Good God! I've liked this round of deities myself, but this is surely the best so far. Green overall has really made out well this set, at least for my typical haunts.
WOW. So easy to drop a solid 4 power creature in green on Turn 4 that attacking with 5/5 deathtouch indestructible on T4 could be easy. Grasp of Darkness can't kill it.
The fact its ability doesn't work on itself and the fact it can give others trample but doesn't have trample itself seems like a flavor fail tbh.
Best god so far, but that isn't saying too much. But this will most definitely see play in places. Maybe even Modern, idk, but the fact it can't give itself trample does hurt quite a bit.
I think you underestimate how stupid good trample on this card would be. I'm glad to take him as is. That being said: Monogreen pantheon stompy in modern anyone?
Ok, so Green gets another under-costed beater, that's indestructible w/ deathtouch too, for three and has a super easy condition to attack? It just sucks that you have to jump through hoops for the other gods to attack and green just gets a power check. And with things like Exemplar of Strength and the Serpopard, Rhonas will easily be attacking w/o using his ability, and as others have mentioned, he pairs well with most of the other Amonkhet gods.
So now that 4/5 are revealed, it's safe to say that none of these feel god-like.
On the flip side, this is a very good green creature with the best activated ability of any of the "gods". I think the only thing I could have wished differently would be for him to have trample instead of deathtouch.
Probably the best god. Kefnet is still probably the worst
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My guess was a trampler with a formidable like enabler and a pump ability.
Deathtouch make it worse since it is already big enough to kill a lot of things.
Also, this is definitely the best of these so far. Pretty much what I expected after the white one was spoiled to be a "number of creatures" requirement. Wasn't expecting it to be Ferocious. Man, I'm excited about this card.
Turn 1: Blisterpod
Turn 2: Exemplar of Strength, put the tokens on the Pod.
Turn 3: Rhonas, God of Strength
Turn 4: Crocodile of the Crossing
With a couple of Plague Belcher, Trial of Strength, Cartouche of Strength, Doomed Dissenter, etc.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
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
That there is a very nice mono-green deck my friend. Both mono green and mono black are looking real good in this set.
RBW Mardu Reveler
Commander:
UW Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper - One-Punch Griffin || UR Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain - Historic Tribal Superfriends
GR Omnath, Locus of Rage - Turbo Lands Spellslinger || WURBG Scion of the Ur-Dragon - Living Death Reanimator
BGonti, Lord of Luxury - Gonti's Midnight Party
Under Construction:
WGU Rubinia Soulsinger - Enchantress || RBGU Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder - Cascading Artifacts
RU Jhoira of the Ghitu - Dragonstorm Eldrazi || RU Mizzix of the Izmagnus - Spellslinger
WURBG The Ur-Dragon - Cloning for the Win || WGU Roon of the Hidden Realm - Creature Toolbox
RBGU Vial Smasher the Fierce Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix - Lots'a Combos || BW Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim - Reanimator Combo
WBGU Atraxa, Praetors' Voice - Modified Precon
BUR Nekusar, the Mindrazer || U Arcanis the Omnipotent - Artifact "Storm"
I think you underestimate how stupid good trample on this card would be. I'm glad to take him as is. That being said: Monogreen pantheon stompy in modern anyone?
As I said before, that interaction in that deck is still playable; they just want to make you do a little work for it is all.
