So, this heard that some souls that were lingering and has come to take care of them.
Posted By:
.Blaze.
(7/5/2012 6:25:45 PM)
5/5? Naah, 5/5 is for things that are so good they destroy games and are also ridiculously cool and universally loved to boot. This is definitely in the 4-star bracket mind, absolutely brilliant card.
Could've been 1 less, but all it does is come in, kill a few 1/1's, disable some blockers, and most likely get its 5 damage through. Very effective, very good, but reachers can still stop it and after its initial attack it just sort of hangs around being a big efficient stick (unless you cloudshift or ghostly flicker it).
Baneslayer could attack every turn, give you life, and whittle away an opponent's defences, and was also ridiculously hard to deal with in combat. Both were killable, but this is just an ETB effect with a nice beatstick. Baneslayer continues being a pain long after it's played.
Posted By:
psychichobo
(4/15/2013 7:02:55 AM)
@TimmyForever: I believe you'd rather shove a cactus up your ass than do just about anything. But way to make me laugh talking about retarded Hebrews.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(7/8/2012 6:41:07 AM)
Scary.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(7/6/2012 5:35:29 PM)
It was hilarious when my friend thought it was a good idea to sideboard Akroma's Memorial against a Naya deck and then got his guys tapped every turn when his opponent kept spamming Cloudshifts and Restoration Angels on this dragon.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(4/6/2013 8:11:00 PM)
@j_mindfingerpainter
Congratulations, you managed to name all of two cards.
However, this list would be longer (by one whole card!) had you actually read the card. This guy only does damage to creatures with flying. And even if he did do damage to cards with reach, he would also tap them.
Some spike you are.
Posted By:
Sabisent
(7/1/2013 12:25:52 AM)
EDIT: @Sabisent: Clearly you somehow figured out how to make an account on Gatherer without being able to read or count.
"This guy only does damage to creatures with flying." What? He also taps them, making himself unblockable the turn he comes down except to creatures with reach.
There are 13 cards with reach that can kill this by blocking it. 2 =/= 13.
There are 3 cards with reach and deathtouch and 2 cards that have those abilities conditionally. What I meant was there is a $0.25 common that kills a $14 mythic rare that also comes down 3 turns earlier in the same expansion.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(7/22/2013 8:53:02 AM)
@SekEtogaur - you clearly don't understand competitive Magic. While when comparing otherwise equivalent cards the ability to not just die to removal steers players towards the card, the "dies to removal" argument in no way discounts a creature card. From the cards you mentioned:
Thundermaw Hellkite's combination of abilities means that you'll almost certainly take at least 5 damage, if not more. It's more or less a better Hell's Thunder with half a Sleep attached for 2 extra mana, except it doesn't die at the end of the turn. A red/x deck curving into it should do well, and if your opponent has been playing enough removal to keep up with your turn 1-4 drops, they'll have trouble having enough removal for this guy on turn 5.
Thragtusk *doesn't* die to removal (protection and hexproof aren't the only things that stop a creature dying to removal - leaving a 3/3 behind is another method of doing so), and provides a significant life swing when it enters, all without requiring much green i... (see all)
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(8/17/2013 1:40:02 AM)
Every time my buddy plays this he yells "WHATS UP BITCHEEEEEEEEESSS!!!"
Posted By:
ShatterPalm
(12/3/2013 6:51:21 PM)
Haste creatures are common, but a haste creature that taps blockers is not, it's almost a straight kill against planeswalkers with 5 or less loyalties (then a burn spell to end them if more).
Posted By:
Cyberium
(7/6/2012 9:05:07 PM)