Pretty aggressive for a blue card. No all-star, but I run him if I need that extra small flier.
Posted By:
CollectiveC
(6/6/2011 5:32:22 PM)
Terrible in Constructed, but absolutely amazing in Limited.
Posted By:
spicayd
(4/6/2010 11:40:58 AM)
Is it weird how much I like this card? It's an aggressive blue flier that isn't stupid obscene!
Posted By:
LeafWheels
(9/26/2009 12:04:17 AM)
I like.
Posted By:
Duskdale_Wurm
(8/8/2010 6:06:50 PM)
@re4: It's because that's not how blue rolls, man. That would be entirely too efficient to have a 2/2 flier for 2. Flying usually costs at least one mana on creatures. So you'll normally get a 2/2 flier for 3 or a 1/2 flier for 2. (TLDR: BALANCE)
Posted By:
Johnald
(3/6/2010 9:30:10 PM)
I have a foil one of these I affectionately call Shiny Pidgey.
Thankfully, my DS is still intact. =D
Underrated, IMO. In Draft/Sealed, this is a first pick if you're running blue. 2 CMC 2-power flying's hard to come by, and who would use this defensively? The only reason you'd be sad to see this thing is late-game when an opponent has a flier on the board (in which case it's the perfect chump) or when you're searching for an out to keep you alive and draw this against a ground force.
I mean, it's terrible in Constructed, but it's a great blue common for Zendikar Limited. Without a doubt, it's the best blue creature at common rarity, the only competition really being Umara Raptor.
Posted By:
DonRoyale
(3/20/2010 3:39:59 PM)
This guy is up there with Storm Crow. I'm not sure who is better, but I think that they didn't realize how powerful this was when it was printed. The combo's are limitless.
Posted By:
EvilCleavage
(11/9/2010 8:33:35 PM)
There was a time, in the oh-so-distant past, when Blue was the primary color of flying creatures.
Now White gets a 2/2 flier that it can drop for effectively 0 mana on turn 1, and in general has unquestionably the best fliers around.
It'd be nice if WotC could stop fapping endlessly to White.
Posted By:
EternalLurker
(10/7/2010 9:00:59 PM)
@re4: Yea, I don't think any single color gets a plain 2/2 flier for 2. Green is the only one that would allow creatures that efficient, and of course green doesn't get fliers.
Multicolored, however, is another story: Gaea's Skyfolk, Azorius First-Wing
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(6/26/2010 7:56:16 AM)
a fixed version of storm crow
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(8/8/2011 11:00:31 PM)