Kolaghan, Dragonlord
4RB 6/5
Flying, Haste
Other creatures you control have haste.
Whenever an opponent casts a creature or planeswalker spell with the same name as a card in their graveyard, that player loses 10 life.
This is another card that might be possible to consider for large cubes. I know we have a plethora of quality 6-drops across the board (including things like Sire of Insanity in RB alone), but this card is certainly interesting at the very least even with the last ability being a blank for cube purposes. Rorix Bladewing with a Fervor attached to it seems like something to at least think about, though I suspect it won't end up making the cut as aggressive decks might stretch for a 5-drop at the top of their curve on occasion, but they should never play with a 6 unless things go horribly wrong in the draft. Putting this in midrange-only territory, where it admittedly shines pretty bright.
Rorix Bladewing + Fervor is certainly a solid 6-mana investment. I wish the other ability was somehow relevant for cube. That last ability might've been the thing that allowed this to compete with Titan-esque creatures for smaller cubes. With that said, I think this is still solid enough for larger lists. It's a big threat.
This card seems like it's a definite shoe-in for any kind of Cube that has multiples of things, like a "draft sim" type.
Apart from that, it's competing with a LOT of good RB options. If you don't count Hybrids towards your multicolor budget, it MIGHT be able to squeeze in at 630-720.
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We just got the Culligan man in the last set and I like it much more. It is one cheaper, the dash mode is just as good as the haste, and the team pumping is way better that fervor on a 6 drop. So I am trading one power for one mana and the abilities are better. This card is a big fail. Maybe it cracks the top 10 for for the guild but no higher than that.
If the second ability is good I'd run it over Kolaghan, but I'm ok with passing this up. Seeing two of the cycle definitely gets me excited for the Azorious, Selesnya, and Gruul dragons though.
This card is probably fine in formats where you can reasonably expect cards to exist in multiples, but I just don't see myself getting excited about Rorix + Fervor. The FRF version is far more compelling, and I'm already not running that at 450.
Total side note but I like how people are discussing running this over itself.
Well, it has to be said that Kolaghan is clearly better than Kolaghan. Considering what BR decks usually want and how stiff the competition in this guild is, there is no way that I would run Kolaghan over Kolaghan! Kolaghan might make it in as the sixth guild card or so. Kolaghan on the other hand ranks several places below that.
4RB 6/5
Flying, Haste
Other creatures you control have haste.
Whenever an opponent casts a creature or planeswalker spell with the same name as a card in their graveyard, that player loses 10 life.
This is another card that might be possible to consider for large cubes. I know we have a plethora of quality 6-drops across the board (including things like Sire of Insanity in RB alone), but this card is certainly interesting at the very least even with the last ability being a blank for cube purposes. Rorix Bladewing with a Fervor attached to it seems like something to at least think about, though I suspect it won't end up making the cut as aggressive decks might stretch for a 5-drop at the top of their curve on occasion, but they should never play with a 6 unless things go horribly wrong in the draft. Putting this in midrange-only territory, where it admittedly shines pretty bright.
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StaffApart from that, it's competing with a LOT of good RB options. If you don't count Hybrids towards your multicolor budget, it MIGHT be able to squeeze in at 630-720.
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