I think, for this to be a little more in keeping with WOTC's obvious intent, they should have made it grant Trample....but
a) that would at least cost {1}{R}{R},
b) Trample is in Green
c) this is a Common,
as it is, it's really good =) but also pretty easy to play around. You can block it when it's used as a pump, although it is a bit too good at removal for Red when the creature doesn't naturally come with Trample.
This would be MILDLY CRAZY (only mildly, and yet still crazy?) to see in Standard again, at Common again o.O
Definitely, today Wizards would probably just straight have it grant Trample, and then change every other knob they needed to for Trample to be fair (make it Uncommon, add a R, reduce the Power it granted, etc.)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/25/2013 5:19:54 PM)
Alqatrkapa: "Can't you just splash green for Berserk? Not that hard to do..."
Hmm, let's see. Berserk wasn't in Tempest, so you can't run it in a Tempest draft or Tempest Block deck (never seen one, but won't say I never will); it's really hard to splash green in Commander when you might want to run a specific Commander or specific colors which don't allow Green; even in Commander, if you're running Green/Red flat-out removal is low, so having Berserk and this is better than just Berserk; and Berserk's cheapest price is way, way, way higher than this. All reasons you probably can't just run Berserk instead.
Posted By:
sarroth
(3/12/2012 6:27:06 PM)
Love this cause you can pump your creature and deal extra damage or whatever pump an opponent creature without any trample and block , it's kamikase one but i love the versatility of it .
Posted By:
MojoVince
(4/19/2012 8:31:19 AM)
Goes so well with Stuffy Doll...
Posted By:
RVzero
(10/25/2012 9:51:46 AM)
Traitorous instinct + this = double whammy.
Posted By:
Meatloaf_Wizard
(4/26/2014 10:42:43 PM)