It's an instant speed 5/5 trampler for 4. Wtf do you people want seriously? It has applications in populate/ above the curve beats decks, or in Bant control/ flash. I seriously think anyone mad at this card for any reason other than losing an attacker to instant speed wurm, should go home and make their own awesome card game and leave the rest of us alone.
This is surely one of the top 10 if not top 5 best 1 drop creatures printed.
(DRS, Delver, Goblin Guide, Nimble Mongoose, Exalted Hierarch, Birds of Paradise, Mother of Runes, Soldier of the Pantheon)
he has protection from detention sphere, abrupt decay, lightning helix, izzet charm, azorium charm, dimir charm, knight of the reliquary, vindicate, putrefy, mortify, dreadbore and tons of more multicolored creatures.
Did you just put this guy on Delver, Goblin Guide, and Hierarch levels? O_o
Certainly a good card, very efficient. But seriously?
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A high-costed equipment (I want it big, but make sure it isn't nutso-broken with Stoneforge. So a high equip cost or a benefit for casting or something)
A Squirrel Wizard
A G?? (1-3 colors, including green) legendary creature with its main strat based on not attacking
This is a very powerful card. I'll absolutely be putting 4 copies of this in my GW aggro lifegain deck.
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Protection from Boros Reckoner will be nice. Once he it play it was very difficult for aggro to attack. Protection from a lot of removal is fairly irrelevant since you're usually fine with them spending 2+ mana to kill your 1 drop, but his unblockability by a lot of creatures and ability to help win races will be nice.
Did you just put this guy on Delver, Goblin Guide, and Hierarch levels? O_o
Certainly a good card, very efficient. But seriously?
Probably not as good as those, but in a different color, and the protection helps in modern with:
Spells that can't remove him:
Abrupt Decay, Electrolyze, Izzet Charm and Lightning Helix
Creatures he can block or that can't block him:
Deathrite Shaman, Kitchen Finks, Voice of Resurgence, Fulminator Mage, Murderous Redcap, Loxodon Smiter, Qasali Pridemage, Goblin Electromancer, Huntmaster of the Fells, Harmonic Sliver, Wilt-Leaf Liege
Lands he can block/that can't block him:
Celestial Colonnade, Raging Ravine
Just when I get a cool one drop for black, and I say to myself, "self, they really are starting to give love to black. I'm glad white is cooling off for a bit." Then... POW Right in the kisser!
Geez, can we cool off on the white/green love that has been going on for two years?
This card is really good, and it doesn't even ETB tapped.
This card is obviously full of raw power. Based on potential only, I'm comfortable putting it on the same shelf as Delver, Hierarch, et al.
Do I think any deck in the current or near-future meta has a way to tap into that potential? Not sure.
As a reminder, almost everybody thought that Delver was unplayable trash when it was first spoiled. I remember reading any number of supposedly airtight theories (with statistics and everything) proving how Delver was never a good include, even in a deck designed specifically to maximize its use. Actual tournament results have a way of trumping internet theories and changing player perceptions.
abrupt decay, knight of the reliquary, izzet charm, ajani vengeant, huntmaster of the fells, olivia voldaren, wildleaf liege, loxodon smiter, DRS, voice of resurgence..
we can go on if you want.
I bet I can name more cards that don't care about this guy in any format.
Probably not as good as those, but in a different color, and the protection helps in modern with:
Spells that can't remove him:
Abrupt Decay, Electrolyze, Izzet Charm and Lightning Helix
Creatures he can block or that can't block him:
Deathrite Shaman, Kitchen Finks, Voice of Resurgence, Fulminator Mage, Murderous Redcap, Loxodon Smiter, Qasali Pridemage, Goblin Electromancer, Huntmaster of the Fells, Harmonic Sliver, Wilt-Leaf Liege
Lands he can block/that can't block him:
Celestial Colonnade, Raging Ravine
Soldier of the Pantheon W
Creature - Human Soldier (Rare)
Protection from multicolored
Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 1 life.
2/1
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Standard Deck:
BUPirates
Modern Deck:
B8-Rack
One of the most efficient one drops in the history of magic and all you can manage is Ehh?
Did you just put this guy on Delver, Goblin Guide, and Hierarch levels? O_o
Certainly a good card, very efficient. But seriously?
A Squirrel Wizard
A G?? (1-3 colors, including green) legendary creature with its main strat based on not attacking
Would Vexing Devil qualify as the top 10? I'd argue that Slippery Bogle gets a place too!!!
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
It probably won't make nearly the splash those will, but there is no doubt that this is one of the most ridiculously efficient one drops ever.
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UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
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Probably not as good as those, but in a different color, and the protection helps in modern with:
Spells that can't remove him:
Abrupt Decay, Electrolyze, Izzet Charm and Lightning Helix
Creatures he can block or that can't block him:
Deathrite Shaman, Kitchen Finks, Voice of Resurgence, Fulminator Mage, Murderous Redcap, Loxodon Smiter, Qasali Pridemage, Goblin Electromancer, Huntmaster of the Fells, Harmonic Sliver, Wilt-Leaf Liege
Lands he can block/that can't block him:
Celestial Colonnade, Raging Ravine
Geez, can we cool off on the white/green love that has been going on for two years?
This card is really good, and it doesn't even ETB tapped.
White has Dryad Militant as well. Might even be an Event Deck to come
UR Melek, Izzet ParagonUR, B Shirei, Shizo's CaretakerB, R Jaya Ballard, Task MageR,RW Tajic, Blade of the LegionRW, UB Lazav, Dimir MastermindUB, UB Circu, Dimir LobotomistUB, RWU Zedruu the GreatheartedRWU, GUBThe MimeoplasmGUB, UGExperiment Kraj UG, WDarien, King of KjeldorW, BMarrow-GnawerB, WBGKarador, Ghost ChieftainWBG, UTeferi, Temporal ArchmageU, GWUDerevi, Empyrial TacticianGWU, RDaretti, Scrap SavantR, UTalrand, Sky SummonerU, GEzuri, Renegade LeaderG, WUBRGReaper KingWUBRG, RGXenagos, God of RevelsRG, CKozilek, Butcher of TruthC, WUBRGGeneral TazriWUBRG, GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
Do I think any deck in the current or near-future meta has a way to tap into that potential? Not sure.
As a reminder, almost everybody thought that Delver was unplayable trash when it was first spoiled. I remember reading any number of supposedly airtight theories (with statistics and everything) proving how Delver was never a good include, even in a deck designed specifically to maximize its use. Actual tournament results have a way of trumping internet theories and changing player perceptions.
I bet I can name more cards that don't care about this guy in any format.
don't think he can block celestial colonnade
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Cool card though.
UW Control (:symu: :symw:)
It's a white/blue creature when you activate it, but it's also flying rocks, so he soars right over this dude.
UW Control (:symu: :symw:)