[SCD] Aetherling

[Jason Waddell]

[Nathan Weizenbaum]

I like this card a lot. It hits my nostalgia for Morphling right on the nose, while feeling like much more of a modern card.

That said, I think it's pretty low-power for a six drop blue creature relative to cube (or seven-drop, if you want to hold up flicker mana). Once it's resolved, it doesn't do a lot to stabilize you... it's tough to kill, but it only stops one non-evasive creature. Ultimately it's just good at attacking for 8 unblockable damage, which is fine, but does cost five mana every turn.

For my part I'd rather include Deadeye Navigator in a low-absolute-power, high-synergy, high-sweetness slot around this mana cost.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Jason Waddell <jlwa...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Eric Chan]

Man. This thing is no joke.

Is it just stone irremovable, or...? (That's a real word. I looked it up.)

I'm not sure of its cube implications, because blue has some pretty powerful six-drops already. But its flexibility is appealing. I'd like to think that Sphinx of Jwar Isle has been put on notice.

On Friday, 19 April 2013 02:17:35 UTC-4, Jason Waddell wrote:

[Hannes Versmissen]

I hate this card in that it reduces decision points. The better choice is almost always to protect your Aetherling when stuff goes wrong.

removal, wrath, combat. this guy takes it all. He even does vigilance on his off time. so for keeping two mana untapped, you get incremental and endless value. 

the only pro is that he costs 7, maybe even 8 mana to cast.

[Christopher Morris-Lent]

i strongly agree with nathan that deadeye is better for this kind of functionality. i don't like AEtherling at all.