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CardName: Blessing of the Archangel Cost: 1W Type: Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Target creatuer gains first strike until end of turn. Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Name That Card Common

Blessing of the Archangel
{1}{w}
 
 C 
Sorcery
Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Target creatuer gains first strike until end of turn.
Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
Updated on 12 Apr 2020 by jmgariepy

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2020-04-06 03:13:07: jmgariepy created the card Blessing of the Archangel

Welcome back to Name That Card! This week we have a sorcery that can give a creature +1/+1, flying, first strike, and vigilance for a turn. Or you can spread the bonus and these abilities around among four creatures. Mix and match. But what is this spell called?

Heckuva combat trick.

Seraphim's Blessings

Band of Brothers. [Art: Four very very different warriors standing side by side]

Chimera Powder.

Not much of a combat trick given it's a sorcery. Being sorcery is of course sensible given the vigilance.

This to me feels like a dungeon crawling party all working together using their different talents. So how about "Adventurers' Skills".

Hmm... what about 'Superior Squadron'?

Huh. Well, I mean - on the one hand, this is all obviously angel abilities. On the other... if you don't split them up - your creature sails forwards, punches your opponent in the flying, and then sits there saying "Wasn't me guvnor". So something like a spirit form attack? Huh. Astral Projection Hasn't been used. And Astral Steel shows that they were thinking in that way. I don't want to use up that name though, not for something that isn't a perfect match. Let's go with Astral Blessings. Because Blessing is a thing white does. And plural because it is then also more obvious that you can spread it around.

... I want to give it the dev-name of "Flying Soul Punch" though.

Oh, I hadn't seen the angel connection. Maybe "Blessing of the Archangels" to play up the four theme?

i don't normally make two posts, but others have done it before, so clearly it's acceptable:

What about instead of four horseman of the apocalypse, we call this card the opposite, "Archons of Redemption" or "Archons of the Rapture" but I like the former more.

I like all of these choices, I think some of them sound like they belong on cards of a higher rarity than common, tho...

Also because i love silly words: Tetraboon

I like 'Band of Brothers'. But it doesn't do a good job explaining that this could all end up on one creature. Tetraboon is awesome. But maybe we'll save that name for an artifact.

I'm giving this with Jack with Blessing of the Archangels. Though, once again, any of these names would be good.

Oh, and I also increased the punch to +2/+1, because I figured it didn't do enough for {1}{w}... considering I probably could have just tapped three creatures for that cost instead.

(((NTC #027))) in a couple of days!

2020-04-12 02:45:10: jmgariepy edited Blessing of the Archangel

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