by Richard Rowell, Gaming Successfully Staff
Blessed Alliance is a perfect example of a card with the Escalate mechanic new to Eldritch Moon. Right away, this card is a strictly better version of Celestial Flare with its ability to force an opponent to sacrifice an attacking creature. Celestial Flare is a card people already play in sideboards, and that card costs double White (WW) instead of 1W. But Blessed Alliance can do a lot more than that. It can also gain a player 4 life or untap up to two target creatures. Best of all, with Escalate, you can pay an additional 2 mana to get each additional effect. For just 5W, you can get all 3 effects out of one card. As we’ve seen in the past few Standard environments, gaining 4 life is actually pretty relevant.
This card should definitely see some play, especially as a counter to Eldrazi strategies. It’s going to be especially good in Limited where there look to be some huge creatures in Eldritch Moon that will probably often be attacking alone. The versatility of a card with three abilities has already been seen with cards like Dromoka’s Command. Blessed Alliance looks to be a winner.
This card should definitely see some play, especially as a counter to Eldrazi strategies. It’s going to be especially good in Limited where there look to be some huge creatures in Eldritch Moon that will probably often be attacking alone. The versatility of a card with three abilities has already been seen with cards like Dromoka’s Command. Blessed Alliance looks to be a winner.
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