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Jugan,
the Rising Star
Champions of Kamigawa Rare
Legendary Dragon
Reviewed September 28, 2004
Constructed: 2.3
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 3.9
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Speaking of colors that
never get a good flier, we have green. Green
gets a 5/5 for 6 as well. This guy, though,
isn't quite as nice as his red cousin. First
of all, he's triple green. That means you need
a devotion to green to play him. His ability
is decent - better if you have a way to off him at
instant speed. Those counters could be well
timed. Otherwise, if you NEED a flier in
green, it's nice. Overall, nice, but nothing
ridiculous.
Limited is simple: If you go primary green,
you play him every time. If you don't, you
don't. That's easy.
Constructed: 3.5
Limited: 4.5 |
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
While yesterday's
Champions Dragon was most likely on of the best of
the lot, Jugan here is among the lesser end.
Don't get me wrong...any 5/5 flyer for 6 is damn
decent on the non-tourney scene. But Jugan
has the drawback of being completely unsplashable
due to his triple Green casting cost. Add to
that his only okay ability at death, the
distribution of 5 counters. It's a good
ability, but just not as good as say,
Ryusei, who takes others with him when he goes
down. Though Jugan is by far and away the
best flyer that Green has.
In casual, dang... you
can't squeeze him in a dragon deck. He's too
heavy in the green department. I suppose you
could play him with
Canopy Dragon, but eh...Jugan is much better
than Canopy, and Red is a much more conducive
color to Dragon Decks.
Time of Need can help a bit, as it can with
any Legend dependent deck. Also,
Heartbeat of Spring may be a help with this
guy.
In limited, he's a
reason to go green if you get him early. 5/5
flyers are never anything to sneeze at, and he has
a nice death ability for limited. In late
draft, if you're not going Green, you may
seriously want to consider D-Drafting (Defensive
Drafting) him, just because he can be quite lethal
in someone else's hand. Unless there was
something else just absolutely amazing in the
pack, I would. If you are going green, grab
him!
Constructed:
2
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 4
Current Price:
Jugan, the
Rising Star -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$6.99
Combos
Well With:
Time of
Need -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$2.13
Canopy
Dragon -
Mirage - $3.80
Heartbeat
of Spring -
Champions of Kamigawa -
$4.99
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Easily the weakest
of the dragons. You do get a flier in green,
which is rare. However, the leaves play ability
leaves a lot to be desired. Most of the time,
when this is killed in constructed, there will
be no other creatures left.
OK in casual ...
still the weakest dragon though.
It's a 5/5 flier in
limited. Ignore the ability ... it won't come
into play most of the time.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 3.5
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Jugan, the Rising Star
You can tell it just KILLS Wizards of the Coast to
make a powerful flying
creature for green. They have HARDLY EVER done it
in the past. Anybody
remember the last one? Canopy Dragon? Jugan is
just great, a 5/5 flyer for
six mana. Because the powers that be feel so
strongly that green should not
have flyers, it was interesting that they thought
making the casting cost
for Jugan 3GGG would effectively offset his
usefulness. I don't believe it
does. Green is the one color in Champions that has
enough mana accelerators
to make Jugan easily castable even in multi-color
green decks.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.0
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 3.5 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Jugan, the Rising Star
I
had this guy just a couple of days ago in a Sealed
Deck, and while I think he is the weakest of the
dragons, he’s still a big 5/5 for six mana, and
that’s nothing to scoff at. His ability to create
counters when he dies makes him the most
situational of the dragons, and likely not the
best card for other formats, but for limited, he’s
worth the mana.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 4
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
This is amazing. No,
it's not the best costed card. Honestly, of all
the dragons, it's probably the hardest to cast.
No, it's not the best ability in the said. It's
good, but not great. Why is it so good?
Simple.
It's a green dragon.
Green NEVER gets dragon.
Well, obviously not never. But you get the idea.
OK, so maybe it's a little above average.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4 |
Paul
Hagan |
Jugan, The Rising Star --
I think this might be the weakest of the new
dragons introduced in Champions.
First, it has three green in its casting cost,
which means it automatically has trouble finding
its way into anything besides a mono-green deck.
How many mono-green decks have you seen running
around recently?
Next, it has a so-so ability when it kicks off.
I'm not such the fan of distributing +1/+1
counters, really, especially when it calls for my
5/5 flier to go.
However, I will give Jugan credit -- he is a
flying creature for green, which is a rarity.
Casual players will enjoy having access to a
large, flying creature (especially a dragon) in
green. It's one of the things I hear a *lot* of
people asking for, and I really can't recommend
that many green fliers.
In limited, I suppose I would take Jugan, just
because he is large, he does fly, and he does make
my dudes big when he goes. However, I have to make
sure that I go a bit heavy on green from then on
out to ensure I can play him.
Constructed Rating: 2.0
Casual Rating: 3.5
Limited Rating: 3.0 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Jugan, the Rising Star
Green flyer. 5/5 for 6 mana. Certainly not
splashable, and the weakest of
this set's dragons, but still great in his color,
since flying is a rarity
there. Outside of limited though, he probably
won't see much use.
constructed 2
casual 3.5
limited 3.5 |
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Jugan, the Rising
Star
Triple green does
not help this, and is probably the main reason
why he can’t be played in Constructed. Giving
+5/+5 among creatures is a pretty weak ability
when there are cards that can distribute
counters around all of your creatures. (Thrive)
That ability has never been too good in
constructed. It is a flier though, which is
hard to find for green, but at triple green and
an effect that won’t change the tables, it’s not
worth playing.
In limited, it’s
another story. Cards that pump up your
creatures are good. Three green is not ideal,
but it’s a flier and beefs up your guys. If
Wurmskin Forger is picked in limited, I
would think this guy would be too. First pick.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 4
Limited: 5
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