Knuckles29
01-28-2008, 10:58 AM
Referance:
Boldwyr Heavyweights
2RR - Giant Warrior
Trample
When ~This~ comes into play each opponent may search for a creature from their deck and put it into play
8/8
Here is a list of reasons why I would like to have it brainstormed:
1) He is a 4cc, effectively getting around the everpresent Counterbalance Lock
2)8/8 Trampler beats out Tarmogoyf and most Goblins
3) He is cheap enough to be effective in the format
4) Most "other" creatures in the format that would be fetched at this current moment will not scare a red player
The 4th point is my selling point. I've thought long and hard about this; so I will further my idea.
-Shriekmaw beats him hands down. Anyone playing him (I'm not acknowledging "Gifts Rock" just yet.
-Reanimator beats him.
-That is about it.
The budgeted format is actually where he loses out because you are more likely to see some big legend. In a fine tuned meta, the real threats are small fries. I would almost argue his place in Dragon Stompy. But not being a player of that deck, I will not. I may however argue for him in a Threshold/red theory, but that is true day dreaming (I was calling back to the days of Fledgling Dragon).
I just think in its current state, perhaps he is atleast a sideboard option against control decks. I may even think about him as a card in Burn, but that is in an unpowered format. He would replace my PoP's because of the lack of non-basics. But then he would fetch an Akroma or Shriekmaw... or even catch a janky Aethersnipe/Sower of Temptation.
I will concede his frailties now so I can skip some redundant discussion points:
1) He is targetable
2) He is red
3) He is a 4cc (for the sake of speed)
4) He may be the nail in your coffin
Anybody have an idea outside of Stifle that he might be decent?
Boldwyr Heavyweights
2RR - Giant Warrior
Trample
When ~This~ comes into play each opponent may search for a creature from their deck and put it into play
8/8
Here is a list of reasons why I would like to have it brainstormed:
1) He is a 4cc, effectively getting around the everpresent Counterbalance Lock
2)8/8 Trampler beats out Tarmogoyf and most Goblins
3) He is cheap enough to be effective in the format
4) Most "other" creatures in the format that would be fetched at this current moment will not scare a red player
The 4th point is my selling point. I've thought long and hard about this; so I will further my idea.
-Shriekmaw beats him hands down. Anyone playing him (I'm not acknowledging "Gifts Rock" just yet.
-Reanimator beats him.
-That is about it.
The budgeted format is actually where he loses out because you are more likely to see some big legend. In a fine tuned meta, the real threats are small fries. I would almost argue his place in Dragon Stompy. But not being a player of that deck, I will not. I may however argue for him in a Threshold/red theory, but that is true day dreaming (I was calling back to the days of Fledgling Dragon).
I just think in its current state, perhaps he is atleast a sideboard option against control decks. I may even think about him as a card in Burn, but that is in an unpowered format. He would replace my PoP's because of the lack of non-basics. But then he would fetch an Akroma or Shriekmaw... or even catch a janky Aethersnipe/Sower of Temptation.
I will concede his frailties now so I can skip some redundant discussion points:
1) He is targetable
2) He is red
3) He is a 4cc (for the sake of speed)
4) He may be the nail in your coffin
Anybody have an idea outside of Stifle that he might be decent?