This is a really wicked card when used in combination with Curse of the Cabal or other things of the sort. There's so many cards that make your opponents sacrifice creatures, thus making the combinations unlimited. For that reason, I give it 5/5.
@Scu mbling1: I completely agree with you. His creature type doesn't fit his abilities at all. Zombie Warrior, or Zombie Avatar would make more sense.
Posted By:
BloodJunkie
(1/13/2011 10:55:31 PM)
This guy is a fun general for EDH. He's got a synergistic set of abilities and amazing artwork. NeoSin does a great job articulating the beauty of the illustration. Overall, I really like the card.
My only complaint is his creature type of assassin. An assassin is a selective, covert killer; the assassin chooses a single target and eliminates it with cunning and precision. Thraximundar is an armor-clad warlord, riding a giant fellbeast into battle. When he attacks and forces a sacrifice, it's evocative of the attrition of war, rather than a well-planned attack. Thraximundar just seems like a blunt insturment of destruction, and I don't think he could sneak up on a blind man. I really think he should have been a zombie warrior.
Posted By:
scumbling1
(1/17/2011 7:57:44 PM)
@ Planeswalker_Honliqs:
Nobody runs devour because it's so bad. The only creatures worth letting them munch your dudes are Mycoloth (because of the huge token army) and Voracious Dragon (because it can straight-up end the game).
Anyway, the Jund mini-cycle of creatures that get the same counters whenever any creature dies for any reason is better because they have relevant evasion and cost considerably less, not to mention the fact that they get monstrously huge in Eldrazi Spawn decks because you're sacrificing spawns to make mana, which simultaneously puts counters on them.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(2/6/2011 10:01:08 AM)
It's like he was the precursor to the Annihilator mechanic (only for creatures, of course).
Posted By:
infernox10
(3/19/2011 1:12:23 PM)
Good ol thraxi. I pulled a playset of them among my first 5 packs or so when I started playing magic. My win to loss ratio was around 30/8 back in those days.
Posted By:
Polkovnik_Skyfox
(5/24/2011 12:09:50 PM)
Card is sick, possibly my favorite multicolored creature behind Dakkon Blackblade.
And yeah, @RedAtrocitus LOL good lord that's insane. Sac four tokkens, tap 3 mana, Thrax gets 4 counters and his best buddy Blood Tyrant comes out to play. Artwork is sweet too.
Posted By:
AngelPhoenix
(5/27/2011 9:39:17 AM)
He is the perfect finisher in my Cruel Control deck. I wait out the early game with Vapor Snag, Grixis Charm, Recoil, Surveilling Sprite, and Pain (Part of Pain // Suffering) Then the real fun comes when Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker drops, followed by 2 or 3 Cruel Ultimatums and if they aren't dead by then Thrax finishes them. The only thing that sucks is no one usually survives Bolas's Ultimate. If they do though, no one lives past Thraximundar.
Posted By:
Rikiaz
(9/9/2011 11:40:43 AM)
Needs the oracle updated to reflect his having Annihilator 1.
Posted By:
Vedalken_Arbiter
(9/23/2011 10:56:08 AM)
Run him with It That Betrays... brutal.
Posted By:
KingRusty
(10/21/2011 9:41:14 AM)
@Vedalken_Arbiter
It's not quite Annihilator 1. Thraximundar has "whenever ~ attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature," not "whenever ~ attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent."
Posted By:
CuriousThing
(11/1/2011 6:56:18 AM)