My favourite card in the set. This so-called advisor offers no wisdom or help whatsoever - but she can match a bear in single combat.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
This here bear talks you to death.
XTwistedsoulX
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Zzzzzzzzz......
SkyknightXi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Maybe one of the two succeeding sets will have Advisor tribal support? I know I'm waiting for Cyclops tribal support, at least...
NARFNra
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
When I heard Theros had a philosopher bear, I was expecting something grander. Heh.
qk1
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Not good enough. I agree. Needs an ability. And maybe 1 more power would do the trick. Maybe 1 more for the casting cost would be right in that situation. And probably a different name and move it up to uncommon.
After that I guess they'd need one more white common creature at 2 cmc, like perhaps a 2/2 with no abilities. They could call it... Oh, I dunno. Something like "Traveling Philosopher."
Man, I'm such a better designer than these fools at WOTC.
lordchimera
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"Madam you must be thirsty from all that talking. Here let me give you drink....."
Toquinha1977
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Dole Office Clerk: Occupation? Comicus: Traveling philosopher. Dole Office Clerk: What? Comicus: Traveling philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension. Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a bulls___ artist! Comicus: (grumbles) Dole Office Clerk: Did you bulls___ last week? Comicus: No. Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to bulls___ last week? Comicus: Yes!
Totema
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(9 votes)
She doesn't have any useful abilities because she's a philosopher.
HuntingDrake
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Perhaps the dumbest bear ever. But I do love me some James Ryman.
Wulfsten
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(5 votes)
What terrible card design. Who wants to push into the red zone and beat down with "Traveling Philosopher"? This is a perfect example of being slaves to the theme of the set. If they wanted a generic 2/2 for drafts, they could easily have made some sort of "Swiftspear Hoplite" or whatever. Why on earth would you make a 2/2 body with a name like that?
It's genuinely jarring. Ew.
bagilis
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Perfect for my Human Advisor deck. Running this along Aysen bureaucrat is so devastating that I don't see any opponent able to come back in the game. Gamebreaker.
The_Erudite_Idiot
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this card raises a lot of philosophical issues regarding card design.
While Plato was indeed a wrestler, and Socrates was renowned for being strong, when I think of a "philosopher" I do not think "guy that can kill a couple of Grizzly Bears single-handedly". Also, this should totally have had an ability, probably with a reduction in power and/or an increase in rarity.
@qk1: Well done, you completely missed the point of my comment, dumbass. First of all, I didn't ask for an increase in power, but a decrease, to make up for having an ability at common. And secondly, my point isn't that I wanted a more powerful card, but that a "philosopher" shouldn't be a functional copy of Glory Seeker, and that it should have an ability that reflect their perceived wisdom, and the influence that has had on history. For example, I think nobody would have batted an eye if this was a White version of Elvish Visionary.
Leuitikos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't know what it is about this card, but I think it originally was different. This could have so much more flavor if it had an ability like Silverchase Fox
A philosopher who will sacrifice his life to dispel the teachings of the gods. What could be better flavor than that?
EvilDarkVoid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you think that this is a name that doesn't match its stats or abilities, just wait until you see Godhunter Octopus.
Reishyn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Hah! They sent a mere philosopher to fight with me? The great Daxos of Meletis? Truly the enemy is desperate!"
"Hello. Have you ever heard of something called the categorical imperative?"
"What? No. Draw your sword!"
"Basically, it was a system designed to determine a basic universal morality by measuring an individual's actions against a set of various maxims."
"What are you even- Just draw your sword already!"
"It was developed by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant also specialised in political philosophy and logic."
"Gods above! Shut up! I don't care about any of this! Just kill me or die already!"
"Immanuel Kant was one of the leading liberal minds of the era along with John Locke who-"
"Oh, just forget it." *kills self*
"Oh my. What a sudden way to go. It reminds me of the writings of Frederic Nietzsche and how he believed all life is truly meaningless in the grand scale of things. Gods, I am boring and depressing...." *kills self*
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After that I guess they'd need one more white common creature at 2 cmc, like perhaps a 2/2 with no abilities. They could call it... Oh, I dunno. Something like "Traveling Philosopher."
Man, I'm such a better designer than these fools at WOTC.
Comicus: Traveling philosopher.
Dole Office Clerk: What?
Comicus: Traveling philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.
Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a bulls___ artist!
Comicus: (grumbles)
Dole Office Clerk: Did you bulls___ last week?
Comicus: No.
Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to bulls___ last week?
Comicus: Yes!
It's genuinely jarring. Ew.
@qk1: Well done, you completely missed the point of my comment, dumbass. First of all, I didn't ask for an increase in power, but a decrease, to make up for having an ability at common. And secondly, my point isn't that I wanted a more powerful card, but that a "philosopher" shouldn't be a functional copy of Glory Seeker, and that it should have an ability that reflect their perceived wisdom, and the influence that has had on history. For example, I think nobody would have batted an eye if this was a White version of Elvish Visionary.
A philosopher who will sacrifice his life to dispel the teachings of the gods. What could be better flavor than that?
"Hello. Have you ever heard of something called the categorical imperative?"
"What? No. Draw your sword!"
"Basically, it was a system designed to determine a basic universal morality by measuring an individual's actions against a set of various maxims."
"What are you even- Just draw your sword already!"
"It was developed by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant also specialised in political philosophy and logic."
"Gods above! Shut up! I don't care about any of this! Just kill me or die already!"
"Immanuel Kant was one of the leading liberal minds of the era along with John Locke who-"
"Oh, just forget it." *kills self*
"Oh my. What a sudden way to go. It reminds me of the writings of Frederic Nietzsche and how he believed all life is truly meaningless in the grand scale of things. Gods, I am boring and depressing...." *kills self*