Benevolent Angel

[Marco]

My other flashy White creature card:

Benevolent Angel
4WWW
Creature -- Angel
4/4
Flying
All other creatures you control gain protection from all colors.

I looked at Iridescent Angel, Archangel, and Angel of Retribution when creating this card. Comparisons can also be made to Glory and Sterling Grove.

I could add something like "Benevolent Angel can't attack", but I don't think it's necessary.

[Marco]

Current Wording:

Benevolent Angel
4WWW
Creature -- Angel
4/4
Flying
All other creatures you control gain protection from all colors.

[Matt]

Considering 7 mana (and none of it colored) buys you a 4/4 flyer with a much better ability in Platinum Angel, this needs no further drawbacks.

[Marco]

Good point. Although artifact creatures are more fragile.

[Ephraim]

I don't think that this ability is necessarily worse than Platinum Angel's, although I do think that the heavy white commitment offsets the difference. Platinum Angel says you can't lose, but it doesn't make provisions for you to win -- it just buys you time to do so. This doesn't prevent you from losing, but it does offer a very potent victory condition. All of a sudden, all of your creatures are essentially unblockable. They can't be the targets of spells or abilities. They can defend you with impunity. I think this creature is correctly costed, but I wouldn't begin to say that it's weaker than Plats.

[TheWellknownBrownie]

It would make the card slightly more playable to give other creatures you control Protection from Artifacts as well, while preserving the same flavor.

[Marco]

24 hour clock.

[Matt]

Closed and added.[/color]