What a fantastic replacement for Hellrider for Standard. I'm so happy I can keep playing my favorite color without leaving that niche unoccupied.
Posted By:
Dmirtao
(10/4/2013 6:03:41 PM)
Hmmm...Didgeridoo, Oni of Wild Places...viable?
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(10/7/2013 9:02:44 PM)
This card is amazing and has saved me loads of times whenever I've fallen behind. This is good as a tempo regainer, especially late game when each opponent loses, like 8 life. I currently run four of these in a minotaur tribal deck I'm building. Decent 4/2 body as well. 4/5 for the double up as a burn spell.
Posted By:
MahBoi100
(12/26/2013 8:34:06 AM)
Pretty close to Hellrider in the win-now department. Makes instantaneous board wipes via Quicken quite viable.
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(9/18/2013 4:23:27 PM)
This card has won me more games than I can even remember. I run 4 in R/B minotaur tribal and 2 in red aggro and I have yet to be disappointed in topdecking one.
A control deck's worst nightmare. Imagine this scenario:
T1: Rakdos Cackler/Firedrinker Satyr
T2: Rakdos Shread Freak, swing for 4, opponent is at 16 life
T3: Minotaur Skullcleaver, swing for 8, opponent is at 8 life
T4: Fanatic of Mogis does 5 damage, ,opponent is down to 3 then swing for 6 and end the game.
Posted By:
bleedingreen925
(2/1/2014 10:25:10 PM)
Looking forward to building a red devo deck with this guy, obviously. I'm thinking Legion's Initiative will be a nice at-will flicker.
Posted By:
Kr-azi
(10/10/2013 1:01:52 PM)
Jeez, most of the good minotaurs are red anyways, and even if you arn't running a minotaur tribal this could hit the field for a huge amount of damage.
Posted By:
RamenAwesome
(10/11/2013 3:21:34 PM)
In response to various comments:
-Hellrider is still good if you run tokens or otherwise non-devotion red
-This looks like Flametongue, but they serve entirely different purposes. One is card advantage/tempo advantage, one is more "Finisher-y" and pure tempo. Also, Ftk likes to be splashed for, this guy much less so.
The card? I think it's interesting enough to consider in some odd decks, possibly even in legacy. One could imagine a Lumberjack into BTE, this guy for 7 power on the board and 4 to the face; and that's no god hand, that's just a reasonable play.
What's interesting about Devotion cards is they make them color light so you have to build around them; which ironically makes them splashable but really only "good" in mono color (or possibly dual color decks.)
The ravnican double mana creatures however are super broken with these guys; with mana symbols as a balancing factor and easily usable in dual colors.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(12/4/2013 3:36:21 PM)
I can't believe Grey Merchant is a common if Fanatic is uncommon.
Posted By:
TexasDice
(12/8/2013 10:17:53 PM)
This card is great in Rakdos or Gruul, but obviously better in mono red
Posted By:
Charmaster87
(1/7/2014 1:34:49 AM)