Good cost for creature, but it would only serve well in a specialized defender deck. Works great with Stoic Ephemeras, though, as it transforms that into a flying 5/5 attacker for 3 mana.
noarms
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
great card you can make an awesome creature into an even better one with flying
ValenRakdos
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Wall deck + Doran!
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
If you're gonna use this you might as well have Rolling Stones... which they should really errata for Defender I think. Without the errata you are stuck with walls with that one.
supershawn
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
read rolling stones better... it says WALL creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender...
EvilCleavage
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
My prediction of this card is that it's going to be used a lot more with Rise of the Eldrazi coming out in the next week and a half! The whole theme is defender, and they're gonna need something to help them attack! Or maybe R&D already took care of that in the set. Who knows. But personally, I think this is going to really kick *** in Rise.
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Tech for Defender decks if they take off.
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This would be great...If your walls have power. It's not a bad card, though, even if you don't have any other defenders. Little bit of mana-investment mid-game can really steamroll over whatever flying blockers your opponents have yet.
land_comment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooran!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of SSSSSTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEE!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
JRE47
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
For those of us without Doran, there's still plenty of potential with this guy and defenders like Sunweb, Wall of Swords, and Plumeveil, or the likes of Phantasmal Abomination and Rage Nimbus if you want to expand beyond mono-white. Especially mean with Stoic Ephemera, who's SO much better if you don't have to waste it on blocking.
This card is well worth building a deck around, even if you can't get your hands on the almighty Siege Tower.
TPmanW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Almost surprised this didn't show up again in Eldrazi.
I'm surprised they didn't make a Gargoyle set yet... All of them should have Defender, and an Ability that makes them Loss defender. Heck, they had a PERFECT chance to make Gargoyles in Innistrad, but ended up only making 3 tempo Gargoyle cards... Oh well, I'll be looking for more Gargoyle cards to make a Gargoyle deck, but this will be a staple card for a Gargoyle set when it comes out....
PLEASE MAKE MORE GARGOYLE ARCTYPES WIZARDS!!!!
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Useful because Death By Defender is the ultimate humiliation beatdown.
Comments (18)
It's not a bad card, though, even if you don't have any other defenders. Little bit of mana-investment mid-game can really steamroll over whatever flying blockers your opponents have yet.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of SSSSSTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEE!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
This card is well worth building a deck around, even if you can't get your hands on the almighty Siege Tower.
What? Practicality? Shush.
PLEASE MAKE MORE GARGOYLE ARCTYPES WIZARDS!!!!
Pairings worth considering: Illusionary Wall and Phantasmal Abomination both get buffs from Lord of the Unreal, and Plumeveil would fit a