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Not bad. I mean, Detain has been proving to be a dangerous ability, more-so than Scavenge and Unleash.

That's mostly because Detain works perfectly against Scavenge: You put all of your counters on 1 creature, and then swing. What happens if you don't allow your creature to attack/block/use an ability?

That being said, this is still a little costly. 5-CMC would've been absolutely amazing for limited.
Posted By: Ferlord (10/4/2012 9:28:43 AM)
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Historically, a 3/3 flier costs 5 in blue, at common.
This is fair, but it's a fair common. Not all of those can be all-stars. As far as that's concerned, I think this card stacks up pretty well. Fun in limited, unlikely to see use in constructed.
Posted By: NoobOfLore (10/7/2012 9:10:48 PM)
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Sometimes with Isperia in hand, I still play this instead. If you're playing Azorius well, you shouldn't need a big creature as long as you can detain, even just one creature for one turn.
Works well to bounce with Deadeye Navigator
Posted By: EKraj (10/8/2012 5:21:12 AM)
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Moan and groan all you want, but it's still 3 points of flying damage and a break from a creature in limited. It's not good and it won't always have a place in your deck, but sometimes it'll be worth running.
Posted By: TherealphatMatt (10/5/2012 3:19:15 PM)
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Entertaining as the detain mechanic is, this really could have used flash. As is, 6 is way to much, when for the same CMC you can get Isperia herself.
Posted By: SirMalkin (9/25/2012 11:12:35 PM)
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There is better detainers. But heck. In limited I want as many detain creatures I can get.
Posted By: Firesplitter. (9/26/2012 3:06:57 AM)
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One Mana Too Much the Series
Posted By: Winhert (3/13/2013 2:40:25 AM)
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Expensive as all hell, but the mechanic is interesting. But really guys, you've made some fairly costed Detain creatures. Hell, had this detained two creatures, I might of thought about using it. But detain isn't worth 2. Detain and something else might be worth 2, in the case of Inaction Injunction, but given this is just a 3/3 flier (Which I place at about 4), overall, this is just two much mana for practically nothing of interest.
Posted By: DoragonShinzui (9/28/2012 10:20:46 PM)
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A flying 3/3 for six mana that Detains for one turn? I do not want.
Posted By: wholelottalove (9/29/2012 9:53:56 AM)
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Really cool art and god awful card even in draft.
Posted By: lorendorky (9/25/2012 10:39:51 PM)
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