I just bought four of these for a mere 2 bucks each because i'm expecting them to quadruple (or more) in value with the release of innistrad, which looks to be a graveyard-based block. It's 'drawback' will be nothing but beneficial in a set like that.
It's just surprising that an aggressively costed regenerator with a killer sniping ability never found a home in an M12 standard deck. No complaints though; like i said, they are 2 bucks each right now.
Posted By:
Laguz
(9/13/2011 3:48:50 PM)
It's disappointing that neither of the subsequent two Masticores has been as good as the original. This is at least better than Razormane, but so what? Razormane is complete garbage.
Posted By:
scumbling1
(3/2/2011 7:14:06 PM)
Wall of Omens? Bam. Kuldotha Phoenix? Bam. Linvala, Keeper of Silence? Bam. Molten-Tail Masticore laughs at of anything with 4 toughness or below, and then kicks Day of Judgment in the face just because he can.
Posted By:
chinkeeyong
(9/28/2010 3:40:45 PM)
Not having played with it but having played against it in many a standard match I have to say I was not impressed.
At first I was scared but I never lost a game my opponent dropped one.
While he is powerful he takes an awful lot of maintenance between his upkeep and all his abilities.
I found that he only gets truly mobilized at the same time as titans or powerful control strategies. He also quickly emptied my opponents hands and doesn't work nearly as well when they are top-decking and not only have nothing to play, but also have most of the cards they are binning being noncreature.
His biggest problem is he shines as a solo bomb, but he requires a lot of creatures to keep him at full power.
His design just has inherent tension as he would be extremely useful as a solo creature in a control variant, and his regenerate works very well with new mass removal and even normal removal that no longer stops regeneration.
I'm not saying he is a bad card, but I feel like unless he can c... (see all)
Posted By:
Gezus82
(1/18/2011 10:07:48 PM)
I actually had two of these at one point. I tried using them, they looked really cool and I figured they could work. To be honest it didn't do much. He sat in my hand until I could assure myself that I could either A) Keep him through at least 1 upkeep, or B) Play him and use the 4 damage ability both in the same turn. Really neither ever happened. His damage ability is just too expensive to be used reliably. And a smart opponent will smash it ASAP. If they had costed his first ability to be less I could see this guy going from decent to incredible in a heartbeat, but as he is now Molten-tail is a rather mediocre mythic. It's really cool, and the art is pretty sweet, but the card itself is rather -meh-.
Posted By:
Winghsad0w
(3/6/2012 11:04:24 AM)
more romance than reality
Posted By:
gromgrom777
(10/2/2010 7:42:43 AM)
dies to doom blade 0.5/5
Posted By:
dragonking987
(4/23/2011 5:35:07 PM)
Hey, let's say I have a good way of clearing the board. So I just have, Molten-Tail and a Goblin token card on board. I eat the token.
Does that mean, the token is in my graveyard???? So I can use it for Moten-Tail Masticore's first ability??
Posted By:
Kidromeo
(3/21/2011 4:25:33 PM)
I don't get the big hype sure it can do alot, but it seem kind of pricey. Both cash wise and mana wise.
Posted By:
Kori260
(9/30/2010 11:10:33 PM)
Stupid name, though closer in feel to the original than the Razormane.
Posted By:
LordCapulet
(9/23/2010 5:01:11 PM)