But seriously, there are many cards to be more concerned about power creep then this guy. Is it a strong card? Certainly, but it's not game-breaking.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(6 votes)
HOLY MACKAREL
True_Mumin
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(14 votes)
*cough*powercreep*cough*
EDIT: Savannah Lions was a rare with useless creature type. This is an uncommon Soldier. If this ain't powercreep I don't know what it is. Yes, there are far more broken white cards in M10. And that's the real problem here.
Grimn777
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
5/5, clearly. However, I would prefer a 1/1 white soldier with first strike over this. In a white weenie meta full of buffs as easy as turn 2, the one extra power is not as amazing as it looks. However, first strike gives it the ability to not just trade with the opponent's 1 or 2 drop, but actually come out alive, ready to be buffed and fight for the cause. with the rhox pikemaster, first strike is a possibility, but that late in the game, these soldiers have been buffed so much that the first strike is a bit useless. Surprisingly enough, first strike is game changing in the first few turns, mediocre in mid game, then pivotal again at the end, where a double/triple block of a bomb by buffed first striking soldiers can destroy your opponent. nevertheless, best 1 drop for white weenie, hands down.
Mr_T_868
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(5 votes)
A soldier that can kill a bear? Awesome!
Iiory
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
hound of konda was sooooooooo cooooooooool
OutlawD1
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(5 votes)
yes M10 favored white...exile is the new creature removal...baneslayer....this should be rare...that only really effects the masochist that like draft :)
The art for this is not very good for what its trying to convay. feels like an odd old school ice age art
Laguz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Why is this good? Isn't it just going to kill its blocker and die, just like a 1/1 would?
Silverware
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
@ laguz
Sure, if you attacked with it when the opponent had a 1/1 blocker out it would die if they blocked.
But if they attack you with a 1/1 and you don't block your going to be dealing twice the damage they are. Also you have to take into account that soldiers are a very practical tribal type. Soldiers have a lot of synergy.
LeoKula
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Amazing how Wizard's been enjoying making old white rares into uncommons ... Serra Angel and now this...
Qazior
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
You can have a 2/1 for , then, add , it gets +1/+2 and finally, add so it gets +2/+1. All uncommon vanilla creatures. All almost too good
AbyssalManZero
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Soldiers, knights and angels... The absolute BEST creature types in WHITE these days it seems lol.
Though he don't have First Strike I still love the 2/1 soldier one drop! Means a white deck can be free one those weenie power= 1 creatures for when it matters! XD
jbeleren
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(3 votes)
God, this card is broken....
BelloAbril
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Erm, 1/1 first strike for one mana would be broken and ridiculously overpowered on aggro decks, why would you ask for that?
This is good as it is, there is one in my boros bushwhacker deck.
U-caster
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
man, this is pretty good. It would be even better if it had exalted, but, it doesn't. Still pretty good.
no_body
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
this was printed in the same set as Coral Merfolk and goblin piker, both 2cc 2/1. m10 really favored white.
With the recent buffs to soldiers, this is a veeerrry good 1 drop.
4.5/5
A3Kitsune
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
WotC should have reprinted Savannah Lions instead of making this guy. In older formats and casual, it basicly allows you to have 8 of one card, and that's something that shouldn't be with such a power card.
thezanet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Savannah Lions were the stuff in days past, but these guys rule in whole other ways.
1) Uncommon vs Rare, nice.
2) Soldier vs Lion, way better tribal type
Great card
EvilCleavage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Elite vanguard and vampire nighthawk totally remind me of each other. They are the definition of power creep in today's MTG. They are both part of two of the great tribes, and they both do just as well as each other in their environment.
Aun
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Well, at least not 1/2
Eved
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It makes sense, giving it a better creature type should... wait, it got a lower rarity!?! WTF WotC? Not that I mind though. (Savannah Lions)
nineyears
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
thanks for reprinting this in m2011 wizards, thank you. this card is awsome...
Ashamed
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I miss my Lion. :S
Anggul
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really don't understand why everyone else's 2/1 creatures were 2 CC, but this is 1, not to mention being a soldier.
