vampire nocturnes in 3 booster packs
-- By Justin Wang from champaign, IL on October 09, 2009
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...WHAT'S NEXT!? -a legendary darksteel-angel-hydra for 1 colorless, 20/20, with haste, wich can't be countered and deals damage equal to its power when it comes into play???!!!! This is a shame for MtG. Back to basics WotC!
-- By Anonymous from Denmark on October 12, 2009
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Funny someone mentioned getting this and liliana in the same pack because I bought 3 packs and got this and a foil Liliana... I guess when it rains it pours... what a ridiculously good card
-- By David from VA USA on October 18, 2009
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What a bomb!
now it's the most sought after mythic rare ever.
Everyone who had this card will absolutely rate 5 stars, but those unfortunate soul who want to have one, but can't afford it, will simply give bad reviews, in the hope that no one will buying this, and the price will go down, so they can afford to buy a playset.
I believe anyone, had already know how good this angel is: It's just so simple: If you can't beat it, play it!
-- By pray from Jakarta, Indonesia on October 26, 2009
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awesome card.
Still, this beater is great. I don't know what Wizards was thinking when they made this. Perhaps they just /wanted/ to make a 5 mana 5/5 with 5 abilities.. Even so, Magic's standart isn't ready for such a powerful creature. They woul've been better off making it 4/4 and increasing its manacost by 1 white mana.
-- By Jens from Denmark on October 30, 2009
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Oops. I negate my prior review somewhat. When I first saw this card I thought it had vigilance. I was mistaken. So, instead of encroaching on Serra Angel's turf by 100% she only encroaches by 95%.
-- By Jozsef from NJ on November 17, 2009
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Say what you will about this card--it's definitely helped boost Path & Banefire sales!!!
-- By ferrioso from Sioux Falls, SD on November 19, 2009
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Insane. this card makes serra angel look like a wimp.
i poppe one in my first 3 M10 packs, along with nocturnus and archdruid. Oh yeah!
-- By The monster that lives in your garage from your garage on December 05, 2009
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Why?!?!? WHY?!?!?!?
For the next year, is any site going to have this in stock for more than 40 seconds?
-- By Al from Halifax, NS on December 13, 2009
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Perhaps one of the best White cards out there. I mean, seriously? 5/5 with lifelink, which already makes it better than Exalted Angel, first strike, so unless the opponent's creature has at least 6 toughness it can even touch the Baneslayer, also a flier, so to even try to block it you need flying, and also protection from Demons and Dragons, which eliminates almost everything that can even get close to killing it. Not to mention when I bought four random boosters, I got it.
-- By Anonymous from Appleton, WI USA on December 20, 2009
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there have been printing errors back in the day, like NO BETA volcanic island, or the switch between plateau pix, and the serendib effret thing all come to mind. However, this is crazy and if tarmagoyf was supposed to be rumored as a casting cost error also....... Is this a mistake? for real? what a nastyyyy little lady.....
-- By Anonymous from OMFG - on December 25, 2009
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more like wallet$layer angel but honestly one of the best creatures in standard. If you get this out and your opponent doesn't have an answer, they are done. 5 stars all the way
-- By Anonymous from tennesse on December 27, 2009
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Flawless. if anyone doesnt rate this five stars its just because your getting pissed at getting beat by it. its got its price for a reason :/
-- By brad clouse from richmond, ky USA on December 27, 2009
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I took a break from magic for 7 years. My roommate wanted to start playing. I buy three M10 packs and I get a foil Baneslayer. I wished all MTG cards were this good.
-- By Kevin from Tallahassee, FL on December 28, 2009
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Pulled it out in the pre-release booster draft.
It's insanely good... too good... to broken. It's casting cost is extremely low... Serra Angel was the boss since Alfa... got downgraded to uncommon and ridiculed by this cheap folk.
-- By Fernando from San Diego, CA on December 31, 2009
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This card is truly a BEAST!!!!WoTc was on crack when they came up with this card!!!
Glad i pulled two foul ones outta of the same box!!!!
-- By blaze5808 from victoria texas on January 12, 2010
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This is one of the best creatures in the game, definitely the best creature in Type II. This card is especially good in the new U/W control decks that can counter removal spells to keep it in play long enough to swing FTW.
-- By Orestes Peristeris from Johannesburg, SA on January 19, 2010
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PLEASE comment.........does anyone think this will hold value like tarmogoyf after rotation? 5 mana? used only in a lock artifact deck later on i bet. What can this do in a competitive vintage or legacy deck? I hope someone else gives their opinion about after this is out of rotation. Maybe it will be reprinted even in M11 or whatever. Thanks to anyone who comments
-- By Anonymous from This card is real? wow on January 20, 2010
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I have 8.
-- By Anonymous from Philadelphia on January 29, 2010
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Pretty much going to go with the over powered for cost crowd on this one. sure she's going to be a target for every kill spell in the game, but then what creature isn't? aren't Baneslayers and the like the reason WoTC prints things like Doom Blade?
Actually, it kinda reminds me of the Urza block and the WTF cards they printed back then... Same designers?
-- By Foeofthelance from The Dragon Cave on January 31, 2010
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Vintage=too shabby, being white makes it much worse. 4 turn clocks have to be named lodestone golem or tarmogoyf. Legacy=might find a niche, otherwise crap. (Stax, some weird moat control). Extended=Is and will be played in a lot of decks, although i highly doubt its power... Standart=the nuts, esp. with so many jund decks around
-- By Dr.Vintage from RockTheBells on February 01, 2010
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i totally disagree with the person from denmark. i started playing magic since it first came out,and its nice to see some sweet power cards being created again like the old days! magic had been watered down for far too long! thank you WOTC!!!!
-- By timdog from west warwick,ri on February 08, 2010
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TWO foil slayers otta one box? hmmm. thats interesting.
-- By around the corner from Phila. Pa. on March 05, 2010
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I've pulled a few of these (bought a lot of M10) and I have to say Baneslayer is the best creature to come out in a long time. I'm glad WOTC designed her, too, because I think magic really needed this card. I've checked and there's only one other angel with lifelink, which is odd since you think angels would do that all the time. Also this card is really vulnerable to removal but in casual play or type 2 she sure kicks butt.
-- By Mike from Michigan on March 09, 2010
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