Two words of card text, sixty of reminder text. Time Stop, you just got one-upped.
Velish_Mal
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
cool flavor
davidhuman
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(11 votes)
beautiful art, lame card. not unuseful, just not powerful or fun.
ZEvilMustache
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Played with a bunch of small white exalted creatures, this really sets up a huge turn 3 attacker. I like it.
alman
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
This card rocks! Simple yet elegant. Can bring a Meddling Mage at turn two with this one. Not to mention all those sick 1-2cc. Good job Wizards.
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(11 votes)
This card is a design nightmare.
- There is absolutely no reason for the mana cost => why blue? why multicolored?
- There is no reason for the card type => This could have been a normal GW creature
- There is nearly no useful game situation for this card = this card is clearly underpowered
Even if this card could bring a Meddling Mage, that creature wouldn need exalted. For me, this card is just another failure.
SavageBrain89
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Its not necessarrily a bad card, it just needs to be played in the right type of decks.
lolbrolol
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(7 votes)
2.5 stars. I really enjoy cascade, but putting it on subpar cards is making cascade much less appealing. Having exalted is decent in places like limited, but this card doesn't do much of anything in constructed. The cascade effect is really good but at the cost of having a card in your deck that is really subpar for the mana cost. And past turn 3, why would you want to topdeck this card? By then, you are usually going to want to attack with more than one creature, and the cascade benefit will be minimal. Cascade should be stuck on cards that do more, in my opinion.
Zeranox
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(6 votes)
I don't like anything about this card but the art. It's not even a question about whether the card is good or not for me (it plays reasonably well in limited). I really dislike the look of two separate reminder texts. They should have combined them both after placing both keywords, especially because they did it on the landcyclers in this same set. Apart from that it feels too much like a card that just has cascade, because if you wanted to play more exalted in your deck you would likely be better off just running another creature that has it, rather than taking a chance at which card you might pull up.
True_Mumin
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Is that Leia in the artwork?
Iiory
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
well it can get you Path of exile when u need it but still there are better fhings that u can put in your deck
thaviel
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Love the artwork. another wonder by chippy.
yojimbojones
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Why are people bashing this so hard? First turn Noble Hierarch 2nd turn Ardent Plea cascades into some exaulted creature, maybe Qasali Pridemage ? 3rd turn Rafiq of the Many and swing with your 6/6 double striker.
jiggilymeow
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(9 votes)
Turn one Noble Hierarch. Turn two Ardent Plea to fetch another Hierarch or Qasali Pridemage. Turn three you have enough mana to play Rafiq of the Many, and you can attack for +4 exalted and doublestrike (10-12dmg), or play Finest Hour and attack the next turn if you fetched another Hierarch.
The point is that in the first couple of turns, Ardent Plea does its job very well.
Th3_Dark_On3
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
you see, you could put this in some kind of deck with only one 2 or less cc card in it (I'm looking at you, Hypergenesis) which you always cascade into for a win. I've played against two decks like that.
Authw8
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I think this card is underrated because too many people use it in the wrong kind of deck. It's useless in a cascade deck, but in an exalted deck it seems like a much better pick. This can fairly consistently give you two extra exalted bonuses in a single turn, and using only one draw. There aren't too many, if any, other ways to accomplish both of those effects, and each can be extremely useful.
Gezus82
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I love this card in my exalted deck, it's not even a question of what Its gonna pull up, wither a meddling mage or another exalted creature
EnV
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Exalted should have been like, gets +1/+1 for of its colors.
BelloAbril
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Elegant card, very well designed, this cards itself makes my cascading land control deck possible, very balanced in my opinion and that's good, thanks wizards for making such a good job on this one. We want this kind of cards, not broken baneslayer angels and lotus cobras.
silenthorror
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is an all around decent card, but bant has so many better options on turn 2 and 3. Rhox War Monk, or anyone one of the the games 2 drops. I'd much rather have an extra creature in my deck over an enchantment that just gives exalted. When ur playing bant people are going to go nuts with removal, and u have to be able to push through that.
Turn one Hierarch Turn Two Rhox Turn Three Rafiq Turn 4 Elspeth or Finest Hour
Or on Turn three have anyone of the following options Sigiled Paladin Deft Dualist Jehessian Infiltrator All of them help u land damage that much faster and don't think out your deck, plus the first strikers kill off ur opponent's creatures.
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I really like this card. Outside of an exalted deck, it's obviously useless, but cascading into a Qasali Pridemage, Aven Squire, or Sigiled Paladin is awesome. I just love cascade, period, and this card works for me just fine.
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm running a casual B/W exalted flying deck, and Ardent Plea is excelent for finding Esper Stormblades and Ethercaste Knights, or even just Akrasan Squires.
