It's a 2/1 with first for 2 mana, and it's green, and it's an elf. So all of you before me, you lose at reviewing. Elves are flexible, green is a buffing color. Elves became amazing with the onslaught block. Now, there's a 2/1 first strike, for two mana, and it's an elf. Fantastic card. Even without other other cards improving it, or a simple giant growth, still a fantastic card.

  -- By Some Random Gangster from The hood. on June 19, 2008

A cheap green creature with first strike is a pretty nice deal, though it's nothing special. I suspect it's only a rare because first strike is so out-of-color for green that they didn't want people getting too many of them. Anyway, it's not a card to build a deck around, but it's not junk either.

  -- By Will B. Staples from Springfield, MA USA on May 08, 2008

Not bad, but this should not be a rare card. And did anyone notice the flavor text on the 3rd and 4th Edition cards borrowed a quote, "Then we will fight in the shade." Lol.

  -- By PJ from San Francisco on February 11, 2008

Not a bad card combined with wirewood prides and such with the first strike but costing 2 makes it loose a bit and I agree it is not of rare calibur but then again back in the earlier sets this was pretty good

  -- By Anonymous from USA on December 29, 2006

this sould not be a rare.

  -- By Anonymous from wrentham, ma usa on June 29, 2005

Nice card for a weenie deck. The first strike is nice, and the cheap casting cost.

  -- By rick from pittsburgh on January 30, 2003