Quote Originally Posted by Loxmatii View Post
simple question:

i saw platinum emperion in some mud stompy lists. Why people run them? i thought platinum angel better because cost 1 less mana to cast. i am wrong? explain me, plz
The main reason why I play the Emperion over the Angel is that the Emperion is twice as big. It's an 8/8 and that requires at least two burn spells(Fireblast), typically three. The Angel is easier to destroy. Also the Emperion allows us to use Ancient Tomb to our hearts content since it won't hurt us with Emperion and we still feel the pain with Angel, so in that aspect we're helping them if we don't pay attention to our life totals and they kill the Angel.

Also putting a Lightning Greaves on an Emperion pretty much says to dredge and burn (more than other decks anyway), "Hey, yeah, I'm just going to sit here looking pretty and get you killed when I'm good and ready."