I can't believe this card (more or less) took up Red's mythic rare slot in M11. :(
TheMoustacheCame
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(6 votes)
mmm a lil bit too much, a deck without creature removal stands no chance 1 1/2 star
ToidiDiPuts
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(8 votes)
Dear Platinum Angel,
I still hate you. Why won't you just die already?
SqueetheUnforgivable
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I pulled this and a whispersilk cloak at the pre release. I placed 2nd
Sex-Tiger
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
This has to be my favorite card of all time. I smile every time I see one.
RPGsr4me
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Always hated what this card did to my mono green deck, on the other hand the new flavour text is sweet.
VamTheAnomaly
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(6 votes)
Its funny how these type of cards always get mad respect and props...but my stasis lock deck back in the day ...later added with Chronotog or my kill them in a few turns burn decks always got me smirks and insulted. This card is worse. Its brainless to use, brainless to defend and cost only 7 colorless.
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A decent card, by any means.
The problem is that it's pretty simple to get around,
But once it hits the board it become something your opponent immediately needs to go for.
And, luckily, it's late-game enough to where most of the opponents will probably be top-decking.
With Scars coming soon, I see this guy getting potentially more lethal,
Not that Steel Overseer hasn't helped that along already.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
I don't think people give this enough credit. Yes, it "dies to removal" even more than your average creature does, but there are plenty of ways to protect it, especially in M11. I drafted one of these in a mono-blue control deck I put together and they couldn't even touch it.
Maybe i'm a bit biased, as this is the first mythic rare I ever opened, and it was shiny, too.
SaBeS
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What happens when you have one of these and an Abyssal Persecutor in play?
Yozuk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When you control both Platinum Angel and Abyssal Persecutor no one can win or lose. I wanted to make a deck using a play set of both of them just so I can go "You guys will never leave this game" *Evil smile.*
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(24 votes)
It's not the greatest, but sometimes your opponent just can't deal with it. And when that happens, lol. Also, this card has found its way into my friend's wallet to avoid losing The Game. Yes, that Game.
high_tide_niv
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i have never lost a game when playing AGAINST this
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
dude Ali from Cairo can only stop you from dieing from damage you can still die from loss of life and card like door to nothingness and Felidar Sovereign besides he is a 0/1 even cards like cunning spark mage can kill him.
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really don't wanna havta run naturalizes..
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cards like this make Magic fun. Just when you think you're winning, your opponent plays this and the game gets interesting instead of repetitive.
jonfck
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Yozuk, day of judgment could make a draw if both were at zero life cool i think
Daijin26
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@Goatllama
no, cards like this make Magic suck because it removes skill. It's one of the lamest cards Wizards made.
Ryney
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just won a game not too long ago when my bro had this out and was in negative life. Man-o'-War for the win!
Blue_Blur
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Daijin26
How does this card remove skill? It takes skill to be able to play this card and keep it alive. Seriously. First off it costs 7! Unless your playing very basic magic right out of a starter box then theres a high chance that you wont be able to play this wonderful temptress at all. The game will probably be over. But if you DO actually have a way to obtain 7 mana then she's open to any doom blade or any other removal which usually costs around 2 mana. You pay 7 for a sweet angel Opponent pays 2 for a journey to no where You're out 5 mana. Of coarse there is the chance that the other player doesn't have any removal but each deck (in my person opinion) should have some form of way to have the opponents creatures killed weather its a mana leak, doom blade, path to exile, or even Whirlwind. A deck should cover all weaknesses. Even if you don't like removal have a strong creature out like Terra stomper and use lure or something. Also I wouldn't want to draw her if it was my first few turns. It would be basically a waste of a draw and space in my hand.
TDL
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm not a fan of this card. Its effect is impressive but ultimately boring. Either it lives, and you win, or it dies, and you probably lose. It definitely doesn't need to be taking up a mythic rare slot in the core set anymore.
VicariousVigilante
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Sure, in serious play, this card blows. It is hard to bring out, easy to remove, and a cheap way to win. But it is fun to use in casual play, let me tell ya. I like the ability to use gimick decks with friends, decks that utilize crazy combos and interesting cards for a fun game, and this card is definitely fun. I don't play competitively, and Platinum Angel is not my win condition, but for the moment you bring it out, the room starts laughing, and your friend utters an "aw, f**k..." Priceless.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
"You just lost The Game, son." "Nope. *points at my Platinum Angel* looks like I didnt lose this time."
i stuck this in my myr deck with a couple of semblance anvils and indomitable archangels. happy to say i get to stare down my opponent while throwing battlespheres all day with no major reprocussions
Lord_of_Omnipotence
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i threw 4 copies of this in my casual eldrazi ramp deck just to stave off aggro. a turn 3 platinum angel with lightning greaves can end the game against most aggro decks.
