I'm really upset with the way Wizards made sirens. Their was so much potential and they wasted it on things like this.
Imagine instead something along the lines of a minor siren tribal - in Greek myth you didn't get lone sirens, they came in groups. Imagine now that you made a mechanical reason for that. One siren gains control of target creature (sirens call) another siren has sacrifice a creature you don't own but control put a siren into play. (dashing against the rocks - the blood draws more) Another has when this enters the battlefield creatures gain defender until end of turn gain control of X creatures. (more sailors jump) I want to see siren synergy.
As is we have a ragtag group of pitiful sirens that all do unrelated things. They're just here because siren sounds like a Greek word - not because anyone put any effort into them.
Nice try Wizards. Do better next set?
Atali
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Why are there harpies in the picture when the card says Sirens?
PretzelBraids
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@Cloudchaser.Kestrel, I feel the same way. And flavorfully, I'm not a fan of how they're basically blue harpies. I much prefer fishy sirens. While on the subject, I think harpies should've had more minor tribal, as well, since they're pack-hunters.
TheVizier
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ everyone complaining about feathery sirens: You do realize the Greeks portrayed sirens as bird-like?
Mr.Titanic
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Love the art but... the effect is off. Why does it have Heroic? Sirens should have Inspired if anything. They're far from being Heroes, and they don't have foresight to be scrying. Flavor is off.
Alvorada
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My god....it's the tooth fairy from Rise of the Guardians o_O
LordOfTheFlies87
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Worst art of the set. Ouch. My eyes.
Reishyn
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Bjork?! What are you doing in Theros?
CaptElephant
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Based on the name and mechanic, I guess these are Thassa-allied sirens. Their song brings inspiration rather than confusion. The flavor is odd but not necessarily bad, with a little imagination.
Its hard not to agree that the siren creature type is being used a little fast and loose in Theros, though.
Earthdawn
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Snapping Drake with an upside... what's not to love? (I already loved Snapping Drake - M10 art)
Toraka
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As with some other cards, perhaps it's better suited if we read it like an adult from the Peanuts:
Chorus of the Tides 3U
Flying
~ ~ ~ incomprehensibility ~ ~ ~ words ~~~
3 power.
It's a flying 3 power. Nothing else matters.
JimmyNoobPlayer
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What is this lack of flavor in sirens you're all complaining about?
We have a siren that gains control of other creatures. We have a siren who forces creatures to throw themselves into the sea. We have a siren who causes memory loss and dazed thinking.
The idea that sirens should be fishlike is okay, but it's just your idea. I've always thought that sirens should look like bird-women, and Wikipedia confirms that all early depictions were some combination of birds and women.
The idea that sirens should hunt in a flock is made-up too. In the Odyssey, there are exactly TWO sirens. Other writers say there are other numbers but name each one. And that complaint is doubly stupid because Theros sirens do live in groups! Look at the picture on THIS PAGE. LOOK RIGHT THERE.
I get mad when someone says "Nice try Wizards", but it's not a big deal. I overreacted.
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Imagine instead something along the lines of a minor siren tribal - in Greek myth you didn't get lone sirens, they came in groups. Imagine now that you made a mechanical reason for that. One siren gains control of target creature (sirens call) another siren has sacrifice a creature you don't own but control put a siren into play. (dashing against the rocks - the blood draws more) Another has when this enters the battlefield creatures gain defender until end of turn gain control of X creatures. (more sailors jump) I want to see siren synergy.
As is we have a ragtag group of pitiful sirens that all do unrelated things. They're just here because siren sounds like a Greek word - not because anyone put any effort into them.
Nice try Wizards. Do better next set?
Ouch. My eyes.
Its hard not to agree that the siren creature type is being used a little fast and loose in Theros, though.
Chorus of the Tides 3U
Flying
~ ~ ~ incomprehensibility ~ ~ ~ words ~~~
3 power.
It's a flying 3 power. Nothing else matters.
We have a siren that gains control of other creatures.
We have a siren who forces creatures to throw themselves into the sea.
We have a siren who causes memory loss and dazed thinking.
The idea that sirens should be fishlike is okay, but it's just your idea. I've always thought that sirens should look like bird-women, and Wikipedia confirms that all early depictions were some combination of birds and women.
The idea that sirens should hunt in a flock is made-up too. In the Odyssey, there are exactly TWO sirens. Other writers say there are other numbers but name each one. And that complaint is doubly stupid because Theros sirens do live in groups! Look at the picture on THIS PAGE. LOOK RIGHT THERE.
I get mad when someone says "Nice try Wizards", but it's not a big deal. I overreacted.