Restoration Angel

Creature — Angel

Flash

Flying

When Restoration Angel enters the battlefield, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Discussion (51)

TheAnnihilator on H: Devoted Druid Combo; W: ...

4 days ago

Hey all! I've recently decided to let go of my Druid combo stuff, since I prefer a more Pod-like approach as opposed to all-in combo, so I have the following available:

Playsets of:
Devoted Druid (Ultimate Masters)
Vizier of Remedies
Giver of Runes
Finale of Devastation
3 Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
Eladamri's Call
Knight of Autumn
Birds of Paradise (2 M12, M11, Battlebond)

also:
1 Silent Clearing
2 Walking Ballista
1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
3 Postmortem Lunge
1 Chord of Calling (M15, Russian)
1 Collector Ouphe
3 Veil of Summer
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (Dark Ascension)
4 Restoration Angel (Avacyn Restored)
3 Wall of Omens
1 Spellskite

So yeah, I'm keeping the lands, Hierarchs, Eldritch Evolutions, and Pod stuff (you can't pry Voice of Resurgence or Kitchen Finks from my cold dead hands), but most everything else I have is fair game. If there's anything else I may not have listed, feel free to ask about it. I probably have it. :)

I'm looking for:
Sword of Feast and Famine
4 Ice-Fang Coatl
1 Spell Queller
2 Monastery Mentor (I have 1 Korean if anyone wants to swap their English one)
1x Cavern of Souls (preferable Innistrad, either printing is fine tho)
2x Selesnya Sanctuary
1x Hornet Queen
I will also binder dive, but my binder seems to show only the foil/promos?

Spirits on Arahbo, Xenagos... for Cats EDH

3 weeks ago

SynergyBuild,

Used your suggestion (Felidar Guardian + Restoration Angel) but instead of Healer of the Pride went with The Great Henge. I'm not sure what it is I'm drawing into yet (mana and infect maybe, or infinite damage combo that is cmc9 wtf). Thinking of adding Aluren and Whitemane Lion which also work with The Great Henge. Wish Oketra's Monument was haste not vigilance, but no way to tutor artifacts so better to find enchantments or creatures that this works with.

Lemky24 on Bant Flicker/Blink

3 weeks ago

Cards I would remove:

AEtherling Does not combo with much and is not a huge impact for the cost

Deputy of Detention you are not able to pull off anything crazy like Oblivion Ring Oblivion Ring has two seperate abilities. The first ability is an enters the battlefield ability and the second ability is a leaves the battlefield ability. Because of the way to stack works, one can target a permanent with the first ability (EtB trigger) but then force the second ability (LtB trigger) to occur (through sacrificing, bouncing, blinking, or exiling Oblivion Ring) before this first ability resolves. This means that the clause where the target will be returned by Oblivion Ring will occur, but at this point Oblivion Ring has not exiled anything. Then the EtB ability resolves, exiling a permanent under an Oblivion Ring that no longer exists

Fierce Empath I would rather have straight card draw or ramp as this guy only finds 6+ costs

Gigantoplasm I would limit the clones in the deck to only Clever Impersonator as most of the time it is going to be a Win-More card but would not actually swing the game into your favour if drawn alone

Mirror Image See above

Phyrexian Metamorph See above

Nezahal, Primal Tide He is a big bomb but doesnt fit the theme of the deck, most of the time I would rather a token maker or card draw.

Restoration Angel A 1 time use, I would rather a tutor to find Deadeye Navigator

Wall of Omens I would limit the amount of walls as they can not attack

Wall of Blossoms See above

Cards I would add:

Tutors: lets you find any missing piece as most of your best stuff is creature based

Eladamri's Call

Chord of Calling

Finale of Devastation

Green Sun's Zenith

Ramp:

Cultivate Ramp and thin your deck

Kodama's Reach Ramp and thin your deck

Wood Elves can abuse with blink

Farhaven Elf can abuse with blink

Peregrine Drake Infinite mana with most blink enabling cards like Deadeye Navigator

Recursion: a couple more options to return things from your graveyard

Sun Titan

Reveillark

Good value:

Elvish Visionary Card draw that can attack

Avenger of Zendikar Generate a lot of tokens plus with Farhaven Elf you can make them huge

Mulldrifter Card draw, plus you can evoke and save him with a blink effect.

