Pointed Discussion

i know flying is rather part of blues color pie, but compared to Wind Dancer, or actually in general anyways, this creature is hightly overcosted.

Terrible card, fantastic artwork. The artwork for this card is even more colorful and detailed in Shandalar.

I don't see why we're massively giving this a 1/5. In the days of legends, this was just a very decent card, as it was usual for things that broke the color pie to be rare. Green flyers probably would kick a damn lotta ass.

Dark_Raider has it right, this card costs a lot, but it gives mono-green access to Flying, which is very rare...Although, given that, with the activation cost, it probably could have costed ...

Canopy Dragon, Uktabi Drake, Flailing Drake, Bounteous Kirin, Ifh-Bíff Efreet, Jugan, the Rising Star, Killer Bees, Kyscu Drake, and Leaping Lizard. These are the only mono green fliers aside from the 1/1 and 0/1 chumps, and only a couple of them are anywhere near playable. So yea, being able to give a Leatherback Baloth flying has its uses. Does cost way too much though, and if it actually starts to affect the game, is very easily removed.

Might have worked online in Masters Edition III to go with the Faerie sub-theme and make a big gold fattie evasive.

If you want flying for a green fatty in a mono green deck I would recommend Neurok Hoversail or one of the couple other equipment cards that grant flying.

Oh look its Tinkerbell being needy as always

At least I understand why this card is overcosted - green is not supposed to fly. That being said, 9 times out of 10, overpriced, out of color abilities don't see play. They didn't understand that back then.

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I don't see why we're massively giving this a 1/5. In the days of legends, this was just a very decent card, as it was usual for things that broke the color pie to be rare. Green flyers probably would kick a damn lotta ass.

True... but we can also all agree that, today, nobody would ever seriously play this card. Hence the 1/5 ratings. To rate this card for what it was back in the day would be total nonsense and the rating system would mean nothing.

Everyone rates cards based on their knowledge of the game. This card is overcosted and has a ho-hum ability by current standards especially considering green today makes heavy use of trample and does not need for their "fatties" to fly.