Its rules text should be updated to:
Flying
Champion a creature
Posted By:
MithosFall
(5/29/2012 1:44:12 PM)
Proto-Champion.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(8/15/2012 7:27:29 PM)
@OmegaSerris:
702.70. Champion
* 702.70a Champion represents two triggered abilities. "When this permanent enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you exile another you control" and "When this permanent leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner’s control."
* 702.70b The two abilities represented by champion are linked. See rule 607, "Linked Abilities."
* 702.70c A permanent is "championed" by another permanent if the latter exiles the former as the direct result of a champion ability.
The rules text for Champion has nothing to do with creature types. A creature could have "Champion a land" for all the rules care. It was just done that way in Lorwyn because it was a tribal block. The reason it doesn't have Champion is because it would have to be written consistently for all Nightmares from Judgment, and there is no such thing as "Champion all but 1 life", "C... (see all)
Posted By:
syrazemyla
(11/4/2012 7:48:10 PM)
Have the Drake replace a creature with a good, potent EtB effect. If I'm right, the enemy will be sweating over whether killing the Drake will outweigh the repeat of the EtB effect...(Or you can just use something like Words of Wind or Familiar's Ruse to do it yourself.)
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(11/12/2012 4:42:38 PM)
Yes, I would exile my Sharuum the Hegemon beneath this drake. What's that? You play wrath of god? ok let me just play Otherworldly JOurney and raid my graveyard for beefy artifacts
Posted By:
iceiceiceMTG
(12/29/2013 9:11:18 AM)
This card is my jam. It's intensity in ten cities. It does all kinds of work in cube. It combos well with both Thragtusk and Elvish Pioneer. It's a spikey blue card, which is not incredibly common. It creates an immediate threat. It beats wrath strategies. It's just awesome.
Posted By:
Morendo
(1/9/2014 4:28:05 PM)
Lacks the versatility of Faceless Butcher, yet is much better if you're going to use it on yourself. I use both in my Dromar, the Banisher flicker-bounce EDH and they seem to work well...
And the ability basically IS 'Champion a creature' (as seen on Changeling Hero for example), obviously it doesn't SAY that, but that's how it works...
Posted By:
BlakeHN
(2/1/2014 6:09:36 PM)
The original Champion champion mechanic!
I want to say, this guy is brutal with cards like Augur of Bolas; as when they remove this guy you get another shot at drawing. Stacking these kinds of effects on top of eachother with Ghostly Flicker can really start adding value into your deck.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(3/5/2014 4:44:28 PM)
Often used in its Standard and Extended days to save Psychatog from an Upheaval.
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(5/30/2014 8:16:04 PM)