By: bryleach

bryleach — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:34:24 +0000

This card is just Birds of Paradise 2. It usually accelerates for 1 mana, but sometimes it can go for 2 if you have a fetch land. The occasional turn 3 Baneslayer, and the fact that you can attack with it mean is almost always better than Birds. Birds does allow you to make 3 mana on turn 2, and it doesn't die to removal as easily, since it comes down a turn earlier. Birds also continues to make mana when you stop playing lands.It should be noted that Birds is $5 right now, probably because the only deck that could use it would rather have Noble Hierarch, which is $15. Since the Cobra is mythic, which is on par with the lower frequency of Conflux packs being opened, I predict that the Cobra will cost around $15 if it finds a deck.Trade them away at the Prerelease, since people seem to think this card is the Baneslayer Angel for this set or something. Mike Flores might have had something to do with that.Try to get 2 fetchlands if you manage to crack one of these.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:42:58 +0000

I think its okay. It does function as a combo enabler, but it dies to everything. In a world where removal like Bolt, Fallout, Doomblade and Path are in nearly every deck, it becomes difficult to keep the Cobra around long enough to make a difference. If it stays alive, its going to win the game. I don't think this will be Baneslayer level prices, but even $20 seems a little too expensive imho. I see it settling somewhere around $15 as the presales for cards like this sometimes are inflated by the hype and if the card turns out to fall short in the practical sense, it'll settle lower in price.

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By: bryleach

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