the true question, is whether this or Boros Swiftblade is better in the same slot? mimic is situational. this is a flat 2/2 with vigilance and haste, Swiftblade is a 2/1 with doublestrike.
Posted By:
darkfury
(2/8/2010 7:46:59 PM)
One of the best commons of Alara Reborn. Don't ever under-rate Haste. Haste wins games.
Posted By:
bowlofgumbo
(8/24/2009 11:10:52 PM)
Cerodon Yearling vs Battlegate Mimic. Discuss.
Posted By:
ZEvilMustache
(4/27/2009 3:30:03 AM)
I would say that it depends on your deck whether yearling or mimic.
Yearling probably trumps 4/5 times
Posted By:
jugglingguy
(11/24/2009 7:47:07 PM)
Swiftblade is better. Once you get cards out like honor of the pure, or jitte (note that jitte will activate twice on swiftblade provided the first hit didn't kill the opposing creature, which is 4 counters, and that's freaking awesome even if swiftblade died in the process), or anything that boosts power, swiftblade gets better really, really fast.
Posted By:
mdakw576
(12/4/2010 3:58:11 AM)
i love this card, where's the drawback??
don't say Volcanic Fallout. duh.
Posted By:
deadguyred
(8/11/2009 9:45:56 PM)
yearling i think is better.
Posted By:
Th3_Dark_On3
(5/1/2009 4:09:55 PM)
hire yearling ,hire boy,come hire good yearling,now go crush that little ugly elf
Posted By:
Iiory
(7/26/2009 12:57:44 AM)
@ Cerodon Yearling:
Adding white seems needless, since both abilities are red flavored. Therefore it would have been just a fine red knight at uncommon rarity.
@ Naya Shards:
Although I don't like tri-color decks, no matter if it's a wedge or a shard-like combination, I like the concept of forming distinct guilds, groups or "worlds" within a set. This defines a structure, forms keywords and makes it easy to build a theme-based deck around an idea.
I wonder who was responsible for the shards, since they seem to have random concepts, so I never got in touch with any shard but Esper. Since Aaron has mentioned Naya, I see the connection between green fatties and the "power 5+" theme, However, it felt strange to see how both main weenie colors (white and red) are "forced" into this theme. So per se, this card fits quite well into a R/W deck, but maybe the true problem comes from somewhere else... maybe a more color-pie specific problem.
As I've discussed it in the MTG f... (see all)
Posted By:
Cheza
(8/1/2011 4:54:15 PM)
Geeze, only a common too.
Posted By:
Mafoo
(6/2/2010 11:34:38 PM)