I̟̥͍̠ͅn̩͉̣͍̬͚ͅ ̬̬͖t̯̹̞̺͖͓̯̤h̘͍̬e͙̯͈̖̼̮ ̭̬f̺̲̲̪i͙͉̟̩̰r̪̝͚͈̝̥͍̝̲s̼̻͇̘̳͔ͅt̲̺̳̗̜̪̙ ̳̺̥̻͚̗ͅm̜̜̟̰͈͓͎͇o̝̖̮̝͇m̯̻̞̼̫̗͓̤e̩̯̬̮̩n͎̱̪̲̹͖t͇̖s̰̮ͅ,̤̲͙̻̭̻̯̹̰ ̖t̫̙̺̯͖͚̯ͅh͙̯̦̳̗̰̟e͖̪͉̼̯ ̪͕g̞̣͔a̗̦t̬̬͓͙̫̖̭̻e̩̻̯ ̜̖̦̖̤̭͙̬t̞̹̥̪͎͉ͅo͕͚͍͇̲͇͓̺ ̭̬͙͈̣̻t͈͍͙͓̫̖͙̩h̪̬̖̙e̗͈ ̗̬̟̞̺̤͉̯ͅa̦̯͚̙̜̮f͉͙̲̣̞̼t̪̤̞̣͚e̲͉̳̥r͇̪̙͚͓l̥̞̞͎̹̯̹ͅi͓̬f̮̥̬̞͈ͅe͎ ̟̩̤̳̠̯̩̯o̮̘̲p̟͚̣̞͉͓e͍̩̣n͔̼͕͚̜e̬̱d̼̘͎̖̹͍̮̠,͖̺̭̱̮ ̣̲͖̬̪̭̥a̪͚n̟̲̝̤̤̞̗d̘̱̗͇̮͕̳͕͔ ͖̞͉͎t̹̙͎h̰̱͉̗e̪̞̱̝̹̩ͅ ̠̱̩̭̦p̯̙e͓o̳͚̰̯̺̱̰͔̘p̬͎̱̣̼̩͇l̗̟̖͚̠e̱͉͔̱̦̬̟̙ ̖͚̪͔̼̦w̺̖̤̱e͖̗̻̦͓̖̘̜r̭̥e͔̹̫̱͕̦̰͕ ̗͔̠p̠̗͍͍̱̳̠r̰͔͎̰o͉̥͓̰͚̥s̟͚̹̱͔̣t͉̙̳̖͖̪̮r̥̘̥͙̹a͉̟̫̟̳̠̟̭t͈̜̰͈͎e̞̣̭̲̬ ͚̗̯̟͙i͍͖̰̘̦͖͉ṇ̮̻̯̦̲̩͍ ̦̮͚̫̤t͉͖̫͕ͅͅh͙̮̻̘̣̮̼e͕̺ ͙l͕̠͎̰̥i̲͓͉̲g̫̳̟͈͇̖h̠̦̖t͓̯͎̗ ̳̪̘̟̙̩̦o̫̲f̙͔̰̙̠ ̹̪̗͇̯t͖̼̼͉͖̬h̹͇̩e͚̖̺̤͉̹͕̪ ͚͓̭̝̺G͎̗̯̩o̫̯̮̟̮̳̘d̜̲͙̠-̩̳̯̲̗̜P̹̘̥͉̝h͍͈̗̖̝ͅa͍̗̮̼̗r̜̖͇̙̺a̭̺͔̞̳͈o̪̣͓̯̬͙̯̰̗h̖̦͈̥̯͔.͇̣̙̝
Good point.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
none
Modern
UBG B/U/G control
BBB MBC
WUR Control
WWW Prison
RRR Goblins
Legacy
BBB Pox
UBG B/U/G Control
UWU StoneBlade
UW Miracle Control
BRGKresh the BloodbraidedBRG, A box of lands and ideas.
Modern:
RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
Retired: Lots. More than I feel you should suffer through or I should type out.
inb4 theory discourse.
(But I am excited about it not being garbage also)
Will the crocodile god (black) be the easiest or not when she gets revealed.
If it wasn't for copycats, I'd see a standard where gods bumped up across the board from one another futilely in deadlock
On the flip side, this is a very good green creature with the best activated ability of any of the "gods". I think the only thing I could have wished differently would be for him to have trample instead of deathtouch.
Probably the best god. Kefnet is still probably the worst
-Chandra Nalaar
But you just pump the White god with the Green god's ability, and now you're swinging with a 5/5 and a 5/6 pair of indestructible critters
Deathtouch make it worse since it is already big enough to kill a lot of things.
All those gods are very boring.
Also, this is definitely the best of these so far. Pretty much what I expected after the white one was spoiled to be a "number of creatures" requirement. Wasn't expecting it to be Ferocious. Man, I'm excited about this card.
I think all of these gods have activated abilities that work towards allowing them to attack.
This is the easiest one by far. It gives 50% of the requirement. It would be as if Kefnet drew you 7 minus the number of cards in your hand.