Chandra Nalaar. Tick, tick, Sorin's -3, BOOM.
Posted By:
Negated
(3/7/2012 6:31:13 AM)
His ultimate is basically AT WORST:
-7 Your opponent draws a card, taps all their lands, then you take an extra turn after this one. If that isn't good I don't know what is.
His +2 is pretty good too
Posted By:
shotoku64
(4/3/2012 4:50:24 PM)
I absolutely hate this guy, he's WAY too powerful.
His +2, not 1, but 2, is only one point shy of Ajani Vengeant's -2 ability, while his -3 is wicked powerful - it pretty much says "hay, all my guys have infect", but is in many ways much, much worse. His ultimate is mostly meh, it's not as abusable as Mindslaver, but even then, it's still more than enough to be game-winning, because at that point you've probably knocked them down to 10, and have gained at least 6 life.
Posted By:
Dr.Pingas
(5/3/2012 10:44:52 PM)
Who has the more badass coat; Sorin or Tibalt?
Posted By:
Splizer
(5/11/2012 9:23:07 PM)
This is by far one of the best planeswalkers. The only problem with it's last ability is that most of the time, the player doesn't have cards to damage themselves (Unless they are playing a red deck). I really want one of these.
Posted By:
Deadhandlord7777
(5/30/2012 4:01:53 PM)
His -3 ability is out of this world in commander / EDH formats!
Posted By:
Shredmonster
(10/23/2012 1:13:17 PM)
@DarthParallax: I wish I could somehow favorite comments.
On the subject of the card itself, well let's just say he may be pricey to cast, but he's worth his weight in gold if you do.
First ability: compare to Chandra Nalaar's +1 to see just how awesome it is. 2 loyalty, 2 damage to either a creature or a player and you gain 2 life (4 net life advantage for you).
Second ability: a bit more situational and useless against opponents who already have under 10 life, but still a nice boost for vampires with "as long as opponent is below 10 life..." effects, and a huge middle finger to lifegain decks, expecially those using something like Felidar Sovereign as a win condition.
Ultimate: at WORST, it's essentially Time Warp, and Time Warp is pretty damn good. At best, use the opponent's own spells to damage and kill their own creatures and themselves, or simply waste the spells at an irrelevant moment.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(12/7/2012 6:35:35 AM)
I recently put him in a Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH mill deck and used his -3 ability on a lifegain deck for hilarious results. This was due to having Mindcrank out at the time since they still actually lose life. ;) The lifegain deck was at about 350 life then when put to 10 by Sorin, they had to mill their whole deck (340 cards technically) due to Mindcrank haha. Then just wait for their draw step or for another card draw effect.
Posted By:
ChidyDog
(2/27/2013 11:15:21 AM)
House rules of my playgroup set the -3 to 20 life in EDH. Fits with the intended spirit of the card. Same goes for all the other cards that name a fixed life cost, like Serra Ascendant, Felidar Sovereign, etc. Either multiply or divide by two to get the same ratio with 40 life.
Posted By:
Avorna
(3/16/2013 12:45:42 AM)
This upsets my lifegain/tokens multiplayer deck :(.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(3/29/2013 2:25:57 AM)