The problem with this card is the activation cost. There is no reason this cannot be simply U: Flying. Or just give it Flying straight up. The activation cost makes the card seem worse than it actually is.
Posted By:
chadmbol315
(4/11/2011 2:21:14 PM)
Oh come on, this isn't THAT bad a card. Casual players will love this, as it's a decent replacement for a HTG lord.
Posted By:
boneclub
(6/17/2010 12:49:32 PM)
The first ability is just fine in my opinion. Blue has enough ways to stack the top of your deck.
However, the second ability doesn't make much sense to me. I guess during playtesting they decided 
to gain flying for a turn was just too powerful on a 1/2?
Posted By:
TDL
(11/10/2011 6:32:36 PM)
i think that its a semi decent card. ever since lorwyn has come out merfolk have been looked over and its real easy to drop a 3U casting cost creature early
Posted By:
spacechaser0001
(8/19/2010 9:34:29 AM)
Terrible.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(12/14/2010 11:59:18 PM)
Interesting card advantage option for Merfolk, but, uh, blue doesn't lack for card advantage options (Silvergill Adept especially), and 4cc is actually quite tough for Legacy Merfolk because they exploit Wasteland and Mutavault so much (at least 3cc stuff can be churned out with Aether Vial; bumping the Vial to 4cc is dooming it to uselessness next turn).
Maybe if Merfolk gets up to a reliable 20 Lord low-counters-count model, a couple of these could slip in alongside the Adepts. I think I'd still be pitching it to Force of Will all the time, though.
Posted By:
Salient
(1/17/2012 1:55:03 AM)
It should really just have flying and be a 2/2 like the elf and goblin ones.
However, Wizards of the Coast likes to troll and make things that look kind of like Storm Crow at every possible chance.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(5/21/2012 9:09:56 PM)
Pretend it's a Sorcery for {3}{U} with just the first effect. It's still not THAT bad: similar to Concentrate for most plays, better if your deckstack goes well, and it potentially effectively land thins by sticking 'em on the bottom. The 1/2 body is icing.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(8/31/2012 5:46:05 PM)
First of all, i's a powerful drawing spell strapped to a creature in a Merfolk deck (aka "Fish").
But it seems ridiculous that of all cards, the blue part of the cycle was apparently in the need of a disadvantage in comparison to the red variant, seeing how this is a 2/1 that can jump at the ludicrous cost of 
, while Goblin Ringleader is a 2/2 with haste no matter what.
I still prefer him over Kavu Howler though, simply because Merfolk is so much more powerful. It can get cheaper,
increase in strenth thanks to the merfolk lords, as well as trigger various other stuff.
Posted By:
Mode
(11/3/2013 1:50:24 PM)
He's the worst of his cycle. Even worse than the Kavu Howler in my opinion.
EDIT: Actually with the merfolk tribe of Lorwyn (which didn't exist when I wrote my comment) this isn't that bad. At least it's better then the Kavu imo.
Posted By:
Ameisenmeister
(3/26/2012 2:51:29 PM)