its not so much that i hate noggles, or the idea of noggles but why are they R/U. The red makes sense sort of. Also whats the difference between a noggle and a puca?
iandustrial
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
R.I.P. Bill Hicks
John-Bender
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Ugh. I love Noggle cards but why couldn't there have been more? Also only half of the Noggle cards are good to where I would use them in a deck.
Vinifera7
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(5 votes)
What is the point of this? I hate Noggles.
majinara
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
The ability can be turned into your advantage actually. Examples?
1) if you played no land this turn and have none on hand, play this guy, return a land, replay the land, and it basically costed one mana less. 2) Landfall. Bounce a land, replay it and trigger landfall stuff again. 3) Lands with charges that you used up, or with come-into-play abilities. 4) For cards that care about your handcount, since you can play this guy and keep the same handsize. 5) For stuff like seismic assault to get new ammunition.
It's not great but playable. 4/3 for four mana with a slight advantage in the right deck is nice. 3.5/5
jugglingguy
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This is the lowest rated card I have seen in a while...
With Landfall this isn't as terrible as it was before Zendikar.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Only useful if looked at as a blue creature.
Zoah
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Playable... and so is not trash...
I could see a combo with this. In a land fall deck.
Base rating: *** Off manna vs stats -* As for the ability... semi awkward, but it's usable: +*
Surprisingly, by my own rubric, this card gets: ***
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
the flavor text is really unoriginal...
Tiggurix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Definitely underrated. It's not fantastic, but playable, and the right deck (hint: use landfall) can make good use of it.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
*grumble grumble*
Given the precedent set by things like Lowland Giant and this card's drawback, I feel they easily could have dropped the price by 1 to make this guy way more interesting.
iSlapTrees
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Attention restaurant customers: Break a leg. That is all.
-P.G.
Rotary_Fist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Ad Majinara: There is actually another use for his ability: 6) Use the bounced land for Retrace - see Flame Jab and others.
Hoonster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This seems to be less broken version of Sea Drake. Wizards gave it same p/t and same returning land effect. Sea Drake is powerful in a sense that a player can play City of Traitors and a Mox to cast it in first turn. 4/3 flying FIRST TURN is very aggressive for mono blue and scary since blue can easily gain card advantage like Standstill. (Imagine first turn 4/3 flyer and second turn Standstill . . ) Of course, Wizards basically nerfed it so badly that it almost seems unusable.
Paleopaladin
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Rated way, way too low! This guy is efficient, flexible, has combo potential like majinara pointed out and, best of all, it's a common! For being a common, definitely is a 4/5. If I had been playing limited during this block, I would have definitely always been happy to see him!
Potentially useful, mostly just a pain in the rear. If you haven't played a land yet this turn, he basically reduces his own cost by 1, and any land with an etb effect becomes more usable. But he needs to be built around a bit.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In-block use: Re-uses lands with the Hideaway ability.
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1) if you played no land this turn and have none on hand, play this guy, return a land, replay the land, and it basically costed one mana less.
2) Landfall. Bounce a land, replay it and trigger landfall stuff again.
3) Lands with charges that you used up, or with come-into-play abilities.
4) For cards that care about your handcount, since you can play this guy and keep the same handsize.
5) For stuff like seismic assault to get new ammunition.
It's not great but playable. 4/3 for four mana with a slight advantage in the right deck is nice. 3.5/5
With Landfall this isn't as terrible as it was before Zendikar.
I could see a combo with this. In a land fall deck.
Base rating: ***
Off manna vs stats -*
As for the ability... semi awkward, but it's usable: +*
Surprisingly, by my own rubric, this card gets: ***
Given the precedent set by things like Lowland Giant and this card's drawback, I feel they easily could have dropped the price by 1 to make this guy way more interesting.
-P.G.
6) Use the bounced land for Retrace - see Flame Jab and others.
Wizards gave it same p/t and same returning land effect.
Sea Drake is powerful in a sense that a player can play City of Traitors and a Mox to cast it in first turn. 4/3 flying FIRST TURN is very aggressive for mono blue and scary since blue can easily gain card advantage like Standstill.
(Imagine first turn 4/3 flyer and second turn Standstill . . )
Of course, Wizards basically nerfed it so badly that it almost seems unusable.