This is the reason Lingering souls and Virtue have been block banned. Right now Esper Spirits feels really strong during testing due to the nature of this card. It allows you access to theoretically a third anthem effect. This card is very good, and plays great in Spirit.dec
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Most spirit tokens also have flying.
yesnomu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Cool card, but some ugly art! Gryffs look good as heron/deer (Gryff Vanguard), but freaking weird as heron/horses. Needed better art direction.
Not sure if it's better than Gravitational Shift or not in my casual flyers deck. Merits testing!
I had built a deck once that consisted of a bunch of blue defender creatures and a bunch of white fliers to attack with. I'm beginning to think I should rebuild that deck with this, Honor of the Pure, Levitation, and Gravitational Shift...
GREAT card for Token decks. Since most tokens built in the current meta are Spirit tokens, Intangible + This gives you access to +2/+2 for Standard and +3/+3 if you wanted Honor of the Pure for 3 different Anthem effects. Great ability, and always love seeing +1/+1 for a cheep cost! EXPECIALLY when it says "Creatures you control".
SgtSwaggr
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Just what Delver, Lingering Souls, and Diregraft Captain didn't needed.
TrueKitsonga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Nice. This will replace both Intangible Virtue and Honor of the Pure in my semi-casual Spirit deck. A card that gives the bonus to all my creatures at once, that's something the aforementioned enchantments didn't do.
Best thing I can say about this card is that I DIDN'T have to play against it at pre-release. This thing is scary exploitable.
Wormfang
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this, gryff vanguard and infinite reflections made my pre-release deck very happy. Swinging for 20 in the air and meeting Terrifying Presence didn't.
busdriverdan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I used to have this black and blue flyers deck that lost every time mainly because my creatures never hit the board or were strong enough. this plus the rest of the amazing avacyn restored cards makes me feel like i should try it again.
Conefed
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love effects like these even if it outweighs its actual value
DritzD27
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I read this as giving flying and +1/+1. Now I see why everyone isn't jumping up and down about it. haha
I feel like using this in a UG deck could be a pretty nice aggro. Throw in Alchemist's Retreat and it could get pretty interesting. Plus U/G miracles are really good too.
Ninjagod5092
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Because Delver decks definitely needed to attack for 4 on turn two instead of 3.......
Sessy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Solid card. Would go good in my U/B deck with Talrand, Delver, and Bloodline Keeper are my win-cons.
Effect is playable and good in the right deck, though.
Tony22
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
In my Blue/White flying deck this works wonderfully, its essentially Honor Of The Pure that will work with both colors of flyers soooo I'm happy :P
Ligerman30
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card blows.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cheap anthem effect is cheap.
AzureLazuline
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was playing a big Timmy dragon deck, and my opponent had a bunch of "copy creature" effects - which resulted in more big dragons than me. However, he couldn't attack with them too effectively because all of mine were exactly 1 point better! Even outside of that ridiculous situation, this card is way more useful than I would think, even with small-number forces instead of token armies.
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Not sure if it's better than Gravitational Shift or not in my casual flyers deck. Merits testing!
I had built a deck once that consisted of a bunch of blue defender creatures and a bunch of white fliers to attack with. I'm beginning to think I should rebuild that deck with this, Honor of the Pure, Levitation, and Gravitational Shift...
Effect is playable and good in the right deck, though.