The tribes are intermixed again, it seems. Just like in Lorwyn.
JFM2796
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
White Blue will definitely make it through to the next standard season. Between this, Invisible Stalker-wielding a Sword, Grand Abolisher, Fiend Hunter, Geist of Saint Traft, blue's new draw spells, Mana Leak and stuff, expect another year of .
Tantudo
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
hard to say it a good card, on one hand it will be hard to stop it if it get any help, but with the lack of more then a handful of good human's in scars it may not have the power to stand up to any hate; that said I love the art and lore of running is strong
axiobeta
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The synergy with Invisible Stalker is interesting, but I don't like how she dies to an equal cost Black Sun's Zenith. I want this chick to be good because she's really formidable looking and bad@ss, but I guess time will tell.
puresightmerrow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Use with divine reckoning and any human for instant board advantage
Tori_Rofocale
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
This is easily my favorite art and creature in all of Innistrad! There are many seconds, but this is first!
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Its missing Protection from Black and from Red.
just kidding ;)
Tivoko
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Looks like a perfect fit for a theme deck with Knight Exemplar, Angelic Destiny, and a couple other knights; lots of indestructible knights and angels sound like a fun idea for casual play to me.
Asmodi0000
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A nice, flavorful card. Even without a human, it's still a 5/3 with flying, which can win the game on its own.
I also like that hexproof and indestructible are both primarily defensive abilities, and though they may be perhaps two of the strongest defensive abilities, they don't completely upturn the game. Of course, this angel could get nasty with some enchantments/equipment, but as is I wouldn't feel too bad playing it or playing against it.
jthrock1337
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Invisible Stalker and Snapcaster Mage are both humans... hawt!
Very nice mythic, the flavor in this set is truly amazing.
Jax1x3
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Want-it-want-it-want-it-want-it!!!
P.S. Going to an Innistrad pre-release today.
Nagoragama
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Good in limited, not so good in constructed. She's definitely no baneslayer.
brunsbr103
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
When i saw this i wasn't like: oh look its a flavorful conditionally completely invincible angel (by all conventional tactics); i was like: about time! meh i don't really wanna build around it
BastianQoU
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Extremely less broken version of BSA. While it could get pretty ridiculous, there's enough that can take it out without much work. I love this card.
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
SEXY AS F$$$$$
Laguz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card exceeded my expectations and then some. There were two opened at the prerelease, and both players just stuck the hexproof equipment on any old human and proceeded to be unbeatable. I am going to go ahead and call this the sleeper of Innistrad...gonna order 3 (i got one in a prize pack) right now while they are still cheap.
Can't wait to throw this in a deck with invisible stalker and a couple of swords and win everything ever.
majinara
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Didn't check yet what good humans the set got, but this is definately powerful. 4/5
PlanesMoyza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Got it in the saturday pre-release. Not foil, but whatever, was the card I wanted mostly!
bowlofgumbo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Kind of cool but not quite mythic-power. What happened to Angels pwning everything?
God_Of_The_Smurfs
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
The Cons: It's not baneslayer, needs humans to be relevant
The Pros: In the right deck, you'll nearly always have humans. Survives divine retribution. IT WON'T DIE.
I, personally love it. 5/5
gtamaster503
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
You know how you get rid of something Indestructable and Hexproof that is only so because you control another creature? You don't!
HuntedWumpusMustDie
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I dislike the constant comparison to BSA. The mechanics of each are so different it is like comparing apples and oranges. Angelic Overseer is a combo piece while BSA is a stand-alone power house. I love this card though- a powerful and extremely flavourful addition to any human deck.
AlbinoSnowman
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm disappointed I haven't been able to get any meaningful use out of her yet. I played her for the first time today and won, but that was because I had a huge overrun with Garruk, the Veil Cursed. By the way he was the card that tutored me to her. Once I get some more meaningful play out of her I'll properly rate her.