PhyrexianAdvocate
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
We have the high cost Artifact Angel that prevents you from loosing.
We have the cost efficient Demon that prevents you from winning.
I want something in red that says "Players can't loose the game. Players can't win the game."
Feralsymphony
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Please Wizards, stop reprinting this, or move it down a rarity, give red a mythic slot in the next core set.
It's tempting to try to come up with a way to protect this so you really can't ever lose, but it's also very, very hard, most likely impossible. The best I can come up with is the following:
Darksteel Forge to make it indestructible. Leonin Abunas or Indomitable Archangel to give it shroud. Mycosynth Lattice to make your shroud generator an artifact and therefore also indestructible (plus all the rest of your permanents for that matter.) Tajuru Preserver so you won't have to sac it. Treacherous Link so that any damage that still manages to be dealt to it isn't, even through anti-prevention effects (negates Everlasting Torment/Hurricane or similar, as well as infect/wither with Lure.) Leyline of Sanctity to handle any remaining "all (creatures/permanents) target player controls" effects that might still be relevant.
Blue_Blur said it right - it takes skill, and a good deck, to actually both land this angel AND protect her so her ability remains relevant. She comes down with one of the biggest targets in MtG painted on her back, and her artifact-ness makes her even more vulnerable than just a plain angel is. In order to have her well protected you have to have a reasonable board setup, which can itself be vulnerable to disruption. She isn't the easy button that many people think she is.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What happens if you have her and Abyssal Persecuter out at the same time?
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the trick with this is not to rely on it. Sure it dies to removal, guess what, so does everything else Don't build a deck around this, fit it in as plan B. Keep a couple of whispersilk cloaks, they'll work for more than just the angel and give u a 5 turn timer if it is on the angel
land_comment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow. This is the only legal card that had its art done by Brom. And it's a mythic?!? Pretty nice art.
Joelwinters88
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
what about this with Darksteel Forge? It can't die.
Minus_Prime
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(8 votes)
This is the kind of card that should be printed in the core sets. Core sets are supposed to teach players things; specifically the need for removal and bounce spells, and the fact that even if nobody ever uses Platinum Angel, you have to assume they do.
supertails15
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
why are you not here to save mirrdion, phyrexia had no answer for you.
3/1/2010 - If your life total is less than 0 and an effect (such as the one from an opponent's Abyssal Persecutor) is keeping you from losing the game, Death's Shadow's ability will actually increase its power and toughness. For example, if your life total is -2, Death's Shadow gets +2/+2.
Kharazni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@izzet_guild_mage
I lost the game...
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
amazing classic, so sad how this didnt get reprinted cuz them evil phyrexians won the war
RowanKeltizar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you want to use this, you need to be able to give it shroud. Indomitable angel is good for that.
Ninjazilla
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
combining this with something that makes it indestructible and a Whispersilk Cloak is brutal
Platinum angel with indomitable archangel in a white artifact deck? killer. bring it out using Palladium myr and give Indomitable archangel shroud using silverskin armor, so your creatures keep shroud.
great in a sideboard, too. if you lose the previous game, put platinum angel in your deck, and you could win.
lorendorky
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Having a Magic card in your pocket at all times to keep your game tight is ironically delicious.
Rezzy64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really want to find a better card that will keep me alive while I suck my life away at a black combo, but Lich cards are too costly and sometimes dangerous when I need my permanents spared. The Platinum Angel is just the most efficient card to keep me alive for one more turn without surefire death. Yes it dies very easily to removal but who cares, most people don't expect it when I play it and it gives me that one turn I need to end the game. It's a ridiculous card that has a big red target painted on it's head, but it is sure good when you need it.
kelayth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
have this guy and Abyssal Perssecutor out, no one will be winning or loosing XD
Platinum_Angel_5289
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(8 votes)
Why not just throw wispersilk cloak on it, oh look there shroud and unblockable.
