status//statue turn this into a pretty scary game ender. He comes down a turn cheaper than broodmate dragon, can combo with other superfriends, and should close a game out in 2-3 swings- while protecting himself with what's effectively a 1 sweeper for all attacking creatures so your opponent can't kill him or race him, all while he takes 2 spells to answer fully. That's a fine turn 5 play
Spanish speaker here,Sarkhan, Masterless is the correct translation, "love" in Spanish is "amor", amo means "master", but not in the sense of mentor or accomplished craftsman, but master as in slave owner.
Sarkhan's been in all colors except white (colorless not being a color, of course). It's nice to see his mini-story conclude as he being his own master. All dragons should be free.
Its a bit of a bummer that your PW don't become indestructible when they turn dragon... But turning your PW into flying dragons could do some MAJOR damage on it. I was really hoping you could attack with your PW when they spoiled Jace, Cunning Castaway cuz of his copy ability...
You pretty much make a brick wall with this the only way out of this with buff per attack and indestructable
Or just wiping out your dragons like what happens to me all the time :3c
I wouldn't say he's that amazing to dragon builds (Sarkhan the Mad is still the best Sarkhan by far) but he's interesting. Also worth noting is his ability to turn your planeswalkers into creatures should mean you could copy them with Helm of the Host.
Equipping Basilisk Collar to the 4/4 Dragon you create with his [-3] does a pretty good job of shutting down any attacks. Like legit combo for protecting your planewalkers.
In standard though, there's very little in the way of deathtouch modifiers. But status is cheap and can be left up as protection at just 6 mana. One thing worth keeping in mind is that when you've got enough evasive flying damage in the air to close out a game in ~2-3 turns, you don't need too permanent a lock
I think this will work great in a low CMC superfriends type build with board wipe and maybe land destruction effects. Would be great maybe in a Sarkhan tribal build for kitchen table fun.
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My personal opinion since I didn't give one; he's good in superfriends but having no protection kind of sucks. At least it's a different way to win. He's also decent in dragon decks though I like the Dragons of Tarkir and m19 versions more for those decks, as well as his Alara version.
You pretty much make a brick wall with this the only way out of this with buff per attack and indestructable
Acid-Spewer Dragon and Dragonlord Silumgar are pleased by this. Skithirix, the Blight Dragon isn't bad here, either.
Or just wiping out your dragons like what happens to me all the time :3c
I wouldn't say he's that amazing to dragon builds (Sarkhan the Mad is still the best Sarkhan by far) but he's interesting. Also worth noting is his ability to turn your planeswalkers into creatures should mean you could copy them with Helm of the Host.
Equipping Basilisk Collar to the 4/4 Dragon you create with his [-3] does a pretty good job of shutting down any attacks. Like legit combo for protecting your planewalkers.
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My personal opinion since I didn't give one; he's good in superfriends but having no protection kind of sucks. At least it's a different way to win. He's also decent in dragon decks though I like the Dragons of Tarkir and m19 versions more for those decks, as well as his Alara version.
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