Better then some of the legendary creatures at the time...but that's not saying much.
GradiustheFox
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Whoa. Looking at the card art I had to ask myself, 'Is she doing what I think she's doing?'. Then I read the flavor text and decided yeah, yeah she is. That pudgy fellow doesn't exactly look like a 'swordsman of renown' though. But I just love the idea of a womonster that randomly seduces cards in your opponents hand and slices them when they get too close. I'm also surprised no one has made any 'tap' jokes yet.
Mudbutt_on
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(8 votes)
Speek Inglish
supershawn
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(17 votes)
I'd tap her all night long. there happy now?
getz19
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
3/5 for 4 with a useful ability. This card is just great. Sol'kanar is also a good 5/5 for 5 with good abilities.
Most of the other Legends in the Legends expansion are just crap due to their outrageous mana costs for just being vanilla creatures.
Aun
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Epic. Simply the art is worth playing it.
izzet_guild_mage
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(9 votes)
Oh my...I do believe she's trying to seduce me... Pretty risque for a magic card :P
An actually good legend from Legends? The equivalent of a 4/4 for 4 (unheard of in those days) and an ability better than Hypnotic Specter's? Not bad at all.
@BlakeHN His "foul blood" is not the only thing that "seeps out"... I don't want to know what the "final curse" is, though.
JFM2796
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A playable Legend from Legends?
Shadoflaam
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oddly, I actually find this usable. So it is in fact a good Legends legend. Thraximundar EDH can certainly find a slot for this temptress. I'm... I'm scared by the playability of this, as a matter of fact. 4/5
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(18 votes)
In Soviet Urborg, Gwendlyn taps you.
3045
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
You can't imagin how angry I got when I searched "rule 34" for her and find nothing useful.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Interesting. A legend from Legends that isn't unplayable.
Still has the tags on her pillows, bet she's taking them back to Wal*Mart when she's done spreading those legs wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide.
Kaleidostorm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Is she feeling up Samwise Gamgee?
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Salient, I have to actually give you a major legit shoutout. I know which cards are likely to have awesome comments, but your LEGIT made me LOL IN REAL LIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
I mean, like, not the first time in my life I have ever laughed. but the first time I've LOL laughed. LOL'ing is a specific subcategory of laugh caused by 'something was funny on the internet'. :P
and that was an actual literal LOL moment for me. :D >.<
Man-O-Megrim
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Yeah, you know why I rated this card a 5 out of 5...I was drunk and didn't get a clear look at her face until morni...Oh no what've I done...
DCAnderson
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
She has a mullet.
Nate_Prawdzik
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Earthbind her for the ultimate in adult-themed combos.
N03y3D33R
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
The image quality here is horrendous, but if you can get a look at the art in better quality it's pretty cool!
We can all see the discarded blade on the pillow, owned by the "knight" of course, because who would keep a blade in the presence of an unarmed lady when you have been summoned to her bedchambers? A barely clothed woman can't possibly hide a blade, and she has no armor. She's defenseless, right? Well this supposed knight certainly thought so, much to his immediate dismay. The knight in the image is, in fact, holding a rather intimidating knife in his right hand, it's the same color as his shirt so it's a bit hard to spot at first glance. He is likely a hired assassin who played the role of a noble man with an innocent mind. However, Gwendlyn has beaten him at his own game and if you look carefully, she is holding a small blade to his throat, which is why he looks so surprised. Both of them had intentions to kill one another from the beginning, but Gwendlyn's wit outmatched the hired killers, an ability represented in her considerable P/T and random discard ability.
MattLynn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Grixis forever and such. Gwendlyn di Specter. Bolas's human servant or something?
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
While there were a few other decent legends in Legends, this was one of the few whose design seemed to recognize that requiring three colors in such a specific combination meant you could give her P/T above the curve (and 3/5 for 4 was well above the curve when she was printed, as opposed to just decent like it is today.)
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Sol'kanar is also a good 5/5 for 5 with good abilities.
Most of the other Legends in the Legends expansion are just crap due to their outrageous mana costs for just being vanilla creatures.
Pretty risque for a magic card :P
@markarmor: there were a few other decent ones. Nebuchadnezzar, Jacques le Vert, Hazezon Tamar, and Bartel Runeaxe come to mind.
(Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth for those who don't know what I'm talking about.)
His "foul blood" is not the only thing that "seeps out"... I don't want to know what the "final curse" is, though.
Nicol Bolas was not all that bad either...
I mean, like, not the first time in my life I have ever laughed. but the first time I've LOL laughed. LOL'ing is a specific subcategory of laugh caused by 'something was funny on the internet'. :P
and that was an actual literal LOL moment for me. :D >.<
We can all see the discarded blade on the pillow, owned by the "knight" of course, because who would keep a blade in the presence of an unarmed lady when you have been summoned to her bedchambers? A barely clothed woman can't possibly hide a blade, and she has no armor. She's defenseless, right?
Well this supposed knight certainly thought so, much to his immediate dismay.
The knight in the image is, in fact, holding a rather intimidating knife in his right hand, it's the same color as his shirt so it's a bit hard to spot at first glance. He is likely a hired assassin who played the role of a noble man with an innocent mind. However, Gwendlyn has beaten him at his own game and if you look carefully, she is holding a small blade to his throat, which is why he looks so surprised. Both of them had intentions to kill one another from the beginning, but Gwendlyn's wit outmatched the hired killers, an ability represented in her considerable P/T and random discard ability.
Sick and tired of people's BS about how Legends sucked. Iconic cards easily hard-casted these days, that enable huge combos or simply beat face.