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Lazotep Plating1U
Instant
amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn.
Lazotep Behemoth4B
Creature - Zombie Hippo
5/4
Lazotep Reaver1B
Creature - Zombie Beast
When Lazotep Reaver enters the battlefield, Amass 1.
1/2
"Invasive Manticore"5R
Creature - Zombie Manticore
When Invasive Manticore enters the battlefield, amass 2.
4/5
well now we need dreadhorde kenra and Eternal Aven then we will have at least 1 of every non human creature from amonkhet represented in its eternal form (not counting wurms, demons, angels, crocodiles, birds, leopard, serpopard, etc )
"Lazotep Plating" looks Modern-playable, IMO. It's basically a 1/1 with Flash that omni-Hexproofs you and your side for a turn for only 2 mana. If it were a 1/1 creature card, I think it would more obviously look like it's good.
Lazotep reaver is pretty strong in a Deck with the Priest of forgotten Gods. It's additional fodder to reach critical mass. To quickly ramp into new Liliana d;)
I would like to know the story behind that hippo getting eternalized...
It was mentioned in the Amonkhet fluff that it was not only worthy humanoids that were eternalized. Indeed it seemed many dangerous creatures (or more likly those with a vicious temperament that Bolas would like) would also benefit from this process.
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn.
Has Blue had access to these combined effects on a 2 mana instant before? Because this seems like the sort of card that should see a lot of play in EDH.
I would like to know the story behind that hippo getting eternalized...
Nicol Bolas: Turns out we had an excess supply of lazotep. Waste not, want not, am I right?
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Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
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Has Blue had access to these combined effects on a 2 mana instant before?
Your question literally asks whether this new card already existed in the past !
But no. No card has these 2 effects combined. Teferi's Protection is the most powerful card with that kind of combined effects. After that you have Simic Charm, Heroic Intervention, Leyline of Sanctity etc...
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Lazotep Plating 1U
Instant
amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn.
Lazotep Behemoth 4B
Creature - Zombie Hippo
5/4
Lazotep Reaver 1B
Creature - Zombie Beast
When Lazotep Reaver enters the battlefield, Amass 1.
1/2
"Invasive Manticore" 5R
Creature - Zombie Manticore
When Invasive Manticore enters the battlefield, amass 2.
4/5
Let this great clan rest in peace (2001-2011)
Bolas: ZOMBIE HIPPO YA'LL
It's a Hippo, in the real world it's the deadliest and most dangerous animal in Africa, of course Bolas eternalized it.
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Numquam evolutioni obstes. Solum conculceris.
Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
It was mentioned in the Amonkhet fluff that it was not only worthy humanoids that were eternalized. Indeed it seemed many dangerous creatures (or more likly those with a vicious temperament that Bolas would like) would also benefit from this process.
Has Blue had access to these combined effects on a 2 mana instant before? Because this seems like the sort of card that should see a lot of play in EDH.
Nicol Bolas: Turns out we had an excess supply of lazotep. Waste not, want not, am I right?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Your question literally asks whether this new card already existed in the past !
But no. No card has these 2 effects combined. Teferi's Protection is the most powerful card with that kind of combined effects. After that you have Simic Charm, Heroic Intervention, Leyline of Sanctity etc...
Lazotep Plating looks like it's modern playable.
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I was going to say this seemed like Blue's equivalent of Heroic Intervention.