Disappointed they didn't bring this back. This card, to me, is like the definition of what a core card should be. No it's not as wet-your-pants awesome as you initially think, but lemmie put this into perspective. I started back in Urza's Legacy but didn't really start tournament play until Onslaught, so I missed a lot of good cards or strategies. When I saw this card previewed in Mirrodin that far back, it threw me for a loop, same with Mindslaver, among other things, because it was like they bending the very nature of the game I knew. Getting this from the beginning introduces you to a very interesting level of game mechanics while still remaining very basic.
To top it off, it also makes people learn how to protect their stuff. You get this as a kid or a starting player and your initial reaction might be something in the realm of "OOOH! THIS IS AWESEOM!" only to have it Naturalized or Nature's Claimed. So you suddenly have to figure out how to beat those spells. Then you do and, oh hey, here's my reach infecter that will kill your Angel off quick enough.
So yes, this is one of the most core modern cards I can think of and deserves to be printed. If Royal Assassin is still going, why not this guy? 5/5 for the memories and the unusually awesome mechanics.
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes, it dies to pretty much all removal.
Do I think this card is underrated? yes. at the very least, you are absorbing precious removal.
Mickale
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A lot of people keep saying how many different ways you can destroy this card. Yeah there are ways, but its the same for ever other card, there is always a way to get rid of it. A platinum angel was the very first magic card the I ever owned, so I have had a lot of experience with how to destroy and protect one. Ive got an entire deck based around Platinum Angel, its a pure artifact deck too (the recent Mirrodin block was announced a week after I made it, talk about raining on my parade) While there are plenty of ways to destroy the card, there are plenty of ways to protect it as well.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wonder what happens if you mill out your whole library while controlling this? Do you just keep playing while skipping your draw step?
Raezimoto-X
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card has lead to many stand stills
Paleopaladin
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Totema: Yes--that's the short answer. Long answer if you really, really want.
just play it, drop your life total to zero or below, then refuse to let it die
gg
Ethril
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, I had this card out; I was at -2 life and 3 poison counters, then someone tried to Dispatch it, I vines of vastwood and win the next turn.
But before I drew vines...
I was holding on to like 14 mana (including elves), but I only had 2 Artisans of Kozilek in my had and a Not of the world, had to save 7 mana so I could cast not of the world to protect the angel before I drew the vines of vastwood, which after I drew it I immediately played artisan and brought back primeval titan. Then won the next turn with the eldrazi I had cast (kozliek, which I drew into after we kept passing to draw.)
The guy needed a smoke after that game. hah.
This card wins me so many games, I only need a few turns after it comes out. This card is amazing! I'm so sad to see it cycling out. - But then again, same for Eldrazis - But then again, when they were in I thought Annihilator was ridiculous. 0 So sad to see them go, but expected it)
This card, the angel; if used right in the current block; is very overpowered imo.
001010011100101110
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Platinum has a gender?!
puresightmerrow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Literally every time someone has played this against me they have lost the game. If that isn't irony I don't know what is...
Make an Edh deck with Phage as general. Run a *** load of tutor, get this, play phage, swing and win. Would this work?
TheHandyman
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Crutch.
sonorhC
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
The drawback of this is that it doesn't stop opponents from pursuing their win conditions. You'll have to deal with it eventually, of course, but in the meanwhile, you can just keep on attacking or burning or milling or pinging or whatever it is your deck does. I much prefer Platinum Empyrion: It might not help against alternate win conditions like poison or mill (shame that it's in the same block as Infect), but against the majority of decks that win via damage, their progress is halted completely until they get their removal. Plus an 8/8 body is more useful than 4/4 flying: It's a bit harder to kill on its own, and will help you get your win.
MagicianInfinity
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I see this as part of a trifecta combo.
Platinum Emperion, Darksteel Forge, and this.
Emperion makes it so your life never runs out, Angel makes it so you can't lose, and Darksteel Forge makes sure neither is destroyed.
And then you can just do as you please.
Nail-fire
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Beauty of a combo elaborating on a previous comment ultametly found out by sure chance platinum angel indomitable archangel and on her silverskin armor. :D
Fenix.
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Shadoflaam: Not really, False Prophet would like to have a word with you.
A good answer in today's time is Killing Wave, assuming Sigarda, Host of Herons or Tajuru Preserver are not present on the board. If they don't have enough life to pay for Killing Wave, they must sacrifice all the creatures.
AjaniJunior
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
no matter what you pull i will respond with planar cleansing.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Totally kicked my friends butt using this card. He would have won but I used it to use disciple of grizzleband s effect and beat him with other creatures.
