[SPOILERS] Mirrodin Besieged, some duders

[Gheizen64]

After Peace and Pierce Strider who were relatively mediocre cards, those two little gems have been spoiled:

Mirran Crusader 1WW
Knight
Double Strike, Pro Black and Pro Green.
2/2

Phyrexian Crusader 1BB
Knight
first strike
pro white, pro red
infect
2/2

Those two are pretty insane creatures. The white one in particular, is just sick against the format. Pro black and pro green + double strike mean it's basically unblockable. Add any pump or equipment and you have a super quick evasive clock. The black one is somewhat off since it has infect and need a creature deck with infect for it to be at its best, but still, infect + first strike means this is fundamentally a 4/4 in combat and can't be StPed nor bolted.

Talk about power creep!

EDIT: attached image for both Crusaders

[menace13]

Great Flavor on the Phyrexian artwork. About time White Knight and Black knight met mr.good ole power creep.

[lordofthepit]

I'm going to need to pick up playsets of these guys.

[Atwa]

That white one is soo going to replace the Silver Knight in my Vial Knights deck, mana curve be damned.

[Maëlig]

The white one would be easly playable in GW maverick imo, where it would benefit both from the equipments and the exalted creatures (hierarch and qasali). Seems better than the random eternal witnesses (or other creatures) sometimes played in the last slots.

[kiblast]

any chance that some store has already those for presale?

[Nidd]

The Mirran one is bonkers.

At least, for Standard and Extended.

In Legacy, he has to be able to stand his ground against various other 3-drops - Doran, KotR and their ilk.
His saving grace might be that he has protection against them.

Oh, and Double Strike + Jitte/Sword = Win.

[makochman]

Thumbs up for the gold expansion symbols.

Pro red + white is amazing, Phyrexian Crusader is immune to virtually all removal, and with First Strike and Infect he's essentially a 4/4.

Not really for Legacy though.

[Barook]

Infect is more of a hinderance on the black one. But it's still sexy how he's basically immune against all common targeted removal due to pro white/red and being black.

The white one is damn good. Pro green is extremely relevant in nowadays' format and you can fetch all kinds of fancy equipment with Stoneforge Mystic. I also like the idea with Exalted.

[wcm8]

Mirran with a jitte is a 2-turn clock. First swing you deal 4 and get 4 counters. Next turn you use the counters to give it +8/+8 and swing for the win. This card is a legit threat in any build using Mother of Runes, Stoneforge Mystic and Jitte. I won't be surprised if he finds a home in Maverick, death and taxes, and maybe even UW tempo.

[Goaswerfraiejen]

Ouch, I can see those being problematic for me.

[Barook]

Mirran with a jitte is a 2-turn clock. First swing you deal 4 and get 4 counters. Next turn you use the counters to give it +8/+8 and swing for the win. This card is a legit threat in any build using Mother of Runes, Stoneforge Mystic and Jitte. I won't be surprised if he finds a home in Maverick, death and taxes, and maybe even UW tempo.

It's also a 2-turn clock with SoFI, hitting for 12 damage a turn with ridiculous amounts of protection (sadly, not white, but for that, there is always Mom). If the W/R sword turns out to be decent, it's going to wreck havoc.

[Ubiquitous Druid]

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge anyone?

Vindicate, Smallpox, Sinkhole FTW!

[Mark Sun]

Pretty sick, they printed two mirror Knights to represent Mirran/Phyrexia, and will incidentally hose Elves and Boros in T2 at the same time.

I will say the 1WW one is pretty good, I hear double striking, protection from Goyf is decent in Legacy, even if it does eat a Swords to the face.

[Maëlig]

[QUOTE=Morbid-;507047even if it does eat a Swords to the face.[/QUOTE]

And any burn spell, too (even fire/ice).

[Amon Amarth]

Those guys are so cool and strong too. I like.

[rleader]

I think you mean stronk.

It's kind of silly that their schedule doesn't release this stuff before the holidays so people who wouldn't pick up a box of scars at this juncture might impulse buy a box of something new.

[Pastorofmuppets]

That black one is really, really stronk. What removal in this format hits it, other than the not-very-commonly played bounce spells?
Force and Daze are the only things that can really oppose him, he's pro-KoTR and even shrinks it, and Merfolk will really need to think twice about what they send in against him. Oh, and you can Ritual into him turn one.
I'll take twenty.

[Nidd]

That black one is really, really stronk. What removal in this format hits it, other than the not-very-commonly played bounce spells?
Force and Daze are the only things that can really oppose him, he's pro-KoTR and even shrinks it, and Merfolk will really need to think twice about what they send in against him. Oh, and you can Ritual into him turn one.
I'll take twenty.

I'll take 4 hits from him and then win because the rest of your creatures absolutely sucks.

[Goaswerfraiejen]

That black one is really, really stronk. What removal in this format hits it, other than the not-very-commonly played bounce spells?
Force and Daze are the only things that can really oppose him, he's pro-KoTR and even shrinks it, and Merfolk will really need to think twice about what they send in against him. Oh, and you can Ritual into him turn one.
I'll take twenty.

Pongify, Sudden Death, Psionic Blast. Desert Twister, Cursed Scroll, Aeolipile. Any number of mass-removal cards. Tornado. Jace 2.0.

Many of those aren't viable options, of course.