this isn't strictly better than elvish warrior at all. The elvish warrior goes to the graveyard, and this goes to the bottom of your deck. some decks use the graveyard as a resource, and this would suck with that deck.
Example: Nissa's chosen dies, and then you play gravedigger but there's nothing in your graveyard. :(
Sure it's better in some cases but not all.
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(8/4/2011 4:51:52 PM)
this guys obviously doomed seing as hes about to cut his fingers off...
Posted By:
ZirilanoftheClaw
(10/16/2010 12:32:02 AM)
Beyond the combo this card is meant for, the only 'strictly better' bit is the fact that this deals another small blow to mill decks. Regardless, I would choose recursion over this, as I don't run elves, and that makes Nissa worthless to me.
Posted By:
BastianQoU
(5/26/2011 12:12:25 AM)
I don't think it's strictly better than Elvish Warrior. There are far too many situations where I'd rather have it in my graveyard. I would take Elvish Warrior over this if I wasn't using Nissa Revane.
Posted By:
Asinine-Ultimatum
(10/3/2009 11:14:24 AM)
Even if you don't consider the obvious Nissa Revane synergy, this is quite a decent two-drop, and a strict improvement over Elvish Warrior.
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(9/25/2009 12:43:41 PM)
It's a 2/3 for 2CC... and it's an elf. The extra text is just butter.
4/5
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(1/21/2010 6:37:08 AM)
Elvish Warrior:Hello, what's your name?
Nissa's Chosen: Hi, I'm Nissa's Chosen, and I'm strictly better than you. So you will never see play again.
Elvish Warrior: *Shakes hand* Nice to meet you.
Posted By:
GengilOrbios
(2/20/2011 11:39:24 AM)
in a meta game containing vampires and turbo goblins, i think this is better then garruks companion. it live and kill bloodghast, lacerator, wardriver, gatekeeper, and turbo memnite.
Posted By:
rinoh20
(2/16/2011 6:51:10 PM)
This is a little bit of power creep. It's strictly better than Elvish Warrior (I mean unless you were playing Muraganda Petroglyphs, the one card that likes cards better as vanilla creatures). Of course, assuming that Nissa Revane isn't going to be the green Planeswalker moving to the core set, you could just say it's a temporary bump up.
Posted By:
LeafWheels
(9/26/2009 10:35:02 AM)
Meh, It's mediocre unless you're playing Nissa in your deck. If you're playing Nissa in your deck, your deck is already mediocre, so I guess it fits...
Posted By:
deth2munkies
(6/18/2011 11:35:45 AM)