Compared to Zedruu the Greathearted, Blim is a lot more difficult to build, mostly for the fact that he’s a 4/3 flyer. In order to maximize him, I’d go with something like Assault Suit and a swampwalk enabler with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, just for the pure chaos, and to maximize his ability. Plus he becomes less of a ‘threat’ and more of a ‘weapon’ that way.
For card ideas, there’s not a ton off the top of my head that I can think of, but any Lich type effect works good for an early-ish kill. Demonic Pact is another lose the game you can give somebody. Demonic Lore nukes card draw decks. Demonic Taskmaster works well too, or Akroan Horse if you want more of a group hug theme.
Some curses are controlled by the cursed player, again making Blim slightly more viable. A few other cards that work well that come into play under opponents control are Pendant of Prosperity, Sleeper Agent and Xantcha (basically the same idea, Coveted Jewel which is counterintuitive so opponents don’t attack you, but besides that there isn’t a lot you could use. And, aura enchantments you put on opponents creatures you still control, which really sucks for making Blim a fantastic commander.
They tried too hard to make it standard playable and we ended up with a "giant" 3/3 -.-
I mean look if it was a 5/5 for 5 or something people would think it’s unplayable. The only thing they could’ve done is if they were to design it at that high a cost would be to boost the rarity and give him the ability like “giants cost x less to cast, where x is the number of cards you’ve drawn this turn minus one.”
it is interesting that the 2 cards you mentioned that deal with snow are neither snow nor permanents. Best use is to get another marit lage from marit lage's slumber
Whoops my bad totally misread the card. But Marit Lage will just sac itself to the legend rule regardless, so maybe it’s not the best unless you’re getting back lands.
Hold on a second, doesn’t Tibalt have a weird blue glow when he ‘shapeshifts’ or however he’s impersonating the god? Because if Kaya really does off Vorinclex, that probably means that Urabrask and Sheoldred are dead as well, which would make the theory that Tezzeret planeswalked back to new phyrexia become a steel thane or something in Sheoldred’s absence more viable.
Guys, ... you are forgetting the enchantment side can just power out eldrazi titans in a control shell earlier than turn 5. Not to mention other annoying threats. In all 5 colors...
They don’t kill turn 5, the better grabs are infinites. Yes you have an eldrazi titan on the field, but now you’re the biggest threat and can really only take out maybe 1 player before the others get rid of it, and now you’re stuck with an enchantment that’s not pulling much after all three titans have been exiled.
Can somebody do the math for me and figure out how fast you can get this, Song of the Dryads, Wind Zendikon, and Helm of the Host onto the battlefield? Because I just threw up in my mouth the moment I read this card.
Wait what? I don't see it... Unless you're using cute interactions with stuff like Paradox Haze or Sphinx of the Second Sun, you only get one creature/planeswalker per turn.
The haze and the Sphinx add another upkeep trigger so it triggers per upkeep
Can somebody do the math for me and figure out how fast you can get this, Song of the Dryads, Wind Zendikon, and Helm of the Host onto the battlefield? Because I just threw up in my mouth the moment I read this card.
Infinite even on Arena with Zirda, the Dawnwaker, Gauntlets of Light, and Anointed Procession or Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.
For card ideas, there’s not a ton off the top of my head that I can think of, but any Lich type effect works good for an early-ish kill. Demonic Pact is another lose the game you can give somebody. Demonic Lore nukes card draw decks. Demonic Taskmaster works well too, or Akroan Horse if you want more of a group hug theme.
Some curses are controlled by the cursed player, again making Blim slightly more viable. A few other cards that work well that come into play under opponents control are Pendant of Prosperity, Sleeper Agent and Xantcha (basically the same idea, Coveted Jewel which is counterintuitive so opponents don’t attack you, but besides that there isn’t a lot you could use. And, aura enchantments you put on opponents creatures you still control, which really sucks for making Blim a fantastic commander.
I mean look if it was a 5/5 for 5 or something people would think it’s unplayable. The only thing they could’ve done is if they were to design it at that high a cost would be to boost the rarity and give him the ability like “giants cost x less to cast, where x is the number of cards you’ve drawn this turn minus one.”
Whoops my bad totally misread the card. But Marit Lage will just sac itself to the legend rule regardless, so maybe it’s not the best unless you’re getting back lands.
It’s a lot easier to get rid of a creature than an enchantment, plus it’s the creatures rather than the dragon doing damage with warstorm.
They don’t kill turn 5, the better grabs are infinites. Yes you have an eldrazi titan on the field, but now you’re the biggest threat and can really only take out maybe 1 player before the others get rid of it, and now you’re stuck with an enchantment that’s not pulling much after all three titans have been exiled.
Song of the Dryads turns the enchantment into a land, Wind Zendikon turns it into a creature, and Helm of the Host copies it every combat. That’s about the only way to clone it.
Not only that but now you can get commander damage by getting a craterhoof but that’s a whole level of jank that’ll be funny once.
Less janky:
Turn 1 Enlightened tutor for Fist of Suns, land+mana rock+fist and cast this, win on turn 4 with like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts
OR WAIT
Timestream Navigator exists.
Haste enabler, 9 permanents and this card, game.
I hate polymorph