it's just to costly to ever compare to it's ranger cousin.
GradiustheFox
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(19 votes)
Kind of a disjunction between the flavor and the effect. Makes me wonder if treefolk are 'fond of' kithkin the same way I'm fond of tuna salad.
brunsbr103
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Before I had heard of the cloudgoat ranger, I played this guy in one of my decks. He was pretty devastating, so when I heard that there was a variation that cost two less, i just about shouted out powercreep right then and there.
JacksonRex
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
7 green mana gets you so much more than this
MrBarrelRoll
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Makes me glad the white tribe for Lorwyn was Kithkin instead of Human... otherwise the cost to activate that ability would just be creepy.
Tiggurix
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
@MrBarrelRoll: It's still pretty creepy though, as the kithkin are rather humanlike and sympathetic. On top of that, what kind of ***-poor guardian decides to eat (or whatever other horrible thing it is he's doing to them) his own charges?
metalevolence
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
OM NOM NOM DELICIOUS KITHKIN
VampireCat
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
7 mana isn't worth it for a Leatherback Baloth tied to a (slightly better) Raise the Alarm. It would have been good at 5 and playable at 6.
PeabodyET
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Makes me think of Treebeard carrying Merry and Pippin around.
TDL
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@PeabodyET ... And then eating them, right?
Axelle
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@MrBarrelRoll: You think this is creepy? You should see Dark Ascension.
Vividice
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Grotesque flavor or bad design. Possibly both.
BegleOne
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Silly R&D.
This should say, "{T} a kithkin you control: You gain 1 life."
Then it'd line up with the casting cost some, and not have the flavor failure.
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... And then eating them, right?
Possibly both.
This should say, "{T} a kithkin you control: You gain 1 life."
Then it'd line up with the casting cost some, and not have the flavor failure.