[SHM] Windbrisk Raptor

***Lesurgo*** · 04-14-2008, 04:45 PM

Just spoiled on MTGcast:

Madding · 04-14-2008, 04:46 PM

*Yawns.*

Nothing spectacular. If we want excessive lifegain we have the White Reflection enchantment.

Another crappy rare.

ThunderEarthFire · 04-14-2008, 04:46 PM

probably the best of the cycle. Too bad that isn't saying anything.

Wildfire393 · 04-14-2008, 04:50 PM

Huh. This is definitely the white Hideaway creature. I would have expected it to have a slightly closer tie to the Hideaway trigger. I guess the dragon as well has no specific tie to 7 damage, just to damage itself.

As for the card: Fairly impressive stats. 5/7 flying is not awful for 7 mana (compare to Archangel), it effectively has lifelink most of the time you'd want it to, and it also gives this ability to your other guys.

But in reality, 7 mana is too much for a creature that doesn't do a lot in the early game (Eternal Dragon).

ravenight · 04-14-2008, 04:51 PM

Cycle? EDIT: Ah, windbrisk, right. It has so little to do with the land, I totally forgot.

Man, that is a creature worth protecting. It is probably too expensive and hard to protect, but it is a pretty nice swing, too.

CorporateNoun · 04-14-2008, 04:51 PM

It's no Mossbridge Troll....Hahahaha

d4 necromancer · 04-14-2008, 04:51 PM

This is pretty good in a casual token-producing swarm deck.

Add with the enchantment that puts an elf into play each time a -1/-1 counter goes anywhere for fun.

sneakyhomunculus · 04-14-2008, 04:51 PM

I like the art, but 7 mana is too much for something that doesn't win you the game

Prismetrix · 04-14-2008, 04:52 PM

I'm a little disappointed actually. It seems to have the least connection to its respective land that we have seen so far. Sadly though, I don't think this is even that great as is. It will make a nice fat flyer in limited, but that mana cost is really what hurts all of the hideaway creatures.

ilovejess2 · 04-14-2008, 04:52 PM

Nice pic! Can we call it Big Bird? It's a shame the card itself is a little meh, for one more mana you get the the timeshifted angel.

duffman913 · 04-14-2008, 04:55 PM

Wohoo.. another casual only card, this set is full of them. I don't see myself playing this anyways.

timmiej · 04-14-2008, 04:56 PM

That is actually nice

But, my deck allready is too big

And it will be bigger after this set!

Damn you, Wizards!

GigaGuess · 04-14-2008, 04:56 PM

I would like to run it in my Life Gain deck, but...it's awful expensive. And outside of casual play...I don't see a lot of use for him. *shrugs*

Blutsau · 04-14-2008, 04:58 PM

I'll call it chicken, for awfull artwork.
If you hide it you can get it out by t4* and attacking by t5, is that good? Hardly. But wait, you'll get the life the turn it comes out... still meh.

* t1 land, 1 1cc
t2 land, 1 2cc
t3 Hide-land hiding chicken, 1 2cc
t4 swing with your guys break the egg and get some life
assumig there is no spotremoval.

rancored_elf · 04-14-2008, 05:00 PM

The 5/5 angel with persist for 3WWW is the big white flier for this set, constructedly-speaking anyway. This guy is the biggest Bird in the game and very cool in his own right. I like!

Just not going to win many tournaments imo.

EDIT: The previous record went to Darba, and even that is misleading because he's a flightless emu type thing.

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Madding A frog among toads. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Evelia Posts: 2,713	Yawns. Nothing spectacular. If we want excessive lifegain we have the White Reflection enchantment. Another crappy rare. __________________ I have told you the truth, and everything as it happened... My H/W Thread -------- Sig & Avvy by: High~Light Studios.

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ThunderEarthFire Wizard Mentor Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 536	probably the best of the cycle. Too bad that isn't saying anything. __________________

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Wildfire393 Pew Pew Pew - Lzr Lzr Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,262	Huh. This is definitely the white Hideaway creature. I would have expected it to have a slightly closer tie to the Hideaway trigger. I guess the dragon as well has no specific tie to 7 damage, just to damage itself. As for the card: Fairly impressive stats. 5/7 flying is not awful for 7 mana (compare to Archangel), it effectively has lifelink most of the time you'd want it to, and it also gives this ability to your other guys. But in reality, 7 mana is too much for a creature that doesn't do a lot in the early game (Eternal Dragon). __________________ Regarding The Necronomicon: Me: What is this crap? This "Invocation of the Fire God" is just some bad poetry with random nonsense words in all capitals! Friend: So you mean its like the internet? http://vampireninja.chunkywolf.com Going to ACen 2008? I'm running the Magic events there.

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ravenight Ascended Mage Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 318	Cycle? EDIT: Ah, windbrisk, right. It has so little to do with the land, I totally forgot. Man, that is a creature worth protecting. It is probably too expensive and hard to protect, but it is a pretty nice swing, too. __________________ _________________________________________ People's Front of 422


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CorporateNoun Ascended Mage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: British Columbia...it's in Canada Posts: 249	It's no Mossbridge Troll....Hahahaha __________________

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d4 necromancer Ascended Mage Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 337	This is pretty good in a casual token-producing swarm deck. Add with the enchantment that puts an elf into play each time a -1/-1 counter goes anywhere for fun.

04-14-2008, 04:52 PM	#9
Prismetrix Ascended Mage Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 173	I'm a little disappointed actually. It seems to have the least connection to its respective land that we have seen so far. Sadly though, I don't think this is even that great as is. It will make a nice fat flyer in limited, but that mana cost is really what hurts all of the hideaway creatures. __________________ "You are what you pretend to be, so you must be careful what you pretend to be" from Mother Night

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GigaGuess BUNNY! World Project Leader Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Over there...plotting your DOOM! Posts: 13,585	I would like to run it in my Life Gain deck, but...it's awful expensive. And outside of casual play...I don't see a lot of use for him. shrugs

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Blutsau Tout entière une charogne Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,723	I'll call it chicken, for awfull artwork. If you hide it you can get it out by t4* and attacking by t5, is that good? Hardly. But wait, you'll get the life the turn it comes out... still meh. * t1 land, 1 1cc t2 land, 1 2cc t3 Hide-land hiding chicken, 1 2cc t4 swing with your guys break the egg and get some life assumig there is no spotremoval. __________________ Each reality is but the dream of another, and each sleeper a god unknowing. We define the boundaries of reality; they don't define us. Trade with me.

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rancored_elf change we can imagine Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: peak everything Posts: 8,984	The 5/5 angel with persist for 3WWW is the big white flier for this set, constructedly-speaking anyway. This guy is the biggest Bird in the game and very cool in his own right. I like! Just not going to win many tournaments imo. EDIT: The previous record went to Darba, and even that is misleading because he's a flightless emu type thing. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan

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