My favorite Eldrazi. Yes, more than Emrakul. Yes, more than Ulamog. They're just big. This guy is just awesome and absurdly fast in the right deck.
EDIT: Why would you .5 this comment? Is there something wrong with me liking this card?
Posted By:
TherealphatMatt
(10/10/2011 11:52:58 AM)
An excellent card and by far my favorite of the nonrare Eldrazi. It can get onto the field blindingly fast provided you have Eldrazi spawn token ramp, and can start wrecking face as early as turn three. However, it's dead weight if you don't have any spawn tokens, because hardcasting it for 9 is far less efficient than its brother Ulamog's Crusher. Still, the alternate casting cost and the hefty body that still satisfies Not of This World's alternate casting cost makes this a great card for an Eldrazi deck.
Posted By:
JiangWei23
(4/15/2010 10:01:17 AM)
A possible turn-4 Eldrazi on green. A big guy that will surely take out one permanent and, maybe, a couple of blockers.
Posted By:
getz19
(4/16/2010 12:43:26 AM)
Possible turn-3 Eldrazi on red, playing Spawning Breath and Brood Birthing.
Great card!
Posted By:
FedericoB.
(4/16/2010 8:39:31 AM)
For people who don't get what "sacrifice Eldrazi Spawn" means, "Eldrazi Spawn" is a creature type. More precisely, Eldrazi and Spawn are creature types, and an "Eldrazi Spawn" is a permanent that has the creature types Eldrazi and Spawn.
Changelings are all creature types, including "Eldrazi" and "Spawn." You can sac Changelings for his alternate cost. You can use Amoeboid Changeling to turn other creatures into Eldrazi Spawn. They wouldn't be able to give you mana, though, but they would still have the types Eldrazi and Spawn.
"Eldrazi Spawn" in this creature's text refers to permanents with the creature types Eldrazi and Spawn, not to permanents named "Eldrazi Spawn." If it needed those it would specify "creatures named Eldrazi Spawn." Also notice that it doesn't specifically need "Eldrazi Spawn creatures" so if there were tribal Changeling enchantments you could sac those for this guy.
You could not, however, produce Eldrazi Spawn tokens with something like ... (see all)
Posted By:
adrian.malacoda
(4/24/2012 8:24:52 PM)
Turn one: island, Mothdust Changeling
Turn two, mountain, Brood Birthing, Hand of Emrakul.
Have fun.
Posted By:
littlebeast
(4/16/2010 4:52:16 PM)
Very underrated. Reaching 4 eldrazi spawn can be done by turn three easily with brood birthing.
Posted By:
Moxxy
(12/16/2012 11:50:38 AM)
My favourite Eldrazi... idk why its just my favourite one... :-D
And best Eldrazi artwork.
Posted By:
Neutralion
(4/16/2010 7:35:28 AM)
@littlebeast
Guy, you don't even need a mothdust: 1)Land
2)Mountain/Forest; Spawning Breath (killing the opponents early stuff)/Nest Invader (early Grizzly Bear in eldrazi form)
3)Land; Brood Birthing => Hand of Emrakul
See, you don't even need a blue. ;)
Posted By:
Smithney
(5/19/2010 10:50:59 AM)
Monored turn 1 in pauper is also possible.
Mountain, double Rite of Flame, Spawning Breath, Brood Birthing, Hand.
Posted By:
Artscrafter
(6/30/2011 2:15:39 PM)