The resurrection ability is too expensive for Legacy, but good enough for "newer" formats.
This leaves us with a 2/1 menace lifelinker. Not bad, but not terribly impressive, either, with everybody and their mother running Plague Engineer.
I wouldn’t read too much into the unproductive territory of trying to break the super mode on this card.
You’ve got a 2cmc, basically unblockable (and for sure no Ice-Fang/Strix block cheese), almost-Klothys in “I don’t need red and green” color option. A card like this gives you extra draw steps against scenarios similar to “I’m dying to Goyf/Delver.” Versus a slower deck you get to threaten an imminent 2-for-1, whereas a single dude would never change the fact that you’re never winning that game. To use this creature over existing legacy staples would be strange, but effective. Do not underestimate keyword lifelink + menace.
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[menace]+[lifelink] - cheapest creature with that ability combo yet.
But isn't calling it basically unblockable quite a bit of an overstatement? If that combo is really that good, then why doesn't Kunoros, Hound of Athreos see more play?
Kunoros is three mana in two colors neither of which is blue, and there really isn't a UWB deck he could slot into. The symmetry of his ability also hurts him. But mostly it's the WB + 3 mana bit. The only common WB deck in Legacy is Deadguy variants, and to say they're overcrowded at the 3cmc slot is like saying the political climate in the US right now is a little contentious.
Klothys is also graveyard hate, is properly unblockable, and doesn't die to a stiff breeze. Vampire Nighthawk / Gifted Aetherborn variants just aren't good enough.
The Kunoros comparison is pretty appropriate I think.
That's pretty damn cool. Shattering into pieces!
Steel Stompy probably wants that badly, maybe in multiple formats.
It's another Hangarback Walker that triggers even when you StP or bounce it.
the funny thing is that making tokens isn't conditional on the sacrifice, so if you grapeshot your opponent for 1 and target this with n storm copies then you get n*p tokens
There's probably some tier 4 deck involving
Assault Formation
Huatli, the Sun's Heart
High Alert
Arcades, the Strategist
Shield Sphere
Wall of Junk
Wall of Shards
Wall of Denial
Charix
This seems like it will be an errata sooner or later.
But then again, who ever oversees rule texts currently should be fired anyway.
Overgrown Battlement as well.
Imagine losing to steroid Mr Krabs and a literal junk card.
I say that a someone who lost with 0 cards in hand and Ensnaring Bridge to Killer Bees.
Wow, I’m surprised they didn’t add “if you do” in that case.
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