Another creature that's friendly with Subterranean Scout, though a bit at-odds with the Haste. It's another way to push damage through if the ground isn't clear enough turn 3, I guess.
Also, the Gruul continue to hate on spells: Ruric Thar would be proud.
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Man, that card is very good, haste puts it over the top. Almost certainly will see a fair amount of standard play in the red aggro decks. Just a shame it's not a goblin for ultimate synergy with Goblin Piledriver.
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Seems pretty good against control, but 2/2 is pretty blockable against Abzan, and this doesn't trigger if killed immediately (so not garaunteed to do damage against control). Overall very solid card, definitely playable, but not broken.
pretty strong. id say a chance to see play in modern and almost definitely in standard.
cmc 2, goblin creature type, or 3 power would have improved those chances a lot. but still pretty impressive.
This seems really, really good. If your opponent stumbles a bit this card can be punishing, and it's also decent post-wrath. Definitely a card to consider for Standard. If this had been a Warrior, Red/Black Warriors might have been a thing.
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Hopefully this means they will give us the tools for a decent permission deck.....but probably not since we cant have good counters anymore.
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Hopefully this means they will give us the tools for a decent permission deck.....but probably not since we cant have good counters anymore.
Without good counters, threats like this make no sense. Then again, I guess they just want to push UB control more. Let's ignore the fact that UW is a control pair according to MaRo...
Yep, Mono Red Burn will be a thing in Standard. Running this guy along with Chandra is a no brainer. The thing that sucks is that Origins really hasn't given us any great burn spells. Exquisite Firecraft is too costly for what it does and is competing in the same 3 drop slot as this card AND Chandra. But for at least two months before M15 rotates out, it's gonna be glorious!
Oh boy Ruric Thar, the Unbowed must be proud.
Haste is really the keyword on this card. Post-sweeper this is basically a guaranteed 4 damage
Well I can imagine a lot of decks running Wild Slash post Origins if this guy and Goblin Piledriver start to see play red will have a ridiculous number of 2 toughness creatures when looking at Rabblemaster in addition that all get burned by Wild Slash.
I sure hope you're right. As much as I love RDW, I think a viable control deck is necessary for a healthy environment.
I just had an (admittedly optimistic) thought-
One of the planes represented here is Innistrad.
What if our "Modern Gimme" for this set is Snapcaster Mage?
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I sure hope you're right. As much as I love RDW, I think a viable control deck is necessary for a healthy environment.
I just had an (admittedly optimistic) thought-
One of the planes represented here is Innistrad.
What if our "Modern Gimme" for this set is Snapcaster Mage?
Can't happen, flashback isn't in the set.
I do agree though that this much control hate is ridiculous. Maybe they were just that worried about Silumgar's Scorn?
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1RR (rare)
Creature - Human Berserker
Haste, renown 1
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, if ~ is renowned, ~ deals 2 damage to that player.
2/2
Very powerful card for standard, and another card pushed to fight control.
Also, the Gruul continue to hate on spells: Ruric Thar would be proud.
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If it cost RR, it would likely be a Modern Staple,
but this is still pretty strong!
Also- this, Gaea's Revenge, and several other cards
are leaving a Counterspell-shaped hole in the card base...
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
cmc 2, goblin creature type, or 3 power would have improved those chances a lot. but still pretty impressive.
Like I said before,
these cards seem to imply the presence of Mana Leak, Spell Snare, Daze, or even Counterspell.
They do not need this level of hate for Dissolve and Negate...
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Or... or... Wizards have heard the people who whine about control and decided to kick it in the nuts.
Ok... Not bad, connecting against control means it's at least 4 damage to the face.
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Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
Without good counters, threats like this make no sense. Then again, I guess they just want to push UB control more. Let's ignore the fact that UW is a control pair according to MaRo...
Haste is really the keyword on this card. Post-sweeper this is basically a guaranteed 4 damage
Well I can imagine a lot of decks running Wild Slash post Origins if this guy and Goblin Piledriver start to see play red will have a ridiculous number of 2 toughness creatures when looking at Rabblemaster in addition that all get burned by Wild Slash.
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I just had an (admittedly optimistic) thought-
One of the planes represented here is Innistrad.
What if our "Modern Gimme" for this set is Snapcaster Mage?
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
Can't happen, flashback isn't in the set.
I do agree though that this much control hate is ridiculous. Maybe they were just that worried about Silumgar's Scorn?
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I'm still hoping they decided to throw Blue a bone*
amidst all these red gems (rubies?).
*(Counterspell pls. or at least Force Spike)
Reprint Stasis!
Control needs more love.
EDH:
WUBRGSliver OverlordGRBUW
WUBRGSliver Hivelord(Superfriends)GRBUW
While I agree that all signs point to strong Control cards, Wizards has been known to overreact to Control many times in the past.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.