Sarkhan is beyond good in a control build. I play him in my 5C control but I could easily see splashing into red just for Sultai to run him. 2 free cards and a 4/4 flyer over every 3 turns has even proven to be far better than it sounds. Worst case, he makes a dragon and take 2 cards from their hand to deal with both threats, so long as you controlled the board.
Sarkhan is beyond good in a control build. I play him in my 5C control but I could easily see splashing into red just for Sultai to run him. 2 free cards and a 4/4 flyer over every 3 turns has even proven to be far better than it sounds. Worst case, he makes a dragon and take 2 cards from their hand to deal with both threats, so long as you controlled the board.
Well, worst case isn't quite that strong. Worst case is you tap out for Sarkhan and -2 him, then the opponent goes over the top of you with Atarka or Hornet Queen or Ugin or any other less played card that is a hard trump to Sarkhan (like big daddy Garruk).
A more common bad scenario is your opponent casts Ojutai, you cast Sarkhan to produce a blocker, then the opponent Valorous Stances the token and kills Sarkhan with the Ojutai swing. Not a catastrophe but you are pretty far behind there.
Or you lead out with Sarkhan and a -2, then the opponent reacts with an Icefall Reagant you don't have an answer for.
Still, I think *in those decks that can make the mana without sacrifice*, Sarkhan is an Ojutai-calibre finisher.
For me personally. Brutal Hordechief. Dude is a boss and can end games as soon as he comes down(Granted I run a R/B Warriors deck and tend to have 3-5 creatures in play at this point.)
If they are dropping one of those three when I drop him, I've messed up playing control somewhere. And the Ojutai scenario, why wouldn't I just answer Ojutai first? i'm not meaning drop him everytime you have the mana. I'm just saying he is extremely powerful in a control build if you keep controlling.
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Well, worst case isn't quite that strong. Worst case is you tap out for Sarkhan and -2 him, then the opponent goes over the top of you with Atarka or Hornet Queen or Ugin or any other less played card that is a hard trump to Sarkhan (like big daddy Garruk).
A more common bad scenario is your opponent casts Ojutai, you cast Sarkhan to produce a blocker, then the opponent Valorous Stances the token and kills Sarkhan with the Ojutai swing. Not a catastrophe but you are pretty far behind there.
Or you lead out with Sarkhan and a -2, then the opponent reacts with an Icefall Reagant you don't have an answer for.
Still, I think *in those decks that can make the mana without sacrifice*, Sarkhan is an Ojutai-calibre finisher.