Firstly, I did NOT expect Deadly Allure to be a spell. it pretty much acts as a cheap removal spell.
Blob is annoying as a ggg cost, but he looks like alot of fun if used correctly. He needs to ping to be at his most effective
Warden--well, I'm not sure if I should like this or not. Its useless until turn four, at which point you pick between mana or something to stop spirit tokens?
Cage is going to be an ABSOLUTE nightmare in sideboards all across the world
Feed the pack is interesting--i wonder if there will be things with fat butts intentionally to sacrifice to it. At least its a may abolity
I love hellrider! Well costed, agressive, and all around good. Iirc, he's the cover of an event deck, too
I don't really see it as a bad draw most of the time. If you draw it and drop it, it's a blatant show that you can and will take away Christmas if someone messes with you.
Decks:
Standard WRath abuse BR Burning Crawler W Puresteel Humans
EDH:
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Zirilan of the Claw
Ghost Council of Orzhova
Rosheen, the Meanderer
Vela the Night-Clad
Predator Ooze seems... oddly legit, apart from the GGG. Which of course is just more fuel for my least favorite deck type of all time (mono-Green stompy), but it could also be a GSZ target as a 1- or 2- of I guess if you wanted to play it fast and loose.
Deadly Allure also seems useful, but only in instances where you opponent has creatures in play, and all of them are better than your worst creature. Seems a little prohibitive, but not downright bad.
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WUBRG Humans BRW Mardu Pyromancer UW UW "Control" UR Blue Moon
That Ooze seems more mythic than half of the mythics in this set, and it's just a normal rare.
I really like that card, though!
Right on. I'd love to see this ooze getting a power level boost (cough shroud /cough) and becoming a mythic, and bumping down our vampire nighthawkvorapod from mythic status. That would have made a lot more sense. Well, vorapod still wouldn't even deserve to be rare, so maybe not.
I'm not commenting on it's power level, just that it is yet another stupid very non-interactive creature like thrun, the last troll and invisible stalker.
Both of these cards are ridiculously good. The ooze likes to be in mono-green, but likes dungrove elder more. Curious to see what people do with it. Deadly Allure is going to cause some blowouts. The flashback on there is brutal.
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Thoughts on proxies:
Blob is annoying as a ggg cost, but he looks like alot of fun if used correctly. He needs to ping to be at his most effective
Warden--well, I'm not sure if I should like this or not. Its useless until turn four, at which point you pick between mana or something to stop spirit tokens?
Cage is going to be an ABSOLUTE nightmare in sideboards all across the world
Feed the pack is interesting--i wonder if there will be things with fat butts intentionally to sacrifice to it. At least its a may abolity
I love hellrider! Well costed, agressive, and all around good. Iirc, he's the cover of an event deck, too
Decks:
Standard
WRath abuse
BR Burning Crawler
W Puresteel Humans
EDH:
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Zirilan of the Claw
Ghost Council of Orzhova
Rosheen, the Meanderer
Vela the Night-Clad
Enters the battlefield tapped
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As long as it's not your turn, warden of the wall is a 2/3 artifact creature - gargoyle with flying
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That cage is some serious graveyard hate. The most devastating anti-dredge tech seen.
EDH:
RNorin the WaryR <-Link! (Primer - Mono Red Control)
GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
Duel Commander:
WUGeist of Saint TraftUW <- Link! (Aggro-Control)
BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
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Deadly Allure also seems useful, but only in instances where you opponent has creatures in play, and all of them are better than your worst creature. Seems a little prohibitive, but not downright bad.
WUBRG Humans
BRW Mardu Pyromancer
UW UW "Control"
UR Blue Moon
I really like that card, though!
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Feed the Pack: Damn, Combo shenanigans with Persist and Undying! What's not to love?
Warden of the Wall: Spells weak all over. Easy to kill=tempo disruption
Grafdigger's Cage: I like that it costs 1, making it a neat Trinket Mage utility package as another form of graveyard hate
Hellrider: Too bad Sligh fizzled quite some time back, because this is a neat 4 drop on the curve
Green so far has some very, very nice toys to play with
Right on. I'd love to see this ooze getting a power level boost (cough shroud /cough) and becoming a mythic, and bumping down our
vampire nighthawkvorapod from mythic status. That would have made a lot more sense. Well, vorapod still wouldn't even deserve to be rare, so maybe not.It's just a normal rare? Wow, you could've fooled me. I thought it was Mythic.
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Thoughts on proxies:
I'm not commenting on it's power level, just that it is yet another stupid very non-interactive creature like thrun, the last troll and invisible stalker.
Feel free to tell me yours!
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Ooze is neat but made far less threatening by Dismember, as others have noted.