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Useful with Rooftop Storm. {1}{B} to return a card to your hand and then play him?
Posted By:
atemu1234
(7/28/2012 6:32:58 PM)
if, instead of Cycling 1B, this had 1B: Move Undead Gladiator from your hand to your graveyard. It would STILL be very playable in a reanimator deck. With Cycling, you also get to draw a card each time you send it to the yard. Excellent card. 5*
Posted By:
richardshort
(2/25/2013 7:53:35 AM)
Massively useful utility zombie, this guy is feels overlooked due to his low cost-to-p/t ratio, but to be honest, the Gladiators aren't here to be put into play much, that's more of a last resort.
For 2 mana on turn 2, you get this guy in your grave (a good place to be in a zombie deck) and draw a card, so it covers much needed speed boosting, making him a suitable replacement for Sign In Blood.
For 2 mana the next upkeep, he's back in hand and your bomb (let's say for example, a Helldozer or anything with a high CMC) is in your grave, that's also a good thing.
You can probably use the remaining 1 mana you're left with for a gravecrawler or something of the sort. If you don't have a bomb in hand, see case B below.
Turn 4 rolls around and you exhume or animate dead or even hardcast a zombify/dread return and your bomb is now in play (preferably the former 2, since the extra 2 mana left over will be necessary as a backup). Your bomb is now in play 2-3 turns early.... (see all)
Posted By:
Krysto
(4/30/2013 11:31:05 AM)