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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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The
new Tradewind. It's certainly not as good,
though. Birds are not the most optimal
critters to begin with, and this thing has a
less-than-JLo sized butt. Most removal
whacks it pretty easy. I'd like to think
it's gonna get played because I like the concept,
but I'm not sure. Maybe the metagame will be
nice to it. I'm not holding my breath.
In limited,
outstanding if you're bird heavy, total crap if
you're not. Depends on your sealed/draft.
Constructed:
3
Limited: 4 (potentially)
Current Price:
$4.20 |
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales - Ooooooo... okay, confession time. I'm a
bird fan. Not that I think they have been very
payable in the past. They haven't been. But I have
always loved birds (that little thing on my
picture to the left, perched on the right of the
heart... a birdie =). Anyhow, this guy is
interesting. His cost is reasonable. He can
return permanents. Hmmm. Maybe with Crookclaw
Elder to draw cards, the Soul Catchers, Battle
Screech... *sigh*. Someone come up with a
viable Type 2 Bird deck and email it to me!!!
=/
I don't think it
could stand up to most of the hard core decks,
like Tog ( I really hate playing against tog...grrr....)
In limited, again
as I explained earlier this week, you have to have
7 to 10 tribal creatures to make something tribal
work well for you. Birds are not easy to come by in
sealed. Maybe in draft, but drafting blue/white,
especially taking birds just to fuel this guy,
isn't always the smartest bet.
Constructed: 4
(hey, I can dream, can't I?)
Limited: 2.75 |
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Judge
Bill
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Keeper of the Nine
Gales
The card that so
desparately wants to be a Tradewind Rider will
never be one. The fact that you can only use
birds is one major drawback. Another one is that
the birds you have to use are so fragile
(toughness <3). You might be able to make a deck
on it, but I don't see it working with any great
regularity in any serious competition.
And there's even
less of a possibility in limited of getting this
to work.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 1
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales
He's not tradewind, but he'll end up being a
nuissance. His lower toughness
is as big a drawback as his restrictions. solid
(but not a bomb) in
limited, in constructed there are 2 cards that
make him ok, birds of
paradise and battle screech, and unfortunately
none of those share a color,
so you'll have to push it to fit him in somewhere.
limited 3.2
constructed 2.9 |
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Jason
Chapman |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales – (to the tune of the Oscar Meier Wiener
song) ‘I wish I were a Tradewind Rider, ‘cause
that is what I really want to be. . .’ Well the
cost is right and the ability can be good. Still
with 2 toughness and the bird restriction this
card is limited to Bird decks.
Constructed – Very
useful for Bird decks as it really extends the
utility and playability of the deck – 3.65
Limited – Not so many key
permanents to bounce as in constructed and less
birds as well. Still useful and at a good cost –
3.10 |
IQ |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales
heh heh... silly birds.
Once the blocks rotate I could see this guy trying
to work with the green
muse to bring back an old deck arch type. Maybe a
splash of white will be
required to get better birds but who knows? I
think it'll make a decent fun
deck to say the least and depending of what the
environment turns out to be
this guys might actually win youa turney or two.
In limited he's really great and could be nasty in
a blue white deck... or
he could be if it wasn't for the tons of removal
spells that can take him
out but I think he's still worth running. Then
again I'm a freaing weirdo
who'e all about fun decks. = )
Constructed 2.5
Limited 3 |
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Scott Sager |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales The
"new Tradewind Rider". Nope. Needing to tap two
Birds makes this card restricted to one type of
deck. The problem is that the deck is way too
slow and unfocused to work.
Limited: It's a
1/2 flier for 3cc. Playable but only for the
evasion.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 2.5 |
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Danny Tatro |
Keeper of the nine gales
This card is not tradewind rider. Its much
worse and won't see play because of it. Also it
REALLY can't take a hit, and thats what a slow
control needs to do, be able to take a hit,
especially in the key card department.
In limited its a bad flyer, I would never
play it. Although it would be funny to pull combat
tricks with this... but thats WAY too situational,
and the situation can easily be disrupted or
stopped.
Constructed: 1
Limited: 1.5 |
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Brett
Livingston |
Keeper of the Nine
Gales
Birds?? EHH!!! NO! Tradewind Rider eats this guy
anyday of the week. If you have birds, feh, you
can
use him as removal in limited but..I don't think
he's
too good, but he has flying!!!!
Contructed:2.5
Limited:3 |
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