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Great Defender

Multiverse ID: 1614

Great Defender

Comments (12)

Guest57443454
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0) (3 votes)
Mrredhatter is right, although it could serve as some weird pump spell for a Doran deck...
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (2 votes)
This card's art is confusing (like a lot of Legends art). Why is there a merfolk on a White card?
faisjdas
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
You guys have no idea what you're talking about. He's a "great" defender, it says so right in his name! How could you not run a "great" card?
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Well... more like "Pretty good Defender."

Maybe even "Moderately so-so Defender."
Tynansdtm
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
In most cases I'd rather play a Righteousness.
Gabriel422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
...and gains Defender.
TreeTrunkMaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only good use I can think would be in a deck that runs Doran, the Siege Tower, then this could be quite useful to pump an unblocked attacker.
dlgn
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (1 vote)
What a great defender!
Avorna
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ironically, the biggest creatures are the ones that need the least protection from burn and combat damage.

As for the art, it wasn't til I noticed the hammerhead shark in the background and the bubbles coming out of the merfolk's mouth that I realized the entire thing is underwater. Decidedly un-white. I get the feeling Wizards used to just commission a big pile of generic fantasy art, and then match it up to whatever seemed like it might fit.
idrinkyourmilkshake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Talrand drops back to pass..."
gurok2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This sounds like a term Scornful Egotist would use to describe himself.