@axiobeta Everything dies to black sun's, so it's all good
TrueKitsonga
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's okay, but it just doesn't feel "mythic" to me. Actually, I thought it was a regular rare and did a double-take when I noticed the orange expansion symbol.
Nikeyeia
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Someone at the prerelease today cracked a booster, which contained two of those (One in foil) and a Garruk. It was astounding. We figured, that the chance of opening three mythics in one pack was around one to 46 thousand.
wstonefi
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(13 votes)
I really like how Wizards handled the mythics in Innistrad; they're balanced, but still powerful. This angel is a prime example. She's very strong, but only when built around. You can't just throw her into any deck with white in it and call it a day, the way people used to do with Baneslayer Angel.
When I saw Baneslayer, my first thought was "...Well, that's overpowered."
When I saw Angelic Overseer, my first thought was "Wow, that's cool-- time to make a Human tribal deck for her!"
In short, Overseer encourages unique & creative deck-building, whereas Baneslayer and its ilk (Titans, Wurmcoil Engine, Massacre Wurm, etc) encourage the exact opposite.
Luckily, Innistrad is a sign that things may be moving in the right direction. It seems Wizards may have finally learned that "mythic" should mean "unique, flashy, and build-around-me"... NOT "overpowered, play-me-in-every-deck because I'm Just Plain Better."
iamvinia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Dies to Final Judgement.
Kura-san
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card and Angel of Flight Alabaster are my two favorites of this Innistrad bloc, even more so than Garruk and Liliana
WhiteyMcFly
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
She's the only 5-drop angel out there that can say "I can kill Baneslayer Angel and live to tell the tale". That's damn impressive.
Tiemuuu
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Brotip: Play in human decks. No, really, why the flying f*ck is everyone complaining how it's abilities are "conditional"? Let me tell you why: because otherwise it'd be just plain stupid. Oh, I suppose you want to throw in "unblockable" as another keyword ability, too? Is nothing enough?
This angel is flavorful, fun and has a noticeably big rack. What is there to complain? If mythics didn't have any drawbacks at all, or would be ridiculuously OP, then people would be blaiming Wizards for making them powercreep. All I can say is that they did a fine job on this card.
It has an evasion, is practically invincible, BUT IT DOESN'T FIT TO EVERY GOD DAMN DECK. That's what a good mythic is all about, to me at least.
PS: Yes, I did happen to pull one just two days ago from a booster pack. Will be making a human tribal deck, just because of this card. And one Elite Inquisitor, of course.
Paleopaladin
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Really, really love the art. She just exudes dignity and invincibility. I don't mind (AT ALL) the game's usual pattern of letting the angels slut it up, but this is a great change of pace.
I have this card but I have a Question. If Angelic overseer becomes a human itself and there isn't an other human on the battlefield, does her ability work?
Dr.Pingas
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I think people's problem with this card is they can't break themselves of the horrible notion that angels deserve to be their own deck type, and not simply at the helm of a soldier/cleric deck.
This card is an absolutely amazing collaboration of flavor and effect - she is powerful, but not by herself; without her devoted, she is nothing. She doesn't belong with the other self-righteous angels that only care to consort with each other, she knows the place of an angel is to watch over and save mankind.
superjohn57
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
have a human deck give the humans darksteel plate have angelic overseer bam your proetty much good :D
Wanderer25
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
From MORT-al HOPE im-MORT-al POW-er SPRINGS.
da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN
Iambic pentameter FTW. Whoever you are, flavor text writer, Shakespeare is proud of you.
If you run a white human soldier/angel deck (or a human soldier ally/angel deck, if you want people to hate you), this card should be your best friend. Too bad her gained abilities aren't covered by Concerted Effort, though.
I give this a 4.5 out of 5 overall; I predict infect will still poop on this in Standard until the rotation (as it does on everything), and even in Casual it's usefulness is limited to specific deck types. But when included in said deck, expect her to destroy some faces; in previously aforementioned holy army deck type, her abilities may as well be static.
