Stormcloud Drake

Mana cost: 2U
Type: Creature - Drake
Rules: Flying ~ can block only creatures with flying. R: ~ gains haste until end of turn.
Power / toughness: 3 / 1
Latest votes: +0 / −0

Comments (9)

"Dropping through the clouds like a thunderbolt, the drake can be upon you before the sound of its screech has even reached your ears"

Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-19 08:33:27

Templating fix

Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-03-19 23:37:31

(Playtesting) Awesome guy. Ruled a game. Makes me think we possibly don't have the right amount of evasion/flying currently.

Thomas Baker · 2014-04-12 19:26:18

Still a little odd that this guy is a special bonus that only UR decks get. Would be neater if he lost this or there was a cycle of enemy activated abilities at common.

Kieran Symington · 2014-05-26 17:50:26

Could switch it to "~ has haste if you control a red creature' Loses the activated ability but keeps it RWU relevant. Maybe it is still bad to have colour relevant rules text

Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-05-26 19:09:24

I still don't like this having an off-colour ability. Especially as it was relevant multiple times (it is one of the few relevant abilities this creature could have). I think having abilities like this pushes two-colour over wedge. Now if it had a RG activated ability and there were a cycle of them (one in each wedge base colour) I could probably get behind it.

Kieran Symington · 2014-06-09 21:39:55

Whilst it was fun to debate this with Kieran on Saturday, I do concede he has a point about this not being a cycle. A very understandable expectation for Shards/Wedges is that each will be supported equally and things like off colour activations that you find in one wedge are expected to be found in the others. A RG activated ability feels a little odd to me as this is really a RWU card I think. Would we consider a Hybrid activation? R/G: ~ gains haste until end of turn. Haste is more common on green creatures lately, but I guess not at common. Might be a hard sell.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2014-06-10 08:28:27

This card does good work in ending games. Are we proposing printing a 3/1 flier with no text except "Flying"? They've actually never printed that although there are three functionally identical high flying 3/1s for 2U. Happy to print as a 3/1 flier (only) but cutting it seems bad.

Thomas Baker · 2014-06-29 22:21:20

Oh, it's already a high flier. Somehow I have never noticed that. I guess because he is always attacking!

Thomas Baker · 2014-06-30 09:17:50

Revision history (4)

Date	Person	Name	Cost	Type	Rules
2014-05-24 09:24:22	Thomas Baker	Stormcloud Drake	2U	Creature - Drake	Flying ~ can block only creatures with flying. R: ~ gains haste until end of turn.
2014-04-11 11:11:47	Simon O'Keeffe	Stormcloud Drake	2U	Creature - Drake	Flying ~ can block only creatures with flying. R: ~ gains haste until end of turn.
2014-03-19 23:37:31	Simon O'Keeffe	Stormcloud Drake	2U	Creature - Drake	Flying ~ can block only creatures with flying. R: ~ gains haste until end of turn.
2014-03-19 08:32:59	Simon O'Keeffe	Stormcloud Drake	2U	Creature - Drake	Flying ~ can block only creatures with flying. R: ~ gets haste until end of turn.