Dragons should not ALWAYS be good in Standard. :P They should be the Best Things Ever in Limited, in Honor of Shivan Dragon and Timmy :)
They should be things people WANT to be able to ramp into with Elves, as happened with Predator Dragon SO much. Part of the reason they are so cool, is because they go GREAT with Mountains of Mana (hehehe see what I did there? ;) ) but they are not things that are usually practical for a Planeswalker to summon, cast, and empower.
They are perfect Natural Monsters to create Challenge Decks with, where MTG meets randomized Dungeon-Crawling almost, because of course your Challenge Decks will be rigged to have perfect mana, deliberately to make it harder. This greatly reproduces the effect of "Just how much {R} do you think the average Dragon has stored in its belly at a given moment, given a 200-5000 year lifespan? o.O " I always like it when I feel like the World, and the Monsters in the World, have a lot more mana at their dis... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/22/2013 12:53:19 PM)
I was underwhelmed at first, since if you have a decent number of dragons already, this is just win-more. On the other hand, though, a 4/4 firebreathing flyer for 5 (color-heavy, but you don't mind that if you're using firebreathing anyway) isn't too bad as a base.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(8/23/2013 8:02:47 AM)
This Works really well with Dragon Broodmother
Posted By:
UndeadYogurt
(8/24/2013 1:47:15 PM)
It's a shame that Theros looks to be about as thematically distant from Dragons as you can get. With some curve filler Dragons better than Dragon Hatchling/Egg, this guy would be strong enough for Standard (without being splashable enough to be the next Thundermaw). As is, he's too narrow, forcing you to run weak cards just to get him online.
The design is still great though, 5/5.
Posted By:
Nearjoy
(8/26/2013 8:50:26 PM)
Idk looks a lot bigger than a 4/4 to me...
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(8/29/2013 1:39:50 AM)
I just read "or another" and came.
Posted By:
TexasDice
(9/10/2013 3:52:09 AM)
Wonderfully underwhelming. Even with Dragonstorm. Why not just put Thundermaw in the set again? There are only 2-3 dragons in M14 in the first place. And no one need worry about dragons being in Theros, there's pretty much going to be a dragon in each Magic set, Maro makes sure of that. ;)
Posted By:
Goatllama
(9/10/2013 3:38:23 PM)
This card seems AWESOME with Hammer of Purphoros and Purphoros, God of the Forge. If we get more Devotion love in the coming expansions he can only get better. I just bought my playset.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(9/14/2013 12:38:47 AM)
conspiracy and any token deck- easily fits jund's colours and you can throw in doubling season.
dragon broodmother
utvara hellkite
I run him in a scion edh- he's usually in the grave with 10 other dragons including tyrant of jund and utvara. After a living death, everything is gone from my opponent's field, 2 people die from taking 50 damage off this guy, I attack, somebody else takes 200 since utvara doubles everything, plus the damage from the attack, and for the one guy still playing lifegain, he gets to deal with exponential dragons and their great balls of fire.
Great card, great flavour, great fun. If only it cost 3rr
4/5
Posted By:
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
(10/8/2013 8:07:44 AM)
It's amazing how quickly this can end the game with Utvara Hellkite, especially if Hammer of Purphoros is on the battlefield.
Posted By:
Manite
(11/26/2013 11:53:04 PM)