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Originally, I was underwhelmed by this card, but after having a chance to play with it, I've grown to really like it. He's not a fit for the typical boros aggro deck since he would eat up the mana needed to be casting more creatures, but my mid-range R/W deck is a pretty good place for him, especially since that deck sees a lot of multiplayer action.
He forces your opponent to play around him, and his versatility is a bit understated.
If you have some mana open, you can attack, and likely whatever blockers your opponent assigns will either be a sacrifice or a bad trade to your paladin thanks to his pump and first strike.
If your opponent doesn't assign a blocker, you can pump up the paladin for a good chunk of damage, or you can save up that mana to cast some spells in your second main phase, or you can leave it open to deter your opponent from attacking you, since your paladin remains available to block.
I've been in several semi-standstills, where the only attacking creature was ... (see all)
Posted By:
Asmodi0000
(2/25/2013 8:51:54 PM)
I have to agree that this dude is really strong in limited... my playgroup's resident aggro player often uses Truefire Paladin to fantastic effect when drafting my peasant cube...
5 stars for a fun, balanced card with fantastic artwork.
Posted By:
Saraneth888
(6/7/2013 5:46:41 PM)
This is definitely one of my new favorites. 2/2 vigilance for early use, and when you're stuck with too much mana and too little anything else, he's a nasty threat. It's a good 2 drop, it has choices that make the game more interesting, he's all sorts of awesome. 4/5
Posted By:
Kryyn
(9/12/2013 11:57:10 AM)
You can't think of this as a card that will just drain up all your mana.
This is a card you add 2 or 3 of in the deck, so if you happen to draw and play it by turn 2, just think of it as a 2 drop 2/2 with vigilance. there aren't that many great 2 drop boros creatures in standard, and this is a decent one.
Now, later on, turn 6 or 7, you should have around 4 or 5 mana. you could also very well have no cards in hand, and in boros there are very few good cards with more than 4 cmc. so what you do, is draw, play whatever card it is, whether its a 1 drop, 2 drop, 3 drop, or if your lucky, your able to draw a big ol 4 drop. no matter what, you will have a bunch of extra mana, especially on turns 10+.
This is when you pump the hell out of truefire.
For this reason, you shouldnt be running about 4 of these in your deck: you wont ever need more than 1 in a game. i personally run 2, but 3 is alright too.
Posted By:
Seten
(10/26/2013 11:16:14 AM)
I once had a game of triple Gatecrash draft where this one creature dealt my opponent 18 damage. He's quite insane against the guilds that are short on removal.
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(2/19/2014 8:14:33 AM)
This guy's the MVP of my Boros beatdown deck. Seriously, at a recent FNM, I had an opponent with Brimaz, King of Oreskos that he didn't dare swing at me because he knew this guy would straight up murder him.
Posted By:
The_Hittite
(5/3/2014 6:42:52 PM)