Deathtouch is really good in a set filled with Eldrazi and levelers. This is pretty bad outside of limited, though.
Posted By:
dudecow
(4/21/2010 10:33:13 PM)
deathtouch is always good. its weak but the ability to kill anything it hits is great. but first stike on this with hyena umbra and its unkillable, the second it deals damage it kills the creature so its extremely good sometimes. but what i like best about it is it's flavor text! "did i miss anything? ...toxic bones? seriously?"
Posted By:
psychokid121
(6/5/2010 3:21:42 PM)
Cool flavor. Awesome flavor text. Strictly worse than deadly recluse. 1/5
Posted By:
Laguz
(6/22/2010 10:52:36 PM)
I guess it's okay as a sacrifice to remove dangerous foes/threaten them.
lol at the "Toxic Bones? Seriously?"
Posted By:
NARFNra
(10/28/2010 9:03:52 PM)
Pretty nice in a block with such huge creatures, in other situations it still has great flavour text at least.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(6/7/2011 7:08:13 PM)
Love the flavor text.
I wish I played Rise of the Eldrazi limited. The set was constructed rubbish but it seems very fun.
Posted By:
JFM2796
(9/18/2011 12:38:47 PM)
First strike, ping effects, electropotence style effects.
This is a great limited and solid casual card. There is no reason to complain about it or whine that it isn't GG or 1G or something.
Posted By:
Baconradar
(10/5/2011 6:05:56 AM)
kitsunewarlock: "Deathtouch can now split damage between multiple blockers. Non-deathtouch cannot."
This is so, so, so incredibly wrong. If I attack with another 2/2 for 3 CMC, say, a Borderland Ranger, and you block with two 1/1s, I split the damage from my 2/2 between your multiple blockers because my creature can deal more than lethal damage to the first creature I assign combat damage to. The only change in the deathtouch ruling at M10 was that they considered 1 damage from a source with deathtouch lethal damage because it is lethal damage. They updated the ruling to more fit with reality. But all creatures can split damage between multiple blockers after dealing lethal damage to the first creature in the combat damage assignment order.
That said, 3 mana for a deathtouch creature really isn't that bad. A 1/1 for 2 would certainly be better, because what you probably want this guy for is blocking, and without something silly like Echo Circlet, he will b... (see all)
Posted By:
sarroth
(4/24/2012 4:19:29 PM)
Cast Pacifism on Daggerback Basilisk, you now have a Pacifist Daggerback Basilisk. Say that 5 times fast.
Posted By:
MirthTheBard
(5/12/2012 8:57:27 AM)
Solid "Grey Ogre" type creature. A fine contribution to the ranks of Basilisks. Not crazy about the flavor text, myself, to be honest. Seems a little too anachronistic.
Posted By:
nullsurface
(7/16/2013 6:52:51 PM)