Mining the Crystal Quarry: A Magic Eye for the Casual Guy – Mirrodin in Casual Magic
Luminous Angel’s immediate comparison is to Verdant Force, which is larger, got you tokens more often, had no immediate method of evasion and cost one more mana. In the end though, there’s a reason that Verdant Force has been labeled the best fatty ever printed. One key difference is that the Angel does not give you something to sacrifice should a sorcery-speed Edict be cast, such as the new Barter in Blood (which wouldn’t save a lone Verdant Force anyway) or Innocent Blood, or Chainer’s Edict. The spirits, sadly, don’t come fast enough.
One of the consequences of the slower and less powerful environment for Magic is that casual play tends to get more than its share of toys. Scourge…
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