MrFluffyThing
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I feel like this should be Legendary. Innistrad is so human heavy, even just pairing this up with a lonely Invisible Stalker can give you unfair board advantage. I run 4 of these in my deck though, so I should quit complaining.
DarthMohawk1
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@GamOutdoor: Yes, if Angelic Overseer is herself a Human, her ability will still work even without any others on your side of the field.
Finally got to use her in my Human deck at FNM. I won every game she hit the table except one. She's extraordinary...easy 5/5.
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Wanderer25: Spitebellows also has a iambic pentameter in its flavor text, if I'm not mistaken.
What can I say about this? It's got flavor (angel is empowered by the human's faith) and it's very powerful if used correctly. Innistrad has really hit the bull's eye with Mythics.
At the pre-release, I got this out with an invisible stalker. There is almost no way to beat that if your opponent can't get past the stalker's hexproof.
giantseye
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Corrosive Gale lets her push her damage through, provided you have a non-flying human.
She is only useful to a human deck if you can improve her aggro potential imo.
grandpraetor
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
In much ways, that's a great crad: great art, great flavor, great -really great- flavor text... And besides his obvious synergy with Invisible Stalker, having a blue splash means that you have a Negate or Dissipate to avoid any Slagstorm or a Black Sun's Zenith, the only two big threats to her. For me, she's still a well-deserved 5 star angel.
JaFaR_Ironclad
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Absolutely brutal with many of the Soulbond humans from Avacyn Restored.
Ellidas
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Combos very well with Commander's Authority for producing the soldiers you need to make her hexproof and indestructable.
Kirbster
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Wstonefi summed it up pretty well, but I would never call making a tribal deck "unique and creative deckbuilding." Not since about 1998.
Lord.Gold
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Why isn't this card used more? It rapes!
Autor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's good. As long as you control a Human...
Ntrox2x
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Overseer, Bladed Bracers, Silverblade Paladin, have fun ;D
Indeed a great card. I think I might have bought one, but can't find it now :( Well, it's relatively cheap to replace for a Mythic, which is yet more nice things to say about it ^_^
Banekiller
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A great card, in all honesty. People think that it's only good in a human deck, and they are right, but the point is, many zombies are only good in a zombie deck. Why the **** would you use this as just a 5/3 flier when it has so much more potential. And black sun's zenith is great and all, but that will often wipe your opponents board as well. Besides, many cards will just end up sucking up a murder, and this one can do more than that. Look at Primordial Hydra, it doubles its counters every turn. Seems great right? but in the end, it just ends up sucking up either a kill card, exile card, or triggering a supreme verdict. This card can do much more than that, and in a good ramp/control deck, this thing has won me many games, and it will win me many more
Not sure about this one. I dont like having more then one creature out, feels like overextending. Maybe with Borderland Rangers?
Osidan
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think she might be good with flash humans...
Here's a link to show all flash humans on gatherer: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+&subtype=+
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with decks.
Seriously, there are about 1500 (as of m14) human creatures out of about 7000 creatures; so about 1 in 5 of those creatures happen to be human; you *probably* have one in your deck; *especially* in white.
Ataraxiom
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I realize that this is a very powerful angel, but I wish she granted some sort of anthem effect to the humans that worshipped her. I don't want to push the envelope, but this girl feels a little anticlimactic for a mythic.
Honestly, just a "Human creatures you control get +1/+1" would change the feel of this card entirely. I realize that the angels protect the humans of Innistrad, but don't they also empower them as well? Doesn't this beacon of hope and perfection kind of inspire bravery in the people who depend on her?
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just kidding ;)
I also like that hexproof and indestructible are both primarily defensive abilities, and though they may be perhaps two of the strongest defensive abilities, they don't completely upturn the game. Of course, this angel could get nasty with some enchantments/equipment, but as is I wouldn't feel too bad playing it or playing against it.
