Creatures can't block Alms Beast if they are destroyed. Orzhov is B/W, there's no lack of creature removal.
Posted By:
Cyberium
(1/23/2013 10:54:32 AM)
Rain of Gore.
Posted By:
Blackworm_Bloodworm
(1/23/2013 11:40:01 AM)
Someone will bring out the power in this.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(1/23/2013 1:47:57 PM)
Seems really good in the early game but really bad late. Might be most useful in a control mirror match.
Posted By:
rollinsclone
(1/23/2013 9:05:22 PM)
Just realized this is not an elephant, so I accept this not having trample ability.
Posted By:
Dream_Twist
(1/25/2013 4:20:37 AM)
Cards with interesting drawbacks may be difficult to evaluate, but that makes them well-designed rares. It's a 6/6 for 4 mana, and all you lose is the opponent gaining a bit of life. You attack with this and the opponent has to choose between taking 6 damage or sacrificing a creature to gain life equal to its power.
Posted By:
xenohedron
(1/25/2013 7:28:08 PM)
Was an allstar for me in limited at the prerelease. The drawback was negiligble since there arent really many creatures that can live through blocking it. Also singlehandedly won me a game when I enchanted it with a gift of orzhova.
Posted By:
demidracolich
(1/26/2013 7:46:07 PM)
This guy fits a white/black(/blue?) aura deck. Huge creature, low cost. All you have to do is throw an Ethereal Armor on him and instant big badguy. It's pretty easy to get around his downsides.
He's actually one of the best targets for things like Skillful Lunge, Swift Justice and Zealous Strike, is a great sponge for equipments that grant first strike, and is a phenomenal target for Silverblade Paladin. Throw Ajani, Caller of the Pride and use his -3 Loyalty ability.
And this is all simply trying to utilize first strike. You could easily grant flying to this guy. Unblockable is also doable with Rogue's Passage.
I've won many games utilizing Desecration Demon. I see this guy as being a better card, honestly.
Posted By:
SRSFACE
(1/26/2013 10:49:32 PM)
By the time this come out, most creatures would be killed by this in combat, and if they don't block then suddenly your opponent is losing the race. Also, by the time this comes out, you could have played Vizkopa Guildmage, giving this lifelink by the time it attacks and you would have an even better advantage. Waiting one turn longer, you could play Crypt Ghast, meaning that by this time this attacks, you could activate both of the guildmages abilities.
It is also in the colour of Aerial Maneuver, which would probably negate the disadvantage of this card.
Finally, it just evades enough attention not to be a major removal target, but the Azorius may be interested in it.
Posted By:
Existential
(1/27/2013 7:29:37 AM)
This card, as its name describes, is a Beast. It won me 3 of 4 games in Pre.
Actually I wasn't sure about it, but i added it because it was Foil. And it was so awesome.
The maximum life it gave to my opponents was 5 life to a Sepulchral Primordial. I didn't had any creature in my gy at that time, so he had to chumpblock with it, he gained 5, then next turn drew another chumpblocker and next turns 2 lands closed the game. Alms was the only creature i played that match, and he won the game by itself.
Really, it's a BEAST in limited.
Posted By:
Milo666
(1/27/2013 11:06:25 AM)