Pointed Discussion

This card is beautiful in the new border. That's the only thing that bothered me about this guy before.

I agree, but why did they take off the gravestone symbol? They left it on a few other cards reprinted from Odyssey block, like the FNM Roar of the Wurm (http://magiccards.info/fnmp/en/90.html). Not a huge deal, just an odd decision considering the precedent.

One of the few cards to look better in the new frame. I miss the graveyard symbol all the time. That's why I drew one on my Vengevine.

I really want four of these to set off my Student of Elements.

I'm so glad to have this card in its reprinted form. The art's crisper, the whole layout is gorgeous.

I understand that saying "Strictly Better" is frowned upon in the Gatherer community, so I'll just say this...
Wonder is... much better than Levitation in many ways.

Before I continue, Levitation is an enchantment. You play it, and the effect comes into play. That's the only advantage.

Besides that, Wonder costs only 1 blue symbol rather than two, can be Buried Alive to nearly take full advantage of its effect, can come into play and block, and not only is it a 2/2, but it has fliying, making it a more versatile blocker than most creatures.

It can be extremely useful in a token deck as well as a Voltron deck, despite just improving one creature. Only a few effects can counter Wonder's ability (exiling, putting back into the deck (Condemn, Hallowed Burial)) and to finish it off, it comes in a 100 card deck for only $30+.

This card is worth a dollar plus, and rightfully so. It's nice that cards like this are getting "reprinted" in the new border for newer players.

Overall, it's just... a happy card. No dickery like Oppression, or any of the Praetors. No shenanigans like Dark Ritual or Sorin Markov... It's just solid. If it were Black, it'd be "When (card) is in your graveyard, you can play creatures from your graveyard". I can actually see that happening (if it hasn't already :()

Flavor text seems to suggest that you run him with birds, to give your birds flying.

"Philosophy begins in wonder. And at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."
~Alfred North Whitehead

@Ferlord: It's only discouraged if it's wrong. "Strictly better" has a strict definition.

@adrian.malacoda: The flavor text was from the Scroll of Beginnings. Wonder is the reason why birds have flying in the first place.

This guy. To my G/U self-mill deck. NOW!

When this hits the grave, your opponent will suddenly begin running madness as well, albeit in a different sense of the word.

Its like a levitation for free thats harder to remove.

Actually Ferlord, there is a whole cycle of cards like this for each color. The black one, Filth, is actually by far the worst of them, granting only Swampwalk to your creatures. To save you all time, the others are:

Red: Anger: Haste
White: Valor: First Strike
Green: Brawn: Trample (note that Brawn is also a 3/3 as opposed to the others which are all 2/2s)

Genesis and Glory are related but not really in the cycle.