Pursuit of Flight

ThisisSakon 2012-09-26

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)

And then you take a look at Spectral Flight and say: ...Oh...

Cyberium 2012-09-26

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)

The option of flying or not can be used to avoid unexpected spells that kill either but not both (such as Hurricane and all the green flyer hate, or Earthquake and all the ground haters). Spectral Flight, of course, is still more useful in most situations.

Lotsofpoopy 2012-09-27

★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0) (7 votes)

@ Demento_Recraves

No, that is incorrect, it has the correct guild watermark. Gruul is a red and green guild. I am a pro, so I know these things.

Eternal_Blue 2012-09-28

★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)

This card should not see play in any deck whatsoever. As ThisisSakon alluded to, if you have enough Blue mana to make your creature fly until end of turn, you might as well be using Spectral Flight instead. Pursuit of Flight is, I suppose, the very definition of a Limited filler card and makes Pauper players sad.

greatspearman 2012-10-01

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

@Demento_Recraves: The Gruul watermark on Hypervolt Grasp is a typo. Note that when you search the Gatherer for Izzet watermarks, it shows up.

Demento_Recraves 2012-10-02

★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (6 votes)

A red Aura with a blue activated ability? Shouldn't this have the Gruul watermark?

@Lotsofpoopy then how do you explain Hypervolt Grasp?

Clearly we need an indicator for sarcasm.

HuntingDrake 2012-10-08

★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)

So much better than Giant Strength, so much worse than Spectral Flight.

lorendorky 2012-10-25

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

This is somewhat playable.

Edit: after lots of online drafting this has become an absolute sleeper hit for me. Also pairs particularly well with Ethereal Armor or Deviant Glee. You can almost get away with drafting all three if you pick up some mana fixing.

AirlockFart 2012-12-12

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

I agree with what Cyberium said, the option of flying is extremely useful, as it lets the creature avoid any flyer hate (plummet, silk-lash spider, crash landing) and lets it avoid ground-only cards (rolling temblor,magmaquake,street spasm). However, in most cases spectral flight is better if it's a blue deck.

SIlverSkyz 2012-12-19

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Funny how much the limited environment affects how good similar cards are.
*cough*Spectral Flight*cough*

chrome_dome 2013-01-13

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

3.5/5. A potent weapon in Izzet/Rakdos draft.

Hunter06 2013-02-09

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

I got beaten to death by three of these in a draft, this is much better than It would seam.
4/5 Stars

bduddy 2013-04-28

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

2.3, guys? Really? Yes, there may be better cards, but this thing wins games in Limited.

Continue 2013-05-31

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

I was told by someone in a recent RTR block draft that this card was shit and should only be run as an emergency 23rd spell. He certainly changed his tune after I put this on Frostburn Weird two games in a row. Turns out there's not much of an answer to an 8/1 in the air. This is only a 2.5/5 since it's unplayable in Constructed, but in Limited it can prove deadly if you're not prepared. Another great target for this is Trained Caracal if you can hit the right colors in your first few turns, though the kitty is a great target for Auras in general.

Galgus 2014-05-17

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Don't think much of the card, but at least the Viashino looks like he's having fun.

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