Have a helicopter drop you off out front. Light your cigar with a small Indonesian boy holding a black lotus. Then bust out a craw wurm deck with no sleeves. Raw dog shuffle, loose terribly, flip the table, leave in a hovercraft.
Yeah this guy has been pretty mediocre. Sometimes you can just kind of ignore him, and I don't want to be able to say that about any walker in my cube.
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
Weird, for us he has been very good at 450. He has very high loyalt for a 3cc walker and he does wonders with double strike guys. We play him in every white based aggro deck and in midrange decks with a lot of creatures. As these archetypes are often drafted in our group, he is quite popular.
For me it is a staple, at least at 435 were we are at now.
He's on the chopping block for me at 450. White typically plays swarm aggro, a token/anthem midrange deck or control. He's not particularly good in any of those decks. Same problem we had with Sublime Archangel.
Very interesting to see the differing opinions on this one. In my modern 360 he has been amazing for us and is nowhere near the chopping block. Id easily consider him top 3 for us.
Very interesting to see the differing opinions on this one. In my modern 360 he has been amazing for us and is nowhere near the chopping block. Id easily consider him top 3 for us.
ITs not very good for me at 555. Ill cut him soon. Wtwlf is right, its not good in any archetype. I guess Midrange would be best, but even there its not great. Ill probably drop him with my next update.
Other people in my Cube group like him better than me. Honestly he crushed me pretty hard in a game on Friday...though I think this is the first time I can say that about him. I'm at 540 and he's in for now but I could see a day where he doesn't make it for me. Probably a few sets away but I wouldn't miss him even if he was cut today. I've only had him in one or two draft decks ever.
He's a real high colour commitment and it's one of those cards that makes threats better but doesn't really threaten on its lonesome. I rather like how much HP it comes down with. Kinda nuts!
I've ultimated him before. That's pretty much game over, barring a well (horribly) timed pyroclasm or wrath. I played him in an aggro deck that was forced to be on the defensive due to a slow draw. I managed to keep Ajani protected with my first strike porcelain legionnaire and a couple of other dudes, and Ultimate'd for the win. Good times.
I could definitely see him being borderline at 450, but it's still a 3 cost walker that drops at 4 loyalty, and has two relevant abilities and an attainable ultimate. He's been best for us in GW midrange.
Yes. Double Strike Flying has sealed so many games for us. I have never seen this guy sit the sides if he makes the draft. Elspeth Tirel on the other hand hasn't made it into too many decks. We've discussed Tirel on numerous occasions and have come close to cutting her but we usually talk ourselves out of it due to her being a 'walker.
I actually wound up cutting Tirel for Ajani 3 in the long run. He has been very good for us, and is more impactful than it seems at first. Three mana planeswalkers are also pretty cheap, especially when they have two relevant abilities and a game-winning ultimate.
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For me it is a staple, at least at 435 were we are at now.
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Thats pretty much how I think of him. He tables a lot, maybe more than any other PW. I rarely see him on the table.
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Yes. Double Strike Flying has sealed so many games for us. I have never seen this guy sit the sides if he makes the draft. Elspeth Tirel on the other hand hasn't made it into too many decks. We've discussed Tirel on numerous occasions and have come close to cutting her but we usually talk ourselves out of it due to her being a 'walker.
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