Hornet Queen Generate a lot of flying deathtouch tokens

Prime Speaker Zegana Card draw

Sunblast Angel A reusable semi board wipe

Seedborn Muse Allows you to play out your hand and untap on their turns for counters or blink effects

Leyline of Anticipation Combos great with Seedborn Muse and lets you react to your opponents moves easier

Slithermuse Can lock down the game and force your opponents to draw the same mana rock for the rest of the game

aviark13 on Saskia's Blitzkrieg

3 weeks ago

Hey Blitzak,

I am working on a Saskia the Unyielding deck myself, and I had some questions about piloting the deck.

1. When you play Saskia, who do you normally name? The same person you are swinging at for the double damage, or a separate opponent for more evenly spread damage. Do you find it easier to focus one player at a time, or use Saskia to focus two.
2. When the person you named with Saskia dies, what how do you reset Saskia's target? If you don't does that mean you are often loosing potential damage?
3. Would you consider a card like Restoration Angel? As it has pseudo haste buy having flash, and can also reset Saskia for more beat down and/or save one of your creatures from targeted removal.
4. How often do you find you run out of gas? Or do you aim to close out games fast enough that it doesn't often become an issue?
5. How do you deal with board wipes? Aside from Boros Charm I feel like you must get blown out quite often to boardwipes, no?
6. A card like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, seems like it would be an amazing finisher in a deck like this, especially since it has so much synergy with Saskia. Do you find its not good enough for the mana cost?
7. This is kind of a catch all question, but what do you find your biggest hurdles are when piloting the deck, and what are some tips and tricks that your wealth of experience might offer to other Saskia pilots.

Thank you for taking the time to read my questions :) I hope they aren't too much!

Forkbeard on Roon of the Hidden Realm: Transcendent Rhino

1 month ago

Ooh! New Thassa shall be finding a home in here, will likely be cutting Restoration Angel to make room for this beaut.

weezel on Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

1 month ago

Spirits

I practice a lot with my pod and that's where I do alot of deck revising. Even though my pod is competitive, the decks still vary and are different compared to tournament play. So it's always a battle of which cards to keep or switch out.

I still haven't had any time to play or look through the deck; but wanted to comment still just on my experience which I'm sure is different than yours.

You stated you switched out Reveillark for Worldgorger Dragon and that you have yet to use the Worldgorger Dragon combo and the same is with me. I have yet to use it and feel as of now, its taking up slots. I want to say, I have used Reveillark while it was in the deck. So based off these two cards alone and nothing else, I would add Reveillark back just based off the fact I've used it and have yet to use Worldgorger Dragon

After stating that, I am 100% behind buffing up Line 1 or Line 2. With the addition of Imperial Recruiter and Recruiter of the Guard although it looks great on paper, seeing the capabilities they'll add, it does in fact take you way outside your scope; they are incredibly great tutors but I feel the synergy lacks, by that meaning there is no snowball It's a One and Done deal. Let's say you do add in these two in place of WGD and BHK. What is the probability of you drawing into them? If you draw into a Demonic Tutor on T2 are you really going to tutor for either one of those cards? I dont think so, I feel they are cards that will be useful midway in your game or if the first 2 lines are disrupted.

I use Imperial Recruiter in my Prossh, Skyraider of Kher deck but that's because it synergizes so well. Allowing me to tutor for one goblin, after another, after another allowing them to hit the battlefield that same turn with their low CMC and act as enablers. Thus, ending the game that turn.

You have more experience and you know this deck a hell of a lot more than I do. So that is also where things might make more sense to you as to me. I'm still learning it, so my opinions might not make sense.

