Overrun is better than this in an infect deck. Overrun is also better than this in a non-infect deck. Who cares if infect shrinks their blockers? The fact that the pump isn't as big means that not only are your dudes more likely to die, theirs are less likely to die. Shrinking isn't nearly as good as killing. Also, in an optimal situation you are going to be connecting with your tokens/early dudes in the first couple of turns for regular damage. So yeah, Overrun > Triumph of the Hordes.
In limited, though, it's really good. While not necessarily a first-pick (the GG really hurts it), it will be absolutely nuts in any infect deck. If it's passed to you, the person on your right is not in infect.
Posted By:
Selez
(5/10/2011 6:49:37 PM)
overrun is better if the deck is already infect... i dont see where this fits in, infect substrategy maybe?
Posted By:
PhyrexianFailure
(4/28/2011 5:59:23 PM)
@PhyrexianFailure - You don't play this in an infect deck (well, a Limited format infect deck it's still good, thanks to the mass trample); rather you play this in any sort of swarm deck. Just spam a lot of tokens out on the field - hell, even just 5 or 6 should do you, depending on their board - then cast it, and attack with everything.
Posted By:
Magnor_Criol
(5/7/2011 9:19:16 PM)
So you've got a swarm of tokens and can't kill in one turn with damage, you pump *and* effectively double their resulting power. Oh, and they all have trample? So much for X/1 chump blockers!
Posted By:
FrostyMarvin
(5/11/2011 5:58:26 AM)
@Selez: If you can do 10 damage with Infect and win in one-shot, but with Overrun still would have fallen short for regular damage then this is better. It is situational, not worse in every situation.
Posted By:
BuffJittePLZ
(6/3/2011 12:26:26 PM)
♫You could use Awakening Zone~♫
d^o^b
Or, Fresh Meat WITH Awakening Zone
Edit:
btw, KILLS with Beastmaster Ascension.
;P
In grouo, everyone has to target me when I play my Fresh meat deck with four of these as my 3rd win con.
d>v<b
Tried Overrun...
Just...could...not...win it for me...
HAHA!!
Posted By:
Jokergius
(6/14/2011 2:13:05 PM)
Thank goodness it's sorcery..
Posted By:
tcollins
(5/20/2011 10:33:42 AM)
Why do elves get so much love? they have an answer to everything, and can even abuse cards like this....as if they dont already kill fast enough
Posted By:
immelmann
(4/29/2011 11:23:33 AM)
what is there to say? its horrifying....yet im am strangely aroused...
Posted By:
krauser-gogetthegirl
(4/29/2011 12:06:34 AM)
This is almost strictly better than Overrun in my opinion, because even if they manage to block all the damage, their army will be hit with the infect counters.
Posted By:
dberry02
(5/2/2011 6:01:13 AM)