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It'd be a good card if it wasn't so expensive, or if it was simply a sorcery with an appropriate mana cost.

If you ignore the cost via tinker/master transmuter, it'd be powerful but Inkwell Leviathan is better for such situations.

This card is amazing in an esper deck, put it in your hand with Esperzoa, then play it again each turn with Master Transmuter. With just those cards and something with 0 CMC(Bone Saw) you can gain 6 life a turn for U.

I find this card pretty useful when u'r on the 8th -10th turn of the game when u have a quite decent army out. Useful to me at least lol

Just a little too expensive to be completely effective. Still however, a good card when used with the right artifacts in play. Master Transmuter, Master of Etherium, Court Homunculus, it doesn't matter, as long as they're etherium infused creatures of perfection, then the angel is happy.

Well Studoku, you have to take into account that the card is an Angel. Most Angels have a converted mana cost of either 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, and this is no exception. There are the odd cmc9 or cmc2-3 Angels, but those are fairly few and far between. Considering its ability and its creature type (not to mention the insane potential its ability has), I would say that it is a pretty solid card. For reference, just use the search at the top and plug in "angel" (be sure to only search by type).

I have this card in my Esper deck and using Master Transmuter and I've gained 60 health in one turn with this card.

i agree with Ellwynd and with crenel... but i think you all are forgetting (or were perhaps not into magic at the time) the amazing card Mox Lotus... look it up sometime... and enjoy.

oh, and if you think that Mox's cost is too outragious there's another card to look up... it's called blinkmoth urn. sure these are all cards you can't take into a tournament, but if your just hanging out playing with your buddies you're sure to have a wonderful time.

all in all this guy's cool no doubt

this is playable only if u have master transmuter or summoners egg but still u can get life from ather sourses

This card is absolutely insane in my Master Transmuter deck. It's won me more games against known competitive decks than I can count.

@ Ellwynd
You don't need the Esperzoa to put Filigree Angel back into your hand for Master Transmuter to work. You can just bounce Filigree with the transmuters over and over.

@ Studoku
Sure, Inkwell Leviathan would make a better defender/attacker, but you don't have to choose between the two. You could just get Inkwell out for {U}, then get Filigree out and keep bouncing her every turn. The end effect: You have a 7/11 shrouded creature to attack/defend with, and are gaining at least 9 life every turn. Good trade for {U} every turn if you ask me!

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This card has amazing potential with a pair of Master Transmuters and Tezzeret The Seeker on the battlefield (And a few other artifacts, maybe with low CMC's, like Etherium Sculptor, Court Homunculus or Ethercaste Knight). I can't count the amount of times I've ended a game with over a hundred life.

Needless to say, the high CMC IS a pain in the butt, but with Master Transmuter, you can get her out for a measly {U}. But as Crenel has pointed out, she IS an Angel, and Angels usually have higher CMCs. Take the much idolized Serra Angel for example. The artwork is stunning, but 5 mana cost for a 4/4 flying creature with vigilance just isn't a worthy trade in my opinion. Also, it would have given it that much more kick if Filigree were 5/5 and not 4/4. But then again, with the endless life gaining from the bouncing of Filigree, I hardly ever attack with her, and 4 toughness is rather sturdy. Cards like Lightning Bolt can't kill Filigree, so I'm happy.

I love the artwork as well. 4.5/5.

There is no need for an Esperzoa, all u need is a Master Transmuter, as Master Transmuter can target the Filigree Angel, bouncing it to your hand and back to the field again. Having a couple Master Transmuters, a Tezzeret the Seeker, and a Filigree Angel in hand can become quite rude. This is what i managed to do in 1 turn.

Having 2 Fieldmist Borderpost, an Obelisk of Esper a Kaleidostone, a Etherium Sculptor and 2 Master Transmuters on the field.
Play Tezzeret for 5.
Master Transmute my Kaleidostone to my hand playing a Filigree Angel (that's 21 life from 7 artifacts)
Master Transmute it once more (another 21)
Tez uses his first ability, untapping my Transmuters.
MasterTransmutex2 on Filigree Angel (42)
Play Kaleidostone for 1.

in 1 turn, i played a Tez for 5, spent 4 on Transmutes, and 1 to summon a Kaleidostone. 10 mana for a planeswalker, 84 life, 1 draw card, and a 4/4 flying angel.
Not too shabby if you ask me.

