Sky Hussar

Creature — Human Knight

Flying

When Sky Hussar enters the battlefield, untap all creatures you control.

Forecast — Tap two untapped white and/or blue creatures you control, Reveal Sky Hussar from your hand: Draw a card. (Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)

Combos

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Sky Hussar
• Sky Hussar + Splinter Twin

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

ClockworkSwordfish on Double exalted

1 year ago

Between the Aven Sunstrikers and Skyhunter Skirmisher, you probably have enough double strikers that you need a full four Grappling Hooks... after all, you can basically only use one at a time!

A card I like in an exalted-focused deck is Collective Effort, since only one of your critters will be attacking and the rest can help out by tapping to pay for the Escalate cost. They can also be called on for Conspire costs (maybe AEthertow?) or if you're really feeling saucy, the Forecast cost on Sky Hussar every turn.

Creature-wise you're looking pretty solid - I like the inclusions of lifelink and double strike - but you might want to consider finding room for Knight of Glory! At the very least as a sideboard option. I find his Protection means he can either be a great blocker against certain decks, or go unblocked turn after turn with that huge Exalted boost in tow.

xXFareEvaderXx on The List of Free Spells and Similar Effects

1 year ago

Sky Hussar Slitherhead maybe cards with dredge as well

Cheiromancer on Fly with Pezzent Air-lines! (10/12 Euro/$)

1 year ago

If you want to draw cards with creatures, how about Sky Hussar?

Actually, a number of cards with Forecast might be useful - Plumes of Peace to tap a creature, or Steeling Stance to boost a flyer. Too bad Pride of the Clouds is so expensive. It would fit in nicely.

I'm not sure you want so many copies of Warden of Evos Isle and Watcher of the Spheres. Maybe drop to three each and add a couple of Kor Skyfisher to reuse your card draws?

CamraMaan on Timing interaction: Brago, King Eternal, …

1 year ago

Three Persistent Petitioners are in play, as well as Sky Hussar and Brago, King Eternal, and I attack unblocked with Brago. I flicker all three of the Petitioners and the Hussar. The Petitioners "enter" first, if that order matters (don't they all enter together...?). When the Hussar enters the battlefield and triggers, can I tap the three Petitioners in response, putting their mill trigger on the stack before the Sky Hussar would then untap them...?

Similarly, what if Yorion, Sky Nomad is in play instead of Sky Hussar, and Brago flickers Yorion and the Petitioners? Can I tap the Persistent Petitioners in response to Yorion's ETB trigger, then have him flicker them and effectively untap them? I won't get to use them until the next player's turn though, right? Or could they potentially be used at the end of my turn, after they ETB, but before my turn officially ends? It matters if you're milling the next player to death. Sorry to ask multiple questions.

Thanks in advance! :)

Daveslab2022 on Esper Midrange Flying

2 years ago

This deck would really benefit from some copies of Sky Hussar. The card is just sweet at drawing extra cards.

Daveslab2022 on Mono Blue Stompy!

2 years ago

There was a really sweet Mono-U Martyr deck that Greg Hatch played in Legacy. It was really cool. It featured Martyr of Frost as a fine counter spell, but the main draw was being able to play Sky Hussar. Note that he never actually cast this card. The deck utilized its ability, to tap two creatures in your upkeep, to maintain card advantage against opponents. Because it’s an activated ability they don’t even get to counter it! You just get to draw an extra card every turn! Another thing to note is if you have only 1 copy of this card in your hand, you can only draw 1 card. Even if you have 4 dudes to tap, you only get to activate this ability once per turn, per card. If you have two of this guy in your hand, and 4 dudes, you can draw 2.

I think that this setup is a little more reliable than Curious Obsession. It can be countered, they can kill your creature in response, etc.

I think you should just go for a sick tempo game plan and use cards like I mentioned above to find your finishers and protect yourself.

paytongamer on Frenzmanity

4 years ago

Thank you zaneanderman, for the feedback and suggestions. As I have looked for cards to cut to make room for other cards, Warstorm Surge is definitely a card I keep eyeing. 6 Mana for a non-human can be a lot to pay at times. It can bring a "Frenzy" to an unceremonious and early end. And then, if you were unable to cast it from the top of the library, you draw it and it is stuck in your hand anyway. When I made the cut to get Eladamri's Call into the deck Seedborn Muse and Warstorm Surge were really the two cards I was considering. Neither are humans and both have relatively high CMC. I agree, I probably cut the wrong one, between the two. I'll get that fixed.

Another card I am iffy on at this point is Pious Evangel  ^Flip. I got it into play recently and flipping it into the Wayward Disciple was easy enough. It did work for me but . . . I had thought this was exactly a beefier Zulaport Cutthroat. Like the Cutthroat, it triggers only when my own creatures die but rather than hitting each opponent, it targets just like Blood Artist. This is probably the only deck on earth that is running this card so that's fun but it's worse than I thought it was. Sky Hussar looks like a great card to try in this spot!

I've never considered Skyscribing before. What a unique effect. If it was in the Commander 2013 Derevi deck, I must have one. I'll see if I can find it!

zaneanderman on Frenzmanity

4 years ago

My worry with Eladamri's Call was that it doesn't really do anything with Experimental Frenzy out because it tutors into hand, but I agree it seems quite powerful any other time. As for Seedborn Muse, it still seems very powerful, maybe you could cut one of your Warstorm Surge effects? I do like the tutors, and Mana Severance is incredibly powerful, you won't always have Chulane, Teller of Tales out, so probably keep Mystical Tutor.

As for other additions, maybe some cards that have abilities that can be used from hand? Sky Hussar and Skyscribing both seem like good ways to get lands off the top of your deck, and Sky Hussar is a good human in it's own right.