It takes twice as long to kill an opponent with one tundra wolves than it does one elite vanguard
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
no_body you cant just go point at some of the worst cards from one color in a set and then point and some of the best card for a another in a set and say that it favor's one color. True_Mumin asmallcat has a point you cant point at alpha cards and say there is a power creep it was the first set ever and it had much more broken cards then this or even baneslayer. LeoKula was a uncommon to begin with then they made it a rare for some stupid reason they are Just undoing a mistake making it a uncommon again.
humor_love
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ sc*mbling1:
Discussing a card (or a trend of cards within a given time-frame) as evidence of Power Creep in the game is not discussing that card (or that trend of cards) in the context of a given block or T2 tournament only.
The point of talk about Power Creep is that later sets are distinctly and undeniably more powerful than cards from earlier sets.
If you were to take your cards from about the Onslaught/Invasion period up to the latest sets, and play against a person using only cards from before the Onslaught/Invasion period, the player with the new cards would win an overwhelming percentage of the time.
I've actually seen it happen. Two or three years ago, a friend of mine with some of the latest cards at the time played against me, while I was using cards that were almost entirely from around Ice Age through Tempest. I didn't stand a chance. No matter what deck of mine I played, there was basically no hope for me winning against his modern cards.
My point is not limited to my experience exclusively, but that ALL players are capable of clearly seeing this difference in the power levels of the sets - and that any player who HAS actually looked HAS actually seen the difference.
Talk of Power Creep is not a discussion of "viable deck archetypes in a given format". It is a discussion of changes in the effectiveness of card designs in Magic year after year, set after set, block after block. That is: they are undeniably getting more powerful with time.
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But seriously, there are many cards to be more concerned about power creep then this guy. Is it a strong card? Certainly, but it's not game-breaking.
EDIT: Savannah Lions was a rare with useless creature type. This is an uncommon Soldier. If this ain't powercreep I don't know what it is. Yes, there are far more broken white cards in M10. And that's the real problem here.
The art for this is not very good for what its trying to convay. feels like an odd old school ice age art
Sure, if you attacked with it when the opponent had a 1/1 blocker out it would die if they blocked.
But if they attack you with a 1/1 and you don't block your going to be dealing twice the damage they are. Also you have to take into account that soldiers are a very practical tribal type. Soldiers have a lot of synergy.
Though he don't have First Strike I still love the 2/1 soldier one drop! Means a white deck can be free one those weenie power= 1 creatures for when it matters! XD
This is good as it is, there is one in my boros bushwhacker deck.
With the recent buffs to soldiers, this is a veeerrry good 1 drop.
4.5/5
1) Uncommon vs Rare, nice.
2) Soldier vs Lion, way better tribal type
Great card
Serra Angel was originally uncommon anyway.
Boros Recruit is what you want.
True_Mumin asmallcat has a point you cant point at alpha cards and say there is a power creep it was the first set ever and it had much more broken cards then this or even baneslayer.
LeoKula was a uncommon to begin with then they made it a rare for some stupid reason they are Just undoing a mistake making it a uncommon again.
Discussing a card (or a trend of cards within a given time-frame) as evidence of Power Creep in the game is not discussing that card (or that trend of cards) in the context of a given block or T2 tournament only.
The point of talk about Power Creep is that later sets are distinctly and undeniably more powerful than cards from earlier sets.
If you were to take your cards from about the Onslaught/Invasion period up to the latest sets, and play against a person using only cards from before the Onslaught/Invasion period, the player with the new cards would win an overwhelming percentage of the time.
I've actually seen it happen. Two or three years ago, a friend of mine with some of the latest cards at the time played against me, while I was using cards that were almost entirely from around Ice Age through Tempest. I didn't stand a chance. No matter what deck of mine I played, there was basically no hope for me winning against his modern cards.
My point is not limited to my experience exclusively, but that ALL players are capable of clearly seeing this difference in the power levels of the sets - and that any player who HAS actually looked HAS actually seen the difference.
Talk of Power Creep is not a discussion of "viable deck archetypes in a given format". It is a discussion of changes in the effectiveness of card designs in Magic year after year, set after set, block after block. That is: they are undeniably getting more powerful with time.