Cloud Sprite Blue Card in Magic the Gathering

Video Transcript

"MIKE LOPEZ: Hi. I'm Mike Lopez with Expert Village. And today, we'll be discussing the blue cards from the blue block of Magic: The Gathering. And here, we have a Cloud Sprite. Once again, Cloud Sprite. Once again, think blue, think fairy, think water. Once again, a lot of fairies in blue. Here, we have Cloud Sprite. He's a one; he's a common. It's a 1/1. Interestingly enough, it's a 1/1 with flying. Now, usually you pay one mana, a specific-colored mana, for a 1/1 ground troop. Since it has flying, you're getting a free ability. However, this card is actually going to negate some of your free ability because it's going to limit this creature. Right here, we see that Cloud Sprite can block only creatures with flying, which means it cannot block any of the 1/1 ground troops or any of the little ground troops that are going to come out from your other colors. But this has flying, which means it can't be blocked by the other little 1/1 ground troops. It can only be blocked by creatures with flying, creatures with reach, or creatures that can deal direct damage to this to kill it off."