This little guy seems unassuming at first, but
he is kind of like a 2/2 for 1. Play him turn 1,
attack with him (or drop another guy with
Exalted first!) on turn 2 for at least two
points of damage. Later in the game, especially
in limited, he'll fuel your bigger guys with his
own Exalted ability. I wouldn't be surprised if
you see this getting played in white weenie
decks for its quick and early damage.
In limited, if you're drafting Exalted then you
definitely want to see this. Exalted is a pretty
good theme to build around in this format.
Constructed - 3.5
Casual - 3
Limited - 3
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Akrasan Squire
I'm not sure that an aggressive deck based on
the Exalted creatures will come together in
Standard; Kithkin could prove to be more
resilient and all-round solid. It'll be a force
to be reckoned with in block constructed,
though, especially if we get any more Exalted
creatures around one and two converted mana
cost. If you're lucky enough to have a couple of
copies of Rafiq of the Many, they can play with
this guy, but then again, most of the other
Exalted creatures want other big expensive
creatures.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 2/5
Limited: 2/5
The Missing
Linc
-Balding
for just over 5 years
-Playing MTG for just over 10
Akrasan Squire
Exalted is lots of fun. Whenever you can play
with math, you often have the advantage with
certain players who may not be paying attention.
This guy is a 2/2 attacking second turn and if a
second turn puts out a 2/2 exalted creature than
you are attacking with a 4/4 on third turn.
Exalted is really showing some power in
draft/sealed deck making this guy an earlier
pick than one might expect.
Constructed: 2/3
Casual: 3
Limited: 3
Miguel
Thursday 10-16-08
Akrasan Squire
Constructed:
The Exalted ablitity is a nice idea to give
something for white wennies to work with. Sense
all of the creatures with Ecalted are Human
Knights, it would be a challenge to use them
with Kithkin.
Casual:
For the new player, drop a Suntail Hawk first
turn and on second turn drop two Akrasan Squires
and fly over for 3 damage. White wennie common
beat down.
Limited:
Sealed deck a usefull one drop. Draft I had look
into draft a white Excalted deck. I think with
the right picks it could be a strong mono color
deck. That would be a real challenge.
Overall a good little common that can fill in
until you can get the big bad rares with Ecalted.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 3
Later.
Miguel
BeJose
Akrasan SquireCreature
- Human Soldier Exalted (Whenever a
creature you control attacks alone, that
creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
1/1
Nice card. Attacks for 2 on the second turn and
powers up your later beats. I expect White
Weenie could be making a comeback with exalted.
Not much to say beyond that except that compared
with your usually small creatures, this has some
late game relevance. In limited, if you can get
enough exalted creatures together you will do
very well.
