Looks like they somehow forgot to add at least first strike imo. =/
2/1 first strike is kinda aggresive. This card is pretty bad, but I don't think it's an "at least" to give him first strike.
I would have liked the card to cost more and make everyone not be able to block. That would have been a killer uncommon like Markov Warlord , though, which maybe they didn't need.
whaaaat, I thought this battalion effect would be common... what will we have at common then? pinging? preventing the next 1 damage?
You make a nice point. The uncommons with battalion revealed so far have been unimpressive. I mean, I like both of them (this and Boros Elite), but I cannot ignore the fact that they're underwhelming...which makes us ask ourselves what our friend here just point out : what about the commons with the battalion ability? - Now onto the card. Like Boros Elite, I'd like to make them work in a constructed but casual format (the format I play with my friends :P). So yes, evidently not super powerful, but I can see his ability being somehow relevant. And yes, it's a piker, but the ability doesn't degrade the longer the game lasts (except maybe when you're being swarmed by tokens, at which point you aren't in a good place already anyway...) - So yeah, summary : I don't "hate on him" as much as others, but can't deny his underwhelming"ness" (ya, like that's even a word...)
Okay, here is the clincher. I've been waiting to say this.
The "cam girl" this was inspired by was just a girl from a social networking website, Stickam. Her name was TinyTerror and she was just a regular girl who was on her webcam, totally unrelated to any type of adult content.
I hope you all feel really smart now.
This is like someone coming into class with a bloody nose and everyone's like "Jeez what happened to you" and they're like "I ran into a wall" and everyone laughs at them for being an idiot but then at the end of the class they say "HAHA JUST KIDDING I PUNCHED MYSELF IN THE FACE!!!!!! TALK ABOUT OWNED HAHAHAHAHA"
I really enjoy imagining this from Kevin's perspective. Because in Kevin's world, Rosewater actually reads everything he types. Mark is sitting there right now, reading this, and thinking "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled. . ." Or some such. He chuckles low, then clicks on "The Best Of KEVINSET" and says "Yes, this'll do just fine. A busty lady with banding who deals direct damage to Zones!? Why this will be the star of my next set, and no one will ever believe you Kevin." Then he closes his Macbook, so his servant may move it out of the way, while another servant puts a Fetal Richard Garfield Clone lathered in Steak Sauce in front of him. Then Mark Feasts.
Sorin walked into the chamber where his newly wed bride, Vampy, awaited. A beam of moonlight illuminated his brilliant silver hair as he strode with confidence towards the bed. His shirtless body showcased his powerful abdominal muscles and he was wearing jeans with holes in the knees.
whaaaat, I thought this battalion effect would be common... what will we have at common then? pinging? preventing the next 1 damage?
You make a nice point. The uncommons with battalion revealed so far have been unimpressive. I mean, I like both of them (this and Boros Elite), but I cannot ignore the fact that they're underwhelming...which makes us ask ourselves what our friend here just point out : what about the commons with the battalion ability? - Now onto the card. Like Boros Elite, I'd like to make them work in a constructed but casual format (the format I play with my friends :P). So yes, evidently not super powerful, but I can see his ability being somehow relevant. And yes, it's a piker, but the ability doesn't degrade the longer the game lasts (except maybe when you're being swarmed by tokens, at which point you aren't in a good place already anyway...) - So yeah, summary : I don't "hate on him" as much as others, but can't deny his underwhelming"ness" (ya, like that's even a word...)
There's also the possibility of higher cost creatures that hit the field later but are less effective than their rare brethren. Think Canyon Minotaur with Battalion, the bonus being something like getting +3/+0 until end of turn.
Yeah, let's hope it's something like that, or stuff like 3cmc that gainst first strike being a 3/2 (or whatever). Yeah, there's certainly hope for good common cards. I hope they don't follow the footsteps of their uncommon brethren :P
At first glance, I too was surprised this wasn't common, but then I started thinking about how ridiculous even 2 of these together could be in limited and it makes more sense. However, the power level of only 1 of these is pretty low. That makes me think this just shouldn't have been printed, or they should have added a little something to up to power a little.
