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A very useful card in multiplayer. At the end of the turn you can flash him down, eat a card in a grave then bounce him back, so it is essentially 2W remove a card from a graveyard. You can also play it in response to some nasty Reanimate type spell or just use it to Rescue a better creature. It is so versatile, just make sure your deck can make plenty of mana.

Graveyard hate with buyback. Multiple uses. Great card to have in your hand at any stage in all recent formats

Weird that this has a lower rating than Whitemane Lion, considering it's 1 more CC for +1/+0, flying, and a somewhat useful last effect.

SO efficient! first, a white 3/2 flyer for 3cc (with light color weight). amazing. then add flash. then add instant bounce for creature rescuing and reusing 'comes into play' triggers. then add instant recurring targeted graveyard removal. then add some sexy artwork. unquestionably 5 stars for unbalanced power and versatility.

I must comment on how good this card is. I run this card in my mono white lifegain deck and it dominates! I play with cards like Whitemane Lion, Soul Warden and Angelic Chorus to give me lots of lifegain.

-Flashes in at end of my opponent's turn.
-Hits for 3 flying.
-Can bounce and save creatures.
-Gives me constant Lifegain with Soul Warden/Angel's Feather/Angelic Chorus.
-Graveyard Hate.

Easily 5/5.

This card is an allstar in EDH. Graveyard effects are major threats in White, Blue and Black - the most played EDH colours. The instant speed targeted removal is powerful enough to include it on it's own, but the bounce ability allows me to remove multiple cards, or to save something from a kill-spell aimed at one of me creatures. this card is a solid 4.5 in normal play, and 5 in EDH.

If you are on the fence about this card in your edh deck, even just ignoring the 4th ability this card his bounce ability at instant speed is super relevant . You can save your best guy from a wrath or counter targeted removal. Maybe your opponent forces you to attack or block with a creature, you can save that creature from combat. You can bounce something like a Kor Sanctifier and get the effect again. It's also a dude with evasion so you will be able to attack all day with it. Works well with something like Primordial Sage to draw some cards or Warstorm Surge and kill some stuff. But the best part is when you are playing against an EDH deck that abuses graveyards heavily and you can just be all like "Oops stonecloaker, return stonecloaker", over and over again. But, even if you know the decks you are playing against don't really use the graveyard at all, you are still going to be able to get value out of it. It might be a bit slow for other formats, but, in edh this card does really have it's moments, being able to stop infinite combos (Like infinitely sac/recurring eternal witness to get back time warp) is really an invaluable asset to any edh deck that plans to be successful.