changed it from 9c to 7c, and from 8/8 to 6/6; activated ability grants single color choice once per turn.

Apart from "Um, common? Really? Do I want to draft six of these?" this is nice. Stompy, with a smart little trick that's more effective than it looks; while the once a turn limitation makes it potentially stoppable (unless your opponent is mono coloured; then they are completely and utterly stuffed)

I might change it to uncommon if I can find an uncommon to change into a common. I'm up on my uncommons because I switched the Asyean Guard to uncommon.

Try rare.

The activated prot-colour is a bit costly for rare; but certainly no way should any colour get a 6/6 flyer at common no matter what the cost is.

3/3 it is?

Hits the "Kinda fiddly for common" problem, but now at least the power concerns are mostly gone. You, uh, probably want to reduce the cost a bit since you reduced the power so much.

Down to 1W it is then.

I think V probably meant the mana cost...

For the record, the most bizarre thing about this card to me is that it's a common Avatar. That's just weird.

This is beggening to feel less like the avatar of a godess (planeswalker) and more of just a generic 3/3 white flyer...back to 5/5

If it's the avatar of a goddess, shouldn't it be rare? I think you're running up against the fundamental problem that the avatar of a goddess just isn't a suitable concept for a common card.

An avatar, doesn't mean it is the actual God/goddess, just a physical form of some of its power. In this case, not much.

But if it's "not much", then it shouldn't be 5/5.

Why do you want this card to be common? Large flyers just aren't suitable for common. Remember that Air Elemental was a bomb in some draft formats. It seems a particularly odd choice given that you're intentionally keeping the power level of the rest of the set on the low side. Having common be awash with 5/5 flyers would do very strange things to Limited.

hmhmm, let me see if I can find an uncommon or a rare to bump down and I'll be able to bump this up then.

Moved to uncommon, +1/+1.

At uncommon, compare this to Archangel (which was rare until Avacyn Restored). This is still mostly better, since it's bigger and potentially unblockable. I would have left it at 5/5.

I don't know if it's wise to compare creatures to Archangel. That card was only reprinted because it was cute, not because it would define the format. Innistrad's Archangel has a star rating of 3.04, which isn't terrible, but isn't terribly exciting, either.

I know Trostani's Summoner is technically a two-color card, but it shows to me that Wizards is willing to push the envelope on the occasional uncommon. That's 10 power worth of creatures for 7. The star rating is 4.06.

The Summoner is definitely backbreaking. Not just 10 power for 7 mana, but spread over 4 bodies to mostly negate removal spells. Still, I've thought of Archangel as being powerful in Limited, if overpriced. (Now that I think about it, it's definitely worse than Serra Angel.) In retrospect, this is fine.

I've never considered Archangel to be a good card, in Limited or out; for the last 15 some years. Not while Serra Angel exists.

Also, they bummed the flavor on Archangel....its kinda weaksauce :(

There was a time it was a good trump against Serra Angel. That's back in the day when there was only one real deck, and everyone built decks in response to it. Archangel over Serra in your deck meant that you could cast one less Swords to Plowshares or Counterspell, since your opponent could have one Serra Angel in play with no ramifications.

Otherwise, in a world where Serra doesn't reign supreme, she does compare unfavorably. She was a very strong card in Avycyn Restored limited... but that's because there was so little removal, that a 5/5 vigilant flyer could run the game.

I shouldn't talk...I don't play a lot of anything other then EDH...

lol.

Changed it to a 3/6 from 6/6. A flying, 3/6 that can gain protection from removal (as long as its one, or just be a stubborn blocker) is to good at uncommon for 7 mana.