@Crenel: Just because it's an angel doesn't make it any better. There aren't any spells out there to give advantages to the 'angel' creature type; pointing out that other angels are expensive doesn't make this one any cheaper.

I agree with Studoku. 8 mana is just too much to pay for a 4/4 body. Without Master Transmuter, this card isn't worth the deck space.

Don't forget Copper Gnomes besides the Master Transmuter to get her out cheap!

@ -I_I-

Esper sucks, and there's no such thing as health in magic.

I believe that some of you forgot all about the artifact lands and the artifact creatures like myrs for example. i have played Filigree Angel gaining 45 life for less than 5wwb mana cost. there are many ways that this angel can be played for cheap, what is master transmuter? what is etherium sculptor?

Filigree Angel is rare for a good reason sadly some of you just overlooked at it.

sethddickess
Obviously you haven't been following magic or you havent heard of esper control.

there may not be health, but there is life

and everybody who says this card aint worth it doesnt know much bout how incredibly easy it is to play artifacts

blinkmoth urn and myrs have been mentioned. so has summoners egg,
amount of mana gain for artifacts or by artifacts is insane.

It is an incredibly easyily playable card in the deck it is built for, yno, an artifact deck, with artifacts.

i give this a 4.5/5

If you're playing casual, Tinker makes this card gross.

Saying this card sucks never used it in a 90-100% Artifacts deck. One word: Insaaane! Forget about the CC, use Master Transmuter and watch your life total go crazy. I gained 150 life points in a single turn, using a Voltaic Key to untap the Transmuter.

@sethddickess

You hate Esper decks because you can't beat 'em, uh? :P

I got owned by a combo with this, Sanguine Bond, and Open the Vaults. This card is beast.

If you've played this in an Artifact deck, you know what's up. Plus, as other users have suggested, there are many relatively inexpensive ways to bounce it for even more life gain. I want to play this with Open the Vaults.

not bad, but much too expensive!!!!!

..........Are you guys serious? Roar of Reclamation, Open The Vaults, Mistmeadow Witch, Sharuum the Hegemon. If you look at this and think, "costs too much," then you don't understand why this exists.

That being said, I'm not a fan of life gain. I'd play this and a sphinx of the steel wind alongside each other over just this any day.

But really guys. there are better cards to troll... (coughRazor Boomerangcough)

I LOVE THIS CARD, it is the centerpiece of my Esper deck. This combined with a few Engima Sphinx, Master Transmuters and you are good to go. Who cares if its expensive, I am NOT AFRAID of risking a lot trying to play big creatures its almost always worth the payoff. And when you're playing an Esper deck and you are juggling this guy with a Transmuter you are gonna have a HUGE cushion of life.

I've gone up into the thousands for life with this and Master Transmuter. for a 4/4 is very below the curve though. Not the best card but can be very fun if played right. 3.5*

same cost of akroma just for life gain? simply not worth it
you can bet there are lots of things more interesting to put with master transmuter

Any mana engine, plus this and a Voltaic Construct, plus a Master Transmuter, and you have yourself an Infinite life combo. It's only very versatile and playable in an artifact deck.

Easy to compare to Platinum Angel and Emperion. Both Angels are 4/4 fliers, but Platinum costs less in addition to being colorless while Filigree's effect is recurring. Both Emperion and Filigree are 8 CMCs, but Emperion is an 8/8 and colorless while (again) Filigree's effect is recurring and it flies.

So what does it come down to? I don't feel dirty when I play Filigree Angel. When I jump from 1 life to 25 it feels like I'm actually coming back from the brink and that I earned the privilege to do so. When I plop down either of the Platinums at 1 life, it just feels like I'm cheating death.

It seems trivial to gain upwards of 15 life per casting with this guy, and it only gets better from there. Play artifact lands, borderposts, token generators. It's easyl to sit on upwards of 5 artifacts, and gaining 15 life off of a 4/4 flier for 7 is decent at worst. I'd love one.

That is an ugly ass angel on an average card...
3/5 Stars

It's a lot of mana... but then it's so abusable with artifact lands.

You do have to have a deck that's already got a lot of staying power though. 15 life is one serious boost, but it's possible at that point you could be facing down enough things for that to barely buy you a turn.

Bouncing does wonders though. Whether artifact or creature based, it's a very abusable ETB effect. Conjurer's Closet is even an artifact...

Frequently gains me enough life to where I don't need to block anything, and I'm all in favor of that. Plus, Master Transmuter. All the life you'll ever need.