One of the first morph cards revealed from KTK and it did recieve some hype as a new kind of Evacuation stapled onto a decent body, but as it turns out an essentially 10 mana bounce-all-tapped-creatures 5/6 flying that can't be blinked for value just isn't that good.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I'm sure it's got uses in Animar morph builds, and the its on point for any wind-theme decks (Captain Planet, Last Airbender, etc.) but beyond that I had never even heard of the card until now, and I assumed it was some of Tolarian Winds variant.
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10 years ago, at the dawn of EDH, a "strictly better" Mahamoti Djinn probably would have been a format staple. Nowadays he's just a bit too ponderous.
I do intend to build a "Te-morph Frontier" deck and I'm sure I'll jam this guy, but I doubt he'll be the best card in the deck. That artwork sure is Raymond Swanland/10 though.
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If Horde could cast it fast down, it would be fine.
Animar could use it, and then it only costs 5UU, but you'll probably just run Evacuation at that point. (Then again, Animar could use it with Earthcraft or Cryptolith Rite...)
And remember, turning a morph face up is not an activated ability, unfortunately.
I suppose it has synergy with Ixidron? Use it to recover all your facedowns so you can cast them again. (Damned straws! Get back here!)
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Some folks didn't like the fact that Innistrad had dragons as they kind of clashed with the general aesthetic of the plane. While I'm inclined to agree, both Balefire Dragon and this one are some of the most gorgeous-looking dragons ever created, and in foil this thing is spectacular.
It's also not a BAD card in EDH. 5/5 flying for 6 with firebreathing isn't playable, but extending that firebreathing to your team can make token hordes pretty scary. Unfortunately decks playing those tend to have other ways of mass-pumping going on. It has homes, but at best, it's middle-of-the-pack as far as EDH Playable Dragons goes, which isn't bad but it's not spectacular either unlike it's art.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
If it had a copy, I would probably play it for the art if nothing else but it is also on the more playable end of the spectrum. I agree that in a token deck there are better options for pumping the team and the RRR can be problematic outside of mono R decks but if I had room I would be reasonably happy to play this.
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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.
It is a sad day when power creep has gotten so prevalent, that a 5/5 flying for 6 mana that gives all of your team fire breathing barely cuts it. Shivan Dragon is sad. I think that says alot about how the rampant instant value ridiculous effect EtB triggers and hyper efficient removal have essentially dumbed the game down so much to where you can't really play cool creatures like this, because it is outclassed/will die immediately before you can attack or possibly activate it enough to use the ability to win with it.
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Before i streamlined my Prossh, Skyraider of Kher deck, this was in it. While i only planned to run it as a filler card it was pretty good at what it does. The activated ability is cheap and it comes with a decent body.
But yeah, power creep is a thing in EDH. So this is one of those cool cards that just don't cut it (anymore and for me that is). Goes into the same category as Terastodon, which was in here some days ago.
I'm brewing on a Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist deck at the moment. I'm strongly considering utilizing her to have fatties beat face. That, plus an Assault Suit, thehehe.
Before i streamlined my Prossh, Skyraider of Kher deck, this was in it. While i only planned to run it as a filler card it was pretty good at what it does. The activated ability is cheap and it comes with a decent body.
But yeah, power creep is a thing in EDH. So this is one of those cool cards that just don't cut it (anymore and for me that is). Goes into the same category as Terastodon, which was in here some days ago.
I'm brewing on a Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist deck at the moment. I'm strongly considering utilizing her to have fatties beat face. That, plus an Assault Suit, thehehe.
You're reaching when you say Terastodon doesn't cut it anymore, it is in nearly every goodstuff or etb deck ever. It is such a brain dead inclusion to any EDH deck with green in it.
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You're reaching when you say Terastodon doesn't cut it anymore, it is in nearly every goodstuff or etb deck ever. It is such a brain dead inclusion to any EDH deck with green in it.
