Even without it's effect, you still get a relatively good creature in blue and it's out of bolt range!
Giant_Caterpillar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Flavorful, playable, nice art.
ZEvilMustache
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
second best servant?
roqbthepirate
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Step one: Put in EDH deck with Experiment Kraj Step two: Give it a +1/+1 counter Step three: ??? Step four: profit
PhyrexianLobbiest
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
The first ability obviously has a limit on its pump- if you the servant dies its dead.
But, the second one... is there any limit on how low you can make Power?
Wraique
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I don't think there is a limit to how low power can drop, PhyrexianLobbiest. Char-Rumbler has negative power.
majinara
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Bad version of morphling is bad. Not horrible. Not good.
Discoduck
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This is a great uncommon. I got a few in the mini promo decks - put him in a deck with lots of scry and counters and bounce, then slap a Whispersilk cloak on him, and he suddenly becomes quite a good, steady finisher.
Stray_Dog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Versatile.
FogRaider
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Super-cool, no matter how good or bad it ends up being.
Galgus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
It seems to combo well with things that give it evasion and just as a good, tricky blocker.
With that versatility it could find good use in mono-blue decks.
SorianSadaskan
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It would be good if Morphling is back.
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Watch out for Diminish! If you use Water Servant's first ability at all, your opponent can cast Diminish to kill it.
count_dorku
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
What I'm planning to do with mine, unless I come up against a Lightmine Field or Leonin Bladetrap: Step 1: give it a Whispersilk Cloak (which thoughtfully came in the same booster pack) Step 2: make it a 6/1 every turn. Step 3: smash six points of health off my opponent per turn.
Cheza
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Should have been a common card since it creates a typical blue effect.
In addition, I don't like the fact that it requires blue mana as an activation cost. I mean how does R&D balance things? A black shade gets +1/+1 per black mana, a red elemental gets +1/+0 per red mana and how is it balanced, if blue gets +1/-1 instead? Maybe R&D shoud think about it and either change the cost or the color pie a bit. Wouldn't hurt to have a +2/-1 as well.
Maximillini86
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Anyone else notice the little crab on top?
kenethare
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This has to be one of my favorite cards to pull in draft. A solid 3/4 for 4 mana in blue is very nice in a Limited environment. Distortion Strike can turn this good card into 2 turns of 7 damage. All with an art that makes me want to call him, "WACKY WAVING WATERY ARM FLAILING TUBE MAN.", maybe open a warehouse and emporium...
Overall fun card.
divine_exodus
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
People seem to think that attacking wth this guy automatically gets through. He doesn't have flying, and he isn't unblockable. If you pump him up to a 6/1, all your opponent has to do is block with a tiny 1/1 and you're dead. All in all though, he is very versatile. A good card.
4.5/5
Talcos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very elegant card in terms of form, function, and flavor. Love it. Even if I never play it in constructed, I still love the card.
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I held off a Protean Hydra with this thing in a Draft - drop its power to under 0 to pump up the toughness, and there you go. The Hydra doesn't kill it, and it doesn't damage the Hydra (or make it larger.) Rather humorous when having 0 power is the key to victory.
Artscrafter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@divine_exodus: You're missing the point of this card. Sure, the defending player could chump with a 1/1 and kill this if you pump it to 6/1 before you attack, but what you do is swing with it first and see what they do. If they don't block, it's a 6/1 to the face. If they do block, this guy can take down any blocker with a combined P/T of 6 or less and survive (barring deathtouch, of course.)
Crabby
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Have you noticed the sweet littlie crab thing on the top of the water body? :D
Always found the flowstone ability and its reverse to be like reds firebreathing, whites shieldbreathing, and blues power/toughness swapping.
Dr.Pingas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Cheza, the point was it referenced Morphling, and made it adaptable and temperamental like water; it isn't really getting more or less powerful, just shifting it's body around. Sure, the practical implications of this in magic are a little more abstract (as it can kill itself), but the point WASN'T blue's version of firebreathing/shades ect.
Also, really magic? I know it's pretty typical to make generic cards, but one of these core sets, you think you could throw us an Ice elemental? After a quick search, there are NONE(in blue), not even in ice-age/cold snap. Yet Frost Titan is okay? Why aren't the Titans elemental anyway?
Hakkology
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh its Morphling !
This card is a giant pain when its played with its versatility. I think it deserves better than its current rating.
Stinga
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is that a crab on its head?
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm going to target this with Magical Hacker so that... wait.
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Step two: Give it a +1/+1 counter
Step three: ???
Step four: profit
But, the second one... is there any limit on how low you can make Power?
With that versatility it could find good use in mono-blue decks.
Step 1: give it a Whispersilk Cloak (which thoughtfully came in the same booster pack)
Step 2: make it a 6/1 every turn.
Step 3: smash six points of health off my opponent per turn.
In addition, I don't like the fact that it requires blue mana as an activation cost. I mean how does R&D balance things?
A black shade gets +1/+1 per black mana, a red elemental gets +1/+0 per red mana and how is it balanced, if blue gets +1/-1 instead? Maybe R&D shoud think about it and either change the cost or the color pie a bit. Wouldn't hurt to have a +2/-1 as well.
Overall fun card.
4.5/5
always like these two abilities together.
Always found the flowstone ability and its reverse to be like reds firebreathing, whites shieldbreathing, and blues power/toughness swapping.
Also, really magic? I know it's pretty typical to make generic cards, but one of these core sets, you think you could throw us an Ice elemental? After a quick search, there are NONE(in blue), not even in ice-age/cold snap. Yet Frost Titan is okay? Why aren't the Titans elemental anyway?
This card is a giant pain when its played with its versatility. I think it deserves better than its current rating.