On the one hand I like him. On the other...
Giving vigilance for one white mana is weird. Normaly you'd expect abilities that can be activated multiple times this way to become stronger when activated multiple times. Giving vigilance multiple times makes no sense though, so it's a very weird choice.
And all in all, the M10 rules changes (which were horrible and just a step backwards) completly killed that card. It wasn't that great before M10 either but now it's just garbage. To those wondering why:
Let's say someone attacks you with a 5/5 dragon. You pump this guy up to 1/6 with his +0/+1 ability and switch it's p/t with it's other ability, so it's 6/1. Then you put the combat damage on the stack. The dragons controller assigns 5 to the windreaver, and you assign 6 to the dragon. Before the combat damage resolves you flip the Windreavers p/t again and now it's a 1/6. The dragon dies, beeing dealt 6 damage while having only 5 toughness, the windreaver lives, having been dealt 5 damage... (see all)
Posted By:
majinara
(11/10/2009 10:18:36 AM)
Can't believe nobody mentioned that this is essentially a multicolored Morphling. You guys are real poopy turds.
Posted By:
Thaxan_Number_14
(12/31/2010 1:51:16 PM)
Should be creature type "ABOMINATION" because it's a joke-of-a-morphling-reprint.
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(1/25/2011 9:00:48 PM)
How did Etherium make its way to Ravnica?..
It does indeed bare an interesting resemblance, though i very much doubt it was intentional- great versatility, though the effects themselves are not all that impressive.
Posted By:
Tsuichoi
(6/29/2012 12:08:52 AM)
This is about as cool as it gets, folks.
Posted By:
Kirbster
(12/6/2012 8:28:56 AM)
Aleksi is a great artist and this is a bad-ass card but if he's one of your favorite artists you should know that he's a dude.
Posted By:
LordOfTrolls
(12/30/2012 12:53:30 PM)
Side by side comparison Morphling has him beat, because of shroud instead of bounce. Also, there are a few times that untap is better than vigilance. On the other hand you don't need to lower his toughness to increase his power. If you have infinite colored mana this guy becomes a shade, and the bounce is handy for dodging global. If you have infinite colored mana there are better ways to use it, but few that are as fun. *Looking at you Fireball.* I still love it, so 4/5
Posted By:
Oxman
(5/12/2014 11:12:28 PM)