It really seems like the Gossipmonger
should be the card that turns your other
creature into Incited Rabble, but I guess that
would have been hard to template, even in the
era of double-faced cards. In terms of pure
efficiency, there are probably stronger things
to go to in both white and red aggressive decks,
but the ability to start as a standard one-drop
and upgrade by using any other creature you have
will no doubt be useful in limited environments.
I also can't help but feel like there might be a
situation where the fact that its day and night
sides are different colors could end up being
important.
At first glance, it looks like it's a 2/3 with "firebreathing"
that you can play for a single W. And that's
correct, but you'll never actually get it
transformed and swinging before Turn Four if
you're lucky, and that's after you've played a
second creature and held both back for a turn so
you could tap them for this. in a fast
aggressive deck, this is just too slow. The
fastest way to get it out is to also play an
Ornithopter, but a 0/2 creature has no place in
an aggressive deck. If you could reliably sneak
it out along with another creature later in the
game, maybe, or if you're monowhite and there's
a strong prot: white creature you need to get
around, but I feel like in most decks you either
don't want to pay the transform cost, or don't
want Incited Rabble.
