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Sun Quan,
Lord of Wu
Portal
Reviewed March 15, 2005
Constructed: 2.00
Casual: 2.63
Limited: 3.75
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Jeff Zandi
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Sun Quan, Lord
of Wu
Now that Wizards of the Coast is officially
"horsing around" with Type I by making Three
Kingdoms cards fully legal, that means that the
King of Wu here could make all your other
creatures unblockable by giving them all
Horsemanship, which your opponent is pretty
unlikely to be playing. Doubtful, though, that
Sun Quan would be too popular, though, with the
high casting cost and the having of the two blue
in the casting cost and things of that nature.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.0
CASUAL: 2.5
LIMITED: 3.0 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Sun Quan, Lord
of Wo
Six mana for a 4/4 is not great but not
horrible. The ability to give all your creatures
what is essentially flying can easily be a game
winning card.
But then again, you are playing blue, you should
already have creatures with flying/horsemanship.
In draft its still a super high pick, but in
constructed, this guy is a bit too expensive and
easy to kill to be really a great thing to play
in your decks.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2
Limited: 4 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner |
Sun Quan, Lord
of Wu - Tuesday
For those of you that are unaware,
"horsemanship" means that only creatures with
horsemanship may block them. For six mana,
getting a 4/4 that gives all of your team an
evasion ability is pretty good. I'd especially
want to see something like this in my sealed
product before an event :)
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 4.5 |
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Paul Hagan |
Sun Quan, Lord
of Su --
Much like yesterday's card, I'm not a huge fan
of this creature. It does give all of your
creatures "horsemanship", which I believe is
similar to flying, and that is a huge benefit.
However, the formats it is legal in mean that
Sun Quan just isn't fast enough -- six mana
needs to win you the game in Type I or I.5, not
create a creature that grants your team an
effect similar to Levitate. In a slower format,
such as casual play, Sun Quan might be a
slightly better creature, allowing for a big
creature staredown to turn into a win for one
side.
Sun Quan seems like a bomb in limited, and if
you are playing blue, he automatically makes the
cut. He makes your entire team hard to block,
meaning in some instances, Sun Quan won't ever
get the chance to attack -- the game will be
over the turn he lands.
Constructed Rating: 1.5
Casual Rating: 3.0
Limited Rating: 3.5 |
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