Ardent Plea is fairly fast, and that it does things that can actually matter. Exalted is a strong mechanic, especially when you have 4 permanents with exalted on the battlefield. My point is, that an Ardent Plea cascading into something as weak as an Akrasan Squire still results in your attacking creature getting +2/+2, which in general terms translates to: my Grizzly Bears can trade with your Woolly Thoctar when attacking.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Flips into any number of amazing one and two drops, of which there are many, and buffs them too. Nothing wrong with that, especially since it's in weenie colors. Not quite the ugly elf, but it doesn't have to be.
So underrated. It gives exalted decks such a boost early game and even later it might fetch you 2x exalted abilities for a fair cost.
I, for one, love it.
rawsugar
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
lol ppl are crazy to not give this 5/5 - its a must in any exalted deck
Jannissary
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Wish they'd get rid of that awful reminder text.
Either way, what we have here is a mediocre cascade card that gives a very conditional +1/+1 to a single creature, which won't win any games, and cascade for 3, which won't win any games.
I'd pass, personally, but I bet it was a bomb in Limited.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Exalted and a free 2- or 1- drop in an Exalted deck is nothing to scoff at. It thins out your library, too, and even late game, in Bant, those weenies add up.
swords_to_exile
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
People who underestimate this card, here is why it's good.
Exalted decks thrived of sending in small creatures early before the opponent had board position, and if you got an exalted creature out turn 1 with Hierarch, you could hit this turn 2. That means that turn 3, the absolute lowest you're swinging for is 2, but likely 5, since you could hit a Qasali Pridemage with this. Once the exalted deck dropped a Rhox War Monk, the lifegain coupled with the exalted put them too far ahead to be caught in a race. Lifelink also stacked at that point in time, so if they dropped a Battlegrace Angel, things got crazy quickly, not to mention Rafiq.
The deck wasn't quite as strong in standard due to the stupid power of jund, but it was very threatening in limited or in semi-competitive.
gatherer132
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's not useful considering almost every other card in the Alara Reborn set has at least one of these abilities.
LordRandomness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For a fun time, ensure that everything below the Plea is either a two-cost spell with Cascade, or Ancestral Recall.
DivineNocturnus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't think its game changing enough to warrant a slot in a exalted deck.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"No, Elspeth, you may not have another cookie until you defeat Phyrexia."
Also, does anyone remember the Ardent Plea into Spreading Seas deck?
TitansFTW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My Bant Exalted deck loves this card. It's great in the early game for grabbing little Exalted creatures such as Qasali Pridemage and Aven Squire. It's great in the later game (turn 4) for grabbing a Spirit Mantle or Rancor to make sure my Rafiq gets through. Plus, it deals that little bit more damage that makes all the difference. Basically just a great card overall.
phidius53
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How good does this combo with cards with "Storm"? Begin rejoicing.
Comments (38)
- There is absolutely no reason for the mana cost => why blue? why multicolored?
- There is no reason for the card type => This could have been a normal GW creature
- There is nearly no useful game situation for this card = this card is clearly underpowered
Even if this card could bring a Meddling Mage, that creature wouldn need exalted. For me, this card is just another failure.
2nd turn Ardent Plea cascades into some exaulted creature, maybe Qasali Pridemage ?
3rd turn Rafiq of the Many and swing with your 6/6 double striker.
The point is that in the first couple of turns, Ardent Plea does its job very well.
Turn one Hierarch
Turn Two Rhox
Turn Three Rafiq
Turn 4 Elspeth or Finest Hour
Or on Turn three have anyone of the following options
Sigiled Paladin
Deft Dualist
Jehessian Infiltrator
All of them help u land damage that much faster and don't think out your deck, plus the first strikers kill off ur opponent's creatures.
Ardent Plea is fairly fast, and that it does things that can actually matter. Exalted is a strong mechanic, especially when you have 4 permanents with exalted on the battlefield. My point is, that an Ardent Plea cascading into something as weak as an Akrasan Squire still results in your attacking creature getting +2/+2, which in general terms translates to: my Grizzly Bears can trade with your Woolly Thoctar when attacking.
I, for one, love it.
Either way, what we have here is a mediocre cascade card that gives a very conditional +1/+1 to a single creature, which won't win any games, and cascade for 3, which won't win any games.
I'd pass, personally, but I bet it was a bomb in Limited.
Exalted decks thrived of sending in small creatures early before the opponent had board position, and if you got an exalted creature out turn 1 with Hierarch, you could hit this turn 2. That means that turn 3, the absolute lowest you're swinging for is 2, but likely 5, since you could hit a Qasali Pridemage with this.
Once the exalted deck dropped a Rhox War Monk, the lifegain coupled with the exalted put them too far ahead to be caught in a race. Lifelink also stacked at that point in time, so if they dropped a Battlegrace Angel, things got crazy quickly, not to mention Rafiq.
The deck wasn't quite as strong in standard due to the stupid power of jund, but it was very threatening in limited or in semi-competitive.
Also, does anyone remember the Ardent Plea into Spreading Seas deck?