Very solid common, I use to play him in my UG Madness deck with Guilded Drake and it works incredibly well.
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
He's just so annoying for your opponents! Not to mention all the fantastic combos (Gilded Drake being my favorite).
Bouchart
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(9 votes)
The very name is a pun. The waterfront bouncer bounces creatures.
MetalFreekz13
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
THE BOUNCER!!! Easily the most badass card, just beccause of his effect and the artwork hahahaha. Me and my friends consider this card a classic lmao
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
lmao! they made him a merfolk. I don't see it...
A3Kitsune
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Had to give him a race type that is in Mercadian Masques, Merfolk fit his appearance better then any other option, and it's better then making him another damn human.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
The merfolk in Mercadia had the ability to grow legs whenever they wanted.
HairlessThoctar
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
There's something so very, very wrong about something that ripped being a 1/1...
Sironos
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
He doesn't look like a merfolk, he doesn't look like a spellshaper and he certainly looks more than 1/1 (1/1 being the average human, like the 2 guys he is bouncing). Other than the inaccurate art, great card.
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(14 votes)
He is massively huge. Look at him. Yet the dreaded Port Inspector will drop him and live in a one-on-one fight.
Strange things are a-transpirin' in ol' Mercadia.
majinara
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
He is actually very good. Costs only 2 mana, and can return any creature, including himself, back to owners hand a instant speed. Sure, discarding a card is quite a cost, but can also help in certain decks, like maybe blue-black reanimator or something. Definately a solid card.
It's always funny when a junk card from ages ago suddenly shows up in top-tier tournament decklists. :)
Gabriel422
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Hmm, I wonder how he bounces the other guys...
non1337
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This card always have been extremely strong. It stops many combos and mana acceleration, and I've exploited comes into play effects of Scrivener to reclaim counterspell myself. It is very cruel as the win condition of that deck involves a discard engine, kill enemy creatures by sending them back to their hand and force them to discard, while cleaning the opponent's field with Recoil, Glowing Anemone and Rishadan Cutpurse. Enemy permanents are taken down one by one while I'm protected by a counterspell at hand. Opponent only lose when they have no permanents and no cards in hand, with my Saprazzan Outrigger as finisher.
Paolino
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Best bouncer ever! Repetable bounce (on opponent's creatures) is rarely seen, and never on a common card: this is the only one (as of january 2012)!
Why does he work the door of this establishment in his underpants or depending on the shadows maybe even naked?
DemoniChris
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Paolino
Capsize says hi
Arachnos
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
He's a 1/1 because winners don't do drugs.
toXicus
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
OH DEAR LORD. After all this time... I KNOW WHY HE IS A 1/1! He's constantly holding those two guys under his arms, so he can only hit you with his head as it's unoccupied. Additionally, because he has to attack by head butting people it leaves him very vulnerable to counterattacks by squirrels, little girls, and small cats.
The_Murderauder
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
The most embarrassing 1/2 creatures that beat this guy up and live to tell the tale?
Comments (30)
Strange things are a-transpirin' in ol' Mercadia.
It's always funny when a junk card from ages ago suddenly shows up in top-tier tournament decklists. :)
Repetable bounce (on opponent's creatures) is rarely seen, and never on a common card: this is the only one (as of january 2012)!
Why is he a Merfolk?
Why does he die to Sanctuary Cat?
Why does he work the door of this establishment in his underpants or depending on the shadows maybe even naked?
Capsize says hi
He's constantly holding those two guys under his arms, so he can only hit you with his head as it's unoccupied. Additionally, because he has to attack by head butting people it leaves him very vulnerable to counterattacks by squirrels, little girls, and small cats.
Well, in no particular order,
Squire, an awkward teenager,
Dwarven Lieutenant, a 3-foot man,
Cinder Crawler, a lizard,
Kobold Drill Sergeant, a kobold,
Lambholt Elder, an old lady,
Basilica Screecher, a regular-sized, non-vampire bat,
Benevolent Unicorn, exactly what it sounds like,
Courier Hawk, essentially a messenger pigeon,
Xira Arien, an insectoid cosplayer,
Sanctuary Cat, for obvious reasons,
Academy Rector, an old man,
Port Inspector, another old man, and probably his boss,
and of course, both the infamous Storm Crow and Chimney Imp.
My personal favorite? Willow Faerie, a half-naked, six-inch woman.
And that's not even counting all the other 1/X P/T creatures in the game.
But hey, at least he can take down that Goldenglow Moth, even if it does take everything he can muster.
Does that make those two guys he keeps in a headlock weaker than Little Girls?
@The_Murderauder Hilarious list!
So here he is: a blue beefy bouncer magician who's constantly beaten up by cats, faeries and little girls.
Joking aside, he's awesome.