Not sure what you guys are going on about.. Only comparable card to this is Ashling, The Extinguisher which is Legendary and not a Thrull. This is the same tribe with Blood Pet and is way faster than you are all giving it credit for. Black creatures tend to be over cost because of Dark Ritual. Any creature that is not over cost like Phyrexian Negator will have a horrible drawback. Juzám Djinn is only 1 power and 1 toughness greater and is worth $200 in addition to dealing you damage every turn. In a race, Derelor is about as good as a Juzam. The tradeoff of not dealing it's controller damage, and being a thrull instead of a.. nothing really.. has it's advantages for sure. Since black decks empty their hand very quickly even if you are playing Dark Confidant Derelor really has no drawback. It is much more easily worked around than you're all assuming. Also, auto... (see all)
Posted By:
Hovercraft
(5/8/2010 7:42:39 AM)
i agree with Eppek_the_Goblin
Posted By:
spacechaser0001
(11/9/2009 12:59:12 PM)
This actually works better with Endrehk, as he makes more thrulls based off of casting values. Almost looks like they were made for eachother.
Posted By:
FragNutMK1
(2/24/2010 11:49:28 PM)
The art is awesome on this. 5/5 for art. Otherwise the card is garbage.
Posted By:
SethLarz
(4/20/2012 1:32:59 PM)
I played when this was printed and this was unusable garbage even then. One of the worst to ever hit the printing press..0.5/5
Posted By:
Psychrates
(1/10/2012 8:06:36 AM)
I remember running a deck where I would Slight of Mind this card into another color, then Donate it to my opponent; if they didn't play black, one of their colors was completely shut down.
Eventually I just moved on to donating Illusions of Grandeur instead.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(4/7/2013 10:55:19 AM)
Thrulls should get a tribal creature in a new Sarpadia set that is similar to Bosk Banneret.
Posted By:
Phelplan
(8/5/2013 2:43:53 AM)
Not bad, I'm also a sucker for old flavour.
To all those currently naysaying: please note that this card was in the original Sligh decklist. You know, the deck that was the genesis of RDW.
Posted By:
SeriouslyFacetious
(9/3/2013 10:06:33 PM)
Those giving one- and two-star ratings aren't aware of the card in historical context. They're used to a world where Deadbridge Goliath (2GG 5/5) is Standard-useless even before Polukranos existed. As I have cast more Derelors in Standard ("Type II") tournaments than anyone on the planet, I shall defend it.
in the first days of Standard (1995-96), the consensus best creature was Chronicles' reprinted Erhnam Djinn, a 4/5 for 3G that gives an opposing creature forestwalk each turn. Even then, Derelor was lightly regarded by the masses. The flavor text, essentially broadcasting "this is a bad card", didn't help. But it was a 4-power 4-drop with a back end out of Bolt and Incinerate range whose biggest downside was that it loses a fight with Erhnam itself.
Derelor was best in precisely the same scenarios as Erhnam: as a splash, possibly as the only black cards in your deck. An Erhnam cast off a Karplusan Forest or Barbed Sextant has no downside (and possibly even upside, as you can... (see all)
Posted By:
edward40hands
(3/23/2014 11:41:13 AM)