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Posted on April 22, 2014, 7:59 p.m. by -Fulcrum
I remembering getting my copy (for EDH) for less than $10 shortly before M14. I looked up the price today and it's about $30. I know she's pretty strong in EDH, but is she played in any other format? Is there a reason she's so high?
Blizzicane says... #3
Actually Griselbrand and Avacyn are about the same price in tcgplayer avg.
April 22, 2014 8:19 p.m.
Angels are always expensive, people collect them and sees a lot o kitchen table playf
April 23, 2014 8:54 a.m.
Mckin said it best, some kids I know make "angel decks" despite angels not being a realistic tribal creature type.
Aside from that, she is used in EDH since she is the face of an entire set, so she naturally is going to be desirable if for nothing else besides kitchen table play.
April 23, 2014 10:22 a.m.
Angels are a perfectly reasonable tribe. Reanimator is a thing you know.
I cast Gifts Ungiven finding Unburial Rites and Iona, Shield of Emeria /Avacyn, Angel of Hope /Linvala, Keeper of Silence /any other great angel.
This works too:
T1: Plains, pass
T2: Plains, Honor of the Pure
, pass
T3: Plains, Divine Sacrament
, pass
T4: Plains, Serra Avenger
x2, pass
T5: Plains, Linvala, Keeper of Silence
, swing for 10, pass
T6: Swing for 10
April 23, 2014 5:22 p.m.
Turn 3 gifts to turn 4 iona scoop isnt trible at all lol, kaalia edh angels is basically though
April 23, 2014 5:43 p.m.
I don't see any non-angel creatures in either scenario Tiktacy. What makes it not tribal?
April 23, 2014 5:53 p.m.
@acbooster: Instead of grabbing more angels with Iona, Shield of Emeria , you could just get a Griselbrand . If you get him back into play, then you win on the spot after you draw 14 cards. Why bother with a bunch of angels when I can have mana acceleration and just combo kill someone when I resolve my Unburial Rites ?
Turn one Entomb into turn two Animate Dead on Griselbrand is a lot stronger than Animate Dead on Avacyn, Angel of Hope .
April 23, 2014 6 p.m.
UrbanAnathema says... #11
I run her in my modern five color defender ramp deck as a fatty that can protect my combo pieces. She's a niche card though in most formats.
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Well sylvannos, if we're going far enough back to use Entomb , I can 1-up you.
I play a Swamp. I cast Dark Ritual . I cast Entomb finding It That Betrays . I cast Exhume . Care to make a play before I swing in with an 11/11 Annihilator 2?
April 23, 2014 6:17 p.m.
Plus if I pull out Iona and name black, how are you going to use your Unburial Rites in the first place?
April 23, 2014 6:17 p.m.
Traded a foil Avacyn, Angel of Hope for about $30 during her standard season, as was her price at the time (non-foil was $15). StarCityGames has it listed at $99 now. So sad.
smackjack says... #2
Other than EDH she could be played with reanimate, but there is so many cards greater than her that she is pretty low on the reanimate scale. She is more expensive than Griselbrand , who is actually played in constructed. So yes, she is a bomb in commander, but nothing else.
April 22, 2014 8:15 p.m.