I find it funny that this card is rated a full point lower than Sky Spirit (rounding both ratings quite easily to the nearest tenth of a point, as of 11/9/2011), despite the fact that, were these two creatures to face off without outside influence, this creature would survive while Sky Spirit would find itself in the graveyard. That little factoid is not the ONLY possible way in which this Trooper is superior to the Spirit. The 3 toughness (versus Spirit's 2) is beneficial in numerous other possible scenarios, as well.
I'll also state that Sky Spirit is preferable to Trooper in various OTHER situations. Neither is 'strictly' better or worse than the other.
sincleanser's post under this card: "Sky Spirit vs Talon Trooper - is there really any difference?"
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Posted By:
humor_love
(11/9/2011 1:01:25 PM)
Storm Crow + Glory Seeker = This.
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(12/25/2010 7:50:18 AM)
Just the thing my white/blue soldier deck needed. Mirror-Sigil Sergeant's feathered friend.
Posted By:
CSM-101
(10/6/2009 7:25:27 PM)
This makes me want to read the shards novels. Bant, why you invadin'? I would expect them to be more worried about grixis.
Anyways boring card from an otherwise exciting set :\
Posted By:
axiobeta
(9/7/2011 6:35:29 PM)
For a 3 mana creature in a W/U Control deck I would much rather take Aven Mimeomancer.
Posted By:
BrutalJim
(7/22/2009 11:08:44 PM)
Not a spectacular card but for a bird/man thingy it is pretty cute haha
Posted By:
JuniperOne
(8/30/2010 3:22:15 AM)
Good in limited, bad in constructed. Why couldn't this have been a 3/3 flyer?
Posted By:
True_Mumin
(6/16/2009 12:34:49 PM)
yawn
Posted By:
UnyaroBeeSting
(5/27/2009 8:41:55 PM)
Sky Spirit vs Talon Trooper - is there really any difference?
Posted By:
sincleanser
(8/30/2011 11:44:36 AM)
I'm not a huge fan of multicolored French vanilla creatures. If I have to spend more than one type of mana, I would hope the result has a bigger effect than just this.
Posted By:
Totema
(4/5/2012 12:02:13 AM)