"Okay. Well. I don't know about the rest of you, but a warthog-spider-snake is certainly the kind of thing that would mend my heart."
Posted By:
Arachnos
(1/3/2014 8:29:11 AM)
@RiftenBack: I don't know about you, but my Karador EDH deck uses this over Melira, and it still manages to combo out like a beast with persist. The key is that I use Mikaeus, the Unhallowed as my Melira surrogate. That this, too, has persist allows it to be in and of itself a combo piece. Further, it works just as well with non-persisting creatures that are given persist with either Cauldron of Souls or Cauldron Haze, as they can't persist again the turn they first persist. Whether they get the -1/-1 counter or not is more or less irrelevant in this case. Also, sometimes I'd actually like my creatures to get -1/-1 counters, as it can bring them into Skullclamp range. Drawing three cards by equipping a Solemn Simulacrum with Skullclamp because it's now a 1/1 after persisting is pretty freaking good.
Posted By:
Brawler_1337
(2/5/2014 5:20:16 PM)
@Phyrexian Trygon & Co.: Actually, if we ever have cause to pay another visit to Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, I wouldn't be surprised to see creatures reminiscient of humans, bears, and swine all at once.
They'd be called "bugbears". (And yes, it's a fit; they originally came from Welsh folklore.)
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(2/7/2014 2:40:27 PM)