He seems pretty good. In a multiplayer game he could easily be handing out free 5/5 demons. The -8 feels like some nice synergy with his Demons and black life loss cards like Sign in Blood. Also, Spoils of Blood could go very well with this emblem.
It's just kinda underwhelming to basically be a demon-factory ala Skirsdag High Priest.
It would have been more engaging if his other abilities had more potential. Disciple of Bolas-trigger on a stick-emblem is not bad either but when is it possible to reach and exactly how well would it work for you?
Personally I'm just disappointed by the Extort-ability and that it basically makes him a Demon-factory that is operational every other turn.
I played Ob Nix in a control deck in several 1v1 games. I was really impressed. The +2 isn't strong, but the emblem is insane, even in a deck with few creatures. Mostly, I just used him to poop out 5/5 flyers, and he was really good. When my opponent was able to apply enough pressure to get through the demons and removal, Ob Nix died, but I had already gained a lot of tempo.
When the opponent couldn't keep up with my removal, Ob Nix won the game.
Sorin Markov can work well with this. Second ability to drop the opponent to 10 life with a 5/5 flying Demon staring them down. On top of the combine 3 life loss first abilities.
Does anyone else find Ob Nixilis to be underwhelming?
Jk. The -2 is obviously great. The ultimate however, I've been hard pressed to fire off unless you're pretty in control of the game already because in most situations it's necessary to keep pumping out demons to protect himself. That being said, he's a very nice addition to a superfriends or reanimator decklist.
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He seems pretty good. In a multiplayer game he could easily be handing out free 5/5 demons. The -8 feels like some nice synergy with his Demons and black life loss cards like Sign in Blood. Also, Spoils of Blood could go very well with this emblem.
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The other abilities are decent, just focus on making those Demon tokens.
It would have been more engaging if his other abilities had more potential. Disciple of Bolas-trigger on a stick-emblem is not bad either but when is it possible to reach and exactly how well would it work for you?
Personally I'm just disappointed by the Extort-ability and that it basically makes him a Demon-factory that is operational every other turn.
When the opponent couldn't keep up with my removal, Ob Nix won the game.
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Jk. The -2 is obviously great. The ultimate however, I've been hard pressed to fire off unless you're pretty in control of the game already because in most situations it's necessary to keep pumping out demons to protect himself. That being said, he's a very nice addition to a superfriends or reanimator decklist.