Doesn't he look like Avacyn's Pilgrim?
Posted By:
Subtle_Kay
(3/29/2013 11:54:17 AM)
If not for Thragtusk, this would have been without a doubt the worst mistake the dev team has made in recent history. A 3/2 flier for 1? Yes, it's conditional, but it's up often enough that on turn 2 you're beating with a way-above-curve evasive creature. A 2/x non-evasive creature on turn 1 - that's fine. Even if it's something annoyingly difficult to try and get rid of permanently, like Gravecrawler. But a 3/2 that can't even be traded with by the majority of non-OP one drops due to its evasive? Yeah... no.
For the record, every single TWO power flying creature for 1 mana has a pretty decent drawback. The least of all being Oona's Gatewarden (defender, so it's pretty much designed to just trade with an attacker), and War Falcon (needs a knight or soldier to be able to attack). So a - yes, admittedly conditional - 3/2 flier has no drawback, yet all the other 2/1 fliers have quite decent drawbacks. Did they not notice this when they concocted this insanity?
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(4/26/2013 7:47:07 AM)
Dis mah boi Jeff Goldblum.
Posted By:
Iam_IronMan
(5/18/2013 7:53:15 PM)
Blue's best one-drop most of the time; and the game's best one-drop fairly often! It's not often you run into 1-drops that have entire deck archtypes built after *them*
The thing is; you don't have to with this guy. Brainstorm and Halimar Depths are enough to set both him and Augur of Bolas up reliably to generate card advantage and protect yourself/trade with the best 1-2 drops in the *game.*
This is probably the most aggressive creature in the game, especially at {1}; sit him next to Serendib Efreet and you have impressive power going downrange very early on.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/16/2013 11:11:05 PM)
In response to his upkeep trigger, cast Brainstorm and set up your library so he flips.
Posted By:
lilwolf2005
(7/23/2013 2:34:56 PM)
Best flavor text ever.
Posted By:
SidewinderX7
(9/25/2013 2:49:59 AM)
I once had a game against this in a U/G deck. Opponent dropped it turn 1, revealed Titanic Growth and swung for 7 in the air. Nothing I could do about it.
Posted By:
Zeritanos
(11/16/2013 8:51:42 PM)
Blue magic is reactive, calculated, and methodical. Its strength lies in patience and intelligence. Blue mages work behind the scenes, scheming and stealing secrets. They control their environments completely before making a move. Blue spells and abilities focus on prediction and illusion. Blue is also the color of technology and artifice. At their best, blue mages are inventive and progressive. At their worst, they are manipulative and treacherous.
yeah right...
outside Standard, blue has the best of all colors. It is more aggressive than red, more defensive than white, comparable removal to black, and more mana efficient than green.
-.-
I'm Salty
Posted By:
DmitryM
(3/11/2014 5:28:37 PM)
It's so odd to me that there has never been a discussion about banning this, yet Wild Nactl was banned for quite a while in Modern. A conditional 3/2 flier for 1 is much better than a conditional vanilla 3/3 for 1. However, the biggest practical difference is that removal or blockers that will negate delver usually just get countered/bounced by the deck that runs delver, while Wild Nactl is very easy to kill. Lately, even abrupt decay doesn't seem to be the answer, since the deck that uses this runs 4 vapor snags.
Granted, Wild Nactl, should have never been banned in the first place since green is supposed to have the best creatures (hah), but I like pointing out the fact that the powers at be clearly favor blue. Blue should never have been given this card, because of how blatantly aggressive it is for a color that is supposed to be defensive. It completely throws off the meta, the general rule that agro/zoo/weenies beats control beats midrange beats agro/zoo/weenies is no longer tru... (see all)
Posted By:
hypa_dude
(5/11/2014 4:58:21 PM)
Innistrad is my least favorite set simply because of this card.
@JaxsonBateman - How is Thragtusk a mistake? All my green modern and EDH decks still have at least one. One of the most efficient and versatile creatures ever printed that isn't so OP that it warps eternal formats.
Posted By:
bleedingreen925
(5/28/2014 8:06:34 PM)