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This card makes me sad because it blows Tolsimir Wolfblood , a card that I really liked, completely out of the water in every way.

Given GR Goblins and GW Elves, I was hoping we could finish the Lorwyn cycle of dual lands. Kithkin could be BW... although I don't know where GU and RU would come from.

This guy is not strictly superior to Tolsimir, Wolfblood (no Voja), but he is close. Probably undercosted a bit. R&D, if you discover that your aggressive creature removal has made it difficult to play creatures that cost more than four, the appropriate response is not to top out the mana curve at four no matter how powerful a creature is, it's to weaken the removal.

I hate Shadowmoor's flavor.

I really really really hate it. I hate it so much, I would gleefully take one kick in the ********* every second for a week if I could wipe Shadowmoor from existance at the end of that week.

I liked Lorwyn. Nothing was wrong with Lorwyn. It demonstrated that even an idyllic plane could have conflict, and tension, and be interesting. It proved that a set doesn't have to be doom-and-gloom, the-end-is-nigh drollness in order to be suitable for a Magic: the Gathering expansion.

And then Shadowmoor came, and screwed everything up. More doom and gloom. More the end is nigh. More of the same generic, boring crap I can get anywhere else. The clever, silver-tongued merrow become feral savages. The wise treefolk become twisted and bitter. And the flamekin, my beloved, radiant flamekin, by far my favorite race in Lorwyn, become burnt-out shells.

So, answer me this: Why can't a Magic: the Gathering setting start as a relatively nice, decent place to live... and then stay that way?

EDIT: Wow. The board censors *********. Despite it being the medical term for that particular part of the body.

Wu-Gambinos wrote:

This card continues the trend of Morningtide rare creatures with absurd stats for their mana and additional powers. It seems like every creature they preview is suppose to evoke reactions of "Wow, this guy is insane" or "I don't like the power, but at least the numbers are crazy". (3/5 treefolk for 4, 3/1 flyer for 1UU, Countryside Crusher, etc) I think it's pretty weak to lean on great stats for splash value over and over again, and it's a rather inelegant way of forcing cards into constructed.

Guild mana is a pretty big hoodwinking. It's closer to colorless mana than regular mana, but they are powered like gold cards! :/

I would go as far as to say it's been power creep since Kamigawa. Kamigawa had generally lower power level than Ravnica, had lower power level than time spiral, had lower power level than Lorwyn. It would be nice if, instead of an Urza's Saga / Mirrodin followed by another Homelands / Kamigawa, we could stabilize the power level. It seems to me like standard is much faster than I like it to be these days.

As a bonus, the Liege comes with an extra ability that makes it counterproductive to Thoughtseize or Mind Shatter it from your hand. Discard? Schmiscard.

Anything that kicks Thoughtseize in the face gets a THUMBS UP.



I wanted a wish target for my Golden Wish. Good job.

Why isn't it legendary?

Oh, well, time to max out:-)

(And unlike the beast/Tarmogoyf, I can tutor for this guy. Nice. Wicked nice.)