Ironically, he's not an Elder, but he's now a Dragon without Flying?
Mr_Hendry
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
What is the significance of the eratta that says he does not count as a defender when he attacks?
doolydooly
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Mr_Hendry: He is a creature with Defender until he blocks once, then he loses Defender. The use of the Defender keyword prevents him from attacking until he has blocked at least once.
Dr.Pingas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Sir_Bruce, he's a Dragon because he has wings, although they're buried by sand and, as noted by his lack of flying, none too useful. The "Elder" creature type is reserved ONLY for the 5 Elder Dragon Legends, and I don't believe it will ever be used as an effective type again unless it's to portray beings of similar power(although, you caught me, the guys themselves aren't that great these days, bar the Nicol Bolas lulwalker)
TPmanW
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
He might not be a true elder dragon but maybe he's the first generation of wurm? Anyway hope they revisit the idea.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Needs flying and to cost WW1 less or so, that way it will keep opponents from attacking, and you get a fatty...another cool way is to make it a 0/7, then get +7/+0 when it loses defender
land_comment
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
If it were 2 white less it would be playable. Or less.
Pontiac
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Sleepy....ZzzZzzZzzz......
TheSwarm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I like the flavor?
PlanesMoyza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love the flavor, love the art, love the flavor text, hate the card.
Jannissary
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
For 7 mana you get a 5/5. With Trample and (wait for it) Defender.
For its time it was probably fine, but I'm gonna need to see a little more before I get excited.
longwinded
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Dr. Pingas, Actually, this card is just conceived as just a white wurm. The dragon bit comes only from the flavor text, "let sleeping dragons lie." He's an elder because he's been asleep long enough for earth to pile up around him. (A a side note: If players today can easily accept that Island of Wak-Wak isn't an Island just because it has the word in the name, then they can accept that sometimes words are just meant to be descri ptive. We don't need to be conferring special, cycle subtypes on every Elder, Praetor, and Bringer.)
monkeymonk42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If they added flying or even replaced trample with it i'd like this card.
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card belongs in a museum!!
Nagoragama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite arts, but unfortunately the card is just not playable.
Technetium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A 5/5 trample with no penalties would still be overcosted at 4WWW.
Phelplan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is the type of card I would actually like to see get remade - not all of the spells that are great in the first place and then get a "strictly better" counterpart. In fact, everything about him could remain the same except the casting cost. Someone mentioned 1WWW. That seems perfect. They could rename it: Resting Dune Dragon. Too bad they can't re-use the art. Or can they? (He could cost 3WW if he gained flying upon losing defender too.)
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wizards, I admit that he's not as amazing as the other Elder Dragons like Nicol Bolas, but I still think you should make it an Elder Dragon Wurm, having "Elder" in its name and all.
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Anyway hope they revisit the idea.
For its time it was probably fine, but I'm gonna need to see a little more before I get excited.
Actually, this card is just conceived as just a white wurm. The dragon bit comes only from the flavor text, "let sleeping dragons lie." He's an elder because he's been asleep long enough for earth to pile up around him. (A a side note: If players today can easily accept that Island of Wak-Wak isn't an Island just because it has the word in the name, then they can accept that sometimes words are just meant to be descri ptive. We don't need to be conferring special, cycle subtypes on every Elder, Praetor, and Bringer.)
In fact, everything about him could remain the same except the casting cost. Someone mentioned 1WWW. That seems perfect. They could rename it: Resting Dune Dragon.
Too bad they can't re-use the art. Or can they?
(He could cost 3WW if he gained flying upon losing defender too.)
but I still think you should make it an Elder Dragon Wurm, having "Elder" in its name and all.