This looks to me like a commander general. Legendary creature? Yes. Multicolored? You got it. Awesome ability that gets past mana restriction of commander? Sure thing! Shame it's more of a UB ability, I guess they didn't want him to steal Ashoik's thunder without being somehow connected to our sexless planeswalker.
Posted By:
DaLucaray
(9/17/2013 3:06:06 PM)
The Heroes in Theros don't seem very heroic at all to me. For example: this guy is a thief. Another example: almost none of the cards with heroic are anything other than faceless mooks.
Posted By:
RAV0004
(9/18/2013 10:01:23 PM)
Hey look it's Brad Pitt!
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(9/18/2013 8:30:37 AM)
I feel like the point of using this guy as a commander would be to just deal 21 damage with him. The only other pseudo-unblockable creatures I can think of, that are legendary, are a few with intimidate. But they all cost 6 or more mana. He is also in the colors of flying, unblockable, and pro-creatures. (Which makes him even more evasive) I kind of wish he didn't have that lengthy second ability and he instead just had hexproof.
Posted By:
Legendxp
(9/18/2013 12:55:51 PM)
This guy's cute and all but...in my local meta, he has this hidden triggered ability called "Dies". It activates whenever he enters the battlefield or attacks.
In draft: "Daxos of Meletis"
"Magma Jet" or "Lightning Strike" or "Pharika's Cure"
"Okay..."
In Standard: "Daxos of Meletis"
"Doom Blade" or "Lightning Strike" or "Magma Jet" or several other cards.
"Okay..."
This isn't to say that he dies to removal. Lots of cards do that. He just dies to A LOT of removal. And since he has such a big target on his head, that makes him nigh-worthless for competitive play. If he were a 1/3, I think he'd be much better. It would allow him to survive the most common and cheapest forms of damage-based removal. You're not playing him because a 2/2 for 3 CMC is a good bargain, after all, and lots of other, more powerful things die to Doom Blade.
His psuedo-unblockable ability also isn't as relevant as people think, either. Keepsake Gorgon is a 2/5 and just... (see all)
Posted By:
carbondragon
(11/18/2013 12:24:01 AM)
this wording has been long awaited
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(9/17/2013 10:18:15 PM)
This would combo well with Venser, the Sojourner I imagine.
Posted By:
Cygore
(9/19/2013 1:41:16 PM)
"you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it." This. Bypasses EDH's rules about not being able to add mana to your mana pool of a color other than that of your general. Previously only available on Mycosynth Lattice and I think one other card. Anyway, this is what makes this guy a brilliant general.
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(9/19/2013 5:35:39 PM)
Perfect replacement for the Geist. He has evasion, lifegain, and the ability to steal a topdeck. And he makes a fun general too!
Posted By:
Gcrudaplaneswalker
(9/19/2013 7:58:52 PM)
WHY? blue white is already too good. Well blue green white... but still
Posted By:
Fro66er
(9/20/2013 10:48:56 AM)