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How playable is Scintillating Bird?

5 (best)

[ 0 ] 0%

[ 1 ] 20%

[ 3 ] 60%

1 (worst)

[ 1 ] 20%

Total Votes : 5

Cobra

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:31 pm

Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 1202 Location: Austin, TX, USA

Well, this card’s just annoying to try and analyze. Laughing

At first glance, I’ll just say that you’ve got about a 50/50 chance of either drawing three cards or discarding three cards off the top of your deck. Your opponent is the one to name Free Peoples or Shadow, which could put a small dent in those odds. Meanwhile, you’ve burned a card, added a twilight token, and exerted your Wizard.

If you don’t mind moving cards straight from your deck to your discard pile (Goblin Hordes in the Shadow, perhaps?) this could be worth a try, but otherwise it seems sort of pointless.

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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:35 pm

Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 3065 Location: Rivendell

If only it wasn’t the shadow player that chose... Elven/Gandalf Telepathy would definately have gained a new card!

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:10 am

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I hate it, one the title is messed up, 2 it just isn’t worth it. I found one use for it, Sweet picture to have in your binder!

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:23 pm

Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Chicago, IL

I agree 100% with SOP it’s one of those cards that a newb would put in his deck. It’s not worth all you have to pay to just get a chance at getting 3 more cards.
Also as SOP said the title is quite absurd.. while it is scintillating, it’s clearly a dragon; not a bird...

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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:39 am

Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 5468 Location: I don't know...

Combo here! Gandalf, Bearer of Obligation. Good burn card!

Otherwise, useless.

Well...okay. Gandalf, the white wizard with a deck cycler + strength of spirit = 2 twilight towards Gandalf’s 3 neccessary to trigger, and a potential three cards in your hand.

Or I could sneak it into my friend’s Gandalf deck and use The Irresistable shadow. Twisted Evil

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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:21 pm

Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 3947 Location: Maryland

NBarden wrote:

Well...okay. Gandalf, the white wizard with a deck cycler + strength of spirit = 2 twilight towards Gandalf’s 3 neccessary to trigger, and a potential three cards in your hand.

...except that the 2 twilight would be added during the Fellowship phase, and could be easily used by the Shadow player.

I really can’t find any good use for this card. Too bad it’s a rare! Sad