Honestly I like this because its not ANOTHER super busted Simic commander. Makes it easier to make a simic deck that isnt just going to steam roll my more casual EDH friends.
are people forgetting that the Red Minotaur extra combat dude is in this set.. this lets mono-R be able to drop a bunch of lands in 1 turn and just win the game with 4+ extra combats...
people are seriously overestimating this dude.. the amount of hoops you have to jump through just to make him useable is pretty hefty. just to make him on curve in 20-life MtG, you have to find a way to drop yourself AND your opponent down to 16 life turn 1... that is just to make him on curve...
So, what? Both players shock and you get a 2/2 with no evasion on turn 2?
Following this logic Death Shadow dies immediately if I can't magically loose 8 life in turn 1 and is therefore not "on curve". Makes Death's Shadow obviously a bad card...
I mean you essentially already mentioned how to play the card... You need some for of enabler to abuse its ability. And yes, it will need different enabler from death's shadow.
This highlights the issue perfectly. You see Sliver, death's shadow is much easier to control because it only cares about YOUR life. It is very easy to burn through your own life. But this demon cares about EVERYONE's life total. even if you murder yourself downt o 2 life, he can still Enter as a 0/0... the fact that you need EVERYONE to be at low life makes him much much worse...
honestly I hate seeing this pairing... may as well say "hope you have a hard boardwipe somewhere in your deck." it is the most boring, uninteractive and lazy design there is...
This highlights the issue perfectly. You see Sliver, death's shadow is much easier to control because it only cares about YOUR life. It is very easy to burn through your own life. But this demon cares about EVERYONE's life total. even if you murder yourself downt o 2 life, he can still Enter as a 0/0... the fact that you need EVERYONE to be at low life makes him much much worse...
yeah this merfolk is going to be an allstar
honestly I hate seeing this pairing... may as well say "hope you have a hard boardwipe somewhere in your deck." it is the most boring, uninteractive and lazy design there is...