I think this guy was made when they made the "creatures with -walk can be blocked" cycle, got to Great Wall, and realized that there weren't actually any Plainswalkers. So rather than realize how stupid that cycle was, they made it so Great Wall could hose exactly one creature.
Posted By:
Saikuba
(2/9/2011 9:41:01 PM)
"Few can withstand the wrath of the righteous"
That has to be the most intimidating quote for one of the crappiest cards. At least, if anyone actually played this, they could tap an intimidating amount of mana and say "Time for my plainswalker." and get them scared for about half a second.
Posted By:
zenuedite
(8/29/2011 6:07:06 PM)
Never heard back in the day: "Well, i've got 5 mana. Do I play my righteous avengers or my serra angel? hmm...decisions, decisions..."
Posted By:
Laguz
(9/9/2011 10:47:56 AM)
The other Plainswalkers are way better.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(3/12/2010 1:14:11 AM)
Few can withstand the wrath of Gut Shot.
Posted By:
SyntheticDreamer
(9/24/2012 6:30:15 PM)
I am reasonably certain this card was printed entirely to justify the inclusion of Great Wall in that horrible cycle of anti-land walk cards. They got the cycle going (and apparently though those cards were worth printing), and then realized that there were no Plainswalkers in the game... hence this scary piece of junk.
What boggles my mind is just how bad it is when not only compared to other creatures of the time, but other creatures in the SAME SET with similar roles. Mountain Yeti comes to mind, for example. If this stupid thing had been a 3/3 at least for 4W, it would still be terrible, but at least not "what were they thinking?!' terrible.
Posted By:
Radagast
(10/1/2012 3:57:17 PM)
Strictly worse than 'Planeswalk'
1/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(2/9/2013 10:47:23 AM)
@Nammertime BS nobody I played with did, and no one i know, even people who've been playing the whole time have even used either this or great wall
Posted By:
Omenchild
(8/12/2010 9:09:30 PM)
For the same cost you could get a 4/4 flier with Serra Angel and that was back in Alpha. I can't call this card strictly worse but yah it was 1 power, 3 toughness and decent evasion behind the curve even then. And seriously 1 toughness? You had better hope the opponent has a plains or this thing won't last long.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(11/21/2010 9:28:04 PM)
It's a shame that such a cool name was wasted on such a crappy card.
Posted By:
Saxophonist
(2/14/2012 8:37:40 PM)