I am seriously confused by this cards text. could someone please explain this to me? I mean do you pay the 3 mana plus the plain to gain life on the next upkeep or do you just get to say "You have ten cards in your hand so I get ten life." If so whats the second half for?
OutlawD1
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(7 votes)
@grranet Gerrard simply has two different abilities...
...The first one you gain life for each card in your opponents hand at the beginning of your upkeep each turn.
...The second you can pay 3W to tap creatures, but only when Gerrard is declared an attacker during a combat phase.
znas
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(11 votes)
I wish he had his other effect the one in his first card before he became a legendary , forgot that cards name. anyways HOTTIE!!!!!!!!!
Richard_Hawk
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
He's so fit. 5/5.
JanusAurelius
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Mal Reynolds with facial hair.
BloodDragon
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@znas Master of Arms?
land_comment
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Hmmm... Like Venser's Journal, except not really.
Oneiromantis
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(9 votes)
@Shadoflaam Screw Jace. He is 10 times the cry-baby, emo, douchebag that Gerrard was. :P
MasterOfBearLore
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(20 votes)
Wow, Urza. A thousand years of genetic engineering to make.. This?
Go sit in the corner.
Shadoflaam
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(11 votes)
I hate him flavor-wise and as a card. The only interesting thing he ever did was Vindicate, and he died. Karn is cooler, Urza is <9000 X cooler, and even Jace can be considered cooler (his card is standard defining/killing) EDIT: He's not emo, he's sad because he was banned. Of course he cries.
jhoeforth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I was hoping he'd be at least First Strike. Ugh.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 because he's GERRARD.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
Gerrard Capashen...how many blocks was he the main character for?
Not sure whether Karona or Gerrard are more important (one is the Avatar of Magic, the other is the Hero that beat the Big Bad) but neither of their cards are impressive, whereas basically every named Blue Wizard is still good to this day, even if you don't know what they did (the answer for nearly all of them is 'I knew Urza. That's pretty much all I did.' (Barrin, Teferi, Ertai, Jhoira, Tawnos....Urza picked up a lot of random Blue Wizards lol)
Lesson: White Warriors suck, Blue Wizards are broken. Because Urza.
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(5 votes)
poor job making one of the most iconic characters in magic history, .5/5
FirstPrime
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Brad Nelson is on a card ?!?!
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In Soviet Russia, attacker taps you!
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy needs to be retconned into something better. Like:
Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight {2}{W}{W}
Creature: Human Warrior
When Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight enters the battlefield, destroy target nonwhite creature. Whenever Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight attacks, destroy target nonwhite creature. When Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight dies, draw a card
3/4
patronofthesound
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
God legends used to be terrible....you want to lose at edh, here's your captain.
Vicentil
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I remember being incredibly excited after reading all of the books, to finally be able to round off my Weatherlight deck with Gerrard. He should have been the epic hero that he was throughout the series. Poor Gerrard, never got his day.
TezzieAgentOfWoona
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Played by Jonathan Frakes in the movie.
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The artwork is perfect, but I agree with the others - the rest of this card doesn't do Gerrard justice.
He could have had first strike. His second ability could have cost with a once-a-turn-only restriction*. Heck, he could have even gotten away with a cost of (indirectly upgrading his first ability). (*Seriously, were they afraid would be abusable because you'd actually consider paying it twice once in a while?)
And since it's Gerrard, I would have seen nothing wrong with him having all of this instead. Also he's part of Urza's bloodline project, which means even the storyline agrees that this would be reasonable.
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Gerrard simply has two different abilities...
...The first one you gain life for each card in your opponents hand at the beginning of your upkeep each turn.
...The second you can pay 3W to tap creatures, but only when Gerrard is declared an attacker during a combat phase.
Master of Arms?
Screw Jace. He is 10 times the cry-baby, emo, douchebag that Gerrard was. :P
Go sit in the corner.
EDIT: He's not emo, he's sad because he was banned. Of course he cries.
Not sure whether Karona or Gerrard are more important (one is the Avatar of Magic, the other is the Hero that beat the Big Bad) but neither of their cards are impressive, whereas basically every named Blue Wizard is still good to this day, even if you don't know what they did (the answer for nearly all of them is 'I knew Urza. That's pretty much all I did.' (Barrin, Teferi, Ertai, Jhoira, Tawnos....Urza picked up a lot of random Blue Wizards lol)
Lesson: White Warriors suck, Blue Wizards are broken.
Because Urza.
Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight {2}{W}{W}
Creature: Human Warrior
When Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight enters the battlefield, destroy target nonwhite creature.
Whenever Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight attacks, destroy target nonwhite creature.
When Gerrard, Captain of The Weatherlight dies, draw a card
3/4
He could have had first strike. His second ability could have cost
Heck, he could have even gotten away with a cost of
(*Seriously, were they afraid
And since it's Gerrard, I would have seen nothing wrong with him having all of this instead.
Also he's part of Urza's bloodline project, which means even the storyline agrees that this would be reasonable.