This lil guy is great, his protection from 3+ cmc might not seem like anything too spetcacular but if you think about it, that probably encompases over 70% of cards printed in Magic. The lifelink is just a nifty bonus. =)
bhunji42
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(12 votes)
That seems like a really weird 'protection from' ability.
At least the almighty Storm Crow can still take care of this.
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Personally, I think this almost perfectly embodies white's philosophy of picking people apart with tiny, efficient creatures. This is tiny, and it gains you a little bit of life while dodging around anything with a CMC of 3 or greater, which like said above is a huge majority of cards in Magic. His only drawback is his low P/T, but that's easily fixed in any deck that works with these kinds of creatures, a few of which are Honor of the Pure, Light From Within, and Glorious Anthem. If you can get a group of these powered up enough, I'm pretty confident that the game will shortly be yours.
sorry Stoleti but this guy isn't protected from Wrath Of God effects like
Stoleti
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
"It also can't be targeted by abilities from sources with converted mana cost 3 or greater. - All damage that would be dealt to Mistmeadow Skulk by sources with converted mana cost 3 or greater is prevented."
does that mean, he would survive a scourglass? scourglass is a card with cmc 5, but its effect does not target anything and it does not deal damage. im almost sure scourglass does not destroy it, but id like to have that confirmed
edit: ok so he can be affected but not targeted by cards with cmc 3+
thanksalot
RowanKeltizar
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm liking the rogue creature type more and more...
SoulShatterer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I like the Flavor text pontificating how paranoid the Kithkin in Shadowmoor are, its too small for the "Protection from 3CMC or greater" to be a big deal.
More annoying than you might think in EDH, a format where almost everything has a high casting cost. Sure, it probably won't kill you in that format, either, but you'll be surprised just how many of your cards can't do anything to it.
An interesting protection.
It has protection from abilities from sources who have a CMC of 3 or greater.
But not from abilities that cost more than 2, and the source has CMC of 1 or 2
Fanaticmogg
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I'm pretty sure that, due to the rules regarding Trample, blocking Ball Lightning with this guy would result in the full damage trampling over to you. Sure, you gain 1 back, but that's still 5 to the face.
TPmanW
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love this little guy. A lifelinking, semi-shrouded creature is nothing to laugh at in a good weenie deck. It does the typical weenie thing early game and it stops their fatties in their tracks late game. Not to mention he's a great way to sneak in some damage (and lifegain) if you pump him up.
In practice, this is very much a defensive card. It might stop someone from charging through with a big critter, but there is almost always something on the far side of the board to block it unless you have played a board sweeper. It will keep your small en-kor alive thorough the above spells though. It would be interesting to see a critter that has pro-cmc 3 or less, since you would feel less bad about dropping it on the second turn.
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At least the almighty Storm Crow can still take care of this.
does that mean, he would survive a scourglass? scourglass is a card with cmc 5, but its effect does not target anything and it does not deal damage. im almost sure scourglass does not destroy it, but id like to have that confirmed
put this guy into a deck together with concerted effort and maybe an oversoul of dusk, akroma or baneslayer angel. i like him
edit: ok so he can be affected but not targeted by cards with cmc 3+
thanksalot
It has protection from abilities from sources who have a CMC of 3 or greater.
But not from abilities that cost more than 2, and the source has CMC of 1 or 2
A lifelinking, semi-shrouded creature is nothing to laugh at in a good weenie deck. It does the typical weenie thing early game and it stops their fatties in their tracks late game. Not to mention he's a great way to sneak in some damage (and lifegain) if you pump him up.
Almost made my Sigil Captain deck worth playing where he often hit the board as a 3/3. Concerted effort also helps.
If you cared enough, you could splash other colors for a donate/bazaar trader and the leeches to hand them over to opponents to *** them off.
It would synergize with other kithkin but too convulated to be anything but casual.
Emrakul doesn't have Trample.
Chain Reaction, Blasphemous Act
Pyrohemia, Pestilence
Earthquake (most of the time), Faultline
In practice, this is very much a defensive card. It might stop someone from charging through with a big critter, but there is almost always something on the far side of the board to block it unless you have played a board sweeper. It will keep your small en-kor alive thorough the above spells though.
It would be interesting to see a critter that has pro-cmc 3 or less, since you would feel less bad about dropping it on the second turn.
yeah that's about it