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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
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Suntail Hawk
8th edition
Reviewed January 3, 2005
Constructed: 2.34
Casual: 2.50
Limited: 2.67
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Jeff Zandi
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Suntail Hawk
Not a fan. A million years ago, I thought Flying
Man from Arabian Nights was a neat little
card...a 1/1 flying creature for one mana. Ditto
Scryb Sprites. Suntail Hawk is a Bird, which
could come in handy in a very narrowly conceived
Bird deck (I believe this boat has already
sailed), but I don't find the Hawk very
interesting overall. In limited, you need MORE
from the dozen or so creatures in your deck than
this creature provides. Evasion is very
important, but 1/1 creatures don't win games
very often.
(Here's a very
minor pet peeve ... Brainburst still spells the
name of the Magic expansion that Suntail Hawk
comes from as 'Judgement' when Wizards of the
Coast, for better or worse, spell the name of
the set 'Judgment'.
Personally, I might wish that Wizards had
included the 'E', but they
didn't...)
CONSTRUCTED: 1.5
CASUAL: 2.0
LIMITED: 2.5
Pojo Note: I
was confused on the Judgment spelling as well,
but dictionary.com says this. So WOTC seems
to be more correct. ;-) |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner |
Suntail Hawk - Monday
Generally I would give Suntail Hawk a decent
rating. But this is one of those cards where the
timing of the review affects the score. The
reason I say this is due to Lantern Kami just
being released. With so many people playing Rend
Flesh, having a spirit creatures is a greater
advantage.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 3
Limited: 3 |
Paul
Hagan |
Suntail Hawk --
I can't really think of a lot to say about this
card. For one white mana, this is about as good
of a flying creature that you'll get. When
constructing a White Weenie deck (in Type II at
least), you have to make the decision between
this card, Savannah Lions, and Isamaru, Hound of
Konda for which one-white-mana creature you'd
like.
In limited, I might consider running Suntail
Hawk, but it definitely wouldn't be an early
pick or early cut into my deck.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 2.5 |
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Monk |
Suntail Hawk
There's so much to think about in the 1/1 for
one mana creature. Evasion is great, but 1/1
creatures die easily. The cost is cheap, but a
1/1 creature takes twenty turns to kill your
opponent. In a draft, I would pick this only if
there was not a stronger creature or combat
trick available. In casual play, this guy has a
ton of potential in theme decks like bird decks,
white weenie, flier decks and such. In
constructed, its really only good in one deck -
white weenie.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 1 |
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Andy |
Suntail Hawk
I've no idea why they're so dead set against
blue getting flying man back.
Green had Scryb Sprites for longer and white has
a nice basic card in suntail hawk. Nothing
amazing, but a reasonable filler card in limited
and a potential white weenie include in an
evasion-based build.
constructed 2.5
casual 3
limited 2.5 |
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