The Light at the End of the Tunnel

As promised, my next review of the AVR legends is on Bruna, Light of Alabaster.

I have previously said that a dependency on enchantments is a bad thing but this is not the case with Bruna. She takes the card advantage problem of creature enchantments and throws it right out the window. With her, not only do you get to suck up all auras on the field and play all auras from your hand for free; but you also get to recur any lost auras repeatedly? I can hear the Uril, the Miststalker players grinding their teeth in jealousy, since, if you haven't noticed yet, much like her Herons cousin Sigarda, not only does she outclass Uril, she hoses him should both of them happen to be on the battlefield.

Much like Gisela, she just screams "Timmy", and right off the bat there are some cards that you would recognize to be auto-includes in any deck with Bruna at the helm.  (Blah blah blah... Eldrazi Conscription ... blah blah blah) 

One such card, that might not appear so obvious though is Crab Umbra. At first glance this card seems to do nothing for Bruna, I mean, unless you happen to be staring down a Frost Titan or some such thing; but what we're really looking at here is the ability at the very bottom. Totem Armor turns Bruna into even more of a beast than she already is. Should she happen to eat any removal during your turn or your opponent's, Crab Umbra eats it instead then you simply attack or block to get it back (Or any other white or blue Umbra card for that matter.).  

And lets not get into if you have more than one Umbra attached to her or if you happen to have a Fool's Demise. Your opponents will be very hard pressed to deal with her. Speaking of Fool's Demise, don't forget that you can also use it to gain control of your opponents creatures too. Your opponents will think twice about sweeping the board if they know your going to get their best creature afterwards and insurance against wrath effects is always good.

Oh, and Bruna has vigilance too. Did I already say that?

This concludes my review of AVR's cycle of legendary angels. Though I will say that I was really hoping to see a WB angel. Sadly though Herons, Goldnight and Alabaster are the only three flights of angels from what I understand of the Planeswalker's Guide to Avacyn Restored

Next up should be some EDH/Commander deck lists. Each one with one of these angels at the helm. I think I'll start with Sigarda.