Glad I decided to pass on this in favour of Commander 2015
So Avacyn and Iona don't qualify as exciting? Not to mention 2x akroma, aurelia, baneslayer, entreat, and platinum angels!?
I don't care about foils, I don't care for any of the new art except for Iridescent Angel and she is not EDH worthy and already have all the good angels in this set
It's not a bad From the Vault at all, lots of players are going to be able to get their hands on certain powerful angels they've been looking for
Unfortunately for me, a big fan of angels, this product does not excite me
I'm not terribly excited by this. I'm glad my favorite angel Aurelia, the Warleader got a reprint. I love the new exalted angel art despite it not really looking like an exalted angel. I want an Avacyn, Angel of Hope but I hate foils so I am hoping this knocks her non-foil price down even though it probably won't. Etc
And both the Akromas were heading straight for my Kaalia deck! Avacyn, well, she was already there. Iona lives in the binder. Maybe she'll come out to play now.
Best FtV in a long, long time. Craps on Annihilation and Legends, even ahead of Realms (which was good, but had a few bargain bin dogs in it, like Shivan Gorge and Desert).
It's kinda disappointing that Fallen Angel didn't make the cut, but things like Aurelia, the Warleader and Archangel of Strife did. Past that and Iona's lame art, I'm almost as happy as I was with Relics. Dare I hope next year's Vault will be this good?
Rather happy with this version of FTV. Will be the first I plan to purnchase. Though I am dissapointed that Wizards wasted a GOLDEN opportunity to redo Tariels terrible art. A reprint/alt art of a dark angel would have been nice, say like Angel of Despair but then they would need a new snazzy tag line for the set.
You know what's bizarre? There are more red and blue angels (and just as many green ones!) than black angels in this set. Strange that the color with the second-most angels gets the least representation. Not complaining too much, just would have liked one of the mono-black or Orzhov angels in place of Lightning Angel. Still a pretty good set that's going to go for stupid amounts of money in six months.
I'm also loving this art, but I worry about one thing in particular. The backdrop in the art is very, very white, so I'm hoping the FTV foiling process doesn't make all that white space look stupidly shiny and unfinished.
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Pardon my naïveté, but is it possible to actually buy this at MSRP?
Don't count on it. This is a reward product for stores, wizards has to give out a MSRP for administrative reasons, but stores are left free to set the price however they want, so they can get a nice bit of profit or they can choose to reward loyal players. Some stores will hold tournaments for them, others give discounts to loyal customers, and yet others will simply set a price and sell them for that.
Judging by this list, I'm expecting this to go for between 70 and 90 dollars at first.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
It's kinda disappointing that Fallen Angel didn't make the cut, but things like Aurelia, the Warleader and Archangel of Strife did. Past that and Iona's lame art, I'm almost as happy as I was with Relics. Dare I hope next year's Vault will be this good?
As for me, I am quite satisfied. I hoped for Archangel of Thune and/or Sublime Archangel, as they are both from core sets with only one printing. And I lack them both On the other hand, I will finally have my Baneslayer.
I would like Thune instead of Aurelia, but Aurelia is still better than Razia. Lightning Angel...well, this one has been printed in Timeshifted and again last year in Speed vs. Cunning. Not sure why it had to be there. From the possible multicolors, I would much more like to see Angel of Despair.
On the other hand, I simply LOVE the inclusion of Iridescent Angel. I would very much like for it to have the old art, it would like kickass in foil, but I do not complain.
I really, really did NOT expect the "twilight shepherd" turning to be an art of Exalted Angel. But its inclusion also makes a lot of sense. Also, I realy expected either Fallen or Desolation to be here as a representative of black angels. But it seem that they aimed for really "Good & Light & Virtue" product, and therefore black "evil" angels had no place there. Even Aurelia is borderline in this regard.
