Garruk will be hard to flip (you can Shock him before he does anything useful), and I'm not sure it's worth it.
He seems worse than Garruk Wildspeaker for everything except splashability. The only thing he has going for him is his mana cost and his tutor, which is somewhat mediocre. The fighting also seems underwhelming for a CMC of 4, even if it is direct damage to a creature in green (which already has Beast Within).
It's neat that he has to tick down to transform. Seems balanced enough, even though deathtouch creatures, let alone deathtouch token creatures, are always fairly powerful.
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Also, a new curse and a zombie enchantment from visual spoiler.
Curse of Death's Hold 3BB
Enchantment-Aura Curse
Enchant Player
Creatures enchanted player controls get -1/-1.
Endless Ranks of the Dead 2BB
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put X 2/2 black zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is half the number of zombies you control, rounded down.
Really digging the Curse.. Hopefully there will be some cool ones. It seems weird that losing legendary and making the effect only one player is only worth 1 though.
I can't take endless ranks of the dead seriously though.. I mean, the name.
I swear I first read it as Wingbonger...something tells me that "As Long as Wingbonger is paired with another creature, both creatures have weed." wouldn't be as good. Seems solid for limited.
more nonsince from this set. This card is over complex and odd. The green direct damage is dumb. This set is brecking too many rules........this card seems good though
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Wow. He seems really good. The -1 ability seems pretty good. It's green removal which is nuts, he makes 2 kinds of tokens and his ultimate is an even bigger Overrun? Also, he's splashable. Sick.
The question now becomes can you play him turn 4 with a 1/1 out blast it, transform garruk. Then its a new planeswalker so you can use his transformed abilities same turn right?
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He seems worse than Garruk Wildspeaker for everything except splashability. The only thing he has going for him is his mana cost and his tutor, which is somewhat mediocre. The fighting also seems underwhelming for a CMC of 4, even if it is direct damage to a creature in green (which already has Beast Within).
He's also confusing as hell.
So there are 2/2 wolves and 1/1 wolves w/deathtouch. That might cause confusion around kitchen tables.
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the first card i'm actually excited about
remembering the tokens is troublesome though
Edit: Oh more cards...
Curse would be good if lower cost...decent in limited, but doubt it will see constructed play.
Endless ranks...man they are really pushing zombies. Might actually be viable...
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Curse of Death's Hold 3BB
Enchantment-Aura Curse
Enchant Player
Creatures enchanted player controls get -1/-1.
Endless Ranks of the Dead 2BB
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put X 2/2 black zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is half the number of zombies you control, rounded down.
Really digging the Curse.. Hopefully there will be some cool ones. It seems weird that losing legendary and making the effect only one player is only worth 1 though.
I can't take endless ranks of the dead seriously though.. I mean, the name.
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One green and two colorless would be sexy. What he's got is moderately attractive.
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