It's okay Blind Hunter, I still love you. Others may not appreciate you, but you'll always be my #1 Bat.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(4 votes)
We can't stop here!!
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This has great potential for Limited, but that's about it.
ichorNet777
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
If it isn't countered, you are pretty much guaranteed to get value out of it. Nice.
Eternal_Blue
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Blind Hunter versus this is an unfair comparison as the former had the possibility of garnering up to 4 damage/4 life, as well as a decent Flyer. Seemingly a small difference, it's still the difference between playable and unplayable. Also, as Blind Hunter shared two colors, he had a home in the Nightsky Mimic deck. You'll take this card in Limited because every little bit of damage helps--but nowhere else.
majinara
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I guess playable in limited (which means "crappy everwhere else"). And despite beeing reanimatable, unlike blind hunter, the hunter is still better.
jsttu
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Blind hunter will always be preferred by me, although the fact that this doesn't need white makes it so the choice isn't as clear cut. Basically, if you are running B/W, use Blind hunter. Black only, use this i suppose.
DeckMechanic
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Unless you need Human, Rogue or Mercenary for your creature types you should always choose this over Highway Robber.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wonderful art. Fun card. I like it.
ServentofTheNight
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
awsome art and not a bad card either> there are better bats though>
Pigglebee
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
There are now quite a number of creatures with this effect. Fits perfectly in a casual deck where every card you play makes your opponent lose a bit of life while you gain some.
If I wasn't already running Blind Hunter in my cube, I might have made room for this. But then again, the 4-drop slot in black already has plenty of other creatures that make more of an impact on the board.
Blackworm_Bloodworm
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This guy wishes he was Blind Hunter. This is why I'm getting irritated at seeing all these splashable monocolored functional/near-functional reprints of multicolored cards. Multicolor should = more rewarding, because multicolor = harder to cast in most decks, and more restricted to which decks they can be used in. At least in this instance, that's still sort of the case, thankfully.
alphagprime
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
If this were a {1}{B} Flying, 1/1 with When Bloodhunter Bat enters the battlefield, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life I'm sure it would see tons more play.
Well with Heartless Summoning now you can!
Pollinosis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is better than it looks. The ETB drain on this respectable evader is usually relevant. Eminently playable in non-competitive decks. Solid 3/5
Give it lifelink and you've got yourself a 5/5 easy.
Still, a 4 life swing for entering the battlefield and flying is no laughing matter. 3.5/5.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Eternal_Blue
This guy actually does have some advantages over Blind Hunter. The main two are that 1. it can be played in any black deck as opposed to just black/white, and 2. it doesn't get exiled when it dies. This means that it can be brought back in black/blue with Dreams of the Dead for more life drain (at instant speed). People should use Bloodhunter Bat based on its niches instead of just comparing it to Blind Hunter which is a very different card.
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This is why I'm getting irritated at seeing all these splashable monocolored functional/near-functional reprints of multicolored cards.
Multicolor should = more rewarding, because multicolor = harder to cast in most decks, and more restricted to which decks they can be used in.
At least in this instance, that's still sort of the case, thankfully.
Well with Heartless Summoning now you can!
Eminently playable in non-competitive decks. Solid 3/5
Still, a 4 life swing for entering the battlefield and flying is no laughing matter. 3.5/5.
This guy actually does have some advantages over Blind Hunter. The main two are that 1. it can be played in any black deck as opposed to just black/white, and 2. it doesn't get exiled when it dies. This means that it can be brought back in black/blue with Dreams of the Dead for more life drain (at instant speed). People should use Bloodhunter Bat based on its niches instead of just comparing it to Blind Hunter which is a very different card.