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Wirewood Herald
Onslaught
Reviewed December 29, 2004
Constructed: 2.10
Casual: 2.60
Limited: 2.30
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Wednesday - Wirewood
Herald
Finally, an elf.
You are paying one extra mana for this guy's
ability, but it is worth it. Get whatever
elf you need and put him in your hand.
Want to make a
bunch of squirrels? Go get a Deranged
Hermit.
Pyroclasm wipe out your elven army? Turn
them into bears with Caller of the Claw.
Need to make all your elves go back into
your library for reuse? Elvish Soultiller
can do that.
Need LOTS (and I do mean lots) of mana? Go
get Priest of Titania.
Not many elves on board, but you still want
lots of mana? Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is
your friend.
Want a bunch of big creatures? Voice of the
Woods can help you do that.
Unfortunately,
this guy's not good enough for Extended
right now. But he'll do you just fine in
casual. His power in limited is limited by
whether or not you have a Wellwisher or
Timberwatch Elf.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 3
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Wirewood Herald
You know, I used to have a subscription to the
Wirewood Herald, but I had to discontinue it
when they quit carrying Doonesbury. But
seriously, folks, the Herald was particularly
useful in Onslaught limited play, where it could
put lots of different very good Elf cards into
your hand from your library, many of which were
commons and often a part of your deck.
Basically, Wirewood Herald was as good or better
than a free card for the cost of 1G AND the net
effect of having a 1/1 Elf on your side of the
board.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.0 (only good in the Elf deck)
CASUAL: 2.0
LIMITED: 3.5 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge |
Wirewood Herald
While I've seen him played before, I've never
been a big fan of this guy except in casual elf
type decks. While he is a form of tutoring and
deck thinning, his ability is too narrow to
really be worth playing. In limited he's far too
narrow be useful. It's a cute idea, just not
good enough.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 1
Limited: 1 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Wednesday - Wirewood
Herald
Players without as much competitive experience
are quick to add this to their elf decks. But
the truth is, this guy is almost more useful in
a deck with only eight or so elves and it
usually part of a combo. When you can willingly
sacrifice him for a big benefit and go get more
cards it's great. It's especially good when you
can go get a Caller of the Claw and help your
creature situation.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 2 |
Paul
Hagan |
Wirewood Herald --
When you first look at Wirewood Herald, he
doesn't look like much. He's a bit small for his
cost, he only searches when he dies, and other
than that, he's nothing special. However,
sometimes it is just the threat of being able to
hunt down a Timberwatch Elf, a Caller of the
Claw, or a Wirewood Hivemaster is enough to push
this card over the top as one of the better
elves in the game. Don't get me wrong, there are
a number of better elves, but this guy can put
the fear into your opponent. I think his
greatest benefit is the ability to sit and wait
for a Wrath of God, and if one hits, going to
get Caller of the Claw to rebound. Taken on his
own, Wirewood Herald is pretty average, but in a
good deck, he can be stellar.
In limited, the Herald isn't as good due to lack
of elves to search for. If you have drafted up a
couple of decent elves, you should consider
playing Herald just for his tutoring ability,
but otherwise, ignore him.
Constructed Rating: 2.5
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 2.0 |
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