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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Simply
put, it's a reanimator card. It adds to the
punch of the deck. It's too expensive to
hard cast for it's cost. It'll come in for
cheap or not at all.
In limited, it's a
pumpable flier - a gimme to play with.
Constructed:
3
Limited: 4.5 |
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Bladewing the Risen -
As Bill says, it gives Reanimator 2 creatures for
the price of one. Not bad. Otherwise, he is
probably too expensive in constructed, though I'd
bet you'll see him in block.
In limited, you play
him if you have another dragon (not so unlikely).
He's not as good otherwise if you don't have more
Dragons, since he's a 4/4 for a color intensive 7
casting cost, though he is pumpable. Dunno...it's
3 am while I write this, and I can't even see
straight.
But I have to say,
this is definitely the most eye-popping set I've
seen released!! If you'd like to see the rest of
the rares, you can check them out on my
Scourge Rares eBay page. Just click on any
of the names, and it will give you either a
written card description, or a picture of the card
itself. If you're into huge monstrous
creatures, this set will thrill ya!
Constructed: 3
Limited: 4 |
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Judge
Bill
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Bladewing the Risen
Reanimator gets a
new toy. Now you can Buried Alive this, another
dragon, and Anger, and have 2 hasty creatures
for the price of one reanimation spell.
In other decks, it's
ok, but it costs 7 mana, and it doesn't win you
the game. Leave this to the Reanimator decks.
In limited, he's a
flying 4/4 that pumps. If you can fit him in
your deck, play him.
Constructed: 4.5 for
Reanimator, 1.5 for everyone else
Limited: 5
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Jason
Chapman |
Bladewing the Risen is
a big old dragon built for Timmy. Universal pump
is pretty huge but most dragons are costly
definitely where you want to play a recursion
deck. I will Exhume my Bladewing and put another
Dragon into play as well.
Constructed An
interesting card but built for a very narrow group
of deck builds 2.85
Limited How much colored mana do
you have and how many dragons? I would leave him
alone except for the fact that evasion is nice
2.10 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Bladewing the Risen
Entertaining, but expensive. Kind of a combo-y
guy to buried
alive/reanimate though (if you're very
enterprising, a sac effect such as
ashnod's altar and three of these guys can give
you some infinite goodness),
and of course as a fatty flier he can win limited
games, if you're playing
those colors.
constructed 2.5
limited 3.3 |
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Scott Sager |
Bladewing the Risen
A dragon based
reanimator deck seems the best way to abuse this
card. It definitely has potential with all the
dragons in Onslaught and 8th Edition.
Limited: If you can
bust a couple of dragons this can be insane. By
itself it is a 4/4 flying pumpable dragon, that
should definitely put you opponent on a pretty
short clock.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 4
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John
Hornberg |
Bladewing the Risen
Bladewing the Risen isn't a fantastic card. You
wouldn't really play a
dragon deck in the first place for anything, not
to mention the only dragons
that even get played are ones that are incredibly
broken, like Kilnmouth
Dragon and, going back to Invasion, Crosis and
Dromar.
Bladewing is a heavy colored card, limiting you to
black and red whether you
like it or not. It's a 7cc for only a 4/4, which
is exactly the same
problem that occurred with Vampiric Dragon in
Odyssey (8cc for a 5/5 I
believe.)
His boosting of Dragons essentially will only
boost himself, since the term
"low casting cost" and the creature type "Dragon"
don't go together in any
way. It will be a rarity that your opponent will
still be alive (or that
you will still be alive, actually) if you have
more than one dragon on the
board for his pump ability to make a difference.
Yes, I am aware of his recursion aspect, which is
one of this cards few
saving graces. It doesn't get it significant
play, but it can break games
when played right.
In limited, it can be a bomb. Granted its
recursion isn't going to do you
much, but it flies, and makes a statement by
pumping as well. A little
overcosted, though, for most decks. Play it only
of your playing black and
red, and is a passable card.
Constructed - 1.5/5.0 (Possible mean things can be
done with the recursion
ability, but this card is not very good.)
Limited - 2.7/5.0 (Overcosted, but the ability to
house someone is nothing
to scoff at.) |
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Danny Tatro |
Bladewing the Risen
Another kiddie card, but it has some level
of merits. No matter how small they are that is...
It just costs too much. It does have some wanting
to be reanimated, but there's better reanimator
targets. This guy is your 99th version of
Phage-likeness from Onslaught block, and "Rares
with Special Titles". I'm starting to think
they'll never print a legend thats actually
playable. - I'd like to see a legend playable even
in extended.
In limited hes 7 mana for a 4/4 flyer in
BR... hmm I don't see BR much, but since he pumps
he could land up being lethal. Not the best- dare
I say, "bomb" but he can do it for you if you have
nothing better and need a win condition beyond
normally winning. Although BR in draft doesn't
come up often... risky color choice- watch out!
Constructed: 2 (For reanimation purposes, just
like every other big creature you can't seriously
play out there. =D )
Limited: 2.5 (If your playing BR... good luck! It
can be done!) |
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