Eh, rather expensive for a 1/1 lifelink, especially considering it's on-colour for black. Just look at Nip Gwyllion...
DaaNz
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(11 votes)
you are not a very smart person. this card was printed long ago. you are not very smart.
Elysiume
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(11 votes)
Power creep is an ugly thing.
Guest57443454
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
This was the first card printed with lifelink, so they were unsure on how to effectively cost it...I have used this card in the past, however...
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Yeah, he's a very good example how lifelink-like effects developed. Similar to death touch, they're rather treated like flying, trample or first strike these days.
TreeTrunkMaster
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This is not a lifelink creature, very similar but there are small differences in how the ability works.
boneclub
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Try saying his name 5 times fast.
CeremonialBathory
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
@Elysiume - In this case I think power creep is a beautiful thing. A game where it takes that long to get out a 1/1 with only one ability would be rather slow and boring.
hozz101
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
how do you pronounce his name?
DlCK
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(7 votes)
Stygimoloch is right, what was Wizards thinking? Didn't they know that 15 years later they would print Nip Gwyllion and ruin this guy's niche in the magic world? Those fools!
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Obviously an experimental card since they had no idea how to price what amounts to lifelink back then. Like most life-gain effects, they vastly overestimated its power. He'd have been fun at B cost.
and NOBODY wants to talk about how this and many other cards from Arabian Nights would probably have been retconned into Legendary Creatures upon printing Legends if Wizards had thought about in time before inertia said 'NO'? :P
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Ali from Cairo
Abu Jafar
at least.