It's being downrated because Chandra's Phoenix was printed only a year ago.
I myself didn't like it. It just said, "Oh. Burn was too good in Innistrad. We need to weaken it down a little more (BTW, Innistrad block burn isn't that great)"
If you get it in limited... I don't want to play you.
Posted By:
Ferlord
(12/11/2012 11:19:48 PM)
While not as fun as a Magma Phoenix, it serves a good flying attacker, or if needed, a high power blocker. To be fair, the return to hand cost is very limiting in multicolored decks, but it does a pretty decent job in the long term. 4/5 from me.
Posted By:
Seifer447
(12/23/2012 11:11:17 PM)
And we're back to unplayable phoenixes again. Can I just have Chandra's Phoenix back?
Posted By:
Nagoragama
(2/23/2013 10:42:30 PM)
Pretty good redundancy in a Jaya Ballard, Task Mage EDH deck. Not as good as Squee, Goblin Nabob, but you can only have one of him.
Posted By:
syrazemyla
(9/14/2013 12:11:47 AM)
what makes this card good is not in what it does better than everything else, but how much more it can do. It isn't as recursive as Squee, but it is a bigger threat on board, it isn't as cheap to get in play as chandra's phoenix, but the recursion doesn't need built around. It's definitely a solid card.
Posted By:
Talif_Moor
(9/27/2013 10:20:49 AM)
A 4/2 flyer that costs 8 mana to cast from the graveyard? I expect more from a phoenix. Not a memorable or competitive card but the art is beautiful. Give me a phoenix that makes people tremble when I play a mountain turn 1.
Posted By:
master-blake
(10/1/2013 8:49:03 PM)