As other cards on this list highlight, the ability to pull back creatures for low investment is extremely potent
To get the most out of this card, youll need a lot of discard and draw to fill your graveyard, and good recursion targetsEnduring Innocence, Helpful Hunter, and so on
While some of the aggro decks featured last week would be happy to never draw another land again beyond number three or four, control decks typically need to hit all of their land drops all the way into turn six, turn seven, and sometimes even beyond that
All of the elder dragons are legal in Commander and, while the same can be said for Vintage, that power level is obviously leagues ahead
So if my opponent attacks me with a white creature like [c]Arborea Pegasus[/c], I can block it with Archon of Absolution without any problems
Its a great deal, and its great because you can re-use this wily pirate as often as you can trigger the ETB