Boros uses it, Caw-Go / UW Control uses it, Quest White Weenie uses it...there's not a single competitive deck in standard that uses white and doesn't use the little squawker. Card advantage, evasion, deck thinning, and shuffle opportunities rolled into one mana-efficient package. No way around how solid this card is.
Played at a tourney the other day where a gel had modified the art for some of these so she had a Squadron Duck, Eagle, and Parrot. Pretty funny looking.
Posted By:
Magnor_Criol
(2/27/2011 9:51:56 PM)
Two mana and a card to not only thin your deck by three cards, but you keep them in your hand as well. Even if you don't like 1/1 fliers for two, it's going to be nice to have them if your deck makes use of discarding.
It'd be pretty annoying to get more than one in your opening hand, though.
Posted By:
Gelzo
(1/9/2011 2:15:41 PM)
sure storm crow can take these on 1v1, but the problem is that these come in units of four.
Posted By:
rinoh20
(2/20/2011 7:29:56 PM)
good bye to you My friend. x(
Posted By:
olegna
(6/25/2011 1:03:11 PM)
Opp plays Squadron Hawk, next turn cast-
Thought Hemorrhage
Eradicate
Blood Oath
Grim Reminder (if you are also playing CAW-Go)
Cabal Therapy
Hint of Insanity
Meddling Mage
Lobotomy
Cornered Market
or Exclusion Ritual, which will even get rid of the first hawk.
@ mrhardy12 : Storm Crow has been a staple of tournament decks for years. If you can't understand why, you've got a lot to learn about Magic.
Posted By:
Ideatog
(7/24/2011 3:15:43 AM)
And yet even after its trainer and his wife have left for legacy, this beautiful bird still gracefully bashes people's faces in with gigantic swords and leaves them to die
Posted By:
Superllama12
(8/25/2011 8:56:28 AM)
Creature seeing play in control decks need to either have extremely good stats and abilities and be meant to end games (Wurmcoil Engine, Angel of Serenity) or provide very efficient card advantage (Augur of Bolas). This card sits in the middle and do both. It's probably the only low cost creature played in control decks meant for attacking. (also Geist of Saint Traft, but that one is more aggro-control than pure control; Lingering Souls follows this card's spirit more closely.)
Posted By:
sweetgab
(7/3/2013 12:47:32 PM)
Deck thinning and flying blockers for 2 mana. What's wrong with that?
Posted By:
Jake1991
(7/8/2010 4:26:08 PM)
The only reason you're running it is so everyone else doesn't kill you with THEIR squadron hawks. It's a vicious circle.
Posted By:
God_Of_The_Smurfs
(8/11/2011 11:01:59 AM)
This card is great! First off it works great with honor of the pure (when all that matters is getting white creatures onto the battlefield). Works great with Ajani because you can pump them all with +1/+1 counters OR consider them chump blockers. A great deck thinner as well. 5/5
Posted By:
JackP
(7/16/2010 11:58:22 AM)