if you like black you Have to try Balthor our at EDH since you can reuse his ability :)
Posted By:
thaviel
(5/16/2009 12:31:56 PM)
Best when served with River Kelpie. I will draw nineteen cards, please.
Posted By:
Salient
(8/31/2011 10:15:00 PM)
Fun facts: Exiling him is a cost, so it happens before his ability resolves. You can play his ability and respond with Pull from Eternity and he'll pop straight back into play!
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(5/7/2013 12:19:22 AM)
ball Lightning!
Posted By:
capitalR
(12/23/2009 5:22:48 PM)
Nice creature, but I think the lfavour is a whimpy,
Posted By:
Sironos
(5/15/2010 10:08:56 AM)
has anyone ever tried Minion tribal? It seems he's only used for the second ability.
Posted By:
luca_barelli
(7/22/2011 6:50:53 PM)
So, can I Mimic Vat this guy to use his effect each turn? Please say yes.
Posted By:
Kelptic183
(11/30/2011 8:24:18 PM)
Would have been way sweeter if it pumped Zombies instead of Minions. Who's going to play Minion tribal anyway? Plus his ability fits right into what most Zombie decks want to do.
Posted By:
C5r1a5z0y
(2/23/2012 12:30:50 AM)
@nimzo
i realize it's actually unlikely you'll come back and check for an answer a year and a half later, but...
all 4 creatures would enter simultaneously, so they all see each other entering the battlefield. each Noxious Ghoul will trigger 4 times, once for itself and once for each of the other 3 zombies entering the battlefield. that's
4 triggers/ghoul x 3 ghouls = 12 total triggers,
so all non-zombie creatures in play after Balthor the Defiled's ability resolves will get -12/-12 by the time the triggers are done resolving, including any creatures your opponent may have gotten back from balthor's ability. hope that clarifies that particular senario for anyone else that was wondering.
Posted By:
LordOfGraves
(11/16/2012 11:06:01 PM)
With Balthor, 2 Dark Rituals, Cabal Ritual, Buried Alive and 2 Swamps in your starting hand, use Buried alive with a Dark Ritual to get a creature with Dredge into your graveyard (Stinkweed Imp + Buried Alive = turn 2 threshold) along with your two strongest creatures. Skip your draw phase to Dredge and Balthor hits the board on turn 2 with a Cabal Ritual. Another dark ritual with the remaining 1 mana then allows you to play his ability the same turn!!!! Potentially 7 big creatures hit the board on turn 2. Works great later in the game with Painter's Servant, Bojuka Bog and any large scale creature removal too :D
Also @ God_of_Slivers, I like the sound of morality shift, I think you just helped me finish a deck.
Posted By:
EdTheBoarOfNazgar
(11/13/2010 11:14:23 PM)