Constructed: 1/5 Limited: 2/5
One wolf does not a pack make. I have a feeling this was a 2/2 in testing however proved a little too strong in testing for limited. Does a nice job of forcing damage through on stalled board. Undying on this guy makes him better than he seems. He does fit into the vampire based decks who are wanting to force guys through so they can get their counters. I do not think it pushes it to a top tier drafting strategy, however the deck now bears consideration when pick from your cards.
Constructed: 1/5 Limited: 4/5
Now this insect will give you a nasty bite. Many people on the web have drawn comparisons to Vengevine and most of us are aware about how good that card was. I do not think that is far comparison. The ability of Vengevine to hit the turn it came into play was underestimated and scared a lot of folk. The trade of Vigilance and Trample for the haste ability is what makes this card far, far worse in my opinion and the additional mana cannot be ignored either. A no go in constructed for me, however this guy is a beast in limited, and there are not many ways of dealing with in the set so far. 3 green is a little prohibitive, but I think you can get over the fact your playing green for this guy.
Constructed: 1/5 Limited: 3.5/5
This guy makes me want to draft triple Dark Ascension and all the undying creatures to make THAT deck. Without any other creature this guy is an underpowered 4/2 for 5R which is going to kill something when it comes back or nug the opponent for five essentially becoming a lava axe with a body. No evasion which drops it in my book, but hits hard and gets squeezes some more value out of your undying dudes. Unless someone can come up with a crazy deck involving this and Havengul lich (you know who you are) don't expect it to be gracing tournaments in the future.
Constructed: 1/5 Limited: 4/5
Well, well. What have you done Mikaeus. You used to be all holy and stuff, but who's batting for the other team now. ANOTHER limited fattie with evasion so make sure you save some removal if you put your opponent on having one of these. I think the pump is more relevant than the destroy human clause, although I could see people getting blow out by not reading the card properly. Gets in pretty well, and hits strongly. He is much better in sealed than draft but you cannot go wrong with Big Mik in either. He is a no go in constructed, he needs too much to go right to be good, and competes with some of the best creatures in magics history for his slot in the decks he goes in. Sorry Mik but your time is not now.
Thank you for reading and until next time, I leave you with this
See... I got thinking about Mikeaus and Persist creatures. Add in the Devouring Swarm and you can sac things a lot and have them keep coming back.
ReplyDeleteThen you just need a persist chap like ooo... Murderous Recap (he's black red and oo look he does damage when he comes into play). But other ones are good too.
Add the Flayer of the Hatebound and Rage Thrower and Warstorm Surge for added fun. And by fun I mean face burning. Falkenrath Noble works well as well.
See, weird Modern combo deck ideas with no need for the Lich.