Great interactions within Bloodghast + Smallpox/Pox decks. This might get played in eternal formats.
Plus it dodges sorcery-speed removal (not that there's a whole lot of that around, with all these doomeddismemberedthroatgraspings in Standard right now)
Hm, it's alright. A 3/3 flyer for three would be fine, but like this it might just do nothing at all and simply sit around. It's also interesting that the more of these you have in your deck, to add consistency, the worse they work, because you have fewer creatures in your deck.
Halidir_Orveck
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I like this card very much, Sort of a Glint Hawk Idol that grow up and got a little more humanoid, I do enjoy the small pox interaction, I believe this card could make monoblack control viable in standard, at least for a while, plus this card pairs exceedingly well with the "Loners"
SyntheticDreamer
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
This is okay. It won't replace Glint Hawk Idol in the decks that use it, but it definitely has its uses (tokens, for instance).
Heylight
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
A Solid EDH white weenie/artifact card that avoids creature removal and sweepers
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
"Here lies Angel of Despair and Fallen Angel. Thou shalt not have Black Angels, or we'll do this to them!"- Tomb Legend
alphagprime
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think people may underestimate this card. For those of you that have never used it Halcyon Glaze rocked. I've consistently won games with decks it where I just pile 4 Halcyon Glazes into the deck with an army of 1 mana creatures and Drake Umbras. Halcyon Glaze took the games alone.
Its hard to beat the kind of advantage you get for getting a 1/1, 4/4, and a 4/4 for 1cmc....
Also, as I've mentioned elsewhere this + Moonsilver Spear + Warstorm Surge is scary. That's 7 damages before you even resolve combat. I don't care who you are that's rough to deal with. I'm thinking W/U or U/R weenies? Wingcrafter, Phantasmal Bear (pairs with Wingcrafter really well for early beats), Furnace Scamp, or for the lullz Thopter Assembly.
ScissorsLizard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't really like the flavor on this one. Why would a tomb come to life? And why would it do it when a creature enters the battlefield? Wouldn't it make more sense for the tomb to interact with the graveyard somehow?
HuntedWumpusMustDie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
After the non-sense I've had to deal with because of glint hawk idol, I refuse to underestimate this card. In a human deck, it will be a pain to play against.
I had to fight against someone in the prerelease who ended up using this along with arcwing dragon. Thankfully, I managed to demolish one of his mountains and prevented him from being able to cast the dragon, but this card still managed to punch my face a good number of times.
After fighting against it a number of times in the prerelease, I can say it's decent in limited but not perfect, especially because you're going to have to jump through hoops in order to get it to block.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would have preferred something that taps for and has the ability to permanently change into an angel when, say, a creature you control dies.
In fact, lets look at that.
Angel's Tomb Artifact
: Add to your mana pool.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may have Angel's Tomb become a 3/3 White Angel artifact creature with flying.
Yep. Fits a lot better, in my opinion.
thebeardedshuffler
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
People are seriously underestimating this. In limited it's amazing, a 3/3 flier that's resistant to a lot of the removal in the environment. In constructed, it's great for creature heavy decks (like humans, tokens, Pod or Werewolves) because it's 3/3 flying that is immune to sorcery creature removal. And the best part, it's immune to board wipes. You cast DoJ or BSZ? Fine, I'll drop a Doomed Traveler and swing in for 9, GG.
lobsterbomb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does this need to be given haste in order to attack?
Subbak
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
So it's a statue of an Angel that comes to life when you Momentary Blink something ? Five stars just for the Doctor Who reference.
wooplin
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
DON'T, BLINK...
minusX
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Boreguard No it does not count as entering the battlefield when it becomes a creature.
Boreguard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@lobsterbomb only if its the first turn you've had the idol down, its like spells that turn lands into creatures they've probably been out there for loads of turns and since its not a creature entering the field (thank you minusX for clarifying) it's just literally turning into a creature
FFTHSUNSET71
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yet another pretty solid limited card that probably isn't good enough for constucted. It is really nice that it fits into any color combo. I pick these pretty early to fill out the curve with one more evasive attacker.
AshToMoutHound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think I'll put this in the blue/black zombie deck that I'm building.
Baloden
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
wouldn't it have to have haste to be able to attack
TastetheJace
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If anything it can potentially survive a Terminus.
No, if the artifact has been sitting on the battlefield for more than one turn. The tomb becomes the angel, it doesn't put a token on the battlefield.
AbbaPoemenUbermensch
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If this card gets a +1/+1 token while an angel, and reverts to artifact status, I assume it loses the tokens (and doesn't have them when next becoming a creature), yes?
Zeritanos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I once had this out and flashed in a Briarpack Alpha when my opponent swung. However, I think that's about as much as anyone's going to get out of it. 2/5
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Plus it dodges sorcery-speed removal (not that there's a whole lot of that around, with all these doomed dismembered throat graspings in Standard right now)
Its hard to beat the kind of advantage you get for getting a 1/1, 4/4, and a 4/4 for 1cmc....
Also, as I've mentioned elsewhere this + Moonsilver Spear + Warstorm Surge is scary. That's 7 damages before you even resolve combat. I don't care who you are that's rough to deal with. I'm thinking W/U or U/R weenies? Wingcrafter, Phantasmal Bear (pairs with Wingcrafter really well for early beats), Furnace Scamp, or for the lullz Thopter Assembly.
"Sick 'em, Ancient Grudge!!"
After fighting against it a number of times in the prerelease, I can say it's decent in limited but not perfect, especially because you're going to have to jump through hoops in order to get it to block.
In fact, lets look at that.
Angel's Tomb
Artifact
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may have Angel's Tomb become a 3/3 White Angel artifact creature with flying.
Yep. Fits a lot better, in my opinion.