Grand Warlord Radha 2RG
Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
Haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, add that much mana in any combination of R and/or G. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Grand Warlord Radha 2RG
Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
Haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, add that much mana in any combination of R and/or G. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Nice, has relevance when it lands (if in a creature rush deck) and can possibly cast something else if you do a full swing (if you're in the position to).
Cool to see Radha all grown up.
EDIT: This feels way more mythic than the Bladewing Brothers, but glad the rarities are what they are, as I definitely want a Radha
She's looks to have gained some weight since the last time we saw her. Not that it's a bad thing.
A less flexible Druids' Repository stapled to a Hasty 3/4 isn't super exciting, but she does have build-around potential as a Commander at least.
Lifting weapons and smashing heads for centuries, I think the newer Radha has a more realistic body shape. Most of the MtG female art still attempt to be slim while wielding large weapons, very odd.
I think the ability to couple a hasty threat with additional mana to cast removal, like Abrade, before blocks isn't something to take lightly. Llanowar on one, Steel-Leaf on two, Radha + removal on 3 puts you miles ahead.
A great R/G Elfball or Token Blitz commander - infinites with Aggravated Assault or Hellkite Charger as long as you can find someone to bully (using Familiar Ground + Goblin War Drums to make your team effectively unblockable gets there). I imagine it's good to build her like you'd build Edric though - it's easy to get a ton of bonus mana to chain into other powerful stuff if you are swarming opponents with Scryb Sprites, Flameblade Adept, Treetop Scout, etc.
A great R/G Elfball or Token Blitz commander - infinites with Aggravated Assault or Hellkite Charger as long as you can find someone to bully (using Familiar Ground + Goblin War Drums to make your team effectively unblockable gets there). I imagine it's good to build her like you'd build Edric though - it's easy to get a ton of bonus mana to chain into other powerful stuff if you are swarming opponents with Scryb Sprites, Flameblade Adept, Treetop Scout, etc.
What is with people and using non-Latin characters as Latin characters? I mostly see it with Greek, Cyrillic, and Cherokee, with a few uses of Ð and Þ as D and P. Now we can add Japanese to the list, it seems.
Anyway, Radha looks like she's going straight in Rith, Marath, Saskia, and...pretty much any other token or aggro deck in her colors. Just like Xenagos and Gaea's Cradle, you can activate the ability swing and just Comet Storm everyone.
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I love this card for an R/G aggro deck. It does everything that an R/G card should do: smash face and gives mana. She is a nice curve topper.
That said, I really dislike the change in her physical complexion. I think the original art was pretty iconic, and there is the 'slim fit' build which she appeared to have, where you don't need to have tons of muscles just because you're an active warrior, rather being fast and powerful (Bruce Lee style). This change to a schwarzenegger-like build feels completely out of left field.
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I love this card for an R/G aggro deck. It does everything that an R/G card should do: smash face and gives mana. She is a nice curve topper.
That said, I really dislike the change in her physical complexion. I think the original art was pretty iconic, and there is the 'slim fit' build which she appeared to have, where you don't need to have tons of muscles just because you're an active warrior, rather being fast and powerful (Bruce Lee style). This change to a schwarzenegger-like build feels completely out of left field.
What's the time period in-story between this version of her and the original version? If it's on the order of decades, "completely out of left field" is a bit of an exaggeration.
I love this card for an R/G aggro deck. It does everything that an R/G card should do: smash face and gives mana. She is a nice curve topper.
That said, I really dislike the change in her physical complexion. I think the original art was pretty iconic, and there is the 'slim fit' build which she appeared to have, where you don't need to have tons of muscles just because you're an active warrior, rather being fast and powerful (Bruce Lee style). This change to a schwarzenegger-like build feels completely out of left field.
What's the time period in-story between this version of her and the original version? If it's on the order of decades, "completely out of left field" is a bit of an exaggeration.
60 years or so. Although Venser is still a bit of plot hole.
I love this card for an R/G aggro deck. It does everything that an R/G card should do: smash face and gives mana. She is a nice curve topper.
That said, I really dislike the change in her physical complexion. I think the original art was pretty iconic, and there is the 'slim fit' build which she appeared to have, where you don't need to have tons of muscles just because you're an active warrior, rather being fast and powerful (Bruce Lee style). This change to a schwarzenegger-like build feels completely out of left field.
What's the time period in-story between this version of her and the original version? If it's on the order of decades, "completely out of left field" is a bit of an exaggeration.
It’s been 60 years ingame since the Mending, more than enough time for her to bluk out.
I personally love this card and think she’d be awesome in some hybrid elf-goblin token deck into Jaya's Immolating Inferno
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Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
Haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, add that much mana in any combination of R and/or G. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
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Xenagos +1 on a 3/4 body. Will this see play? I mean T5 after this would be brutal, assuming 3 creatures are on the board.
Cool to see Radha all grown up.
EDIT: This feels way more mythic than the Bladewing Brothers, but glad the rarities are what they are, as I definitely want a Radha
A less flexible Druids' Repository stapled to a Hasty 3/4 isn't super exciting, but she does have build-around potential as a Commander at least.
Edit because people seem to have been taking "gained some weight" the wrong way
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Anyway she's one of my future commanders from this set.
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Is it Standard playable? I dont know.
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Actually, she now have a physiology far more fitting for a half-Keldon-half-elf. Just look how bulky Keldons usually are.
Definitely better than the abattoir supermodel from Planar Chaos.
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Lifting weapons and smashing heads for centuries, I think the newer Radha has a more realistic body shape. Most of the MtG female art still attempt to be slim while wielding large weapons, very odd.
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I really want to gather a bunch of evasive cheap creatures to make sure you can ramp while not losing anything in combat
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She is not though. She is like 75% Elf and 25% Keldon.
Don't forget old trusty Memnites and Ornithopters.
In standard, not so sure. 4-drops are at an all-time power level currently with Hazoret the Fervent, Rekindling Phoenix, Ripjaw Raptor, Chandra, Torch of Defiance, and the soon-to-be-released Territorial Allosaurus and I'm not sure a 3/4 for 4 is good enough even if she immediately refunds a few mana to cast a removal spell or follow-up threat. Interesting to test it though.
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Good think the Elf is back to help ramp but yeah there is a real glut of 4 drops although Radha can help get you mana to cast more so there is that.
What is with people and using non-Latin characters as Latin characters? I mostly see it with Greek, Cyrillic, and Cherokee, with a few uses of Ð and Þ as D and P. Now we can add Japanese to the list, it seems.
Anyway, Radha looks like she's going straight in Rith, Marath, Saskia, and...pretty much any other token or aggro deck in her colors. Just like Xenagos and Gaea's Cradle, you can
activate the abilityswing and just Comet Storm everyone.On phasing:
That said, I really dislike the change in her physical complexion. I think the original art was pretty iconic, and there is the 'slim fit' build which she appeared to have, where you don't need to have tons of muscles just because you're an active warrior, rather being fast and powerful (Bruce Lee style). This change to a schwarzenegger-like build feels completely out of left field.
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What's the time period in-story between this version of her and the original version? If it's on the order of decades, "completely out of left field" is a bit of an exaggeration.
60 years or so. Although Venser is still a bit of plot hole.
It’s been 60 years ingame since the Mending, more than enough time for her to bluk out.
I personally love this card and think she’d be awesome in some hybrid elf-goblin token deck into Jaya's Immolating Inferno