Not to mention nothing has ever power creeped it out
I played Moonveil in Kaalia. Good times. That was back when Scourge of Kher Ridges still made the cut. Which is sad when you think about it that a pyroclasm-at-will dragon doesn't make the cut...
I bet the foil Moonveil is absolutely Drop Dead Gawgeous. <3 <3 <3
Moonveil Dragon
It's also not a BAD card in EDH. 5/5 flying for 6 with firebreathing isn't playable, but extending that firebreathing to your team can make token hordes pretty scary.
It's pretty bad. It's a Shivan Dragon that might do more, but Shivan Dragon hasn't been playable in a long time. I really want this card to be good. I even bought a copy, and it was never going to fit my my Innistrad cube for thematic reasons. It's unfortunate that there are much more efficient cards to play ahead of this. Others have mentioned Shared Animosity, but there are so many other effects that essentially mimic overrun that the deck you play would need to be non-green.
But man, do I ever want to play this with Mana Geyser.
One of those "Foreign Unsupported Language" prerelease promos of that era (I wish they brought that back), Laquatus's Champion isn't seen often in EDH. It can certainly snipe a low-health player out of nowhere and if you run something to muck with lifegain it can be hilarious, but usually it's too much work for too little payoff.
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My Commander decks:
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
Some folks didn't like the fact that Innistrad had dragons as they kind of clashed with the general aesthetic of the plane. While I'm inclined to agree, both Balefire Dragon and this one are some of the most gorgeous-looking dragons ever created, and in foil this thing is spectacular.
It's also not a BAD card in EDH. 5/5 flying for 6 with firebreathing isn't playable, but extending that firebreathing to your team can make token hordes pretty scary. Unfortunately decks playing those tend to have other ways of mass-pumping going on. It has homes, but at best, it's middle-of-the-pack as far as EDH Playable Dragons goes, which isn't bad but it's not spectacular either unlike it's art.
I think if I were running a Radha, Heir to Keld deck, I'd probably try to slot this in. Giving your board +2/+0 for "free" isn't that bad.
We’re so spoiled with our 6cmc critters these days. Noxious, Patron of the Vein, Titan, Harvester, Demon of Dark Schemes, Kokusho, Massacre Wurm, Dread, and Netherborn Phalanx are all black cards I’d use at that spot. I’d weigh all of those against niche cards (like Pontiff of Blight or Geth), so it would have to fall into that bucket before I’d use it.
Yeah, I'm salty that U got this same effect for one mana cheaper but stealing lands is still a reasonable effect one could utilize. At least it's lower cmc than Herald of Leshrac.
Captain of the Watch especially, since they both cost 4WW, while Armada Wurm is what I call a "square" (two mana in two colors). Again, it can be useful with Alesha, I guess, but outside of Alesha, there are so many better options. As you add more colors, it really becomes easier to cast Trostani's Summoner. Even in Alesha, there are better options.
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
One of the first morph cards revealed from KTK and it did recieve some hype as a new kind of Evacuation stapled onto a decent body, but as it turns out an essentially 10 mana bounce-all-tapped-creatures 5/6 flying that can't be blinked for value just isn't that good.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
UBRG Yidris, Eye of the Storm
WBR Kaalia, Herald of Apocalypse
UBG Damia, Sage of Nightmare
WBG Karador, the Bridge Between
WU Grand Warden Augustin IV
RG Omnath, Locus of Awakening
BG Nath Addict
UR Niv Mizzet, Brain Aflame
B Kokusho, the Mourning Star
U Memnarch is All
I do intend to build a "Te-morph Frontier" deck and I'm sure I'll jam this guy, but I doubt he'll be the best card in the deck. That artwork sure is Raymond Swanland/10 though.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
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It's an Elemental which Horde of Notions can run.
If Horde could cast it fast down, it would be fine.
Animar could use it, and then it only costs 5UU, but you'll probably just run Evacuation at that point. (Then again, Animar could use it with Earthcraft or Cryptolith Rite...)
And remember, turning a morph face up is not an activated ability, unfortunately.
