I love the flavor and will for-sure own a playset +1 (for edh). But even more so is that I will finally be able to obtain elephant tokens at a reasonable price.
6 power for 5 mana in limited over 3 bodies that need to be dealt with separately. I don't care that you don't have the surprise factor like with Cobra Trap, I love this thing so much more than that card... possibly more so than Baloth Cage Trap even... possibly even as much as Territorial Baloth.
The underdrafted Green feels good man.
The art is awesome, the mana cost is nice, and the effect... wow, and this is uncommon!
Would surely be used in limited. Hopefully will see use in constructed too.
Auto-Pulse evasion is something that I've always wanted in a green token generator.
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The mental image of a snake, a wolf and a giant elephant popping out of nowhere is funny as heck
I chuckled when I read the card. Really cute and with just a little bit of push from some global effects (Sarkhan, Garruk etc.) potentially really powerful as well.
Everyone who imagines this card being played in any excisting Standard deck, need to remember Turntimber Ranger. Very similar, just Ranger is an Elf (let`s ignore the fact that he gets way better with other Allies) and is a lot better in multiplies, while this card creates an extra 1/1. Ranger is seeing no play in Eldrazi Green (where being an Elf would be benefical), and as far as I can tell, he isn`t on the short list either.
The card will be great in Limited, sure, but will never see serious Constructed play. Which definetly had been cool
I've argued with people over the number of cards in a deck many times, and I feel that having a high number of "good cards" is better than having a small number of "really good" cards. I laugh at the people who argue that with a smaller deck you're more likely to draw what you need, because if you get in that situation you're gonna NOT end up drawing it many many more times than you would.
I wish the snake was a squirrel guess it's not a dangerous enough creature for zendikar. Ah well still a super cool card and pretty powerful in limited
And for the guy that said that he prefers a bloodbraid into baloth: sometimes you find a terminate with an empty table and you start to get behind. At least the Bestial Menace always "cascades" (sort of like Mike Flores said, that Broodmate Dragon "always cascades into air elemental")
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In that case, wouldn't you rather just Bloodbraid Elf into Leatherback Baloth?
Card's pretty bad outside of Limited.
currently playing:
LEGACY
loam/depthsBG
Sneak showUR
LED DredgeUBR
ReanimatorUB
landsBURG
EDH
DoranWBG
JhoiraUR
A prototype list:
4x Bloodbraid Elf
4x Leatherback Baloth
4x Rampant Growth
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Dragon Fodder
4x Sarkhan Vol
4x Violent Outburst / Stag
3x Bestial Menace
3x Burst Lightning
2x Master of the Wild Hunt
4x RG Manland
4x RG Refuge
4x Rootbound Crag
7x Forest
5x Mountain
(and yes, it's a limited card, but a good and fun one)
For constructed playability it would probably need a new archtype. Maybe G/W baneslayer becoming more token oriented.
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The underdrafted Green feels good man.
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As far as I know, there is another card that might already have this nickname but I don't care, I'm always gonna call this card Animal Crackers!
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Would surely be used in limited. Hopefully will see use in constructed too.
Auto-Pulse evasion is something that I've always wanted in a green token generator.
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The mental image of a snake, a wolf and a giant elephant popping out of nowhere is funny as heck
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The card will be great in Limited, sure, but will never see serious Constructed play. Which definetly had been cool
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And for the guy that said that he prefers a bloodbraid into baloth: sometimes you find a terminate with an empty table and you start to get behind. At least the Bestial Menace always "cascades" (sort of like Mike Flores said, that Broodmate Dragon "always cascades into air elemental")
"When you show up to the Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease, you'll be asked to choose a faction: Mirran, Phyrexian, or Jaded A-Hole" Aaron Forsythe, on Twitter
Everything changes, nothing remains without a change - Buddha
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1. Baneslayer Angel 2. Birds of Paradise 3. Lightning Bolt 4. Honor of the Pure 5. Goblin Chieftain
My top 5 Zendikar cards:
1. Eternity Vessel 2. Chandra Ablaze 3. Beastmaster Ascension 4. Ob Nixilis, the Fallen 5. Rampaging Baloths