More food for Grimgrin?
Posted By:
SeaThief
(2/8/2013 9:20:54 AM)
Nobody has mentioned this card's synergy with Sage's Row Denizen.
Posted By:
Johnny_Vegas
(2/11/2013 7:15:58 AM)
The looper trooper.
The Oracle text is "When Mortus Strider dies, make a trollface grin."
Posted By:
Salient
(3/5/2013 5:44:51 PM)
Rooftop Storm + Ashnod's Altar = Infinite Mana & Infinite Storm
Posted By:
Yirktos
(3/16/2013 3:37:58 PM)
Oh, hi Aqua Soldier.
@Yirktos
That combo won't work. Mortus Strider isn't a Zombie.
Posted By:
Blackworm_Bloodworm
(3/23/2013 1:04:13 PM)
Consuming aberrration,Omniscience this and a sec engine = (bad) infinite mill combo
Also, Virktus Rooftop doesn't work, this isn't a zombie.
Posted By:
Wormfang
(3/27/2013 3:30:44 AM)
Endless ***roaches! You're back! But slightly less black and a little more blue.
Posted By:
lukemol
(3/27/2013 10:30:29 PM)
It's good, but I'm not sure why it's in Dimir.
What does Dimir do? Mill. What does this guy do? Block and fuel sacrifice engines. I'm not really sure what he's good for. Not a very good Cipher target, doesn't mill your opponent, and for the aggro Dimir (ie Consuming Aberration, Wight of Precinct Six, Jace's Phantasm) he's a 1/1 for 3cmc.
Bottom line is, he would've been much better flavorwise and even mechanicwise in say, Golgari or Orzhov colors. Golgari loves its sacrifice fodder and graveyard fillers, and Orzhov loves being able to bounce for extort. But even then, he'd be... hmm...
Posted By:
Mistralis
(6/1/2013 8:28:52 PM)
My only complaint is that this thing is way more Orzhov than Dimir. First of all, Orzhov is known to manipulate souls and death so it would make sense for their guild members to be able to become immortal, while aside from this card Dimir has no (afaik anyway) cards that show them as surviving death or stuff like that. In addition, this card actually works a lot better with Orzhov as it allows for a chump blocker every turn so they have time to extort as well as a relatively cheap creature every turn for them to extort (unless the opponent isn't killing it, in which case you're probably doing pretty well anyway).
Posted By:
EvilDarkVoid
(6/26/2013 5:53:28 PM)
Well the flavor articles did mention some necromancy going on in the Dimir, since you can't bribe or torture a corpse, they can make good agents. As for this card I would play it in every UB deck if it just cost one less
Posted By:
cotf1692
(7/4/2013 6:17:17 PM)