For her time, she wasn't all that bad. Better than Sivitri Scarzam and other totally worthless legends. I think the real problem is that her mana ability seems so out of place on a creature that costs 6 that most folks just assume she's totally useless. For her time, she could provide some reasonable board presense. Obviously terrible these days, but things have changed.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/3/2011 1:32:10 PM)
She looks like the evil queen from Snow White....
Posted By:
Kirbster
(7/1/2010 8:57:59 PM)
Take a Woolly Thoctar, make it legendary, give it a mana ability, increase the casting cost by 3, and voila! Instant Princess Lucrezia!
Okay, let's be fair. Historically, six mana for a 5/4 isn't bad. In the early days of Magic, there weren't a lot of big black and/or blue creatures - and the ones that did exist had annoying upkeeps (Demonic Hordes) or silly restrictions (Sea Serpent). Princess Lucrezia offered blue/black players a large creature with no real drawbacks except her casting cost. And then the Princess offered a little bit more. She could add blue mana to your mana pool. This made her an effective blocker, as well as provide extra mana to power counterspells. For the sake of comparison, take a look at Sivitri Scarzam. Savitri is a vanilla 6/4 for coverted mana cost 7.
Posted By:
Eppek_the_Goblin
(8/14/2009 9:59:50 PM)
One of the many worthless legends in the set, it still boggles my mind why they gave mana abilities to these bigger creatures...otherwise Eppek_the_Goblin has said what needs to be said...
Posted By:
Guest57443454
(12/4/2009 2:02:36 PM)
You can cast Sphinx Sovereign one turn earlier!!!
Posted By:
Gwoemul
(5/24/2009 2:05:53 PM)
Well, she is better than Kasimir the Lone Wolf at least.
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(7/2/2010 3:18:06 PM)
What's the point?
Posted By:
ThadeGelna
(1/11/2009 4:42:47 PM)
Pure worthlessness.
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(7/3/2009 4:06:14 PM)
I almost put this in a Necrotic Ooze deck as part of an infinite blue mana combo...
Then I remembered that Silver Myr exists and thought, "man, that was a close one".
Posted By:
BegleOne
(7/5/2011 7:34:55 PM)