@Osprey_93: You don't need Conjurer's Closet. Ending the turn exiles everything on the stack, including whatever spell or ability is targeting the angel. Of course, they can just respond to the end the turn ability with more removal either way.
SuitofArmor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I played a game against an elf deck with Nissa Revane with this in my deck. He was about to swing for about 100, which was when I cast this and Swiftfoot Boots and laughed evilly. I proceeded to swing for 4 damage flying for 5 turns and won.
theAzaZeL
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Osprey_93 & AlcariTheMad: Dudes ... they can just bounce or kill your Platinum Angel at their turn u know, since you can only use Sundial of the Infinite during your own turn. Also ending your turn means that you CANNOT bounce her with Conjurer's Closet if you use the Sundial prior your end step ofc, since then you SKIP your end step and you go straight to the cleanup step. Read the rules ppl.
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Platinum Win Card {1U}
Artifact Creature — Bird
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game for the rest of the game.
1/2
theRenamer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you protect her, she will protect you.
Cybertronus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
is this card actually legal?
Xineombine
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
looks like the Black sun of mirrodin make this combo break, Sorry for stating that fact. Oh and Sudden Spoiling F's up your "force a draw" combo with Abyssal Persecutor as well should they foolishly attack.sheoldred, also can make them just sacrifice it, as with Geth's verdict, innocent blood, and any creature with anniliator. Thanks for the low rating BTW, I realy apreciate how ***ed off you must have gotten when I singlehandedly figured out ways that could even slay Progenitus
Is there any way to beat the platinum angel magic the gathering card? My sister and I were playing the game and she pulled this card on me :( is there any way around it? x
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Cookieraider: Yes, there are hundreds and hundreds of ways around it. Any form of removal will deal with it so: Doom Blade it in black, Unmake it in white, Unsummon or Cyclonic Rift it in Blue, Plummet or Ambush Viper it in green, Mizzium Mortars or Flame Slash it in Red or Dismember it in any colour. Look those up. You can also Dissipate or Mana Leak it in Blue before it even hits the board.
Even if she gives it shroud or hexproof, you can board wipe it (Mizzium Mortars, Black Sun's Zenith, Day of Judgment, Cyclonic Rift etc). Even if she makes it indestructible, you can Black Sun's Zenith, tragic slip or Unmake it.
@Cybertronus: Yes it's perfectly legal. And for good reason.
And that, kids is why this is not played in anything outside casual. That and the painful mana cost. 7 mana for a 4/4 flier that does practically nothing? For that mana cost, you could get Angel of Serenity which breaks your opponent in half when played.
Osprey_93
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Mlanier131, you just failed at a 90 degree platinum angle, well done sir.
Aquitainus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I feel like this card is only viable in an Esper artifact deck wit Master Transmuter, Stoneforge Mystic , a couple Darksteel Plates , and Indomitable Archangel (though since it's shroud instead of hexproof you'd have do some messing around to get your stuff where you need it). Though I suppose a Mask of Avacyn would do the job, and would be better with the mystic...
Also, could be fun with Immortal Coil. Though I don't know how you would balance protecting it with self-mill/reanimation.
i have this in my green white human angel deck along with avacyn. no one will play against me anymore...
Cloak_of_Mists
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like a good dirty melee match more than a brilliant metagame
michael99man
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card doesn't work - after reading it, I lost the game. .
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think the best way to use her is in a black discard deck. Get her out when they are in topdeck mode, then start exiling their removal with stuff like haunting echoes and whatnot.
The horizon seems troublesome... I sense there is a cyclonic rift coming...
Seriously: People seem to forget that blue I-destroy-all-your-plans-card; no matter how much you combo and make everything awesome; that rift will tear apart anything you'll ever build (unless you manage to get in some counter spells in addition to those other combos).
@supertails: Contagion Engine anyone? or similar poison-counter droppers?
overlord363
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My friend slaps this down in an edh game with darksteel forge and lightning greaves out, then i cast sakashima and the madness begins.
Cards like this that change victory conditions are lame. I'd rather not play with them. I won't ever concede a duel, but I will stop playing with people who are just hunting for the perfect "win condition" combos.
DmitryM
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Quick question. Can I cast this spell and concede to declare a draw?
-LATER- Player 1: What's the score? Player 2: -67 to -46, why?
Yamiadra
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Thunderbolt this as soon as it hits the field. Enjoy your opponent's face.
