Is Cloudfin Raptor my best option?
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Posted on March 21, 2013, 8:14 a.m. by Exzist
Is Cloudfin Raptor the best early creature in my deck? BUG Beats: The Duskmantle Shall Fall
I like him as an early drop because he offers me good aggression, but my friend HATES the idea of using him.. He's trying to suggest Augur of Bolas or Delver of Secrets Flip instead.
Thoughts?
I certainly wouldn't agree with that assessment.
The fact that Cloudfin Raptor is flying is what makes him better than Experiment One. Especially if your meta has few flyers; you are more likely to get through with a cloud fin that the Experiment.
The real problem with Experiment One is that in order to regenerate during combat you have to activate the ability before combat damage resolves. As such, if he has 2 counters and is blocked by a 3/3, you will either still have to trade off, or allow your opponent keep their creature.
The fact that Experiment One is a Human had made it fit well into some Human decks, but beyond that I haven't seen it used well.
Comparing the 2 in your deck... assuming you played the Raptor or the Experiment on T1, you have to look at what options you have on T2... Deathrite Shaman is the only creature that will trigger evolve that you can play on T2 (assuming you're saving Snapcaster Mage for his ETB)... but Daethrite won't trigger the Experiment, thus there's much less synergy. - On T2, you'd probably rather have a 1/2 Flying, over a 1/1 vanilla.
All of this however, I do not think is a great comparison. I'm not certain either is the best for that slot in your deck. I'm not certain your deck is meant to use Evolve. A T1 Deathrite Shaman may be just as good, allowing you to put in another 2 or 3 drop like Invisible Stalker.... possibly even keeping the creature count a little lower, and using Rancors
March 21, 2013 12:37 p.m.
...just noticing that Deathrite Shaman is a 1/2, not a 1/1... thus he would trigger Experiment One's Evolve.
gufymike says... #2
I like the Experiment One over Cloudfin Raptor, To me the Experiment One is just a tad better, 1/1 and regenerate and with evolve. The flying in the raptor is nice, but unless your meta has a lot of flying creatures, not that great of a bonus.
March 21, 2013 11:31 a.m.