Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Oracle Text
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
-3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
-3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
1 drops: Kinjali's Caller gets some work since a lot of the great cards for this are dinosaurs, Wall of Vines gives you reach and Snubhorn Sentry is one of those dinos.
2 drops: Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive makes basically everything you want unblockable, Suncleanser is probably going to get WAY more useful, Surge Mare is a bit color intense but doesn't have defender so can still attack with this card versus the other two, Gleaming Barrier has the bonus of ramping you if you need to chump with it, and Wall of Mist is another 0/5.
3 drops: Not much creature-wise besides maybe Sailor of Means if you want more ramp/fixing. This is where Huatli, High Alert and removal go.
4 drops: Looming Altisaur was basically made for this, Murmuring Mystic is fine if you're going spell heavy, Arcades if you're defender heavy, and some people like Junk Troller
+5: Not much, though Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is hilarious and Belligerent Brontodon gives you yet another buttfight effect.
I feel like this deck wants to curve low on it's creatures and save extra mana for combat tricks (Tower Defense, Aegis of the Heavens) removal (Slaughter the Strong, Solar Blaze is off-color but hilarious), card draw and protection, plus at higher CMCs, creatures in standard aren't getting any tougher than they are powerful.
There's probably some other good butt-fighters in this set.
Well I guess we better just do it. Arcades/High Alert/Huatli deck coming down the pipe....
(out of curiosity, what are the best creatures in standard that could use this effect right now?)