It's a solid card. Well worth the amount attached to it. A playset is around $80 at your local card shop for a reason. 'Dodges' removal, has a healthy attack number, and has dual bonuses. Get 4 while they're 'cheap' as they will only go up until M14 shows up.
Posted By:
MoxSapphire
(11/4/2012 5:01:33 PM)
Overpowered creature... The are a few creatures that can counter it and it's baby token, like:
Abbatoir Ghoul.
Carnival Hellsteed.
Village Ironsmith (transformed in Ironfang).
Kessig Wolf (paying it's ability).
Minotaur Aggressor.
Odric, Master Tactician.
Rakdos Ringleader.
Silverclaw Griffin.
To use it more correctly, give it Rancor, Cloudshift, Restoration Angel, even use a Unsummon if you want to save it from Murder or the like
Posted By:
Wizpal
(11/9/2012 6:16:17 PM)
I have one massive problem with Thragtusk.
The problem isn't how horrendously bad or overpowered he is. He's a really good creature for a 5-drop without being an unstoppable monster, so I would say that he's pretty balanced.
No, my problem is that he's good, but not 25 f***ing dollars good. There is no way in hell that a playset of Thragtusk is legitimately worth $100, especially not when there are other cards that are potentially better than him who are collecting dust in your local shop's $1 rare box.
Posted By:
Diachronos
(11/17/2012 4:11:57 AM)
My Worldspine Wurm gets hosed by Oblivion Ring, God Forbid that Thragtusk would to so lets put leaves the battlefield instead of dies.
He can't be countered safely with cavern of trolls floating around.
Outside of a 3 power first strike (which they can use their own removal on), there is no way to deal with him without the opponent getting 5 life and a 3/3 creature, most mana efficient creature in history.
If it wasn't for cavern of trolls, at least there would be a reasonable answer.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(7/29/2013 11:23:58 PM)
I love this beast!
Posted By:
Rokukel
(7/9/2012 5:29:30 AM)
Wow! This valuable beast reminds me of Solemn Simulacrum with its enter the battlefield and leaving/dying profits, BUT it can hit hard when it wants to as well! I like it!
Posted By:
Splizer
(7/17/2012 5:29:14 PM)
My Restoration Angel screamed as she sees this card.
Stupidly overpowered.
Posted By:
Hakkology
(10/30/2012 3:08:25 AM)
Oh look, a mini Titan. I thought we were done with stupid card advantage creatures like this.
Posted By:
Nagoragama
(2/5/2013 1:43:24 AM)
3.9 is not underrating it. You are all over rating it. It is not the unstoppable beast that people think. There are a fair amount of five mana cards that have just as much of an impact. It'll stick around, but not like it is right now. Good card, not OP.
Posted By:
steinburger1109
(2/13/2013 8:03:41 PM)
This is a card that green needs, imho. Simply because look at all the other colors and the delightful shenanigans they have.
White- has one of the top contenders for both spot, and board removal
Blue- card draw and counter spells up the yin yang
Black- the OTHER top contender for spot/board removal
Red- blows A LOT of crap up
Since Swagtusk has an answer to not just one color, but ALL of the colors, frankly makes the game more fair, balanced and overall, more fun.
P.S. I seem to notice that the people who complain about aggro/midrange cards are almost always blue mages. :-P
Posted By:
SaneMadman
(4/8/2013 9:24:37 AM)