Entreat the Angels and Platinum Angel were quite obvious inclusions, and I am glad they did it. Better than Copper-Leaf and Archangel's Light ;-)
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Maaaaan this is one Linvala short of being perfect. They had to release a super solid FtV that I really always wanted the same year my LGS goes out of buisness
Name me any one legendary that has been reprinted in a none-core, none-time spiral block set?
Oh right, that never happened. They only do one on one reprints of legendaries in supplemental products.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
- So the veiled angel ended up as Exalted Angel, talk about a red herring.
- Iridescent Angel is a nice surprise.
- A bit bleh that a lot of HEAVENLY INFERNO critters ended up on here.
- Lightning Angel couldve gotten the new art slot than FURYkroma (and her overall slot couldve been given to another angel...)
- This FTV could use a part 2 ("FTV: Angels the 2010 and earlier edition" haha!)... But that is totally not gonna happen ever.
- In the end, this package is a 60/100.
For me this is better than Legends, and I'm sure damn near everyone would agree that this is leagues better than Annihilation, although that wasn't too hard to accomplish.
Pardon my naïveté, but is it possible to actually buy this at MSRP?
My LGS was preselling them at $35 each and had 20 open slots. 2 max per person, so that's what I did. Iona, Avacyn and the 2 akroma's were what was known at the time.
Anyways, I think the list is pretty decent. Some people have super high expectations - like thinking that both Iona and Linvala were going to be in this set. Personally, I found it weird that Iona is in here just after getting reprinted. The art's kind of bad as well. Sure, Jason Chan has done a lot of "iconic" works of art, but that mostly means that he was in the right place at the right time, rather than actually being good. Don't get me wrong, he has some excellent pieces, but this isn't one of them.
I love the new Akroma art - in particular the red one. But, that Serra Angel art - I was not expecting that. I was really expecting the full art Doug Shuler art that got commissioned awhile ago (not that they've ever used full art in an FTV before), so the Guay art (who is my favorite artist) makes me super happy that I preordered this. It's an old piece, but still awesome. The new iridiscent angel art is icing on the cake.
My cube is getting several foils which I hadn't bothered with before, which is great. Baneslayer, Entreat, Exalted, and I finally get a foil version of tariel to use as my commander.
I'm glad that WotC didn't just shoehorn in every obvious angel like fallen angel and copperleaf angel. Also, the exalted angel art was super trolly.
And Elemental, at the risk of sounding like a dick—
you really shouldn't buy expensive foil angels with this product on the horizon.
Noooooooooooo! My folly!
Oh man... now I kind of *do* feel like a dick!
I'm sorry about that!
At least Jenara was a $20-30 foil-
it's not like when I bought a promo Maze of Ith before the contents of FtV: Realms were spoiled
(see, I speak from experience here!)
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I don't care about foils, I don't care for any of the new art except for Iridescent Angel and she is not EDH worthy and already have all the good angels in this set
It's not a bad From the Vault at all, lots of players are going to be able to get their hands on certain powerful angels they've been looking for
Unfortunately for me, a big fan of angels, this product does not excite me
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PS: oh right! I already have the art in Evolution, the art of Rebecca Guay.
And both the Akromas were heading straight for my Kaalia deck! Avacyn, well, she was already there. Iona lives in the binder. Maybe she'll come out to play now.
Maybe.
Noooooooooooo! My folly!
Best FtV in a long, long time. Craps on Annihilation and Legends, even ahead of Realms (which was good, but had a few bargain bin dogs in it, like Shivan Gorge and Desert).
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I'm also loving this art, but I worry about one thing in particular. The backdrop in the art is very, very white, so I'm hoping the FTV foiling process doesn't make all that white space look stupidly shiny and unfinished.
Some travel til' the end of worlds seeking glory. Others are just trying to find the way home.
Don't count on it. This is a reward product for stores, wizards has to give out a MSRP for administrative reasons, but stores are left free to set the price however they want, so they can get a nice bit of profit or they can choose to reward loyal players. Some stores will hold tournaments for them, others give discounts to loyal customers, and yet others will simply set a price and sell them for that.
