"Come at me, bro!"
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(9/4/2011 11:59:05 PM)
I agree with tommy, this guy isn't meant to attack. Maybe enchant with elemental mastery? Worst comes to worst fling or soul's fire him.
Posted By:
jsttu
(2/8/2011 10:11:20 PM)
This guy is rated below 3 right now. I think that's a bit low.
You have 6 power for three mana.
Right. It neither has haste, nor trample, nor could it even become a reliable attacker like Ball Lightning.
But you don't have to sacrifice it at end of turn either.
At the very least you got a 6/3 blocker with a 50% chance to harm when attacking.
Use it with cards that care about a creature's power, e.g. like jsttu said Elemental Mastery (which is likely the best choice) or Soul's Fire. Even fling him if necessary.
Arena-like effects unfortunately won't work that good :D
Pandemonium is a good for cip/etb-triggered damage. Electropotence or Warstorm Surge also work. (So do Kavu Lair and Paleoloth. But these are green, i'll get to that later)
Okk also synergizes ... (see all)
Posted By:
Mode
(7/23/2011 5:07:55 AM)
The best way I think to play him is to just use him as a blocker. He will trade with damn near anything and his 3 toughness makes it so he will survive little attacks. Most likely they wont attack you at all which is also fine.. if you can find away to get through. Still much more reliable as a blocker, he will always be able to do that at least as apposed to his 50/50 chance of just being chump blocked.
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(11/18/2010 11:43:37 PM)
The artwork makes it look like he wants to block you.
Posted By:
omni8000
(10/16/2011 10:26:36 AM)
Red does love having defenders which, for a cost, can be offensive too.
The cost in this case is he might tap to do nothing.
But he's definitely better than 3/5. I mean a 6/3 defender for RRR is a 3/5. This guy can sometimes attack too.
Posted By:
Baconradar
(10/31/2011 5:52:53 AM)
Surely "remove it from combat and tap it" doesn't really apply anymore these days? It taps when it attacks already, assuming it hasn't been granted Vigilance some how.
Posted By:
Fox_Murdoch
(4/18/2012 3:17:21 AM)
This card is a staple in my beloved Chaos Orb deck, which has lots of flipping and is always fun... Win or lose! The deck also has Bottle of Suleiman, Mana Clash, Goblin Bomb, Krark's Thumb, Wild Wurm, Goblin Bookie, Falling Star, Desperate Gambit, Chance Encounter, Ydwen Efreet, Fiery Gambit, Game of Chaos, and of course Chaos Confetti. The perfect deck for tagging along with my kids when they were younger and hanging out in card shops, or for simply rediscovering the fun that attracted you to the game in the first place.
Posted By:
Jeremiahs-Mom
(10/3/2013 10:38:14 PM)
I noticed that nobody had mentioned this, so I suppose I might. A number of old cards were (or contained) anagrams of Magic's creator's and their family. Most people know Phelddagriff as an anagram for 'Garfield, PHD'. Ydwen Efreet contains an anagram of Wendy, Mijae Djinn contains an anagram for Jamie, and Wyluli Wolf has an anagram for Lily Wu, Richard's wife.
Dunno who Jamie and Wendy are.
Posted By:
Alchemix
(11/2/2013 4:33:32 AM)
What a powerful card. Yeah if you swing can not do anything, but its 6 power for 3 mana for freaks sake.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(11/5/2013 10:11:17 PM)