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CardName: Skeptical Gaurd-Captain Cost: 2RR Type: Creature - Human Warrior Pow/Tgh: 4/3 Rules Text: When Skeptical Gaurd-Captain dies, return it to the battlefield transformed. Flavour Text: Mothers across (planename) tell their children folktales of Dyardigal, the legendary Earth-scorching dragon, but every faithful soul knows they're just tales. Back side: CardName: Dyardigal Incarnate Cost: Type: Creature - Dragon Pow/Tgh: 7/6 Rules Text: When Dyardigal Incarnate enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to each creature. Flying {R}: Dyardigal Incarnate gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Flavour Text: As the Gaurd-Captain met his end, he realised that not every fairytale is so void of meaning. Set/Rarity: Multiplayer Rare

Skeptical Gaurd-Captain
{2}{r}{r}
 
 R 
Creature – Human Warrior
When Skeptical Gaurd-Captain dies, return it to the battlefield transformed.
Mothers across (planename) tell their children folktales of Dyardigal, the legendary Earth-scorching dragon, but every faithful soul knows they're just tales.
4/3
Dyardigal Incarnate
 
 R 
Creature – Dragon
When Dyardigal Incarnate enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to each creature.
Flying
{r}: Dyardigal Incarnate gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
As the Gaurd-Captain met his end, he realised that not every fairytale is so void of meaning.
7/6
Updated on 02 Mar 2012 by Mandroid

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2012-03-01 02:30:44: Mandroid created the card Skeptical Gaurd-Captain

Wurp? A Grizzly Bears for {1}{r} is already above the curve, but then you Fling it and get a 7/6 flyer on turn 3?

I dunno, with Walking Corpse Wizards has proved they're not scared to print grizzlies for other colors. As of right now there's no fling effects in the set, but you're right, a red mage could potentially just burn his own critter. I'll consider changing it to another transform trigger or make the front side bigger or something.

That's really not what Walking Corpse was about, though. It was a controversial move, and I believe MaRo has stated it's not meant to be shifting the baseline permanently, in the same way that Lightning Bolt's reprinting didn't mean the baseline was no longer Shock. See also the GDS2 multiple-choice test where MaRo says a 2/2 for {1}{r} is less likely than one for {1}{b}.

2012-03-02 19:58:57: Mandroid edited Skeptical Gaurd-Captain:

1R > 2RR, 2/2 > 4/3, this may change to mythic.

2012-03-02 19:59:15: Mandroid edited Skeptical Gaurd-Captain

The higher cost should help with the potential abuse, and the double cost should help justify having such a strong card. Now you're paying something like {4}{r}{r}{r} and a card (the burn spell) for a pretty huge bomb.

2012-03-02 21:44:20: Mandroid edited Skeptical Gaurd-Captain:

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