MechaKraken
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
So if you have zero life, you still can't lose with this on the field? Wow, that's pretty awesome! I bet this would go great with Death's Shadow out there, no drawback! Turn Aside would also be great to defend this with, or even better, some enduring protection like Swiftfoot Boots or Alpha Authority
Comments (119)
I still hate you. Why won't you just die already?
The problem is that it's pretty simple to get around,
But once it hits the board it become something your opponent immediately needs to go for.
And, luckily, it's late-game enough to where most of the opponents will probably be top-decking.
With Scars coming soon, I see this guy getting potentially more lethal,
Not that Steel Overseer hasn't helped that along already.
Maybe i'm a bit biased, as this is the first mythic rare I ever opened, and it was shiny, too.
Also, this card has found its way into my friend's wallet to avoid losing The Game. Yes, that Game.
no, cards like this make Magic suck because it removes skill. It's one of the lamest cards Wizards made.
How does this card remove skill? It takes skill to be able to play this card and keep it alive. Seriously. First off it costs 7! Unless your playing very basic magic right out of a starter box then theres a high chance that you wont be able to play this wonderful temptress at all. The game will probably be over. But if you DO actually have a way to obtain 7 mana then she's open to any doom blade or any other removal which usually costs around 2 mana.
You pay 7 for a sweet angel
Opponent pays 2 for a journey to no where
You're out 5 mana.
Of coarse there is the chance that the other player doesn't have any removal but each deck (in my person opinion) should have some form of way to have the opponents creatures killed weather its a mana leak, doom blade, path to exile, or even Whirlwind.
A deck should cover all weaknesses. Even if you don't like removal have a strong creature out like Terra stomper and use lure or something.
Also I wouldn't want to draw her if it was my first few turns. It would be basically a waste of a draw and space in my hand.
I like the ability to use gimick decks with friends, decks that utilize crazy combos and interesting cards for a fun game, and this card is definitely fun. I don't play competitively, and Platinum Angel is not my win condition, but for the moment you bring it out, the room starts laughing, and your friend utters an "aw, f**k..."
Priceless.
"Nope. *points at my Platinum Angel* looks like I didnt lose this time."
Bought a box of Mirrodin back in the day to get this.....I sure felt like a tard after realizing I bought a Theme Deck Box.
We have the cost efficient Demon that prevents you from winning.
I want something in red that says "Players can't loose the game. Players can't win the game."
you win, no matter what
@VampireCat: If the angel is your only creature, then Gatekeeper of Malakir says hi.
It's tempting to try to come up with a way to protect this so you really can't ever lose, but it's also very, very hard, most likely impossible. The best I can come up with is the following:
Darksteel Forge to make it indestructible.
Leonin Abunas or Indomitable Archangel to give it shroud.
Mycosynth Lattice to make your shroud generator an artifact and therefore also indestructible (plus all the rest of your permanents for that matter.)
Tajuru Preserver so you won't have to sac it.
Treacherous Link so that any damage that still manages to be dealt to it isn't, even through anti-prevention effects (negates Everlasting Torment/Hurricane or similar, as well as infect/wither with Lure.)
Leyline of Sanctity to handle any remaining "all (creatures/permanents) target player controls" effects that might still be relevant.
Even with all that, it's vulnerable to various types of board sweeping effects like Final Judgment, Warp World, Thieves' Auction, Evacuation, Black Sun's Zenith and a wide array of "all creatures get -X/-X until EOT" effects. Also Humility.
If you flip an Erayo and drop Rule of Law or Arcane Laboratory then you're getting pretty close to invulnerable, but even that won't stop multiples of Decree of Pain cycling (easy to do if they have enough mana and Library of Leng.)
Sure it dies to removal, guess what, so does everything else
Don't build a deck around this, fit it in as plan B.
Keep a couple of whispersilk cloaks, they'll work for more than just the angel and give u a 5 turn timer if it is on the angel
Darksteel Forge
Fountain Watch + Ashnod's Transmogrant
True Beliver + Ashnod's Transmogrant
Lifeline
Thran Lens
I think thats about it One hell of a combo to put together but well worth the time if you can get it on the board
One card I just found Iona, Shield of Emeria + Rite of Replication + Mirror Gallery
And just a thought Prototype Portal the Platinum Angel
@Joelwinters88 Darksteel forge or Darksteel Plate is not enuff a simple swords to plowshares can take the platinum angel out of play
5/5, no more discussion necessary.
