My only Complaint is the over splash-ability of the card. 3 Colorless 2 Green would have been more appropriate.
but Thragtusk will always have a special place in my heart as she's given plenty of her Children and her Milk to my games as Dead-Eye Navigator Shuttled her on his little boat :)
Posted By:
BryceCarmony
(8/20/2013 6:11:48 PM)
Wow did this guy ever get expensive in a hurry. Always carry two $20 bills.
Posted By:
Salient
(7/15/2013 6:15:26 PM)
I always play an aggro deck, but I respect the need for a five drop this powerful. If midrange can't survive aggro, then what is the point of playing anything other than aggro?
You could tweak your deck so it does well against any deck you want to beat, but the general principle is control beats midrange beats aggro beats control. If even one side of this triangle of power breaks down (e.g. if midrange didn't have creatures as good as Thragtusk and Boros Reckoner and fails against aggro), one of these three will dominate the whole thing. Both midrange and control can thrive because of Thragtusk, the former benefiting directly from it, while the latter then preys on the former. And in a healthy, diverse metagame, all three decks must thrive.
Posted By:
sweetgab
(7/21/2013 1:14:28 AM)
"Is Wizards trying to be clever and suggest Searing Spear?"
Probably so. Their multiverse ids are only one off: 249685 and 249684
Posted By:
Indigenuity
(1/14/2013 4:03:55 PM)
With the new Dragon's Maze mythic Progenitor Mimic, we now have another reason to hate Thragtusk. Why? Because the perfect follow up play to this 5 mana monstrosity is a 6 mana clone that comes pre-enchanted with Followed Footsteps. That's right kiddos; you get a free Thragtusk every turn, complete with 5 life gained and a creature token should you manage to kill the Thragtusk *token*.
I'd be surprised if Progenitor Mimic doesn't see play thanks to Thraggy being so good. Heck, even if they kill Thrag in response and you have no other decent creatures to copy, at worst you're producing a 3/3 beast token each turn off the Progenitor Mimic.
Not to mention, if for some reason you decided to run a populate spell in this UGx theoretical deck (probably Bant given Resto Angel), then you'd be able to populate... Thragtusk tokens. o.O
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(4/26/2013 7:52:16 AM)
Only until it was too late did Wizards of the Coast fully realize the abomination they had created. When they swung their mighty Banhammer of the DCI at the cursed Thragtusk, it just laughed and made a 3/3 Beast token.
Posted By:
ThinkOriginal
(1/28/2013 9:27:00 AM)
Thragtusk is a great card, not just because it's strong, but because when this is the defining card in standard, the format is actually in good shape.
Just remember what standard looked like in previous years...
Lorwyn/Alara - faeries. Imagine playing against tempo except even worse.
Alara/Zendikar - jund. Bloodbraid elf into blightning ggwp
Zendikar/Scars - cawblade. The first standard bannings in years, nuff said.
Scars/Innistrad - Delver. Get bashed with 3/2 fliers for 1 mana while all your spells get mana leaked and creatures get vapor snagged.
Would you rather have one of these formats, or a 5 mana creature that stalls the game out?
Posted By:
mdakw576
(2/11/2013 3:43:38 AM)
The Beast token from Liliana vs. Garruk looks just like the smaller beast in the art.
Posted By:
BlueBodies
(2/1/2013 2:43:35 AM)
The flavor text says, "always carry two spears." Is Wizards trying to be clever and suggest Searing Spear?
Posted By:
ZeoStar
(12/15/2012 7:53:44 AM)