Well that's the last card in timespiral, guess I will go to planar chaos now.
Omenchild
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This guy is related to a character in the Planar Chaos book.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Restrictive, but close to a white Tim.
Cyberium
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I think this creature is paying homage to old Javelin creatures white had with the same ability.
TopRomen
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Uhm. Wow. This guy deserves a BIT of a higher rating than it has now. O.o
This card is SOLID in white. The only types of cards they have that ping rely on hitting attacking or blocking creatures... Except this guy, who has great evasion, and deals his redirect damage even before first strike. This is good in white beat down if it relies on creatures. It deals direct damage to any enemy creatures your opponent controls, and they can't protect important little guys by not attacking or blocking with them (as they can with other white cards). NO-ONE IS SAFE!
Strangly, this card has aged well. Since shadow isn't very common anymore, these guys will likely always go unblocked, and give you a way to block enemy shadow creatures. And if your opponent manages to block your Zealot...?
One last thing before I finally go away; I love the flavor with the art. It's really cool how you can see that he is in the shadow realm, but he throws his dagger thing and it like *poof* enters the real world with a shock wave and goes into someone's jugular. AWESOME.
So he is basically a white pinger with a few restrictions instead of just tapping... That is really pretty good. 4/5 from me.
I agree with TopRomen, the Zealot deserves more love than this. He's a white pinger, that's a rarity. The artwork is great, the flavor is great, and so are the creature types- don't forget he's a rebel. That's basically the most loaded creature type in the game.
Evil_Tactics
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Uh... why is this rated so low...
I use 4 of these in my rebel deck because shadow is just disgusting when combined with Mirror Entity. Plus in an emergency you could just ping a 1 toughness creature to death, or kill one if you equip the Zealot with Basilisk Collar.
Don't underestimate shadow, especially when you're dealing with rebels + Mirror Entity. (You can search for Mirror Entity using any of the rebel searchers if it hasn't become clear yet... Blightspeaker and Amrou Scout for example.)
Raezimoto-X
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I usually pair this with Quietus Spike because it gives you more of a choice
SirZapdos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy must be a reference to Farrel's Zealot, with the suffix il-Vec a reference to a few creatures from the Rath block. This guy's good though, shadow means he's almost always unblockable, so every turn you can take out a creature with one toughness, or maybe a creature with one toughness left, like a Baneslayer Angel that got roasted by your Flametongue Kavu.
RunedServitor
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Sir, your dart has breached the sound barrier.
It's epic when evasion abilities get really old and almost no-one uses them anymore, because then those that do always get through. Shadow is going that direction, whereas Horsemanship basically equals unblockable nowadays.
Every card in Time Spiral was a throwback to at least one previously printed card.
This card references Farrel's Zealot as well as Soltari Guerillas. During Tempest block, on the plane of Rath, the Vec were one of the tribes of corporeal beings waging a rebellion against the Phyrexian dictator, Volrath. When the entire plane was overlaid onto Dominaria during Planeshift, all the corporeal tribes were forced into a shadowy aether-world, demonstrated by the Vec, Kor, and Dal all having shadow in Time Spiral block.
ThatStunna
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you're running monowhite, you could also use Icatian Javelineers for one shot.
As for Soltari Guerrillas, I won't mark a card down for being outmatched by a more expensive gold card.
Taudisban
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Any cool effects are completely overSHADOWed by the fact that you paid three mana for a 1/1.
get it?
Fadingstar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I completely understand the low rating of this card due to its cost and power. However, in my Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero EDH deck, this guy is an all-star. Being essentially unblockable and dealing direct damage to creatures isn't something you see that often in white, so the 3 cmc seems a bit more "fair" from that perspective. As mentioned before, his utility is realized when equipped with anything granting deathtouch (Gorgon Flail, Basilisk Collar).
Though looking at the art I like to think he's throwing a Quietus Spike at someone. In my deck he usually is.
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This card is SOLID in white. The only types of cards they have that ping rely on hitting attacking or blocking creatures... Except this guy, who has great evasion, and deals his redirect damage even before first strike. This is good in white beat down if it relies on creatures. It deals direct damage to any enemy creatures your opponent controls, and they can't protect important little guys by not attacking or blocking with them (as they can with other white cards). NO-ONE IS SAFE!
Strangly, this card has aged well. Since shadow isn't very common anymore, these guys will likely always go unblocked, and give you a way to block enemy shadow creatures. And if your opponent manages to block your Zealot...?
One last thing before I finally go away; I love the flavor with the art. It's really cool how you can see that he is in the shadow realm, but he throws his dagger thing and it like *poof* enters the real world with a shock wave and goes into someone's jugular. AWESOME.
So he is basically a white pinger with a few restrictions instead of just tapping... That is really pretty good. 4/5 from me.
I use 4 of these in my rebel deck because shadow is just disgusting when combined with Mirror Entity. Plus in an emergency you could just ping a 1 toughness creature to death, or kill one if you equip the Zealot with Basilisk Collar.
Don't underestimate shadow, especially when you're dealing with rebels + Mirror Entity. (You can search for Mirror Entity using any of the rebel searchers if it hasn't become clear yet... Blightspeaker and Amrou Scout for example.)
It's epic when evasion abilities get really old and almost no-one uses them anymore, because then those that do always get through. Shadow is going that direction, whereas Horsemanship basically equals unblockable nowadays.
This card references Farrel's Zealot as well as Soltari Guerillas. During Tempest block, on the plane of Rath, the Vec were one of the tribes of corporeal beings waging a rebellion against the Phyrexian dictator, Volrath. When the entire plane was overlaid onto Dominaria during Planeshift, all the corporeal tribes were forced into a shadowy aether-world, demonstrated by the Vec, Kor, and Dal all having shadow in Time Spiral block.
As for Soltari Guerrillas, I won't mark a card down for being outmatched by a more expensive gold card.
get it?
Though looking at the art I like to think he's throwing a Quietus Spike at someone. In my deck he usually is.