Seems rather better than Inkfathom Infiltrator. In fact, blue's never got a 2-power 2-mana flyer without a drawback. This would be fine at 2/2 for or 2/1 for . Uncommon is the right rarity for it though.

­Æther Figment is roughly comparable; except it's nto a flyer-blocker. and is only 1/1 unless you can kick it.

­Azorius Herald is more expensive; and costs white as well. But does include a lifegain element, which could do it. Still, it suggests a cost of for this; which is slightly more than .

So.. plausible, but a slight power creep, I'd say.

Generally but not always, 1 colored mana can be replaced by 2 colorless. I would quote you an article from mtg.com but I forget where I read it.

Also, see Inkfathom Infiltrator. This card is farily close to the proper power level when we consider the power creep that has occured since II's printing. Also, this can be a little stronger than II since it's only one color.

They still haven't printed a blue 2-power 2-mana flyer without a drawback, even with all the recent increased power level of creatures (and especially blue creatures). I mean, I think for just an extra paint on Welkin Tern you probably shouldn't get to both remove its drawback and give it total evasion.

It is a very fine line I think. I personally don't see not being able to block much of a drawback on an unblockable creature. If you have a creature that can't be blocked, only in the most dire circumstances would you ever choose not to attack to hold it back.

Also, compare Welkin Tern to Wind Drake does that really equate to an extra point of toughness plus the removal of the tern's drawback ?

Wind drake's mana cost implies that it could be costed at according to the rule I quoted. At that point, is this card strictly better/worse than WD? Hard to say. It dies to Gut Shot and Geistflame, but it also cannot be blocked ever (almost). My point is that, assuming you accept the rule I stated, this card has both a drawback and a benefit that wind drake doesn't, which means that it dodges the dreaded strictly better/worse comparison which pretty much defines power creep.

I agree that I don't think it's much of a drawback on II, but it is still a drawback.

About the comparison Drakin, I'm not sure what you're asking. My initial answer is that yes, it does equate to that. WD costs more and it has another point of toughness and removal of the drawback. Both those cards exist, so your question evaluates to True. (sorry if this doesn't make sense, I've been working hard on Python coding lately) I'm just not sure what you're asking there honestly.

Looking at comparables so far, we have Inkfathom Infiltrator and Welkin Tern. What about Invisible Stalker ? For the price of the Tern, the stalker loses the drawback and one point of power, but gains a huge bonus in Hexproof, which more than makes up for the loss of a point of power. Compare the Kite to the Stalker, and yes, the Kite gains a point of power, but is a little harder to cast plus it's a lot more vulnerable.