Might Malevolent Hermit be playable in Lurrus of the Dream-Den-as-Companion decks, or will Lurrus's frailty bite it in the butt too often to take advantage of the synergy?
More than anything else the 3 casting cost prevents it from comboing with Lurrus as a commander.
Ooo - i figured it out. You blink your disturbed critter, have it die again, disturb it again, fb this - repeat. Thats 3 casts from the graveyard, 2 creature casts all for the low low cost of a card and 5 turns!
it is just a payoff for pitiless plunderer and chatterfang. You actually still need a *gasp* repeatable sacrifice outlet. Granted this card is amazing as part of the 99 - but it isn't anymore of the combo than zulaport cutthroat/blood artist/bastion or any of the other 8 million payoff cards.
It seems like the only downside to this will be getting the day/night cycle started. You don't actually want to cast this to be the start of the mechanic - you want to rummage it away and get it back on the cheap. Most of the day/night enablers are 3 cc or more and that doesn't bode well for the mechanic to be hugely relevant even in standard.
I wonder how this compares to grim haruspex for the edh spot. I think the once per turn is the death of this card's playability despite the token triggers. I think this is the first time we've seen this kind of draw on a rogue card though so that is always a thing...
The front side is weak but very easy to flip, and the back side seems like a decent value generator if you can reliably keep it around/protect it from dying in combat.
That's one of the most beautiful and haunting artworks I've seen in MtG. Reminds of the way olden days, Lost Soul.
Wallpaper, plz?
Right? It's making my inner femme go wild.
'buster
I would like the art but the feet are killing me. I dont think that pose is humanly possible - or resembling comfortable. Would have been much better if she was just kneeling instead of trying some level 10 yoga pose.
Is it just me, or are the feet really pronounced in this art? MtG foot fetishists anonymous is going to call an emergency meeting over this one.
akroma, vision of ixidor already traumatized the communiry with her sword feet. Nothing left but awkward silence from the community.
That's one of the most beautiful and haunting artworks I've seen in MtG. Reminds of the way olden days, Lost Soul.
Wallpaper, plz?
Right? It's making my inner femme go wild.
'buster
I would like the art but the feet are killing me. I dont think that pose is humanly possible - or resembling comfortable. Would have been much better if she was just kneeling instead of trying some level 10 yoga pose.
If one of your opponents is playing Baral - they deserve to be iona'ed. But really, I have never seen a Baral deck be successful - there just isnt enough gas to counter all the relevant spells, so you pick on one player and they hate you and the other 2 players play one on one and no one has a good time.
the chain veil gets a new toy. Just needs scorched ruins (can't seem to get that to link) or some other combination of lands and critters that gets you there.
mitotic slime , ooze flux come to mind immediately
Return to amonkhet would be the most logical place for that - the myth originated in egypt and was later retold in greek/latin/persian mythologies.
More than anything else the 3 casting cost prevents it from comboing with Lurrus as a commander.
inevitable end was situationally playable in theros limited. I expect strangler is going ro make that card look good.
it is just a payoff for pitiless plunderer and chatterfang. You actually still need a *gasp* repeatable sacrifice outlet. Granted this card is amazing as part of the 99 - but it isn't anymore of the combo than zulaport cutthroat/blood artist/bastion or any of the other 8 million payoff cards.
akroma, vision of ixidor already traumatized the communiry with her sword feet. Nothing left but awkward silence from the community.
I would like the art but the feet are killing me. I dont think that pose is humanly possible - or resembling comfortable. Would have been much better if she was just kneeling instead of trying some level 10 yoga pose.
If one of your opponents is playing Baral - they deserve to be iona'ed. But really, I have never seen a Baral deck be successful - there just isnt enough gas to counter all the relevant spells, so you pick on one player and they hate you and the other 2 players play one on one and no one has a good time.
I think the reason they did that was to prevent this critter from being too amazing a blocker for limited. but yeah.