Unyaro Bees is probably the better choice. If you plan on using its ability extensively, you'll probably be able to pay the extra green in the cost.
But I'd run it just for the art. Yeah I'm a crappy player. What are you going to do about it? :D
Posted By:
shady-tradesman
(11/1/2009 10:37:40 PM)
Guest57443454, Because this is generally a black ability, they fly, and cost one less CMC. I'd still prefer these.
Posted By:
KarmasPayment
(5/20/2010 12:13:03 AM)
A great flier for it's time, can get really big in green.
On another note, why does Carrion Ants run on colorless mana, and these guys only run on Green mana...
Posted By:
Guest57443454
(11/29/2009 6:16:20 PM)
Stingerbreathing?
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(4/18/2010 10:15:20 PM)
Holy crap. That flavour text is amazing.
This is pretty good too. It's more splashable, but that shouldn't matter as you SHOULD be running this in a mono-green deck.
The green-flier aspect of this is so good that I don't particularly mind the lack of a Killer Bee Sting-type effect as a final blaze of glory.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(10/9/2010 4:56:43 PM)
"What is that, what is it? WHAT IS IT? OOOAAAH! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAH GOD! THEY'RE IN MY EYES! AAAH!"
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(12/15/2011 7:12:21 PM)
A classic. Nice counterpart to a color that oozes fast mana.
Posted By:
TheHandyman
(5/30/2011 12:18:35 PM)
Even though this fella wouldn't be played in any Standard deck if he were reprinted, he still is one of the largest green fliers ever created and, with enough mana, can be devastating. Nice in all green Commander decks if you want something different than all the standard green thumpers.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/3/2011 1:00:32 PM)
First of all, the artwork on these guys is just sweet.
Second, as a good flier in Green, these are nearly unique (and this also more than justifies the card being a rare; it's the reprints at Uncommon that need to explain themselves). And given green's penchant for having mana coming out of its ears, it can be a big green flier, too. Early in the game's history, the idea of green creatures being more efficient than those of other colours existed more in Duelist articles and the like than it did in the actual cards; this was one of the first signs of that beginning to turn around in any serious way (compare Frozen Shade, in a colour where Flying was much more at home).
Posted By:
jeff-heikkinen
(5/4/2009 7:20:10 PM)
I love the flavor text. "Oh *****, the bees have SWORDS now!"
Posted By:
Tanaka348
(11/26/2009 1:48:59 PM)