Who cares it doesn't have a rainbow of abilities or any form of protection ? It's interesting, fun, and will certainly find home in some mono suicide decks out there. Just be sure to take a picture of your opponent when you drop this out of frickin' nowhere, at three or so life, when you are about to lose.
5/5 just for not being just another Chuck Norris-type card, while keeping the fun factor at high levels.
Posted By:
MiniWraith
(7/26/2010 9:48:58 PM)
I really hate this card. A person I know thought it would be a great idea to bring this into a secret alliance 60-card deck game once and everyone died reaaaaaaaaaal quick. With Varolz and Lotleth troll this is such a cheap way to win a game. Completely takes out all the fun of a balanced exchange the way people try to use it.
Posted By:
Arcesious
(11/21/2013 11:01:03 AM)
They stated that yes, having negative life will give it +X/+X, in spite of that going against the main competitive rules.
I think it's a large waste of potential. A 13/13 for 1 could have been really interesting. Abyssal Persecutor, for example, has a very interesting drawback. You can't win, and they can't lose? Sure, it's (really) easy to play around, but it's by far more interesting. I know it's mythic, but that isn't an excuse for this card to be this uninteresting. Apparently they couldn't be assed to give it trample, either, for whatever reason. For the first half of a game (except suicide decks), this is deadweight. It could turn a game around at death's door, but if they've gotten you that low, most likely they'll just finish you off.
Posted By:
Elysiume
(1/29/2010 1:36:14 PM)
1 mana for a 6/6 sounds perfectly good to me.
Posted By:
JohnnyDiscard
(2/2/2010 6:30:50 PM)
In a Casual deck, it's fun with Dark Confidant, Ad Nauseum, and if you want to kick it ultra-old-school, Lich, Phyrexian Processor or the headache-inducing Necropotence.
Other solid suiciders are Sign in Blood or the fetches. I'm sure there are more that I'm simply forgetting.
Posted By:
DonRoyale
(2/3/2010 11:05:37 PM)
lich any one?
Posted By:
Yozuk
(2/4/2010 10:25:13 AM)
I run two of these in my casual Lich deck as alternate win conditions, since I often risk decking myself in multiplayer using life-total-trading cards like Mirror Universe and Reverse the Sands. And even before Lich hits the board, this card's still pretty damn good in a deck with four copies of Death Wish.
Posted By:
Motion2Dismiss
(2/7/2010 10:40:13 PM)
Plunge into Darkness to tutor for one, lol! Run in black white with cards like Children of Korlis and Sanguine Bond. Nothing like a black russian roulette strategy.
Posted By:
Ritius
(2/9/2010 6:35:48 PM)
So a suicide deck is needed to make the most out of this guy. I thought of adding this to a casual deck, definitely with Platinum Angel, but honestly there's no point. Yes he is a potential fatty that's dirtcheap, but it requires a platinum angel (not cheap) and something like 6 turns give or take. By then you could have a better creature or have won the game with another deck. However, I dig that he's like another Phyrexian Dreadnought, which is appealing on so many levels.
Posted By:
NuclearMECCA
(2/25/2010 9:41:11 PM)
Form of the Dragon really likes hangin out with this guy
Posted By:
DarthKithkin
(4/5/2010 12:27:41 AM)