I might test this. Hanewir Garrison has been a house for us, and I have been thoroughly unimpressed with Gisela in this spot (and Angel of Condemnation is not impressing in testing either). 1 mana more is a big deal, but so is lifelink and 2 more power.
A worse hero of bladehold, but still great. Obviously a good card, is there space for it? I like it more than a number of options but I get other cards support other archetypes. But man, this card is sweet.
This is a beatstick of a 4 drop and I feel like it'd be a no brained in any color other than white. Like seriously, imagine this in green or black?!
I don't know if I want two bladeholds at the 4 drop slot in my cube. It's definitely good enough IMHO, I just need to decide what I want from my white 4s. It definitely won't r unseating HoB, Palace Jailer, or Gisela in my list, I like the diversity.
This is a strong card, but there’s already an abundance of aggro 4-drop curvetoppers. I definitely like this at larger cube sizes, but I can’t justify it at 540. It’s definitely good enough; but I’d have to take away a non-aggro card for a card that aggro doesn’t even need.
Hero of Bladehold is one of whites best creatures and this does a pretty good impression. The body is big enough to survive combat and the lifelink could be relevant in a race. This curves vey well into Angel of Invention.
This is a bit worse than Hero of Bladehold, but I like it well enough to test it out alongside it. The lifelink can certainly matter, and it attacks better into X/4 creatures (for whatever that's worth). I'll very likely be playing this, because I expect it to test well, even at 450.
I run a cube with duplicates and never once have I thought 'hmm i kind of want to double up on hero of bladehold" , even though I love hero... and respect it's power. It is an excellent agro curve topper that I occasionally bring in sideboard games with my control decks.
Problem is that I'm already plenty saturated with expensive options for white agro decks... And the other 4 drops I run have better utility outside of agro.
Card might just be too strong to not give a test... Even though I kind of WANT it to be bad.
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As good as this card is, it is functionally very close to a couple of existing white cards and I'm trying to reduce instances like that (outside of aggro 2/1s, for example). It might end up being too good to ignore though. And regarding Caracal, that card is fringe already and a couple more Cat token options could really make an interesting subtheme
Certainly worth looking at and probably plays close to Hero, but as others have said I wasn't dying to include a second one. It is funny because I love token makers. My big struggle is white is consistently the worst performing color and middling in popularity in my cube. The only very strong decks are usually breaking Armageddon, Skullclamp, or white is in it for support. Removal gets splash to other decks easy but the primary white draft has a bunch of 2/1s and nicely priced beaters like this. So alas I think this is a pass for me (even though I want a green, black, or red one).
My new plan is to move white a little way from being aggro/efficient beater color and stock up on much more disruptive elements.
Like everyone said, this card inhabits the same spot as Hero of Bladehold. I can see it being used in the defensive decks a little more, I would much rather have this in a control deck than a white beatdown deck. I think its power level is there, it more comes down to preference if you want to include it.
Like everyone said, this card inhabits the same spot as Hero of Bladehold. I can see it being used in the defensive decks a little more, I would much rather have this in a control deck than a white beatdown deck. I think its power level is there, it more comes down to preference if you want to include it.
God they need to reprint Hero with the old art so it defaults to that instead of the horrendous alternate art lol.
Like everyone said, this card inhabits the same spot as Hero of Bladehold. I can see it being used in the defensive decks a little more, I would much rather have this in a control deck than a white beatdown deck. I think its power level is there, it more comes down to preference if you want to include it.
God they need to reprint Hero with the old art so it defaults to that instead of the horrendous alternate art lol.
Like everyone said, this card inhabits the same spot as Hero of Bladehold. I can see it being used in the defensive decks a little more, I would much rather have this in a control deck than a white beatdown deck. I think its power level is there, it more comes down to preference if you want to include it.
God they need to reprint Hero with the old art so it defaults to that instead of the horrendous alternate art lol.
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A worse hero of bladehold, but still great. Obviously a good card, is there space for it? I like it more than a number of options but I get other cards support other archetypes. But man, this card is sweet.
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I don't know if I want two bladeholds at the 4 drop slot in my cube. It's definitely good enough IMHO, I just need to decide what I want from my white 4s. It definitely won't r unseating HoB, Palace Jailer, or Gisela in my list, I like the diversity.
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Problem is that I'm already plenty saturated with expensive options for white agro decks... And the other 4 drops I run have better utility outside of agro.
Card might just be too strong to not give a test... Even though I kind of WANT it to be bad.
Maybe I should test Regal caracal alongside it
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As good as this card is, it is functionally very close to a couple of existing white cards and I'm trying to reduce instances like that (outside of aggro 2/1s, for example). It might end up being too good to ignore though. And regarding Caracal, that card is fringe already and a couple more Cat token options could really make an interesting subtheme
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My new plan is to move white a little way from being aggro/efficient beater color and stock up on much more disruptive elements.
I like it less than Hero of Bladehold, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Restoration Angel and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, but I could see it over other 4-CMC threats if I were going any deeper... if not for the art, anyway.
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God they need to reprint Hero with the old art so it defaults to that instead of the horrendous alternate art lol.
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I think it just needs new art entirely.
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