Honestly, I have seen a lot of hype around this guy, talk that he will get banned. All hype, imo. Demons have a reputation to live up to. I see close to zero chance that this one will get banned by an RC that is actually playing it and testing it. Diabolic Revelation is already a bargain-bin rare that sees no play, and it can fetch you 3 cards for the same mana without any restrictions. And funny thing, it will probably draw less hate after you tap out for it.
....Razaketh, however, makes people want to play, kill, clone or steal him which is exactly like every other Banned Creature....
With one huge difference. He doesn't work that well by itself. "Regular decks" can't set up locks or steamroll the game with copy of the card, even with sufficient number of creatures to sac at the time unless the deck is specifically build to do so. Simillary to how Hermit Druid works if gets reanimated, stolen or copied by deck with 10+ basic without self-mill theme.
+1
You don't need any setup to clone PT, SP, Sundering, POK, so on. Like, strictly zero setup. You could literally be playing creature-less Mizzix and clone them.
The reason the friend of mind found the decks of Razaketh and Sidisi to be fairly interchangeable is because is because both lay down fodder creatures for the abilities. I know that as a matter of fact about half the decks in the casual scene run Avenger of Zendikar, which type of card makes it likely to find something for Razaketh to eat. But at no point of deck construction would someone consider adding clone or threaten effects just to steak Razaketh, the way it often happened with PT.
Ophiomancer enables a DT on every upkeep Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder on the field prior to Razzle Dazzle being cast sets up 8 DT's when he resolves Pawn of Ulamog is a nice way to increase the creatures you got.
If I were planning to use Razzle to win a game though I am not sure he would be in the Command Zone, seems much sneakier and much more deadly from somewhere they won't see coming on the tin when you put the deck down.
Yeah, I was playing with a buddy of mine online and he was alternating between Razaketh, the Foulblooded and the same deck with Sidisi, Undead Vizier. He said he couldn’t decide which was better, but obvious to me that Sidisi was and that he was just overeager to make Razaketh good. The way it played out, Sidisi tutored mana about 3 times out of 4 and then I’m assuming accessed Razaketh about every time on second cast. Razaketh was predictably hurting for mana when a piece of the Urborg-Coffers combo was missing or the mana doubler got killed, which was quite often due to playing an 8-cost Demon as a general.
Honestly, I have seen a lot of hype around this guy, talk that he will get banned. All hype, imo. Demons have a reputation to live up to. I see close to zero chance that this one will get banned by an RC that is actually playing it and testing it. Diabolic Revelation is already a bargain-bin rare that sees no play, and it can fetch you 3 cards for the same mana without any restrictions. And funny thing, it will probably draw less hate after you tap out for it.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
+1
You don't need any setup to clone PT, SP, Sundering, POK, so on. Like, strictly zero setup. You could literally be playing creature-less Mizzix and clone them.
The reason the friend of mind found the decks of Razaketh and Sidisi to be fairly interchangeable is because is because both lay down fodder creatures for the abilities. I know that as a matter of fact about half the decks in the casual scene run Avenger of Zendikar, which type of card makes it likely to find something for Razaketh to eat. But at no point of deck construction would someone consider adding clone or threaten effects just to steak Razaketh, the way it often happened with PT.
Yeah, I was playing with a buddy of mine online and he was alternating between Razaketh, the Foulblooded and the same deck with Sidisi, Undead Vizier. He said he couldn’t decide which was better, but obvious to me that Sidisi was and that he was just overeager to make Razaketh good. The way it played out, Sidisi tutored mana about 3 times out of 4 and then I’m assuming accessed Razaketh about every time on second cast. Razaketh was predictably hurting for mana when a piece of the Urborg-Coffers combo was missing or the mana doubler got killed, which was quite often due to playing an 8-cost Demon as a general.
Honestly, I have seen a lot of hype around this guy, talk that he will get banned. All hype, imo. Demons have a reputation to live up to. I see close to zero chance that this one will get banned by an RC that is actually playing it and testing it. Diabolic Revelation is already a bargain-bin rare that sees no play, and it can fetch you 3 cards for the same mana without any restrictions. And funny thing, it will probably draw less hate after you tap out for it.