As for wow factor, I'm going to be wowed when this dude picks up a Bonesplitter, an Elspeth +1, or crashes in with any one of the battle cry, exalted or anthem effects that abound in these colors. In the meantime, this manland is one of the most important tools for Boros decks, and it's been a long time coming. You're right though, coming into play tapped is absolutely a tempo loss that Boros aggro doesn't want to deal with. I think the dual benefits of increasing manafixing and threat density outweigh that risk. You can mitigate it by sequencing your land drops and running a lower curve to minimize the tempo loss of one less land.
Now the next target is the fastland, which I hope we can both agree is quite crucial
Maybe I don't put as much weight on the anthems/pumps because there's not a whole lot in my cube personally, especially ones that stick around after a board wipe. Being effectively 5 mana to use, I don't think I'll be equipping it too often either. Also, for the most part my Boros decks are chock full of threats compared to the other guilds (ie. the nature of blue decks not having a lot, or green decks having mana dorks) so I don't feel like I'm ever short on threats. More is nice for sure but not as much as other guilds, which have less threats to begin with.
Being a manland it's definitely still the 4th best dual and I agree with you, the risk is for sure worth the reward so I'll be running it. Just gotta be honest and say this doesn't make me salivate as I wanted something with a higher power level/higher in the tier list for a land that cip's tapped for this particular guild.
I don't know how much more... I just know I wasn't wow'd. I wanted to be wow'd. Whatever creature it becomes, it's going into everyone's cube, I get it.
It was always going to come into play tapped, so that's not much of an argument against it.
Umm... What I meant was UR won't care as much as WR will. A cip tapped land is a huge drawback for aggressive decks which is a majority of my Boros decks. Sure we have ones that are midrange/control but it's not the majority. Since this is the case I wanted something with a higher power level.
Being a manland it's definitely still the 4th best dual and I agree with you, the risk is for sure worth the reward so I'll be running it. Just gotta be honest and say this doesn't make me salivate as I wanted something with a higher power level/higher in the tier list for a land that cip's tapped for this particular guild.
Umm... What I meant was UR won't care as much as WR will. A cip tapped land is a huge drawback for aggressive decks which is a majority of my Boros decks. Sure we have ones that are midrange/control but it's not the majority. Since this is the case I wanted something with a higher power level.