cosmic horror while a fun card is not considered to be a good card a 7/7 first striker for 6 is nothing special in legacy especialy when compare to tarmogoyf a 5/6 for 2 or even werebear a 4/4 for 2. the fact that you have to pay six additional mana for this creature every turn or it kills itself and attacks you makes it that much less appealing.
Because, simply put, it is not amazing in any competitive environment. And Legacy, opposite to a common misconception, is quite a comptetive environment. I have no idea if it even is any good on a kitchen table, as the requirement is quite hefty, and I couldn't make it work even it Shandalar, where we had much less options on big black creatures.
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Well, in answer to your question... Maybe I have the wrong link but the card looks absolutely terrible. First strike is irrelevant on a 7/7, because it's big enough to roll right over anything in it's path. You can keep blocking it with 1/1 creatures, or even 0/1 sheep tokens and it won't ever do anything. it would be a bad card even if it didn't require an upkeep much less such a huge cost! It can't be gotten out cheaply, through reanimation because you still need to manage the upkeep cost and even if you did it wouldn't really DO anything. It's big and that's it.
Moreover, the only decks that would want to play a big creature like this from their hand would be a control deck that waits until turn seven or eight to drop a big creature and win with it. The problem is that once it makes it's big guy a control deck needs to have a lot of mana open to stop the opponent from killing it or playing any other spells that could hurt the control player. The huge mana requirement makes this impossible. So the only strategies something like this could actually work in (reanimation, control) are destroyed by its drawback.
Besides, even if the drawback didn't exist there are jsut better alternatives out there. I mean, check out Oona, Queen of the Fae which is a kill card used in a lot of standard decks. Easier to play mana wise, she can fly so she's harder to block and has a great ability. But even she doesn't make the cut to legacy - where cosmic horror resides.
And that's why no body wants to play cosmic horror.
Simply put, therea are better options. It lacks evasion, and ties up all your mana so you cannot do anything else (assuming you have the mana to start, its very expensive). Tombstalker costs BB (in Legacy it nearly always cost close to that) and is a 5/5 flying. 5/5 flying is much better then 7/7 first strike imo, due to evasion 9first strike is largely irrelevent n a 7/7 in general. It is also far too slow for most legacy decks.Nantuko shade has a similar each turn mana requirement, except Shade is a may, and shade drops on t2, and can swing much quicker. There are countless better options.
Nah, the horror is a fantabulous dude. You should run it and break the format wide open obvs. You could almost run a blue splash for Donate, coz if the opponent has a horror you are probably winning.
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Ah, this brings back memories. One of the first cards I laid my eyes on when I just got into the game and never played with becuase I realized it wasn't that good. Is this a joke? Becuase I think you fooled like four people.
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Even Force of Nature has been really obsoleted as well. Progenitus is now, and will more than likely be the fatty to tutor from something like Natural Order.
I don't know if this thread was serious or not. But it's ending here, before it becomes something else.
JeffStm, in general, high mana costing cards aren't used. Especially creatures that have no evasion, high upkeep costs, and don't win the game. Please keep that in mind. Thanks.
I just started playing a few months ago and recently found this amazing black card.
Cosmic Horror
How come no one uses it?!?!
Because, simply put, it is not amazing in any competitive environment. And Legacy, opposite to a common misconception, is quite a comptetive environment. I have no idea if it even is any good on a kitchen table, as the requirement is quite hefty, and I couldn't make it work even it Shandalar, where we had much less options on big black creatures.
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Moreover, the only decks that would want to play a big creature like this from their hand would be a control deck that waits until turn seven or eight to drop a big creature and win with it. The problem is that once it makes it's big guy a control deck needs to have a lot of mana open to stop the opponent from killing it or playing any other spells that could hurt the control player. The huge mana requirement makes this impossible. So the only strategies something like this could actually work in (reanimation, control) are destroyed by its drawback.
Besides, even if the drawback didn't exist there are jsut better alternatives out there. I mean, check out Oona, Queen of the Fae which is a kill card used in a lot of standard decks. Easier to play mana wise, she can fly so she's harder to block and has a great ability. But even she doesn't make the cut to legacy - where cosmic horror resides.
And that's why no body wants to play cosmic horror.
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Ah, this brings back memories. One of the first cards I laid my eyes on when I just got into the game and never played with becuase I realized it wasn't that good. Is this a joke? Becuase I think you fooled like four people.
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That card is so bad compared to other beaters in the format like other's said there are tombstalkers, goyfs, negator...the card is just so bad.
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This thread is now clearly a joke.
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Because it's a 1/2...
JeffStm, in general, high mana costing cards aren't used. Especially creatures that have no evasion, high upkeep costs, and don't win the game. Please keep that in mind. Thanks.
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