Been looking at this as a way to abuse my Izzet Chronarchs. Only have one, So I don't wanna wrap a deck around him yet and I tend to try to play multi-color spell recycling decks. He's beefy, has a cool effect, and is hasty. I'll maintain his 3.2 by giving him 3.5 purely on theory.
Posted By:
Tetsu_tora
(4/12/2011 2:24:29 PM)
Got a real weak spot for this card. In the late game you can pick up your Crater Hellion every turn, replay it and he survives, and that's inevitability against some types of decks!
Posted By:
Zan-zan-zawa-veia
(8/21/2011 11:31:54 AM)
Very nice with Flametongue Kavu.
Posted By:
SootWolf
(6/11/2010 8:12:04 AM)
@abacus
the "unnecessary" floating torches, etc., were lesser spirits that followed the greater kami or oni into the materialistic world. aside from being creative artistically and providing depth and variety to the game of Magic and its various sets, it had another purpose: soulshift, which is popular among the spirits of the entire block where you can retrieve a lesser (cmc) spirit from your graveyard when a spirit with souldshift goes into it. the flavor is very cool and building a deck around this mechanic can turn useful and fun.
as for the entire block sucking, that is a matter of perspective, but you would admit thatUmezawa's Jitte ,Sensei's Divining Top ,Pithing Needle , among others, Kokusho, The Evening Star, are amazing .
Posted By:
takenbyshadow
(3/6/2011 12:15:57 PM)
Goblin Marshal,siege-gang commander,mogg war marshal, this guy is great in a goblin deck that can make lots of mana.
Edit:
Alright Abucus, By your logic, goblin warrens is terrible in a goblin deck too, because it isn't a goblin itself? I'm just saying that you can use this guy to make his downside work for you by using "coming into the battlefield" triggers. I'm not interested in winning with a swarm on turn 5 in some legacy tournament.
I play casual. Fun multiplayer games with lots of crazy wild things happening, so I can easily get up to 6 mana and play this guy. Maybe you should try this "fun" thing, you might like it.
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(11/5/2010 5:02:30 PM)
@allmighty_abacus: You just don't get the point of the art of Kamigawa block, do you?
This seems like a solid finisher in mono-red to me. It's got haste, so it can start kicking ass the moment it gets out, and the drawback seems irrelevant, because a couple of creatures should be enough to give it time to win you the game, if you have made sure to burn away your opponents' creatures. Sometimes it can kill your opponent the turn it gets out, but I believe it to be a lot less effective in mulitplayer. In the end, a not too flashy, but rock solid card.
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(10/16/2010 10:16:05 AM)
Went looking for the red version of Trusted Advisor and Stampeding Serow. Seems he's the worst one so far. =/ So expensive.
Posted By:
Tovaras
(12/31/2010 2:04:16 PM)
@tommy9898
Why would you want a non-goblin that doesn't interact with goblins in a goblin deck? that's just silly. Come on, you don't want to be playing siege gang commander twice. Well, not for his full mana cost anyway. It would be cool if you splashed white and liberated (or something similar) him, though.
And dude, he costs 6. So realistically what would be happening is you tap out to play him on turn 6. Then you end your turn, then play returns to you, you bounce a siege gang commander, play it again and only have 1 (or 2, if you dropped a land) mana to work with. That means on average you can only sac around 2 gobs a turn to commander. On your turn. before you bounce him.
And once again he costs 6, for nothing more than haste. Not exactly a great late-game finisher. Which is what he would be, costing six mana and all. Voracious Dragon costs 5, and can often win you the game simply by casting it.Clickslither... (see all)
Posted By:
allmighty_abacus
(9/22/2010 2:03:29 PM)
you could remove the upkeep kill in a Red/Green deck with awakening zone
Posted By:
novasun
(4/5/2011 8:50:50 PM)
@Tommy9898: A goblin deck that can make lots of mana? Doesn't sound like a goblin deck to me :D
Posted By:
Mode
(6/13/2011 2:25:57 AM)