Genju of the Cedars

[Risky]

From Magicthegathering.com

The article (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/af49).

Genju of the Cedars :g:
Enchant Forest
:2:: Enchanted Forest becomes a 4/4 green Spirit creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
When enchanted Forest is put into a graveyard, you may return Genju of the Cedars from your graveyard to your hand.
Illus. Arnie Swekel
uncommon

[Buthrakaur]

I really like this card, and I think the whole cycle are going to shake up standard a bit. These sorta-man land enchantments are a headache for control, and give any deck a renewable source of effective chump blockers, which can be a headache for agro. This one in particular, because it is a 4/4, and is green, I think will see more play than the other, but that is just my opinion.

[frankcamper2]

this card is nice but the red one alone brings back sligh to the format it will definately see the most play

[Savia]

I really like these cards. I was intrigued by the comment in the article that this is a six card cycle, though... and that the white one is quite so 'wow'.

[Buthrakaur]

Yeah, I missed that point the first time I read the article. Are they bringing back gold cards, or does one color get 2?

Oh, and I really don't see the red one as that powerful, exspecially for a Sligh deck. It is a 6/1 with no evasion or trample, so sure, it will eat your opponents chump blockers and removal, but at the cost of your Mountains, which is something Sligh can not afford. Fireblast was an exception, since it was usually a finisher.

[Sibtiger]

Well you sure get a bang for your buck with these it seems. 4/4 is nothing to sneeze at. They definitely are pushing their power level, and I have a feeling the jenjus will be a common sight come block season.

I wonder if the 6th one will be for legendary lands?

[Risky]

Legendary land could be a possibility. Or possibly non basic. Or maybe they will finally be unveiling the mythical "Barry's Land," a sixth basic land type that was actually in development during Invasion block.

[Chainer9999]

This + Death Cloud = good times.

[Trailblazer]

When it is put into a graveyard? NOT FROM PLAY?

So when you counter this it returns to hand? Please tell me this is not the case or the format will get screwed ;o)

[_Flame_]

When enchanted !Forest! is put bla bla...I doub`t anyone is going to counter your forest, especially if this is already enchanted on it.

[Akroma Angel of Wrath]

Beefy man lands? awesome! especially 4/4s and 6/1s and wow thats powerful

[Savia]

Note that the ability triggers when the "enchanted Forest" goes to a graveyard, not the card itself. So it only returns if it has already succesfully resolved and started to enchant the Forest, and then the Forest goes to the graveyard for some reason.

[lockes5hadow]

Genju of the Realm WRBUG
enchant land
2: enchanted land becomes an 8/12 creature with trample untill end of turn
if enchanted land is sent to the graveyard form play, return Genju of the Realm to your hand

(just in case anyone was still wondering what the sixth was)

[Haemoglobin]

I prefer this to the red one, as it doesn't die as much, but the white one can be activated multiple times so you gain tons of life, which makes it the best.

[Galvatron]

yeah the white genju is stupid cheating I also might find the black on to be effective if your going agast bribery then you have a win con besides cloud aganst them

[des invderz]

gengu of the realms is alswome

[Galvatron]

genju of the reals is amazingif you mak 5cg you can play him tun 3 the only problem right now is that mono blue is way too populer right now

[darkumsirgotem]

The red is cool, but will die easily...

the blue is effective at 3/2 flying and it will be able to handle flyers. I think the blue is tied with the red for the best, with the white close behind. No offense, but the green has nothing special about it, and I think the black one is too expensive to be good.

I definitely like the 2/4 spirit link better than a normal 4/4...especially with stuff like umezawa's jitte and other equipment being used a lot by white.