Realy should have been better than White Knight.
Blue-skined Elves. They show up every now and again in Magic art, always seems odd.
ClowWizardEriol
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This creature is terrible compared to White Knight/Black Knight/Silver Knight, but this card is a common, so that is likely why it does not have a second ability.
DacenOctavio
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It is better than White Knight. Sigil of the Oversoul?
Don't be racist aginst blue-skinned elves. They are people, too.
HoboNumber4
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I love the flavor of the cycle of Invasion cards like this (Galina's Knight, Shivan Zombie, Vodalian Zombie, and Yavimaya Barbarian). They combine unexpected creature types! Sure, they're not the best cards in the game, but they're flavorful and make cool 2-CMC creatures in casual multicolor decks.
if they were designing this today it would be 'I know! Let's put White Knight and Llanowar Elves together'!
and be a 2/2 first strike, pro-black creature that can tap: for mana
TPmanW
★☆☆☆☆ (1.7/5.0)(6 votes)
@Gainsbanding: No they're not. They're elves. Neat creature type mix though even if it doesn't amount to a person. You could actually put together a decent casual elf/knight deck though. 2nd turn this 3rd turn Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers or Knight Exemplar 4th turn Wilt-Leaf Liege or Kinsbaile Cavalier 5th turn: Attack with invincible double striking elf knights!
tavaritz
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@TPmanW: Based on what mythology? As far as I know in all mythologies elves and humans could interbreed and even if we don't concider that people doesn't mean human.
3045
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ GainsBanding
except they are hating on black...
I mean seriously, have we ever seen a BLACK elf, art-wise?
Doaj
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So close to joining the cycle. Needs First strike and needed to cost GG instead of this. So alas, we're stuck at 4 of 10. I really would love to see this decades-spanning megacycle complete.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Part of Invasion's cycle of 2-mana friendly color gold common creatures, all of which had protection from their shared enemy color:
As for this creature itself, it's one of the better creatures in the cycle, with two relevant creature types (benefits from boosts from Knight Exemplar and Elvish Archdruid, among others), and protection from black means it can dodge Doom Blade, Terminate and black creatures all day. While not as amazing as other knights or elves, it is a solid common.
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Blue-skined Elves. They show up every now and again in Magic art, always seems odd.
For even more similar creatures, check out the outlanders (Goblin Outlander, Nacatl Outlander, Valeron Outlander, Vedalken Outlander, and Zombie Outlander) from Conflux.
and be a 2/2 first strike, pro-black creature that can tap: for
You could actually put together a decent casual elf/knight deck though.
2nd turn this
3rd turn Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers or Knight Exemplar
4th turn Wilt-Leaf Liege or Kinsbaile Cavalier
5th turn: Attack with invincible double striking elf knights!
except they are hating on black...
I mean seriously, have we ever seen a BLACK elf, art-wise?
Galina's Knight -
Llanowar Knight -
Shivan Zombie -
Vodalian Zombie -
Yavimaya Barbarian -
Apocalypse, two sets later, released an interesting cycle of 2-mana enemy color gold common creatures, all of which had different abilities:
Gaea's Skyfolk -
Goblin Legionnaire -
Llanowar Dead -
Putrid Warrior -
Razorfin Hunter -
As for this creature itself, it's one of the better creatures in the cycle, with two relevant creature types (benefits from boosts from Knight Exemplar and Elvish Archdruid, among others), and protection from black means it can dodge Doom Blade, Terminate and black creatures all day. While not as amazing as other knights or elves, it is a solid common.