Now they just need to reprint Smoke, and my mono-red control dreams can come to fruition.
Posted By:
Atali
(4/29/2011 8:58:43 PM)
Praetors gonna Praet.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(11/2/2011 5:57:37 PM)
The five Praetors of New Phyrexia are the Wizards R&D accomplishment of the decade. Perfect flavor, interesting abilities, new and interesting and playable and genuinely mythic.
I always sorta hated previous five-color cycles. It felt forced and arbitrary, and red does tend to get the shaft in the five-color cycles. Here, though? Sweet.
Took a while for Urabrask to grow on me, but he's every bit as fun a beast in EDH as I expected. Use with red token generation for explosive results -- Commander Urabrask, his buddy Chancellor of the Forge, Siege-Gang Commander, and the classic Raging Goblin are birds of a feather, and make Red Deck Wins EDH even more fun to play.
Posted By:
Salient
(1/17/2012 1:48:09 AM)
I made an account to say this, so I'll say it well: When I first looked at the card, I saw him as only his head and front leg. Today, after looking at it, I noticed that he has a full body back there, and I am currently wondering where I can hide so the Hidden can't find me.
Posted By:
chetoos
(5/23/2012 3:23:47 PM)
@kalinack I don't believe Celestial Colonnades are actually entering the battlefield when they become creatures, so I don't believe Urabrask will negate their abilities.
Posted By:
The_Duke
(5/28/2011 1:02:35 PM)
@GolemEmperion: If anything, I'd say he's one of the stronger Praetors. He's one of the best as an EDH general (Because he hits the table quick and doesn't attract too much hate), and his haste ability can give a massive boost to any 6 CMC Spells (Wurmcoil Engine, Inferno Titan) that come into play after him.
He's not as good as Elesh Norn (Who is tearing up standard at the moment), but he's definitely not as weak as Vorinclex, and I believe he's seen more play than Sheoldred.
Posted By:
Fireballmage
(5/17/2012 7:43:56 PM)
this is my favorite praetor. he doesn't have a retarded face mask like elesh norn, he isn't insanely expensive like jin gitaxias, he isn't a douche like sheoldred, and he isn't stupid like vorniclex. Urabrask is like the cool praetor.
and the art is amazing.
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(7/15/2011 3:02:25 PM)
FIRST OFF:
Urabrask is probably going to work with the Mirrans to overthrow the peeps running new phyrexia, because he's a loose cannon praetor on the edge who doesn't play by the rules... or something. This is an unfounded claim and should not be taken as fact though! This is just what I think!
SECOND:
Turn five this guy? Almost every non-RDW red deck I've seen do well is running Sphere of the Suns and Everflowing Chalice. More like turn 4 this guy, turn 5 Inferno Titan, kill blockers and swing, or deal 16....... pretty dang good. But who really knows what the heck Standards going to look like in a few weeks.....
Posted By:
Bigg_ol_FATTKIDD
(4/28/2011 11:40:11 PM)
He is the best praetor just because he's completely playable. Inferno titan obviously is really good here. Good for swords too because you can equip sword and bash on the same turn. Probably the only praetor which will see a lot of tournament play. Only trouble is red isn't big in tournaments right now except for valakut, and this doesn't do anything for valakut. Someone will have to create a new aggro deck to put him in. Also, the only praetor that doesn't cost 7 or more mana.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(5/17/2011 12:23:50 AM)
Mono-Red Commander decks have wanted a creature with relevant abilities like this for a long time.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(4/29/2011 12:59:05 AM)