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CardName: Gruff Sentinel Cost: 4W Type: Creature - Ogre Policeman Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Rules Text: Vigilance Flavour Text: The Candon police force is happy to employ ogres, if they can muster enough discipline to stand still and look menacing. Set/Rarity: Clockwork Wings Uncommon

Gruff Sentinel
{4}{w}
 
 U 
Creature – Ogre Policeman
Vigilance
The Candon police force is happy to employ ogres, if they can muster enough discipline to stand still and look menacing.
4/4
Updated on 15 Mar 2012 by Alex

Code: UW03

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History: [-]

2011-07-12 11:42:04: Alex created the card Gruff Sentinel

There are startlingly few 4/4s for 5 mana in white that don't have flying, given that there are loads of them for {3}{w}{w} that do have flying (starting with Serra Angel and carrying on). There's Wandering Graybeard, Lightwielder Paladin and World Queller, but they're all {3}{w}{w}; there's not a single {4}{w} 4/4 as far as I can see, apart from Changeling Hero which has the drawback mechanic Champion.

All the above are at least uncommon, so I don't mind that this is uncommon, although a french-vanilla vigilant creature could certainly be common if it were smaller. This is edging into the "big dumb white guys" territory of Rockcaster Platoon, Crowd Favorites etc.

2012-03-15 14:11:34: Alex edited Gruff Sentinel:

name and flavour

I wonder if this and UG04 Candon Irregulars are too similar.

Flavour-wise, I don't think I want actual giants in this steampunk world - it'll clash with concepts coming in set 2. But ogres should probably be okay. Can an ogre be white? Maybe, if she's well-behaved enough.

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