Not sure how White Counterspell week turned into
Green's New Tricks week, but I'm liking it. This
could be a Shock on Turn One, which most aggro
decks in Constructed are happy to play, or it's
a 2/1 hasty flier, which most Green decks can
make use of. In Limited, it's no Giant Dustwasp,
but it'll usually serve the turn as a decent
evasive beater or aerial defense. In
Constructed, it might show up in Zoo builds or
spawn a new breed of super aggro (Gruul Deck
Wins?). In Casual, it's nothing special outside
of an Eon Hub deck.
Constructed- 3
Casual- 1.5
Limited- 3
Aethereal
Friday - Uktabi
Drake
Green finally gets a cheap, hasty weenie flier.
You do have to invest an extra 3 mana to keep it
around, though, which can really slow you down.
This, as well as the legality of Silhana
Ledgewalker and Scryb Ranger, are the reasons
why this will never see play in MGA, and that's
the only deck right now that it could feasibly
fit into.
In casual, it's green, cheap, hasty weenie
flier. Why not?
In limited, great with Thick-Skinned Goblin, and
good in general. I'll pay 4 for a 2/1 flier in
*green* here.
Constructed - 2
Casual - 3
Limited - 3
-David N
Uktabi Drake
One of my favorite cards from the set. I really
underrated common. Green has very few fliers.
The best 1 drop for green flier was a 1/1 scryb
sprites. Now this is a 1 drop for a 2/1 with
haste. Yes most likely it will die after a turn
but with the evasion and the power ups in green
such as might of old krosa, 6 damage could be
easily done on turn 2. If Uktabi is drawn late
the echo can be paid and you still have a 2/1
flier in green. I would run 4 of these in any
weenie green deck.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 4
Limited: 5
David Fanany
Uktabi Drake
As another in the line of creatures with echo
cost greater than their mana cost, Uktabi Drake
suffers from the same inherent tension with all
such creatures. You can't play it the way it's
written, as a one-drop, if you expect it to
stick around for any length of time. Its best
use might be as a sort of green sorcery-speed
Shock, but there aren't really any decks in
constructed that need that right now. In casual
play, it's another friend for your Primal
Forcemage or Thick-Skinned Goblin deck. The fact
that it has little staying power means it's not
stellar in limited, but creatures with evasion
are always at least moderately useful.
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 2/5
PsychoAnime
Worst shock
ever.
In Limited however, it does have evasion so I
could see it being used as a
filler if you got nothing else good to play.
Constructed: 1/5
Casual: 1/5
Limited: 1.5/5
Arcane
Constructed: I
used to think of this card as just a bad shock
for green, but a friend of mine recently has
shown me a bit more power in this little
creature. He’s running it along side Primal
Forcemage and Pandemonium with dangerous results
turning the little 2/1 into 10 damage against
opponents with no flying creatures. I don’t
really see in finding a home in any decks beyond
that as the Drake isn’t really that in depth a
creature with not so inviting drawback.
Casual/Multi: Green has access to way more flier
here if that’s what you want, and also a lot
more cheap efficient one drop creatures if
that’s also what you want. Again, echo and
multiplayer just do not mix well, and especially
not for creatures that get worse and worse as
the game goes on. I’ll wait an extra turn or two
and have a cockatrice, a Jugan or even a
dustwasp, and the drake can stay looking from
the sidelines.
Limited: Quick cheap evasion creatures are a bit
more versatile in limited and (as long as you
pay the echo) will probably be able to swing
into your opponent for a few turns. A 2/1 body
might not seem like much but the damage can add
up quickly. The disadvantage is that you
probably won’t get this creature out until the
third turn as you’re going to want to be able to
pay the echo and keep hitting your opponent or
if you need a chump blocker against a dragon. On
that note though I have managed a few games
where I suspended a search for tomorrow on first
turn, played a Drake on the second and paid the
echo on my third upkeep by resolving my search
first.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 1
Limited: 3.5
Necro
nomikron
Uktabi Drake:
Interesting card, for sure. I'm not overly fond
of it, but, could see some play. If you're
drafting red/green and picked up some
thick-skinned goblins, it could be great.
Otherwise, it's a shock to the face that you can
turn into a creature for 1GG.
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5 (Flyer is a flyer is a flyer)
