Yeah, Elvish Archers are way better and already were in the game, but you can only have 4 elvish archers in a deck. At the time, Elvish Archers were one of the most cost-effective creatures, and I guess they didn't want to simply give the ability to have 8 elvish archers in a deck (while apparently they were fine with Ice Age giving you 8 Llanowar Elves in a deck). It's fairly bad, but not the worst card.
Posted By:
Technetium
(4/4/2013 11:27:45 AM)
This is definitely underrated. Sure there are better creatures, there were even better creatures then, but this is first strike in green folks. Seach gatherer for current first strikers in green legal in Standard right now. You'll find one, and you have to spend a red mana to activate it. Out-of-color abilities SHOULD be overcosted. In fact, there are only 8 first strikers playable in Mono-green in all of magic. 3 are rare, 1 is only when blocking, 2 require 2 mana to activate, this guy, and another card just like this guy but with +0/+1. People used this guy when he was around. Not a lot, but he got some use.
Posted By:
richardshort
(5/25/2013 2:39:25 PM)
Why did this need to exist when Elvish Archers was printed in Alpha?
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Continue
(6/1/2013 6:44:16 AM)
When you combine a hornet with a cobra, you get something that has no poison and can't fly. Makes perfect sense.
Posted By:
Haywood
(8/31/2013 8:43:21 AM)
Real world flavour text on a non-core set card? Strikes my modern eyes as bizarre.
Still, can't go wrong with Kipling.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(10/17/2013 9:50:07 PM)