I have Mox Diamond in the deck and it has worked greatly. I wouldn't think twice about taking it out. If you're able to do so, I would highly suggest adding it. Also you added Aven Mindcensor , why the addition of Chains of Mephistopheles ? which synergizes with Mausoleum Secrets but is it to Prevent additional card draw for the low CMC it provides? Act as a Thoughtseize if you're stuck with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker allowing you to discard? If you have Aven Mindcensor why not go the route of adding in Stranglehold and/or even Maralen of the Mornsong . Why not test out that route? Instead of trying to get away with adding Imperial Recruiter and Recruiter of the Guard . I understand you're trying to stay in the lines of comboing and trying to go off but It's just a thought.

I have Sire Of Insanity in the deck, one game I got Kaalia of the Vast out and swinging on T2 dumping Sire Of Insanity onto the field. That completely disrupted the game. I drew into Avacyn, Angel of Hope on T3 and everyone ended up scooping by T6. Luck of the draw, I thought it was quite fun and funny. By doing so, I had no intentions of any combos which is why I played it to begin with.

There was also one point where I had added Altar of the Brood and Felidar Guardian . Using the Buried Alive Combo but instead dumping Karmic Guide , Restoration Angel and Felidar Guardian . I understand there is an additional step by having to dump Altar of the Brood onto the field making it a step slower but with its low CMC cost, it's not that difficult. Also, I would only tutor up that combo if Altar of the Brood was in my opening hand. I also would pull it off after they were expecting the Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combo, so it added a bit of confusion.

As with anything in this game, you just got to throw things in and play the games out. That's really the only way you'll get any idea if it'll work or not. seeing it on paper looks nice but how well will it actually perform? It's just time consuming because it isn't like we can play 100 games back to back to figure out what cards can stay and go.

I'm definitely going to try and get some games in over the holidays, i'll get back to you with what cards I have in that are different to yours. Let me know your thoughts and suggestions. Keep us updated.

EderNovacki on Roonzera

2 months ago

It's not really organized, but you get the idea

Creatures: Peregrine Drake , Restoration Angel , Rishadan Footpad , Venser, Shaper Savant , Charming Prince , Mnemonic Wall , Nephalia Smuggler , Blizzard Strix , Mistmeadow Witch , Felidar Guardian , Bramble Sovereign , Glen Elendra Archmage

CounterSpells: Muddle the Mixture , Dispel , Circular Logic , Render Silent , Disallow , Last Word , Mana Leak , Intervene , Turn Aside

Blink Spells: Displace , Ghostway , Momentary Blink , Essence Flux , Liberate , Long Road Home , Vanish into Memory , Voidwalk , Illusionist's Stratagem

Artifact: Conjurer's Closet , Chromatic Lantern

Enchantment: Oath of Teferi

Bounce: Equilibrium , Master Transmuter , Tidespout Tyrant , Evacuation , River's Rebuke , Wash Out

Draw Spell: Deep Analysis

Ramp: Skyshroud Claim , Harrow , Grow from the Ashes , Rampant Growth , Traverse the Outlands

Protection: Sleep ,

Land: Endless Sands

Wipes: Cataclysm , Terminus , Tragic Arrogance

Wheel: Windfall

Spirits on Kaalia, Mirror Breaker EDH

2 months ago

Hi UR2L8,

Updated: I've added Thoughtseize to assist with the issue of drawing Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or Restoration Angel to had. This is in addition to the Faithless Looting . It provides a discard outlet for , but also is handy if another player has tutored a couple times and need to disrupt their combo (since we don't have Counterspell , Dash Hopes doesn't cut it, and Red Elemental Blast and Pyroblast are a little too specific for me).

Always something useful to Thoughtseize , downside is that it puts you at a card disadvantage and only 1 other opponent, so 1v1 it's a good trade, in a 4-pod can be detrimental, but also provides the modular benefit of discarding your own cards in a pinch.