MTG Salvation

Wow, rest in peace Baneslayer Angel. At least this one's legendary.

protections don't exist anymore anyway, so you will never see a new baneslayer angel

agree they r very close. the legendary is a negative i think. but id rather have the anthem nd lifelink over protection demon dragons

Hmmm...I respectfully disagree. Outside of Commander, Baneslayer is clearly the better choice than Lyra. I can have more than one Baneslayer out on the field at any time. Lyra can't do the same due to being Legendary.

In Commander, Lyra can be a useful staller via Lifelink and being a removal magnet. Her anthem effect is nice but let's be real, in what Commander game will any opponent ever let you amass enough angels to make Lyra's anthem relevant?

The cheapest costing angel cost WW and even then you can't cast it until after 3 turns.

My money goes to Baneslayer Angel.

As an Angel fanatic, I definitely need this one. I'm still gonna find a way to make Modern Angels a thing, baby!

during 1st innistrad i ran similar std deck with 4 cavern of souls, 1 for humans 1 for angels or spirits. champion of perish, doomed traveler, thalia, abolisher, the 3W mana soulbond double strike dude, geist st. traif, (loved choosing not to soulbond then when geist attacked soulbond the 4/4 angel for 8 dmg!) and of course 4 restoration angels

The thing is, "tribal" in this case doesn't just mean "only Angels." Especially the expensive ones. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Grand Abolisher to slow things down early. Silence used offensively this way (an idea that even Saffron thought was worth a shot), Path to Exile and various board sweeps to help keep things clear, and use the power of Angel finishers like Lyra here or a Sunblast Angel or the like.

Uhhh...I think you'll have better luck and more fun doing an angel tribal in Commander. It's more doable there due to how Commander games work.

Modern? Well, you could PLAY an angel in any deck. But an angel tribal? Uhhh....highly unlikely. Probably on the counter top?

Huh... I've always wanted to run a tribal angel deck.

OMG...
Lyra fits perfectly in my Angelic Destiny-deck.
Please let Magali Villeneuve be the Artist for this card.
She does such a great work like Linvala, the Preserver for example.
Thx Wizards (^ö^)

i like her! Lots of lesser angels have vigilance so she'd kinda makes them flying batterskulls