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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
Skywing
Aven
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Skywing Aven
Torment - Common
2U - Creature Bird Soldier - 2/1Flying
Discard a card from your hand: Return Skywing Aven
to its owner's hand.
Pojo's Average
Rating -
Constructed:
3.21 (6 Reviews)
Limited: 4.17 (6 Reviews)
Reviewed February 14, 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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Rob
Lawing
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This
is a decent creature although it's toughness make
it very vulnerable to burn even with the pitch to
return to your hand ability. I don't see much
overall value for him in constructed. In limited
he is somewhat better as he flies and gets out
about a turn earlier than most fliers making him a
decent card for blue decks.
Ratings
Constructed-2
Limited -3
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Andrew
Chapman |
I
like this card. I was always a fan of
Fleeting
Image, and it just hasn't been able to cut it due
to
it's activation cost. Here we have a card
that is
exactly the same, except for the difference in
activation costs. If there is a possibility
for an
aggressive Blue Skies type deck, expect this guy
to be
at the center of it.
In Limited this guy has a good and a bad.
The good is
that flying creatures for reasonable costs that
can
save themselves from being killed are good, really
good. The bad thing is that there a plethora
of 3/3
flyers in Odyssey block, making this guy just an
expensive blocker if your opponent gets one out.
Constructed Rating: 3.5
Limited Rating: 4
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DeQuan
Watson
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No
Review Yet
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Fletcher
Peatross
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Fletcher
is taking some time off for some personal family
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Mason
Peatross
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Mason
is taking some time off for some personal family
issues.
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Aaron
Teare
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Limited
*****
Constructed ****
I was the '96 Midwest Champion thanks to this
beauties knob of an older brother, Blinking
Spirit. Hmmm... Skycloud Aven can fly, has
the benefit of damage on the stack, AND costs a
mere 2U?! The Price is Right!
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Scott
Gerhardt |
This
card is a potential sleeper. A two-power
flier that can return on demand with only the cost
of a card (potentially abusing madness) can be
brutal. In limited, it's amazing. This
card will win games - it's won me quite a few
already.
In constructed, it's still decent at 3CC,
it's not real fast, but definitely a slow kill
threat. He will probably show up in some
blue control decks in OBC. In type 2, he
might make an appearance, but not as great.
Limited:
4.5
Constructed: 3.25
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John
Hornberg |
Skywing
Aven is one of my favorite cards in this set as
well. It will now
wow anyone with what it does, it's a straight
forward card that can be very
dominant since it's a 2/1, and has the ability to
come back to your hand,
thus making him almost invulnerable. As I've
heard it put about this guy,
"Change that text to '2U, Discard a card from
your hand: Regenerate Skywing
Aven. Untap Skywing Aven if it's your
turn." In constructed, I give it a 4
simply because it's a solid creature that flies,
and is hard to kill.
In limited, this guy is on my top 5 cards list for
this set in limited (the
others are Gurzigost, Vengeful Dreams,
Hypochondria, and Narcissism). He's
a blocker who subverts death, and helps with
threshold. Whats not to love?
He can be both defensive and offensive, and that's
what makes him a first,
second, or third pick. I'm probably
stretching it by giving this guy a 5,
but he's an awesome creature, and I stand by this
statement that this guy
will win you drafts.
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John B
Turpish
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No
Review Yet
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Robby
Hinton
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Limited:***^(3
1/2 Stars)
Constructed:**^(2 1/2 Stars)
This guy seems to be pretty good in Limited.
I got
beat down by them in one match during the
Pre-Release
because I couldn't get rid of them. I don't
think
they'll be as good in Constructed since there are
better fliers out there such as Mahamoti Djinn,
even
though they do cost more.
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