This card seems not that bad. I will definitely test this particular dollar rare (for EDH only obviously, not a standard card without some unforeseen shenanigans, because relatively vanilla beater dudes that don't have power at least equal to their initial mana investment rarely make it). But I like that it can potentially give you some extra value even if it gets immediately dead. I think you pretty easily windmill slam this in draft though, it lets make a huge dork that dominates them and when and if they finally kill it, all the power and toughness goes on your evasion creature and their situation is actually worse. Seems good.
Big creatures are my favourite part of the game so I can't choose just one, but here is a short and incomplete list of my favourite huge dudes to attack with in no particular order. Aureila, the Warleader I run her in 2 differant decks now (Kalia, of the Vast and Gilsea, Blade of Goldnight tribal because I love angels) and it's almost always completely over when she lands. There are so many game states where you are kind of winning, you draw her and then everyone is dead. As a huge creature fan, attacking twice with them huge dudes is exactly what I want to do. Akroma, Angel of Fury. Hoses two very problematic colours and her morph gets you her on the cheap. Akroma, Angel of Wrath. Mostly because the haste and protections make her a threat that makes a big impact and then tends to stay around. But I love big angels. Malignus. This guy is such a pimp. He always be's the biggest thing around when he comes out, he smashes into protection creatures with ease because of his damage can't be prevented clause, but mostly he is just super affordable, both in mana and in money (just looked him up on Ebay 4 for 99 cents!). 5 mana for a threat like this means your getting down to business often before anybody else can even do anything, and 20 damage. for 5 mana is a fantastic bargain. Molten Primordial. He's like Aureila, but instead of killing everyone when you have a good board, he kills everyone when everyone else has a good board. Just like Aureila, there are SO many naturally occurring gamestates where you plop this thing down and people just die, but unlike Aureila, he is a equalizer when you are behind.
This a better milling vampire then Szadek, Lord of Secrets for a B/U vampire commander deck. At least he does SOME combat damage. Seems like "Mill till 4 lands" is a legit amount of cards. Mind Funeral is a legit card.
Rakdos is the Carnival of Horrors theme. What did you expect?
Less T&A on mutilated body parts seems a reasonable request. Espeshally for a so-called PG-13 game. By no means a prude but if you want sell your product with images of mutilated women, GTFO of my Magic The Gathering. There's chicks in night gowns strung up upside down bleeding to death in Blood Artist, and that's bad enough. No decapitated females with tits hanging out seems like a fine standard in my book.
Wow. That's only good in limited. Not a "showstopper" at all. But you probably play this in Sealed and it makes the cut as a fairly okay combat trick in Draft. Not a legit kill spell though because it can be dead if the creature that is beating you is unblockable or your opponent knows you have it so they don't make the block you need to kill the guy that is beating you. Decent on the block though.
And please could we have less headless female torsos in magic (and commercial art in general) it's not funny or sexy it's sexist and disgusting. Please don't try to titillate me with dead bodies magic cards.
Breaking // Entering
The only thing I don't like about this card is that right side of it doesn't target a player. Because when I am kicking your ass with it, I can't exclaim that I am
"Entering" you!
Wouldn't the best modes of this card most of the time to give one creature lure, and a whole different creature double strike until end of turn? Seems like you are much more likely to deal lethal damage that way.
Would play in limited because card advantage. Would not play in Standard because value 2/1s for 3 are too expensive. Liliana's specter was barley playable and that has flying. Would not play in Commander because targeted discard attracts hate.
Will play in Jenara, Asura of War commander deck for proliferate interactions. Not relevant in any other format. Unless really really broken thing with a ton of +1/+1 counters surfaces.
Aureila, the Warleader I run her in 2 differant decks now (Kalia, of the Vast and Gilsea, Blade of Goldnight tribal because I love angels) and it's almost always completely over when she lands. There are so many game states where you are kind of winning, you draw her and then everyone is dead. As a huge creature fan, attacking twice with them huge dudes is exactly what I want to do.
Akroma, Angel of Fury. Hoses two very problematic colours and her morph gets you her on the cheap.
Akroma, Angel of Wrath. Mostly because the haste and protections make her a threat that makes a big impact and then tends to stay around. But I love big angels.
Malignus. This guy is such a pimp. He always be's the biggest thing around when he comes out, he smashes into protection creatures with ease because of his damage can't be prevented clause, but mostly he is just super affordable, both in mana and in money (just looked him up on Ebay 4 for 99 cents!). 5 mana for a threat like this means your getting down to business often before anybody else can even do anything, and 20 damage. for 5 mana is a fantastic bargain.
Molten Primordial. He's like Aureila, but instead of killing everyone when you have a good board, he kills everyone when everyone else has a good board. Just like Aureila, there are SO many naturally occurring gamestates where you plop this thing down and people just die, but unlike Aureila, he is a equalizer when you are behind.
Live // Learn
Tried // True
Always // Forever
Stop // Go
Hurry Up // Wait
Please don't say that. I know you are joking but please don't say that.
Less T&A on mutilated body parts seems a reasonable request. Espeshally for a so-called PG-13 game. By no means a prude but if you want sell your product with images of mutilated women, GTFO of my Magic The Gathering. There's chicks in night gowns strung up upside down bleeding to death in Blood Artist, and that's bad enough. No decapitated females with tits hanging out seems like a fine standard in my book.
And please could we have less headless female torsos in magic (and commercial art in general) it's not funny or sexy it's sexist and disgusting. Please don't try to titillate me with dead bodies magic cards.
Breaking // Entering
The only thing I don't like about this card is that right side of it doesn't target a player. Because when I am kicking your ass with it, I can't exclaim that I am
"Entering" you!