I suppose it has synergy with Ixidron? Use it to recover all your facedowns so you can cast them again. (Damned straws! Get back here!)
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Why is it Jeskai? Because the winds happen in that area of Tarkir?
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Some folks didn't like the fact that Innistrad had dragons as they kind of clashed with the general aesthetic of the plane. While I'm inclined to agree, both Balefire Dragon and this one are some of the most gorgeous-looking dragons ever created, and in foil this thing is spectacular.
It's also not a BAD card in EDH. 5/5 flying for 6 with firebreathing isn't playable, but extending that firebreathing to your team can make token hordes pretty scary. Unfortunately decks playing those tend to have other ways of mass-pumping going on. It has homes, but at best, it's middle-of-the-pack as far as EDH Playable Dragons goes, which isn't bad but it's not spectacular either unlike it's art.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
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.
But yeah, power creep is a thing in EDH. So this is one of those cool cards that just don't cut it (anymore and for me that is). Goes into the same category as Terastodon, which was in here some days ago.
I'm brewing on a Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist deck at the moment. I'm strongly considering utilizing her to have fatties beat face. That, plus an Assault Suit, thehehe.
You're reaching when you say Terastodon doesn't cut it anymore, it is in nearly every goodstuff or etb deck ever. It is such a brain dead inclusion to any EDH deck with green in it.
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Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun WU Unblockable Mirror Trickery
Ra's al Ghul (Sidar Kondo) and Face-Down Ninjas
Brudiclad, Token Engineer
Vaevictis (VV2) the Dire Lantern
Rona, Disciple of Gix
Tiana the Auror
Hallar
Ulrich the Politician
Zur the Rebel
Scorpion, Locust, Scarab, Egyptian Gods
O-Kagachi, Mathas, Mairsil
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I bet the foil Moonveil is absolutely Drop Dead Gawgeous. <3 <3 <3
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But man, do I ever want to play this with Mana Geyser.
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One of those "Foreign Unsupported Language" prerelease promos of that era (I wish they brought that back), Laquatus's Champion isn't seen often in EDH. It can certainly snipe a low-health player out of nowhere and if you run something to muck with lifegain it can be hilarious, but usually it's too much work for too little payoff.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance - Oops! All Chandras.
Prime Speaker Zegana - Draw for Power.
Pir & Toothy - Counterpalooza.
Arcades, the Strategist - Another Brick in the Wall.
Zacama, Primal Calamity - Calamity of Double Mana.
Edgar Markov - Vampires Don't Die.
Child of Alara - Dreamcrusher.
I think if I were running a Radha, Heir to Keld deck, I'd probably try to slot this in. Giving your board +2/+0 for "free" isn't that bad.
Seems like it would be fun to abuse with Panharmonicon and blink shenanigans.
No updated oracle text. I feel like it should have though. Not sure how this interacts with Torpor Orb, sacrificing in response to the trigger, etc.
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13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
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Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Literally only one of those is synergistic with Alesha's ability.
But anyway, Laquatus's Champion is one of those weird cards. I could see a player using it to snipe someone out of the game, or to use Wound Reflection, Exquisite Blood, Bloodchief Ascension, False Cure, Kavu Predator, Panharmonicon, that sort of thing.
It and Illusions of Grandeur have enough of a following on Blogatog that Maro has declared red could get this sort of thing.
But the big problem is, at six mana, I have...
1 Demon of Dark Schemes
1 Carnifex Demon
1 Mephidross Vampire
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Workhorse
1 Thopter Assembly
1 Grave Titan
1 Soul of Innistrad
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Archetype of Finality
1 Harvester of Souls
1 Duplicant
1 Helldozer
1 Pontiff of Blight
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Marionette Master
1 Noxious Gearhulk
1 Reaper from the Abyss
1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
1 Soul of New Phyrexia
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Hythonia the Cruel
And that's not even counting niche cards like Extractor Demon, Phyrexian Juggernaut, and Geth, Lord of the Vault. Or ones that cost less than six mana. Even back then, I'd probably run Phyrexian Gargantua before this.
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