"People souls — perennial loners. They're loners like stray stars"--Antoni Lange, Lonliness
Kasimir, hands down, is one of the strangest legends in Legends (which says something) and is also one of the worst. Both of these things are spectacular accomplishments, given legends track record. However, a card is more than it's usefulness, but the sum of it's parts. So I need to ask this, when factoring in art and flavor, is Kasimir a bad card?
Art: RKF can never disappoint, Kasimir is no different. A large, bulky barbarian with a wolf by his side. A small battle axe, and some vague mysterious background elements (is the sun setting behind a mountain, or just clouds?). Richard works well on this, showing off enough unique detail of his legends that they show they aren't the common rank and file, while leaving plenty for the imagination to fill in the gaps. Kasimir is no different, with his teeth necklace, his fur cape and his rune battle axe. The wolf is a nice touch as well, but probably the weakest part of the art, since it steals the limelight from Kasimir. Art: 4/5
Playability: So, lets look at him objectively, he's a 5/3, same stats as a juggernaut, he doesn't have to attack each turn, but can be blocked by walls. He's in two colors (one of which is blue), and he costs 2 more mana than Juggernaut. I'm not going to lie, I use to really like this guys art (and still do), but he's clearly a bad card. No wonder why he's a loner, no one wants to cast him. Still, the white does allow him to be pumped by a large number of cards, and for that, I'll give him a point. 2/5
Flavor: Probably the strangest thing of the card. It's a w/u card, of a former holy man, who took up the sword (or axe). His art screams Red/Green, his flavor text shouts Green/White. He is a 5/3 which is good for a human, but I'm not sure if that also includes the wolf in the art. If one good thing to be said about Kasimir is that his flavor text is vague enough to bring curiosity to it. Flavor 1/5.
Total 7/15=(rounded up) 2/5.
So is Kasimir a bad card? Yes. Should you love it anyway, by all means, of coarse. It's the outliners like this that are nice to have, even if they stay home in your box.
"Popular indeed is the of how Kasimir was once in a deck. But this tale is no more likely than any other".
Art: RKF can never disappoint, Kasimir is no different. A large, bulky barbarian with a wolf by his side. A small battle axe, and some vague mysterious background elements (is the sun setting behind a mountain, or just clouds?). Richard works well on this, showing off enough unique detail of his legends that they show they aren't the common rank and file, while leaving plenty for the imagination to fill in the gaps. Kasimir is no different, with his teeth necklace, his fur cape and his rune battle axe. The wolf is a nice touch as well, but probably the weakest part of the art, since it steals the limelight from Kasimir. Art: 4/5
Total 7/15=(rounded up) 2/5.
So is Kasimir a bad card? Yes. Should you love it anyway, by all means, of coarse. It's the outliners like this that are nice to have, even if they stay home in your box.
"Popular indeed is the of how Kasimir was once in a deck. But this tale is no more likely than any other".
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