I love the Illusion creature type. I like
Fleeting Image and Ertai's Familiar. I liked the
Mistforms. And I like that Magic finally has an
Illusion lord. In Coldsnap, there are two other
Illusions besides this guy. One is black and has
Cumulative Upkeep [B], so in Limited this is
usually a 1/1 flyer for 1U, which is passable.
In constructed, Meloku decks don't really need
this guy, but it'd help.
Only of the archetypal decks of Coldsnap
drafting is founded almost solely on this
shoulders of this little flier. He's not so
little, though. Although Coldsnap only has a few
illusions, this one is common. It's not unusual
that you can get 5 or more of him into your
deck. And even with just a pair in play, you're
getting a discounted 2/2 flier. With more, you
can get truly ridiculous air assualts before
your opponent has even a slight chance of
setting up a defense. There's no way that
illusions are going to take Standard by storm (expcept
maybe the ones created by Meloku), but this
certainly plays up the casual aspect of Coldsnap.
This thing is a absolute beast in limited if you
can get a good amount of them (4+). It shouldn't
be too hard either since he is a common, and a
probably undervalued common. So just like the
ripple cards, take him early and often, even if
you have to give up a better card for him (if
you are already going for a mist deck).
As for constructed this dude is pretty meh,
relentless rats he 'ain't'. Decks that rely on
having multiples of one card out tend to not do
very well.
Ratings:
constructed- 1/5 again not good for constructed
because of the '4 of' limit
limited- 4/5 a very under rated card that can
absolutely destroy opponets
casual- 1/5 again a very meh card, relentless
rats is what this guy wants to be
Phoenix Tamer
Krovikan Mist
Well, it comes into play already as a 1/1 flyer,
that in itself can be helpful in a "Limited"
situation ha ha ha. Again I have to look up on
Coldsnap more, but if i remember correctly alot
of the Illusions in Magic were from Scourge and
maybe 1 to me was actually useful. I don't
really care for Illusions, yet if they are
helpful in Coldsnap, so be it. This seems very
similar to the Avatars. They're good some times,
yet playing tribal is deadly due to Engineering
Plague and such. Maybe in casual, but to me
otherwise useless.
Constructed~1
Casual~3
Limited~1.7 (Still not sure of Coldsnap types,
but will look it up)
