You could enchant it with Splinter Twin and use it on your opponent's turn as a sort of repeatable Fabricate.
Posted By:
Magyrato
(7/30/2010 12:00:55 PM)
At the very least it should've put the artifact straight into your hand.
Basically wizards just hates dragons.
Posted By:
mdakw576
(7/8/2010 6:08:23 PM)
flavourful and quite handy. If you think about it, he is actually an ideal target for Sarkhan the Mad's second ability, basically turning it into a Tutor-to-hand and +1/+1 pump effect.
or alternatively (and I've done this with a smirk):
"yes, I'll block your Grave Titan, then Lightning Bolt it. Oh, my turn is it? Say hello to Steel Hellkite, and goodbye to your Zombie tokens."
Posted By:
grey-warden
(2/28/2011 12:33:51 PM)
A lot of people seem to be bemoaning this creature.
I don't get it - maybe it's because Scars block is here and I can see - Blightsteel Colossus
So deal with my 4/4 Flyer or my 12/12 Trample/Infect/Indestructible monster.
Even if you only use it to trade up to a 6/6 Wurmcoil Engine if the Engine then goes they've still got a pair of 3/3s to deal with.
And that's just in Standard.
I've seen the 2/2 creature used very effectively in this role - do I kill it and they trade up or leave it and take the 2?
Posted By:
Nomad0404
(6/8/2011 6:15:04 AM)
@ HuntingDrake:
Because drakes aren't smart enough to find useful things.
Also, I like how this is basically a timeshifted Air Elemental that has a practical use besides being an overcosted meat shield.
Splinter Twin doesn't work because the token itself finds a different card to exile. You can't get the card you exiled with the first dragon by killing a token that's a copy of Hoarding Dragon. Also, if you tried to blink the same Hoarding Dragon into play, he'd be treated as a different copy of the card each time and his graveyard trigger would do nothing.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(1/16/2011 11:54:59 AM)
Look everyone!
They made another Smaug.
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(1/18/2011 4:34:03 PM)
Strictly better than Air Elemental. Again.
Posted By:
Blackworm_Bloodworm
(10/11/2010 12:59:49 AM)
I don't think many people are seeing the full potential of this card. I didn't either when i first saw it, "O great, Red Air Elemental plus a weird Trinket Mage-ish effect". Then i realized that I could play Hoarding dragon "and easy turn 3 in a ramp deck", choose Steel Hellkite or Wurmcoil Engine, and put my opponent into a fork: either get beat over the head fo 4 every turn, or kill it and meet a bettr threat. Yes, exiling or bouncing it will stop the effect, but most forms of removal involve killing it. I also love the syngergy with another of my favorite underrated cards, Sarkhan the Mad. Play hoarding on turn 3, attack on turn 4, then sack it for 2 5/5's (one of which with a rachet bomb attached), then ulti for 10 on turn 5. thats 14 damage by turn 5, and not to hard if your running a 4 of of, say, Birds of Paradise
*Edit: Actually, misread the ability, but still a very strong card
Posted By:
Bahamut0ne
(1/7/2011 2:23:49 PM)
@Eric1618 not the hobbit but beowulf since it is from where the hobbit is inspired of
Posted By:
Szentekkel
(6/14/2011 10:23:32 PM)
Off the top of my head:
-Bounce this card and counter it the next time they play it
-Exile it (Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Condemn, Oblivion Ring)
-Re-shuffle it into their library (Spin into Myth)
I can think of no less than a dozen different ways to death with this card that will also deny the player the artifact. Maybe I'm biased because I most frequently play white and blue, but this card gets little love from me.
Posted By:
Tonymitsu
(6/20/2011 1:53:45 PM)