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It's ability sure is impressive. But especially by newer players, this guy is easily overrated. They play the angel, and then willingly take damage, reducing their life total below 0. And then the angel simply gets returned to hand, killed by creature removal, killed by artifact removal, humiliateed, stolen, shuffled into it's owners library or whatever.

Great card, but not as powerful as people might think on the first glance.

so what would happen if i played this, then decked myself on purpose with Ad Nauseam? would it be a draw since i could no longer play? or would i lose by automatically conceding since i can't draw? not sure i understand...

Maucer, you wouldn't lose.

You would however, lose if the angel left play and you had to draw a card. You'd also probably be in negative life points, which would also cause you to lose if the angel left play.

Personally, I think this is not a great card against most decks because it will get removed from play once you are at negative life. It's still fun to claim it means you can't lose The Game though.

This card is good by itself, but if you combine it with the Whispersilk Cloak it can become BROKEN.

General's Kabuto + Platinum Angel

This card really only works in Blue decks, where you can shroud it, counter anything coming after it, etc. Personally though, I love it. While it's not a good idea to rely on it, it's nice when your opponent throws a 10/10 with Protection from everything out.

I think it's hands-down the best card ever made! Sure, it's open to removal spells. But who cares! It's still way too cheap for it's ability. No other card protects you as well.

Even with all that, I still gave mine away. :P

Cast this and then cast Lich, and then Mirror Universe. Win!

With Platinum Angel in the battlefield Pact of the Titan, Summoner's Pact, Intervention Pact, Pact of Negation, and Slaughter Pact all become far more efficient.

PLATINUM ANGEL MOTHAFUCKER

Allows you to punch other players, steal their cards, and blatantly cheat. No judge can give you a match loss, since you cannot lose the game.

Every so often, you'll come across a deck that is completely non-interactive. This card is fun to have around for that eventuality :P
Furthermore, a friend of mine carries one of these in his wallet to avoid losing the aforementioned Game.

nice hips lol

You people are absolutely crazy. Let me just drop a few random quotes from the comments, show you how stupid you sound.


"Allows you to punch other players, steal their cards, and blatantly cheat. No judge can give you a match loss."
I'm pretty certain if you PHYSICALLY ATTACK somebody you'll still be disqualified. Hell, you might even be arrested depending on how out of hand you get. Have fun explaining to your cellmate Bubba that you got arrested for being a total douchebag at a card game.

"I think it's hands-down the best card ever made!"
Come on, seriously? Maybe in bizarro world where cards like oh the power nine don't exist.

"No other card protects you as well."
Hiding behind your cards is the game of amateurs and doomed cowards. And in any case, there are far better cards to protect you. Moment's Peace or any of the other fog effects can completely negate an alpha strike, and leave your opponent wide open for a brutal counter attack. A properly-casted Batwing Brume could even result in an unexpected victory. But regardless, the best defense is an aggresive and calculated offense. Not losing =/= winning

All the angel does is guarantee your opponent will save up to four kill spells for this guy. This is the most overrated card ever printed. Especially bad in multiplayer, because after one of your many enemies gets rid of it, everyone gangs up on you for wasting a slot on such a gimmicky card.

Completely overrated, beyond gimmicky and too much mana to waste on a 4/4 flier.

I lost the game. *waits for .5 ratings*

@Studoku
Thanks for reminding me... I just lost.

Equip Darksteel Plate to it and watch while all your friends quite Magic!

This makes a compelling case to keep artifact exile effects like Return to Dust and blanket artifact destruction like Shatterstorm in your sideboard. Naturally, someone's going to play this and try to make it indestructible or shroud/hexproof. If they manage both, your options get even more limited. Apocalypse I suppose?

...with Whispersilk Cloak

Like they cloudshift it when you are at negitave life.
"You bastard."

This card is a false sense of security. Most of the time its ability is irrelevant until your at negative life, at which point your opponent will destroy/bounce for the win.

Paying 7 mana for a 4/4 flying creature blows. This creature is just for tabletop fun, Abyssal Persecutor is quite the opposite.

I really want to have an Abyssal Persecutor and Platinum Angel out at the same time. Carry counterspell 'til the cows come home and troll that game good! Maybe Armageddon..?

I like the fact that the Oracle rulings felt it necessary to justify why you can concede with this in play. What did they think the rules would say? "NO, YOU MUST STAY AT THE TABLE. KEEP PLAYING. THE CARD DOES NOT LET YOU LEAVE!"