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I suppose this is pretty cool. It's like a cheap Breath of Life, but you have to play it preemptively. And that's not a bad thing at all.

Fun with Auramancer, or Monk Idealist.

Pretty awesome with creatures who have an Evoke cost as well, since they will be sacrificed and then returned thanks to the Renewal, not only allowing to get them onto the battlefield pretty cheap but also triggering their cip/etb trigger twice!
Mulldrifter for instance will provide a 2/2 flying body and four cards for .
Nevermaker and Æthersnipe will bounce cards.
Four four mana you get 7/7 bodies from Walker of the Grove (which either gives a further and up to a second 4/4 body) or Cloudthresher (which has flash, reach and deals and 4 damage to each creature and each player).
At instant speed Briarhorn provides +3/+3 twice and a 3/3 body for ,
or Dawnfluke for can prevent 3 damage to any target twice and provides a 0/3 body. There are lots of great choices.

This card also does a good job with Persist creatures, allowing them to get to the battlefield two more times. (You might use Saffi Eriksdotter for that manner as well)

It also does a somewhat useful job with Spirits who have Soulshift.

Very nice, seems very useful in a lot of situations...

Funny with Progentius and Vedalken Orrery.

This is amazing with the Eldrazi! I wish I could get this card. It's so hard to find old cards these days! I wish I never took a 10 year hiatus. I missed so much good stuff! There is truly no way to describe the feeling when you pull out your cards, sift through them making a deck, and having all these cards at your disposal. Nothing like it! 4/5 for sure, this card has great uses nowadays.

Makes Sun Titan nearly invincible.

High_Flight_Society has a great point, especially if you use Wrath of Godor Day of Judgment.

Rebecca Guay does so much to add elegant intelligence to Magic, the game would never be the same without her.

I love this card, it's cheap and you can have more fun with it than some other creature returns.

Sure, it doesn't have the versatility or card advantage of shelter or the reach of brave the elements, and it cant protect your dudes from oblivion rings and pacifisms, but it does have some very interesting interactions that can't be found with 'strictly better' cards.

My personal favorite interaction is with karmic guide, and it fits the flavor perfectly. Another great angelic renewal target is the sun titan, as it provides protection for such a huge target and the resurrected creature means you dont lose card advantage.

Beautiful, elegant flavor and efficient, synergistic function. What else could you ask for? One of my favorite cards of all time. 4.5/5

Forget just making Sun Titan invincible with this, as stated... throw in a sacrifice outlet and you can sacrifice Sun Titan infinite times! I'm sure you can find something that'll benefit from that.

This would be awesome in EDH. This also reminds me of No Rest for the Wicked.

Seal of Persist.

And then they made out. Yeeeaaaah!!

if one has this on the field and plays Ball Lightning/Arc Runner, if you bring it back to the field with this, will the creature be sacrificed instantly because it's still "during the end step"?

Sun Titan + Angelic Renewal + Altar Of Dementia X3

Nana~

Its Seal of Graceful Reprieve! This is pretty old, but its still up there as far as undying effects go. Absolutely ridiculous with evoke, especially curved into a turn 3 mulldrifter (draw 4 and get a 2/2 flier). Try doing that with Undying Evil, Cauldron Haze, Gift of Immortality, or Faith's Reward.

Like Enduring Renewal except less... enduring.