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I'm not using 'dies to removal' in the general sense that, you know, akroma is terrible, because she dies to condemn.

The angel is only relevant in aggro matches. Period. Control decks don't mind only untapping oona when they want to win, and generally, don't mind not untapping dudes at all in control mirrors. When said aggro matches do not actually have that much trouble removing her, she isn't really that fantastic a play even in the few situations where she is relevant to the game at all.

Compare this to finks, or hierarch, for a anti-aggro 3-drop. Both are vulnerable, sure, but both did not need to survive for any meaningful period of time to defy aggro. If the aggro player wanted to point his char at hierarch, they are down a burn spell, and you put yourself back up out of burn range.

Angel may still stall their guys for one turn, and eat a burn spell, but that's not quite on the same level, when you consider that she is only noticably relevant when the opponent has overextended.

Is a 4cc sorcery speed play that only stalls overextended aggro opponents for a turn really a good enough play? When you can be playing wrath to clear their board permanently?

She conflicts with wrath in a rather annoying way, actually. One can not even make an argument for playing them together seeing as overextending into wrath to get around the angel is not a real option.

Basically, she is worthless unless you are playing against a board you would rather cast wrath on. Concentrating on playing wrath, and having some backup removal has worked much, much more smoothly for me than trying to tap out on turn 4 for angel and watching her die.

I can't see anything better than cloudthresher and colossus as far as win conditions go. Pro-black 4/4 for 2GG that forces aggro to remove it, or send a creature to it's death each turn is decent. Dodging a fair chunk of removal is good too. It also has great synergy with elspeth. I love playing elspeth, giving him flying and +3/+3, then doubling his power for the win.

Thresher is just huge, blocks pesky flyers, removes opposing mulldrifters and others on the way in, and will be relevant as long as faeries still exists in any form, or people start playing bitterblossom in their sarkhan decks.

EDIT: oldhat, I know this thread is purportedly for bant control, but I cannot justify playing couriers capsule, when you can play 4 arcane sanctum without hurting your curve, and play esper charm over it. (especially in straight UW).

It also makes unmake more easily playable, which I think you should play if you won't play bant charm (which is better, really, because of colossus.

Basically, those two cards are the reason that I am playing UWGb control, instead of UW. The fact that green provides better win conditions is awesome, but those two cards are just amazing, and deserve to be played.

To be fair, I don't think the permission is strong enough to support the deck you want to play there. I would also argue that hindering light is less useful than remove soul, at least in the MD. RDW and GWb/GWu aggro are going to be fairly popular, either the bant builds, or the sculler/doran/teeg builds, and they will not feel threatened by you having a hard counter for a burn spell when they want to kill you with teeg stopping wrath and cryptics, or figures and demigods.