Also, I don't believe this can keep you from losing The Game.
3/1/2010 - If your life total is less than 0 and an effect (such as the one from an opponent's Abyssal Persecutor) is keeping you from losing the game, Death's Shadow's ability will actually increase its power and toughness. For example, if your life total is -2, Death's Shadow gets +2/+2.
I lost the game...
Stabilizer
And I believe that this "Unbeatable board position" topic was already discussed on the Mtg Salvation forums
I believe it's: Arcane Laboratory, Blood Moon, Mycosynth Lattice, Darksteel Forge, Platinum Angel, Tajuru Preserver, Indomitable Archangel, Pithing Needle naming Vexing Shusher, Meddling Mage naming Artisan of Kozilek, Phyrexian Revoker naming Kederekt Leviathan, Stabilizer, and a flipped Erayo .
great in a sideboard, too. if you lose the previous game, put platinum angel in your deck, and you could win.
To top it off, it also makes people learn how to protect their stuff. You get this as a kid or a starting player and your initial reaction might be something in the realm of "OOOH! THIS IS AWESEOM!" only to have it Naturalized or Nature's Claimed. So you suddenly have to figure out how to beat those spells. Then you do and, oh hey, here's my reach infecter that will kill your Angel off quick enough.
So yes, this is one of the most core modern cards I can think of and deserves to be printed. If Royal Assassin is still going, why not this guy? 5/5 for the memories and the unusually awesome mechanics.
Do I think this card is underrated? yes. at the very least, you are absorbing precious removal.
Ive got an entire deck based around Platinum Angel, its a pure artifact deck too (the recent Mirrodin block was announced a week after I made it, talk about raining on my parade)
While there are plenty of ways to destroy the card, there are plenty of ways to protect it as well.
just play it, drop your life total to zero or below, then refuse to let it die
gg
But before I drew vines...
I was holding on to like 14 mana (including elves), but I only had 2 Artisans of Kozilek in my had and a Not of the world, had to save 7 mana so I could cast not of the world to protect the angel before I drew the vines of vastwood, which after I drew it I immediately played artisan and brought back primeval titan. Then won the next turn with the eldrazi I had cast (kozliek, which I drew into after we kept passing to draw.)
The guy needed a smoke after that game. hah.
This card wins me so many games, I only need a few turns after it comes out. This card is amazing! I'm so sad to see it cycling out. - But then again, same for Eldrazis - But then again, when they were in I thought Annihilator was ridiculous. 0 So sad to see them go, but expected it)
This card, the angel; if used right in the current block; is very overpowered imo.
double cycle decree of pain. yeah, I just did that.
Platinum Emperion, Darksteel Forge, and this.
Emperion makes it so your life never runs out, Angel makes it so you can't lose, and Darksteel Forge makes sure neither is destroyed.
And then you can just do as you please.
A naturalize and two path to exiles fixes that problem :D.
Artifact Creature — Bird
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game for the rest of the game.
1/2
Even if she gives it shroud or hexproof, you can board wipe it (Mizzium Mortars, Black Sun's Zenith, Day of Judgment, Cyclonic Rift etc).
Even if she makes it indestructible, you can Black Sun's Zenith, tragic slip or Unmake it.
@Cybertronus: Yes it's perfectly legal. And for good reason.
And that, kids is why this is not played in anything outside casual. That and the painful mana cost. 7 mana for a 4/4 flier that does practically nothing? For that mana cost, you could get Angel of Serenity which breaks your opponent in half when played.
Also, could be fun with Immortal Coil. Though I don't know how you would balance protecting it with self-mill/reanimation.
Edit: With*
I like a good dirty melee match more than a brilliant metagame
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THE GAME IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE!
Avacyn, angel of hope
Meddling mage naming black sun's zenith
Meddling mage naming worldfire
Meddling mage naming merciless eviction
Ha HA!!!!
Seriously: People seem to forget that blue I-destroy-all-your-plans-card; no matter how much you combo and make everything awesome; that rift will tear apart anything you'll ever build (unless you manage to get in some counter spells in addition to those other combos).
@supertails: Contagion Engine anyone? or similar poison-counter droppers?
Odric, Master Tactician + 4 Sidewinder Sliver.
Odric really is a master tactician...
-LATER-
Player 1: What's the score?
Player 2: -67 to -46, why?
Final Judgment