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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Elvish Archers
7th Edition
"A
decent card, but since Odyssey came out, it's been
asking, 'Who Let the Dogs Out?'"
-Judge
Bill Guerin
Pojo's Average
Rating -
Constructed: 2.44
(10 Reviews)
Limited: 3.13 (10 Reviews)
Reviewed April 18, 2002
Ratings are
based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ...
average.
5 is the highest rating
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Fletcher
Peatross
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These
guys used to be amazing. Then they printed
Wild Mongrel. Poor
archers, eaten by dogs. Limited a 2.5,
Constructed a 3. |
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Mason
Peatross |
Archers
are a quality bear, but there are a lot
better right now. That hurts his rating,
but I still like this guy.
Elf
Rating: Archerific! Sorry, I'm running dry
at the end of the week.
Limited
rating: 3
Constructed
rating: 2
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DeQuan
Watson
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This
card was so good back in the day, For those
of us in the know, we took full advantage of this
card. However, times change and this got has
gotten pushed farther and farther back in trade
binders and storage boxes. Maybe his time is
still coming.
As for limited, well, he's just another body.
Just another dude to fight with.
Constructed: 1.9
Limited: 2.0
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Elvish
Archers are fun. A must for any Elf Deck,
but not that good past that. These guys had
their day, but it's mostly over now. In
limited, 2 Power, 2CC, First Strike - better than
average...barely.
 Constructed
- 2
Limited - 3.2
Current Price - $3.25
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Judge
Bill
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A
decent card, but since Odyssey came out, it's
been asking, "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
For my 2 mana, I'd much rather have the
Mongrel's ability, or even the Blurred
Mongoose's untargetability. I'd even take the
extra point of toughness and the ability to kick
it bigger over this.
In
limited, though, it's a decent body for the
price.
Constructed:
2
Limited:
3.1
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Doctor
Mackerel
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I
quite like these guys. A 2/1 with First Strike is
good value for 1G. You
can usually rely on these guys to clear out a few
opposing weenies before
they meet their maker.
In limited play, First Strike is a more useful
ability to have. He's a very
solid pick, but not a gamewinner. As for
constructed, he's pretty close but
you can probably find a better 1G drop. (Wild
Mongrel, anyone?)
Constructed - 2.5
Limited - 4
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John
Hornberg
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Elvish
Archers to me is a surprisingly good card, with
it's only fault
being that it's rare. It's a 2/1 for 1G,
which automatically catapults
it into being a playable card, and it also first
strikes, which makes it
that much better, because it takes out various
3/2's, 4/2's, and most
other bears.
Unfortunately, that "7" in a bold,
golden font ruins that cards
playablility, by making it hard to get, and thus,
easily forgotten to a
lot of people. I give it a 4 in constructed,
with a sleeper bonus
tacked onto that, because it is a good card, just
often forgotten.
In limited, it stops a lot of things, because it
first strikes. It can
be a brutal force on the board, but will rarely
show up in multiples of
more than 1 in a draft, and that makes him easy to
handle. Also, with
his good friend Tim running around, the world is
never completely safe.
He's a creature that will be played in every
draft deck playing green,
but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the best
card. I give it a 3 in
limited, because it's not necessarily a high pick,
but it is a good
creature.
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Andrew
Chapman
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Elvish
Archers would be good if only Stompy was a
viable deck and there weren't cards like Wild
Mongrel
and Seton's Scout to overshadow it.
Apparently age
does make things worse.
I would still like these guys in Limited.
Too bad
they're a rare and won't show up much.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 4
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Rob
Lawing
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This
is a really good forgotten card. It's a 2/1
first striker for 1G. Its mana efficiency is
good and an early first striker is always a
solid choice. I guess these days there are so
many insane green cards that this guy has
disappeared. He is in 7th (I even checked to
be sure) so he probably deserves consideration
in green T2 decks.
He
is excellent in limited as so many limited
decks play small creatures he can easily kill.
Not a real high pick but a solid mid draft
choice.
Ratings
Constructed
3.0
Limited
3.5
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Robby
Hinton
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Limited:
3 Stars
Constructed: 2 Stars
I really don't care for Elvish Archers all that
much.
I do like first strike, though. This ability
matters
more in limited (I think) than in constructed, so
the
rating shows that. There are probably better
green
picks if you're drafting the base sets, anyway.
And
better elves in constructed.
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