Not bad for asecond turn 2/3 or a first turn with a taiga. Was always fun to run one of these over on second turn with a giant growth as a 5/6, the good old days.
Pigfish99
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
this is the red half of the 1 drop pump cycle, as I like to call it. I feel the extra toughness should be an extra power point, instead. It just suits red better.
still, this is a great card, and not only does it suit naya, but it can support jund as well.
PinkleDadandy
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
WHAT!!! No fair!! Should've reprinted Stormcrow and CHimney Imps as mythics!
Dream_Twist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
If you're not running, say, Taiga this card is still really good. It has been, and pretty much always will be on of the best red 1 drops in decks that are red but typically not mono-red.
depthslurker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Turn 1 with RG Ape theme deck in casual:
Forest Remove Simian Spirit Guide Kird Ape 2/3 with mana left for Giant Growth/Instill Energy/What have you
Ninjay
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I've actually started running one of these in my 12 Post deck (Sneak Attack instead of Show and Tell), and it works surprisingly well for me. Part of the reason is that it sometimes (i.e. rarely) tricks my opponent into thinking that I'm playing a Zoo deck during turn one, but also because it is an amazing blocker in the early game, saving me against more than one goblin deck in my time.
When I'm against them, though, they really blow through my life points quickly!
Gandlodder
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Looks angry.
VineMaple253
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite cards from earliest days of magic. Used to run 4 in red, green, black land destruction deck with Sedge Troll, Hypnotic Spector, and Ball Lightning 16 creatures plus 4 Dingus Egg, next was 4 sinkhole, 4 stone rain, 4 ice storm, 4 strip mine, 4 birds of paradise and a berserk. Lands 4 tiaga, 4 badlands, 4 bajou, library of Alexandria, 2 swamps, 2 mountain, 2 forest, and lastly a Tabernacle of Pendril Vale. Those were the good old days of magic before the dark times of Kird Ape being banned from tournament play with Hypnotic Spector and Juggernaut. Wizards has always made stupid rule changes and reversed them eventually. I actually know people who left the game over it.
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still, this is a great card, and not only does it suit naya, but it can support jund as well.
No fair!! Should've reprinted Stormcrow and CHimney Imps as mythics!
Forest
Remove Simian Spirit Guide
Kird Ape
2/3 with mana left for Giant Growth/Instill Energy/What have you
When I'm against them, though, they really blow through my life points quickly!