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Alpha Myr

Multiverse ID: 49045

Alpha Myr

Comments (17)

ClockworkSwordfish
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0) (4 votes)
Rather poor card. 2/1s are fine, but there are many, many better 2/2s for 2, making Alpha Myr more or less useless. Nice art, though.
Owls_and_More_Owls
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (7 votes)
Those Myr. Always getting into crazy situations.
Tezz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
it being 2 colorless for 2/1 instead of 2 with a color for 2/2 isnt making the card any better...
love the myr tho
Shieldman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
Ok-- "FIRST to charge, FIRST to fight."
Wouldn't that be more lent to first strike or haste? I'm confused :S
LostFool
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Love the concept but couldn't they have made him a 3/1 for 2 or something? =(
Guest494261335
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Related to the flavor text: I agree with previous comment! GIVE the thing HASTE!
Bursama
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)
... Because only the flavour text, the surrounding white area seems empty, like missing something...
Test-Subject_217601
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (3 votes)
Alpha and Omega Myr are a reference to the greek alphabet, Alpha is the first letter and Omega is the last. Alpha and Omega are always considered to be opposites in any contexts, for example if a TV show's villain was named Omega, it's hero would likely be Alpha. This is reflected in the fact that Omega Myr is an inside-out Alpha Myr, Alpha Myr being a 2/1 while Omega Myr is a 1/2.

EDIT: Also, hypothetically, this card is completely 100% balanced. Assuming that 2 colorless mana is equivalent in value to one colored mana, a fact that is supported by Arcbound Hybrid(on comparison to Goblin Chariot) and Copper Myr(in comparison to Llanowar Elves), this is basically just an artifact version of Savannah Lions.
http404error
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
2 colorless is not equal to 1 color, it's worth more, but not as much as two colored, and not nearly as much as 2 different colors.
ROBRAM89
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?sort=rating-&action=advanced&type=%20%20Colorless&cmc=%20=2&color=%20Colorless

This is what 2 gets you for a creature. Peruse at your leisure.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0) (5 votes)
Alpha Myr Shouldve Never kidnapped that kid. just cuz ben foster kicked his ass. prob cuz his dad was bruce willis he thought he was just as cool.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd rather it be a 2/1 for 3 with first strike.
patronofthesound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ testsubject

Thanks for that rather obvious elucidation. Keep in mind savannah lions itself pales to the strictly better elite vanguard and dryad militant (the latter a situationally better card in the vast majority of cases).

As for alpha myr, keep moving. Youve already wasted enough time on this page.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I loved these guys to death and wanted desperately to make a deck with x4 of these and x4 omega myr.
Alas I could not. And I hated WotC for making a crappy limited filler in my booster packs. I do not like limited, never have.
leomistico
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ atemu1234:
I'd rather it be a 2/1 for 3 with first strike.

Are you talking about Coiled Tinviper?
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
first to charge, first to flight.
it stinks.