In older formats, red prison decks blur the line between midrange and control, using rituals to play expensive and prohibitive effects early to tax an opponent before whittling their life away
Despite that, its not the best Angel around, because it costs a fair bit and is kind of squishy
First chapter is a solid removal spell, while the others give you an extra card from the top of your library, and it ends with 6 free mana
Even if you dont hit a haymaker, hitting a Sakura-Tribe Elder and a Magus of the Wheel, for example, is still pretty good
Every time you cast a creature, you get a free 1/1 Human Citizen, so your board fills up fast
But as a poor player who just wants to enjoy the game with specific expensive cards, its widely accepted to use fake cards as proxies in casual play