Ah, my namesake! I have mixed feelings about the art - it's less alien and weird than the old art, and looks more like a drake than a biological mutant. I do like the scenery, the eagle-ray-like wings, and the gills on the stomach, but I think I prefer the original art.
As for what this creature does? A 2/3 flier with the option of destroying artifacts or enchantments, all for ? Solid.
TomTomat
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I'm not really sure about the art on this one. it's looks pretty cool and all, but the old art really looked like nothing else. This mostly looks like another drake. I like the view, though!
MasterOfCruelties
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Wait... the Simic symbol means this guy is in Ravnica, right? I wonder what those spires in the lower corner are. They don't look very Ravnican to me.
The_USAgent
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Love this new art!!! .....but it doesn't feel very "beast" like, looks more like a dragon than a strange blue-green beast like the original art did.
SkyknightXi
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
I'll confess that I prefer the original art, if only because without the drake-like mouth front and center, it was easier to tell that it was indeed a trygon (i.e. ray/skate).
I still wish they'd put Mystic Snake in instead, but I suppose there's the matter of which rare would have been made uncommon in that scenario.
Ferlord
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
One reason I'm buying into Modern Masters is so I can get lots of good EDH stuff, ironically.
This is superior arti-chantment removal. Repeatable, activated with evasion, not a high CMC... nothing's wrong with this.
It makes EDH decks like Animar, Maelstrom Wanderer, Riku, and Edric something to fear.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
5/5 because they kept the Simic watermark XD makes up for Cartel Aristocrat haha.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am usually not partial to the kinds of Simic Decks that work in EDH. Basically the point of the color combination seems to be to reject Vorthos in favor of Spike.
But, I would play this card in a Riku-Colored Deck, and maybe a Karador one as well. :) Don't know whether I'd play it in Rafiq or not.
I'm not questioning the card's power- I'd definitely play it in Legacy, and maybe Vintage (I don't know if it gets played there or not.) I just have a very weird sense of what 'fits theme' or not. :P I will always play it when I'm 'in it to win it', but when winning is a second priority, it might get cut.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This new illustration is VASTLY inferior to the old one. Perhaps even more so than in the case of the new v.s. the old Skyknight Legionnaire. The old ilustration showed a creature that was decidedly weird and artificial, while the creature in this illustration just looks like a drake with manta "wings".
blurrymadness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
2/3 Flyer for 3 is pretty on curve in my opinion. Hosing an array of problem cards so you can free up main-deck slots or perform better game-1 is also nice. Evasion is nasty for planeswalkers as well as he becomes a must-answer card or the 'walker won't get to do much.
This guy happens to be good on D as well, eating up valuable tempo if played in Control or if you happen to be the control deck in the current matchup.
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
A creature that regularly sees play in Vintage deserves respect, and this guy is great no matter where you play him.
Reliquium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Great flavour: it just pounces on anything throwing off mana energy, rips it to shreds, and feeds. Pretty great ability for the cost, too.
As for the art...well, it looks less amateurish than the original offering, but doesn't capture well what it's meant to *be*. As has already been said, this looks more like a drake. Or some flying dino-manta-ray. Of course, it does have to fly, so it has to be aerodynamic, and that's going to cause some aesthetic similarities to other creatures.
CapnEvander
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This is the Vampire Nighthawk of Simic. Perhaps even better.
FarisV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Excellent uncommon, even if you aren't running pure Simic colors. Only complaint is a widely heard one: flavor doesn't match. Beast? Looks like a drake/dragon. I would have loved to see art like this guy swooping down all dramatically to attack the smug looking onlookers atop the privileged position tower. And now I can't help but think of tower defense.
BlackTroller
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When this thing attacks you, you know you just got out valued.
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As for what this creature does? A 2/3 flier with the option of destroying artifacts or enchantments, all for
.....but it doesn't feel very "beast" like, looks more like a dragon than a strange blue-green beast like the original art did.
I still wish they'd put Mystic Snake in instead, but I suppose there's the matter of which rare would have been made uncommon in that scenario.
This is superior arti-chantment removal. Repeatable, activated with evasion, not a high CMC... nothing's wrong with this.
It makes EDH decks like Animar, Maelstrom Wanderer, Riku, and Edric something to fear.
But, I would play this card in a Riku-Colored Deck, and maybe a Karador one as well. :) Don't know whether I'd play it in Rafiq or not.
I'm not questioning the card's power- I'd definitely play it in Legacy, and maybe Vintage (I don't know if it gets played there or not.) I just have a very weird sense of what 'fits theme' or not. :P I will always play it when I'm 'in it to win it', but when winning is a second priority, it might get cut.
This guy happens to be good on D as well, eating up valuable tempo if played in Control or if you happen to be the control deck in the current matchup.
As for the art...well, it looks less amateurish than the original offering, but doesn't capture well what it's meant to *be*. As has already been said, this looks more like a drake. Or some flying dino-manta-ray. Of course, it does have to fly, so it has to be aerodynamic, and that's going to cause some aesthetic similarities to other creatures.
I would have loved to see art like this guy swooping down all dramatically to attack the smug looking onlookers atop the privileged position tower. And now I can't help but think of tower defense.