I'm a little surprised to see no mention of this card at all, not even in the almost-playables thread. Menace is no joke, and this is effectively hitting for three a turn, with one of it being unblockable... while also providing you with a second card a turn. While the card draw is symmetric, it's also simultaneous, and a low-to-the-ground aggro deck is likely to be able to apply the extra cards much faster than a midrange or control deck would.
I actually do like this card since it's not card disadvantage, you get access to the card first since it's on your turn, and this has evasion + indirect damage. It's very reminiscent of Duskmantle Seer. My only complaint is that my Rakdos section doesn't have space for this at 540, but I would definitely consider it at larger sizes.
I posted this on reddit shortly after it was spoiled and was met with resounding disdain and dislike. Nevertheless, I’m still very high on this card and am happy to see some similar perspectives here. This card should be an aggressive powerhouse, but I understand that Rakdos is very tight in smaller cubes.
Broken record but 2 colour aggressive creatures have to be very very good because they aren’t good as a splash.
In my cube , solidly 2+ colour decks make up the minority of aggressive decks.
The majority is mono colour or one colour -splash another.
I’m not convinced it’s better Than dreadhorde butcher and not really close to running that either
I do like this card, but even with five slots per guild, I don't think I have room for it. Rakdos Cackler is needed for sheer numbers. Judith is a recent addition, but she's pretty great for aggro. Kolaghan's Command is just all around good for any deck that can play it. Daretti is great for the artifact deck if it ends up in Grixis colors. He's also just been solid in general outside of that deck. And finally I'm running Falkenrath Aristocrat, which I suppose this could replace, but I think I need Aristocrat more because I want to support that specific deck. It also lends support to aggro in a way as a good curve topper.
I'm a little surprised to see no mention of this card at all, not even in the almost-playables thread. Menace is no joke, and this is effectively hitting for three a turn, with one of it being unblockable... while also providing you with a second card a turn. While the card draw is symmetric, it's also simultaneous, and a low-to-the-ground aggro deck is likely to be able to apply the extra cards much faster than a midrange or control deck would.
I'm seriously considering this card against Falkenrath Aristocrat or Murderous Redcap at 720.
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Broken record but 2 colour aggressive creatures have to be very very good because they aren’t good as a splash.
In my cube , solidly 2+ colour decks make up the minority of aggressive decks.
The majority is mono colour or one colour -splash another.
I’m not convinced it’s better Than dreadhorde butcher and not really close to running that either
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