Cute, some sort of white Wood Elves. Cards like Tithe or Gift of Estates already show that white has some skill in fetching at least Planes, yet this is the very first creature to do so.
And of course, in Landfallen Zendikar, it's even better.
Worse than Borderland Ranger and Civic Wayfinder? I fail to see how as unless you have cards such as Elvish Pioneer you will be unable to put the found card into play along with another land.
ClowWizardEriol
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Keep in mind that fetching land is not really white's flavor, which is why most of the cards that allow it to draw Plains either require your opponent to have more land on the battlefield than you or only put Plains into your hand. This card puts a tapped Plains into the battlefield. This is a significant effect for white, which I believe is why the card costs more to cast than some of green creatures that do the same thing.
Rainyday2012
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The best comparison in Standard is Knight of the White Orchid. Half the cmc, fetches untapped, has first strike. The only real downsides are conditional fetching and its non-Kor creature types. Still not a bad card, and definitely not strictly worse than Borderland Ranger, like people seem to think. It seems Wizards are pushing mana acc in white, and why not?
Dingo777
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this is a nice card, especially if you are doing a white weenie, this can both pump out another land and make a chump block, and in draft, this + landbind ritual + Emeria Sky Ruin, lots of life and you can revive this guy after a chump block, and it will also help to thin out the lands, 4/5 only missing 1 because of the 4 cost, it is a bit high, but it is still a nice piece
FogRaider
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is a green card that somehow got printed as white. Not like it will break the game or anything, but isn't that pushing separation of colors a bit too far? What's to stop them from printing a red counterspell, or a green bounce?
Maybe I'm over reacting, but I don't like this card.
Duffey
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
while it is one more expensive to play the difference is that it goes onto the battlefield rather than ur hand which would allow for some landfall cards to get its abilty twice rather than just once from a single land play a turn
PaladinOfSunhome
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
A standard land fetch.
2.5
Phantazum
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Few appreciate this card but the battle turns significantly in your favor when you play it. Thins your deck and puts you ahead on land next turn. Feeds Emeria and when it comes back it feeds it some more. Its mana acceleration that also gives you a chump blocker that you will be far to eager to let die. It is card advantage for a white deck. Comparing this to cards from a color who specializes in mana acceleration is just ridiculous.
EternalLurker
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Eh, wouldn't've been broken (at least compared to the rest of White's stupidity) at 2W instead of 3W. As-is, completely overshadowed by Knight of the White Orchid and Weathered Wayfarer and the like. Being a Kor may nice, but its Scout subtype is less relevant than those of the other two.
darkfury
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
loophole:
since you do not have to find the plains card, you may look at your current shuffle, and if you like it, keep it that way and not find a land. this is because of how the clause for the shuffling works, as it will only trigger if you put a plains into play.
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@darkfury: No. The shuffling happens if you search your library for a Plains, not as a react to putting the Plains into play.
Tommy9898
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I thought it was bad, but it grew on me. I like how, unlike the knight of the white orchid, the ability always works, yeah it is expensive but it works in the right deck. as for borderland ranger comparison, they are just different enough to make it hard to compare. Borderland puts a land in your hand and cartographer puts it into play, I mean, battlefield. Wood elves put it into play but cartographer is bigger. It may not be amazingly good but in a slow mono white deck, it can speeds things up. Not to mention emeria, the sky ruin
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
very close to being strictly worse than Solemn simulacrum, but fetches Ravnica lands
achilleselbow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Compare to Ondu Giant, which costs the same, has two more toughness, and allows you to choose any basic land.
Gaussgoat
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not bad, some white fetch in a set that features a lot of landfall. Nothing to write home about, but not terrible either.
2.5/5
Blackworm_Bloodworm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ZEvilMustache: It's not worse at all. This creature actually puts the land you searched for onto the battlefield. And I'm sure white needs land fetching much more than green does, obviously.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't like this card just becase he really sucks in white weenie. By the time you have four mana, your already gonna be dishing it out, or getting whooped on, and you don't need a ton more mana. I'd rather play a Ranger of Eos or Elspeth on turn 4. Not this guy.
iSlapTrees
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
is this a she or a he? O.o
the face and hand suggests of a man, but the clothing suggests another (especially the chest area and leggings)
MarlinFlake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a good balanced card in white. Because of its casting cost, it's not going to give you any early game advantage (unlike the green land fetch cards). But it can get you one turn closer to getting your Serra Angel or Baneslayer Angel out. And late game it can help you thin out your deck (so you're more likely to draw useful cards) and help boost Armored Ascension or other plains-dependent cards.
I like it.
MacBizzle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ITT: Overly-aggro green players harassing idealistic white players and not acknowledging a violation of the color pie for what it really is.
Ehhh... I guess it is mana-ramp for white which is rare and this one puts it into play which is good. Sorta like a Grizzly Bear and a Rampant Growth fused together and turned white. Not too bad. 2.5/5
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very close to being worse than Sad Robot, but fetches Ravnica and Alpha lands and gets a nice buff from Armament Master.
Comments (29)
Cards like Tithe or Gift of Estates already show that white has some skill in fetching at least Planes, yet this is the very first creature to do so.
And of course, in Landfallen Zendikar, it's even better.
Maybe I'm over reacting, but I don't like this card.
2.5
since you do not have to find the plains card, you may look at your current shuffle, and if you like it, keep it that way and not find a land. this is because of how the clause for the shuffling works, as it will only trigger if you put a plains into play.
as for borderland ranger comparison, they are just different enough to make it hard to compare. Borderland puts a land in your hand and cartographer puts it into play, I mean, battlefield.
Wood elves put it into play but cartographer is bigger.
It may not be amazingly good but in a slow mono white deck, it can speeds things up. Not to mention
emeria, the sky ruin
2.5/5
the face and hand suggests of a man, but the clothing suggests another (especially the chest area and leggings)
I like it.
@FogRaider:
There are red counterspells. Has it occurred to anyone yet that Red Elemental Blast/Pyroblast will counter a Counterspell, at half the cost? Also, Artifact Blast, Burnout, Mages' Contest, Molten Influence... ET CETERA.