The card is nice.
I personally choose mostly 3 when I play it. :)
- if my opponent bids less, I get a 5/5 trampler with haste for 5 mana and paying 3 life, which is fine
- if my opponent bids the same, I get a 5/5 trampler with haste for 5 mana and paying 3 life, that also causes my opponent to lose 3 life (which means he loses 8 life if he doesnt block the ogre)
- if my opponent bids more, then I got a 3/3 trampler with haste for 5, that causes my opponent to lose 4 or more life the turn it comes into play (which means my opponent loses at least 7 life this turn unless he blocks)
Great card. :)
In multiplayer you can just bid 1, since most players won't bid at all assuming that someone else will.
Posted By:
majinara
(11/16/2009 11:28:14 PM)
"You have to choose zero or a positive number. It must be an integer number."
No Negative numbers for you!
Posted By:
SIlverSkyz
(1/27/2010 9:23:36 AM)
I would probably bid 2, because that's the difference in damage on that turn. Make it a lose-lose situation for them, and you'll have hedged your bets against removal, by not bidding like 6 and then getting it Terror'd.
Posted By:
bakofried
(12/27/2009 6:59:28 PM)
What a weird ability.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(11/3/2009 8:07:02 PM)
@majinara: Yes! Yes, that's exactly the same number I choose almost all the time!
I have loved this guy since I opened my first one, and put him into a red-black casual deck almost immediately. He is a good ogre, and a flavourful ogre (look at him bullying that little dude); the guessing game he starts seems so quintessentially red to me, and it's short and easy to implement; best of all, in a multiplayer game, the politics of this card become interesting ("he's got more to lose, so I can afford to bid 0").
I've rated him 4.5, which I know is probably too high in terms of playability. Still, though, I'm always happy when I draw him, *and* playing him always makes me grin. It's silly cards like this that make me enjoy red so much.
Posted By:
Leshrac_Nightwalker
(10/20/2010 9:40:35 AM)
Playing this in ***atrice is hilarious since most people don't read the card all the way before bidding, I have had no less then 3 people kill themselves from this cards effect xDxDxD
Posted By:
Arcel
(3/2/2012 11:46:30 AM)
Ooh, mind games. Take a life hit, or let your enemy take the hit while you take 5/5 of hasted trampling beatdown? But if you match your opponent's number, you get both! Decisions...
Posted By:
FogRaider
(8/19/2009 10:51:13 PM)
Hmm, I like this card. Really unique...how much life are you willing to lose for a badass creature? And how much are you willing to bet it won't get killed or bounced?
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(8/31/2009 9:37:42 PM)
LMAO @ the ruling! MTG players are nerds! (me included)
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(11/15/2011 4:49:38 PM)
I wonder if you choose a negative number and you somehow win if you gain life.
Posted By:
bram-s-wallace
(11/5/2009 1:40:54 PM)