Judging by this list, I'm expecting this to go for between 70 and 90 dollars at first.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
My LGS sells all sealed Magic products at MSRP and was taking preorders for FTV:Angels, so yes.
As for me, I am quite satisfied. I hoped for Archangel of Thune and/or Sublime Archangel, as they are both from core sets with only one printing. And I lack them both On the other hand, I will finally have my Baneslayer.
I would like Thune instead of Aurelia, but Aurelia is still better than Razia. Lightning Angel...well, this one has been printed in Timeshifted and again last year in Speed vs. Cunning. Not sure why it had to be there. From the possible multicolors, I would much more like to see Angel of Despair.
On the other hand, I simply LOVE the inclusion of Iridescent Angel. I would very much like for it to have the old art, it would like kickass in foil, but I do not complain.
I really, really did NOT expect the "twilight shepherd" turning to be an art of Exalted Angel. But its inclusion also makes a lot of sense. Also, I realy expected either Fallen or Desolation to be here as a representative of black angels. But it seem that they aimed for really "Good & Light & Virtue" product, and therefore black "evil" angels had no place there. Even Aurelia is borderline in this regard.
Entreat the Angels and Platinum Angel were quite obvious inclusions, and I am glad they did it. Better than Copper-Leaf and Archangel's Light ;-)
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
- Iridescent Angel is a nice surprise.
- A bit bleh that a lot of HEAVENLY INFERNO critters ended up on here.
- Lightning Angel couldve gotten the new art slot than FURYkroma (and her overall slot couldve been given to another angel...)
- This FTV could use a part 2 ("FTV: Angels the 2010 and earlier edition" haha!)... But that is totally not gonna happen ever.
- In the end, this package is a 60/100.
Serra Stan - Angel Enthusiast - Garruk and Tyvar thirsty follower - Flavor and Art Enthusiast
Oh right, that never happened. They only do one on one reprints of legendaries in supplemental products.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
For me this is better than Legends, and I'm sure damn near everyone would agree that this is leagues better than Annihilation, although that wasn't too hard to accomplish.
My LGS was preselling them at $35 each and had 20 open slots. 2 max per person, so that's what I did. Iona, Avacyn and the 2 akroma's were what was known at the time.
Anyways, I think the list is pretty decent. Some people have super high expectations - like thinking that both Iona and Linvala were going to be in this set. Personally, I found it weird that Iona is in here just after getting reprinted. The art's kind of bad as well. Sure, Jason Chan has done a lot of "iconic" works of art, but that mostly means that he was in the right place at the right time, rather than actually being good. Don't get me wrong, he has some excellent pieces, but this isn't one of them.
I love the new Akroma art - in particular the red one. But, that Serra Angel art - I was not expecting that. I was really expecting the full art Doug Shuler art that got commissioned awhile ago (not that they've ever used full art in an FTV before), so the Guay art (who is my favorite artist) makes me super happy that I preordered this. It's an old piece, but still awesome. The new iridiscent angel art is icing on the cake.
My cube is getting several foils which I hadn't bothered with before, which is great. Baneslayer, Entreat, Exalted, and I finally get a foil version of tariel to use as my commander.
I'm glad that WotC didn't just shoehorn in every obvious angel like fallen angel and copperleaf angel. Also, the exalted angel art was super trolly.
Pretty satisfied with this.
But whatever, angels are my prefered theme in mtg.
But I was expecting another B angel besides Tariel. Still, an awesome set. I wants it!
Oh man... now I kind of *do* feel like a dick!
I'm sorry about that!
At least Jenara was a $20-30 foil-
it's not like when I bought a promo Maze of Ith before the contents of FtV: Realms were spoiled
(see, I speak from experience here!)
Reprint Stasis!
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EDH:
Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Melek, Izzet Paragon
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Rhys the Redeemed
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Sen Triplets
The Mimeoplasm
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW