CardsplainEagle's Rescue
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has .
: Return this card from your to the battlefield attached to target creature you control with power 1 or less. Activate only as a .
Grade C+ Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 56.6% +0.4 vs average 14,793 games
Win rates and picks
- 55.3% 28,979 games
- Average pick ()
- 7.2
By deck
- Draw Two 58.5% 10,335 games
- Dwarves & Equipment 54.8% 1,497 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
If you've read any of my previous set reviews, you may know of my utter disdain for auras that only buff creatures. I will, however, make a small exception for Eagle's Rescue. Granting +2/+2 and is very powerful in Limited and should turn just about any creature into a must-kill threat. Then, when your opponent does kill it, you can keep bringing it back to buff your small creatures, almost as though it were a powerful equipment still on the battlefield. I know I'm going to lose to this a lot, but I hope I get to win just as many games with it on my side.
The money shot to discard is Plunder the Trollshaws, which is miles better than either Moment of Glory or Eagle's Rescue. I've also liked playing 16 lands in any deck with a decent amount of cheap , as it feels bad to have to discard lands to it too often. I tend to discard spells early to play around Crude Bent Blade, then lands later on.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Draw Two Threat
A deck full of 1-power creatures gets an that keeps coming back. For 4 mana it gives +2/+2 and , and for the same 4 mana, as a , it returns from your attached to a creature you control with power 1 or less. Soldier , a fresh Lakeshore Apothecary, Bard the Bowman, Bilbo, Luckwearer and Iron Hills Blacksmith all qualify.
How to play it
Learn the Draw Two deckPut it on a creature that will keep attacking, and when that creature , bring the back later. Watch the power check. An Apothecary with one counter has power 2 and can no longer take it from the .
Patchwork Midrange Finisher
The gives +2/+2 and , and once it is in your , at speed puts it back on one of your creatures with power 1 or less. Nasty Little Rabbit without counters and 's 1/1 Soldiers both qualify.
How to play it
Learn the Patchwork Midrange deckPut it on a creature that is already big, like Mirkwood Pathmaker, so the ends the game in a few attacks. in response sends the to your , where the return ability can still use it.