Make it 2GGG, its a mythic rare. Make it 5GG its a french vanilla uncommon
True, part of getting mythic rarity is the fact that they are aggresively costed, at 4, this guy is too low, at 6 he's competing with titans, and everything above 6 is unplayable unless you are a hardcore ramp deck.
And why is everyone talking about the pod deck, no body play Pod deck at this moment and if I wants a good eficient green 5 mana creature I would play Acidic Slime
Yes, the slime allows you utility, this guy allows you to go for the kill, pod this guy grab a titan and swing for at least 12, and if you grabbed a primeval all of it is trample
i don't think i've read a card before with so many things people misread in it!
here's a list of things i came across when reading all posts so far in this thread, of things people have misread about the card:
- misread: you get to keep copying the same creature in your graveyard over and over again; so you get to abuse their etb at the beginning of every upkeep!
` reality: you have to exile the creature in your graveyard that you're copying. [this was the misread i, myself, made at first]
- misread: you take the card from your graveyard and put it on the battlefield, and then exile it. if you have a sac outlet, you can prevent it from being exiled, and so you can cause the same creature card to be reanimated every upkeep.
` reality: you only get a /token/ of the creature, so the sac outlet doesn't do much. the original creature card from the graveyard is exiled.
- people think that undying on the token you're getting is relevant. the token is being /exiled/, though -- not destroyed. (even if the token was being destroyed, i suspect the rules make it so that it still doesn't work; still, people on this thread kept talking of the token /dying/, instead of being exiled, which is a misread)
and then there are many rules confusions people are having!
- some people think that sundial of the infinite will let you keep the token forever. if i understand the rules correctly, this sadly doesn't work, [though i can understand why a person would think it does]. it's like the example of if you have eon hub (which skips upkeeps), and you play pact of the titan (which can make you lose the game at the beginning of the "next upkeep"), then if someone destroyed eon hub even 10 turns later, the delayed trigger on pact of the titan will still show up at the next upkeep that comes around after eon hub is destroyed.
this is a lot of confusion for just one card!
On that last part, pact LITERALLY means next upkeep, and if you end it with a replacement effect,(sundial or aeon hub) it's done.
I put this in the same category as the red dragons and Essence of the Wild. Just a random dumb card smashed into an otherwise awesome set lore wise. Seems to be a semi common theme though in this set.
I believe this set is about monsters and horror, and if my eyes don't decieve me, that certainly IS a horrific monster.
It's pretty meh, they keep making these clunky creatures that fold to what's currently seeing play. Maybe if Vapor Snag and Oblivion Ring (among others) weren't everywhere this would be a reasonable choice, but when Consecrated Sphinx isn't good enough, this certainly isn't. Trample is really the main thing it has going for it besides Undying of course, now it doesn't just fold to Moorland Haunt.
Of course, things could change and this turns into a baneslayer like creature that requires an answer or you die.
I really like this art. Reminds me of Zergs, Tyranids... As for the card itself, it's bad, it's really bad for mythic. When I saw it, Woodfall Primus came to my mind. And you know what, Primus is better. I saw no reason why it's muthic and I don't like cards that are mix of some random abilities. Looks like they have a computer programm that chooses power, toughness, creature type and abilities for mythic cards, that shows average random result. All in all, I don't like it.
You do know how insane vigilance on this guy is right? Beat face for 5, and it's still untapped for the block.
I'm hoping that Flayer has an ability that is at least 1/3 as cool as his name, any higher ratio of Ability awesomeness to Name Awesomeness would mean his ability is broken.
Yes he is the rare from the spoiled Intro Packs. I really wish they would hire some of the authors Lucasarts gets to do Star Wars Novels. That way the Block Novels wouldn't Suck (I'm looking at you In the Teeth of the Akoum and The Search for Karn)
I would LOVE to see angelic on this guy though, it would make me laugh
True, part of getting mythic rarity is the fact that they are aggresively costed, at 4, this guy is too low, at 6 he's competing with titans, and everything above 6 is unplayable unless you are a hardcore ramp deck.
Yes, the slime allows you utility, this guy allows you to go for the kill, pod this guy grab a titan and swing for at least 12, and if you grabbed a primeval all of it is trample
On that last part, pact LITERALLY means next upkeep, and if you end it with a replacement effect,(sundial or aeon hub) it's done.
I believe this set is about monsters and horror, and if my eyes don't decieve me, that certainly IS a horrific monster.
Angelic Destiny :3
You do know how insane vigilance on this guy is right? Beat face for 5, and it's still untapped for the block.
^ I NEVER want to see this guy resolve in a game in standard, the only way he could be better is if it was double g instead of triple
When I finally get either my R/U/G or B/U/G Neo-Dredge decklist up, i'll show it to you and then you can say it's jank if it is (which it won't be)