As Thallid said, the one toughness is the downfall of this otherwise playable creature as there are lots of ways to deal with this and as in the case of stinger it would lead to some card disadvantage.
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Awwwww, that makes me sad now because that is where the enemy color orb hits are coming from, activated abilities, i was hoping for a new GU and UR card.
I don't know why everybody is complaining about this guy. I've drafted plenty of 1/1 creatures for 1X before. A sudden 4/1 flying blocker? You could consider this guy a removal spell. Who's gonna bother to take him out when I've got REAL 1/1 threats on the board? Oh - did I mention he might be the occasional 8/1 blocker/beatdown guy? If your opponent doesn't take him seriously, he will be an interesting threat. If you bother to take him out, what badness will follow that you should have saved that SHOCK for?
Complain all you want, but I think he's going to be a bit more fun in draft than initial response indicates.
I don't know why everybody is complaining about this guy. I've drafted plenty of 1/1 creatures for 1X before. A sudden 4/1 flying blocker? You could consider this guy a removal spell. Who's gonna bother to take him out when I've got REAL 1/1 threats on the board? Oh - did I mention he might be the occasional 8/1 blocker/beatdown guy? If your opponent doesn't take him seriously, he will be an interesting threat. If you bother to take him out, what badness will follow that you should have saved that SHOCK for?
Complain all you want, but I think he's going to be a bit more fun in draft than initial response indicates.
Occasional 7/1.
I actually want to like him. I really, really do.
I guess against... mono green... in draft, he's really good.
He's certainly playable... maybe...
Meh, decent mid-late pick playable creature. It's vulnerable but it's also cheap and if it does get through it can be very good. Bant decks won't like it since all their removal is high end(no small cheap 1 damage or -1/-1 stuff), so using an oblivion ring etc. on this seems sort of bad.
I though Wizards tried to avoid D&D references in magic? This sounds like the Dreadwings from the Thay-centric Forgotten Realms trilogy by Richard Lee Byres. The Haunted Lands I think it was...
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I don't like cards that suck unless you play the activated ability, especially when the ability costs a lot and requires you play an ADDITIONAL two colours. Uncommon, wow. This set is just full of surprises.
Horrible. If it was costed at B, it would have been fine, but at 1B it's just a waste of cardboard. Sure, late game, you could pump a lot of resources into it to push 4 or even 7 damage through, but that only works if your opponent has no flying creatures and no removal. Having it killed by a -1/-1 effect after pumping 6 mana into it would really be infuriating. At uncommon, it not only wastes a filler spot, but also the potential of some good uncommon worthy design. Pass.
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... and stupid cost which is the only UR cost found with the orb...
I was hoping for some kind of interesting/useful spell in those colors and it's used for... thiiiiss....
Seeing as it's part of a cycle, it was bound to happen.
This guy is pretty good in limited actually, seeing as he's a flying 4 power clock most of the time. Of course guys like Skeletal Kathari and that new Highway Robber Strix are better (usually), but pumpable fliers are always better than nonfliers.
Sheesh, quit the whining! There's plenty good cards spoiled already...
About this card... well, if you're not in Grixis (or domain) it's obviously horrible. If you are in Grixis however, it's a pretty good midgame drop, beating for 7 or more in the late game. But hey, pass it around, I don't mind
This guy is pretty awesome in limited, I don't know why he's getting hated on.
He's not a two drop, really.
He's your ace in the hole for your Grixis deck once you play out the rest of your threats and your opponent worries about them. After you've traded blows and removal, suddenly you've got a 4/1 or 7/1 beater on the next turn that will likely go through unblocked. It's likely going to win you the game.
And, in a pinch against aggressive decks, he can be played early to block with a Hissing Iguanar, or with mana up anything up to an X/4.
So he's versatile and can put the opponent on a nice clock. What's not to like?
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Well, I've gotten the mana in limited before to pump this baby to 10/1, flying. The fact that the ability is unlimited makes it an actually decent choice with the level of mana accel and color fixing Conflux is bringing. Yes, it is easily killable, but if they don't remove it immediately in the later game, the could easily take 7-10 to the head in one swing, or more with exalted. To borrow a line from Carnivorous Death Parrot, "Save a kill spell for this guy." On the chance they don't shoot him on sight, he ****s them harder than Akroma.
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(stupid Vithian Stinger stupid Blister Beetle stupid Suicidal Charge)
Dreadwing, Scornful Aether-Lich... what's with the wasted awesomeness?
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Luckily that one's deathwing, still, dreadwing sounded WAAAAAAY better than a 1/1
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HOW DARE YOU! Insulting death baron like that! Death baron wants nothing to do with this card thank you very much.
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Complain all you want, but I think he's going to be a bit more fun in draft than initial response indicates.
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Occasional 7/1.
I actually want to like him. I really, really do.
I guess against... mono green... in draft, he's really good.
He's certainly playable... maybe...
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Seeing as it's part of a cycle, it was bound to happen.
This guy is pretty good in limited actually, seeing as he's a flying 4 power clock most of the time. Of course guys like Skeletal Kathari and that new Highway Robber Strix are better (usually), but pumpable fliers are always better than nonfliers.
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About this card... well, if you're not in Grixis (or domain) it's obviously horrible. If you are in Grixis however, it's a pretty good midgame drop, beating for 7 or more in the late game. But hey, pass it around, I don't mind
He's not a two drop, really.
He's your ace in the hole for your Grixis deck once you play out the rest of your threats and your opponent worries about them. After you've traded blows and removal, suddenly you've got a 4/1 or 7/1 beater on the next turn that will likely go through unblocked. It's likely going to win you the game.
And, in a pinch against aggressive decks, he can be played early to block with a Hissing Iguanar, or with mana up anything up to an X/4.
So he's versatile and can put the opponent on a nice clock. What's not to like?
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