Might of been ok if they didn't have the upkeep restriction.
GradiustheFox
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I love the random inclusion of Flying. It's like the card is saying "Please use me? ^^~"
LiXinjian
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
You can do great things with this card. You can stack the Aura recursion activations to return more than one Aura per upkeep. Think Flight of Fancy, for instance, or Galvanic Arc. Hakim has potential.
I actually like the concept of using him as a general, you can make him nigh-on invincible if you run cards like False Demise, Abduction, and Fool's Demise among others. The final one being the most expensive and least profitable.
The inclusion of flying was there to make up for the fact that he has a Shockable body, or whatever 2+ damage spell there was back in the day. Not that it helped, but it was at least something. I agree with LiXinjian, the fact you can bring back any creature-enchanting Aura back onto him is awesome, it's also fun in combination with Arcanum Wings, though the enchantment technically does nothing to him.
EDIT: Totally misread the P/T... just like every other legendary wizard (or just about), he survives a bolt, or fever charm. So yeah... disregard the last paragraph...
This guy is pretty useful. Why does he have flying? I mean, it makes him great as a general, but why?
E-n-S
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This plus Umbra Mystic plus Autumn-Tail, Kitsune Sage.
Richochet_Shaman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
EDH game with Hakim as your General? See that Eldrazi Con***ion in your hand. dump it into your graveyard. now use hakim's ability. congratulations. a 12/14 eldrazi commander. You're welcome.
Trygon_Predator
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
An unorthodox ability, to be sure. If you're running an aura-based Commander deck, though, Hakim here is largely outclassed by Bruna, Light of Alabaster.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Heh, slap a False Demise on this guy and they'll pretty much have to exile him.
@land_comment: He's a wizard. That's why.
Haelthor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite legends in the game, his first name is my family's name. Plus he's got a decent enough body (2/4 flier) for 5 in blue (that was difficult to find in blue those days)...all around good deal with this guy. Then he also negates Aura's 2-for-1 drawback by recurring them from the yard (note, you can activate his UU ability in response to each other and get multiple auras back).
Fool's Demise and Unhallowed Pact bring him back from being removed. Angelic Destiny and Eldrazi Con***ion for sheer power. Verdant Embrace starts building an army on each upkeep. Righteous Authority give's him added fatness and builds your hand by 2 on each of your turns. You're also running blue so you have plenty of draw spells that can pitch your enchantments (Careful Study, Compulsive Research, etc).
There's no limit on his versatility as far as deck building goes. My copy Hakim goes front and center in my special-rare binder, followed by my set of Goyfs on the next page.
will2165
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think he could be pretty nifty with the new enchantment creature types if they could be brought back as auras. I'm not positive how that would work
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And now, he can sign up with the bad guys.
The inclusion of flying was there to make up for the fact that he has a Shockable body, or whatever 2+ damage spell there was back in the day. Not that it helped, but it was at least something. I agree with LiXinjian, the fact you can bring back any creature-enchanting Aura back onto him is awesome, it's also fun in combination with Arcanum Wings, though the enchantment technically does nothing to him.
EDIT:
Totally misread the P/T... just like every other legendary wizard (or just about), he survives a bolt, or fever charm. So yeah... disregard the last paragraph...
@land_comment: He's a wizard. That's why.
Fool's Demise and Unhallowed Pact bring him back from being removed. Angelic Destiny and Eldrazi Con***ion for sheer power. Verdant Embrace starts building an army on each upkeep. Righteous Authority give's him added fatness and builds your hand by 2 on each of your turns. You're also running blue so you have plenty of draw spells that can pitch your enchantments (Careful Study, Compulsive Research, etc).
There's no limit on his versatility as far as deck building goes. My copy Hakim goes front and center in my special-rare binder, followed by my set of Goyfs on the next page.