"Haste"
...Wait, what? On this card?
Flavor's not the only dead thing here.
Posted By:
Blackworm_Bloodworm
(1/24/2013 7:42:30 PM)
It's a strange mix of abilities, just as HuntingDrake says. Haste feels aggressive, while regeneration feels defensive. There are only two other creatures that have haste in the set - Falkenrath Marauders and Night Revelers - and the Night Revelers' haste is conditional... so maybe having one common creature with haste was important to R&D?
The art is phenomenal, as far as I'm concerned, so I sort of find myself wishing that he was a little more intimidating.
Posted By:
Leshrac_Nightwalker
(10/21/2011 12:47:59 PM)
The original sketch gives a hint of the skeleton's past life and the reason for his residing in a manor. Though it still doesn't explain the haste, unless his affinity to the location is empowering perhaps?
Posted By:
Goatllama
(10/22/2012 7:47:18 PM)
I agree with you, Tsunaki. It is a manor skeleton after all. In the original sketch we see a portrait on the wall behind him. I think if his skull was just turned and staring right at us like he is the final card it would show a nice compare and contrast of past alive and present dead.
Posted By:
TastetheJace
(12/4/2012 6:46:01 PM)
Guys, he's a house servant. The Haste makes perfect sense flavor-wise.
Posted By:
themojowire
(3/27/2013 1:58:57 AM)
@Tsunaki: I'll admit the first draft looks interesting as well, and the scene they went with is a bit more generic.
But how can you imply that the current artwork does not have some atmosphere to it? It toally has!
Action: Show a skeleton creeping down the grand staircase in an abandoned, decrepit manor houses. He's holding a burning candle in a silver candleholder. He's wearing rotted clothing that hangs loosely off his bones.
Nailed it!
It's gloomy gloomy, presumably nighttime, for some reason you felt like wandering into this this mansion (although the skeleton's clothes make it seem as if this happens on a ghost ship, which works just as well) and then suddenly this skeleton shows up, slowly walking down the stairs with this queer expression of what looks like some kind of glee, which just by looking at it let's you know that it wants to know why you're here.
Posted By:
Mode
(8/3/2013 10:28:46 AM)