P.S. Going to an Innistrad pre-release today.
Can't wait to throw this in a deck with invisible stalker and a couple of swords and win everything ever.
The Pros: In the right deck, you'll nearly always have humans. Survives divine retribution. IT WON'T DIE.
I, personally love it.
5/5
Step 1. Xenograft
Step 2. Angelic Overseer
Step 3. Trollface.jpg
I think you see where I'm going with this.
When I saw Baneslayer, my first thought was "...Well, that's overpowered."
When I saw Angelic Overseer, my first thought was "Wow, that's cool-- time to make a Human tribal deck for her!"
In short, Overseer encourages unique & creative deck-building, whereas Baneslayer and its ilk (Titans, Wurmcoil Engine, Massacre Wurm, etc) encourage the exact opposite.
Luckily, Innistrad is a sign that things may be moving in the right direction. It seems Wizards may have finally learned that "mythic" should mean "unique, flashy, and build-around-me"... NOT "overpowered, play-me-in-every-deck because I'm Just Plain Better."
This angel is flavorful, fun and has a noticeably big rack. What is there to complain? If mythics didn't have any drawbacks at all, or would be ridiculuously OP, then people would be blaiming Wizards for making them powercreep. All I can say is that they did a fine job on this card.
It has an evasion, is practically invincible, BUT IT DOESN'T FIT TO EVERY GOD DAMN DECK. That's what a good mythic is all about, to me at least.
PS: Yes, I did happen to pull one just two days ago from a booster pack. Will be making a human tribal deck, just because of this card. And one Elite Inquisitor, of course.
Runed Stalactite
If Angelic overseer becomes a human itself and there isn't an other human on the battlefield, does her ability work?
This card is an absolutely amazing collaboration of flavor and effect - she is powerful, but not by herself; without her devoted, she is nothing. She doesn't belong with the other self-righteous angels that only care to consort with each other, she knows the place of an angel is to watch over and save mankind.
da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN da-DUN
Iambic pentameter FTW. Whoever you are, flavor text writer, Shakespeare is proud of you.
I give this a 4.5 out of 5 overall; I predict infect will still poop on this in Standard until the rotation (as it does on everything), and even in Casual it's usefulness is limited to specific deck types. But when included in said deck, expect her to destroy some faces; in previously aforementioned holy army deck type, her abilities may as well be static.
A bad 5 mana angel -> Starlit Angel.
A good 5 mana angel -> Melesse Spirit, Angel of Light.
A very good 5 mana angel -> Serra Angel, Shepherd of the Lost, Angel of Flight Alabaster.
A too good 5 mana angel -> Baneslayer Angel, Angelic Overseer.
Finally got to use her in my Human deck at FNM. I won every game she hit the table except one. She's extraordinary...easy 5/5.
What can I say about this? It's got flavor (angel is empowered by the human's faith) and it's very powerful if used correctly. Innistrad has really hit the bull's eye with Mythics.
Pros: It's not Baneslayer Angel!!!!!
5/5
She is only useful to a human deck if you can improve her aggro potential imo.
And besides his obvious synergy with Invisible Stalker, having a blue splash means that you have a Negate or Dissipate to avoid any Slagstorm or a Black Sun's Zenith, the only two big threats to her.
For me, she's still a well-deserved 5 star angel.
Well, it's relatively cheap to replace for a Mythic, which is yet more nice things to say about it ^_^
5/5
Here's a link to show all flash humans on gatherer: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+&subtype=+
Seriously, there are about 1500 (as of m14) human creatures out of about 7000 creatures; so about 1 in 5 of those creatures happen to be human; you *probably* have one in your deck; *especially* in white.
Honestly, just a "Human creatures you control get +1/+1" would change the feel of this card entirely. I realize that the angels protect the humans of Innistrad, but don't they also empower them as well? Doesn't this beacon of hope and perfection kind of inspire bravery in the people who depend on her?
What do you guys think?