MTG Salvation

So here is out green part of what is becoming a cheap and interesting cycle.

Turning into a 2/2 Birds of Paradise with vigilance instead of flying is pretty exciting for one mana. The problem is it will never produce mana the turn after it lands making it worse at ramping. Also unless it comes down on turn one (and sometimes even when it does) a 1/1 is not getting through very often. I feel like certain decks will really like this (gruul midrange/fires) because getting a little mana to fix ramp while beating down is great in that type of deck. It also has the removal to clear a path. But are there enough decks that want this?

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I don't know how I feel about this card. The ceiling for this card is very high, as getting a 2/2 mana dork with vigilance is excellent, but the caveat is you would need to connect first, which isn't the easiest thing to do with a 1/1. Secondly, it doesn't accelerate me to a 3-drop on turn 2. I'd much rather my mana dorks be mana dorks, instead of doing double duty as an aggressive beater as well.

A vanilla 1/1 seems too much of a liability to wait for it to become a steward of valeron.
I imagine frustrating scenarios in which it remains a 1/1 bcause of any blocker across.

Nice design, but pass.

Like with the other Renown cards spoiled so far, I'm not very impressed. I feel the cards themselves have to be at least somewhat playable, and dropping 1/1s and 2/2s with no combat stats just does not interest me.

This has an atrocious worst-case scenario, and the best-case scenario isn't that amazing, actually.

Don't like this at all.

Yeah, this guy is only good on turn 1. Granted, he's great on t1, but beyond that he's just a 1/1 for 1 way, way too often.

I kind of want to try it out but don't think it'll gain renown often enough to be anything other than a 1/1.

Yeah, I don't like my dorks quite so conditional. This can do good things, but playing this as just a 1/1 for 1 into a board stall is a real bummer.

why doesnt he have vigilane to start with

This is the kind of card I get all excited about and post in the Forum, but after some thought is seems much worse. I get all these visions of Lotus Cobra but in the end this dude is a 1/1.

Maybe if it had flying like birds of paradise?

I'd rather have Llanowar Elves.

I'd play him if he tapped for 1 while un-renown. As is, pass.

This card seems pretty good to me, honestly. Slot this into RG aggro where it can play like a variation of Stromkirk Noble and watch it do some work.

I'd play it in that RG aggro for sure, but I don't know how good it would be in most other green decks. It has lower potential damage output then all other attacking green one drops I play and is an iffy ramp card at best.

Card is garbage day for cube. D- you lose. 0% chance of inclusion.

This guys upside is to turn from a 1 drop that would be unplayable in normal limited, to a mediocore cube 2 drop on connect.

Compared to relic hunter, this guys worst case scenario is much worse, and his best case scenario is sooo MUCH worse...
And while I think relic hunter is a great card, I still don't know if he's going to crack the top 30.

I might have been intrigued if he had vigilance before renown; you could swing in and then tap. That'd be sweet.

As an aggro creature, it's pretty weak. And as a mana dork, it's unreliable. The fact that it's a bybrid of both is kinda interesting, but ultimately I don't think it's good enough.

So frustrating. Why can't the color with ostensibly the "best" creatures get some decent aggro 1-drops? R/W/B have been saturated with awesome ones lately.

If it tapped for or G while non-renowned, I'd be quite happy. As is, pass. I want my Llanowar Elves to be more reliable.

Man, so many "almosts" in this spoiler season. This is yet another card were one tiny change pushes it into playability range, but it just falls short as is. Too bad.

I can't add much to the general consensus. It's very weak really. I'm sure that being a one drop green creature with 'Hierarch' in the name will make it pre-order for $$$, though!

This is maybe good enough if you support green aggro. I don't, so I won't be touching this.

I don't think it's good enough even if you support green aggro.