I feel like he should have haste, but I still love him anyway.
I opened two at the pre-release and two later in a fat pack. I wasn't too happy initially, because he was the one rare I wanted to avoid.
But, having four of him, I accepted the challenge and made a deck around him. I call it my Treason and Murder deck, for obvious reasons. Act of Treason, Tymaret, and other creature stealing cards and sac engines makes for a helluva good time.
Posted By:
gannoncaleb
(3/1/2014 11:36:52 PM)
By far my favorite card from Theros, and he lines up so well with others:
Using Traitorous Blood, Portent of Betrayal, Act of Treason or Mark Mutiny gains control of an opponents card, as someone already pointed out. So you hit them with, let's say, their own 2/2. Then you sac. it for another 2 at their face, which now makes 4 damage.
If you had Guttersnipe out when you casted any of the above cards, you're now talking 6 damage. 6 damage and you're not even attacking with any of your own creatures yet. MK gets nasty really quick. 5/5
Posted By:
JPerson
(3/27/2014 11:58:01 AM)
Most awesome card name in the set, but it is quite deceiving. There really isn't much he does in terms of murdering. He's ok, but would it have warped the game to allow him to deal damage to target creature or player(which would be a much more murderous ability)? That might actually make him worthwhile to play and revive from the grave. Might be OK as an EDH general for a deck that is focused on the heavily aggro philosophy/something that tries to swing for 21 general damage as quickly as possible and doesn't want to focus on evading removal. "Yeah, he's my general but he's not going to the command zone, I'll get him back for 2 and play him again next turn."
Would be better with haste, as a 3/2,3/3,4/1, with deathtouch, with a slightly better second ability that brought him back into play, or sac 1 and deal 2 damage to player or creature.
@thingummy it's exiled when it leaves the field after being unearthed.
Posted By:
Drewskithelegend
(4/29/2014 5:02:39 PM)
As of current Standard RTR-Theros, this guy runs well with Tenacious Dead.
Oh throw in Purphoros and we have an awesome coooommmbbbooooo.
Posted By:
JB_Xyooj
(5/11/2014 7:17:50 PM)