Torrential Gearhulk 4UU
Artifact Creature - Construct
Flash
When Torrential Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
5/6
AKA Snapcaster Gearhulk, I think this is a pretty sweet card. Probably won't crack smaller lists but a nice control finisher for larger lists. Plus, very nice artwork (I mean, it has a firehose for an arm).
This card is great though, massive combat trick that can recast a Counterspell / Bolt / Dig Through Time. Competition is steep at blue 6 drops though. I'll try and make room for it.
Wow, I LOVE this card! Artifact synergy AND spell synergy, all with appropriate power level to boot while not being an auto include in every deck. I will definitely include this card in my cube if I can get my hand on it.
Counter your spell, have a 5/6 will be pretty much the worst case scenario in most decks that will play this. Quite easy to generate a 3-for-1 with it via blocking.
If this were any other color it'd probably be an easy slam dunk, but this has to compete with AEtherling, Consecrated Sphinx, and Upheaval.... I certainly like hulk more than Frost Titan though.
Better than Frost Titan, worse than Aetherling and Sphinx. Why not cost 5 and be a 4/5? Why not sorceries as well as instants? Likely pass for me.
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Ok, I was wrong with my prediction that all Gearhulks would cost 5 mana. A pretty loose cycle then.
When I first saw it, I thought it worked on sorceries, too. Was already fantasizing about flashing this in to cast Wildfire... Too bad that it doesn't do that.
Well, it is still pretty good though. I definitely have a slot to include it.
Btw, I wonder if the red one will let you flash back sorceries? A 4/5 for 5 that does that would work really well in the Wildfire deck. I don't expect it though. So far, the Gearhulks have been very different. Mirroring the blue one's ability wouldn't fit.
No sorceries makes it a probable pass for me. The Stick convinced me that instant only cards are a little too narrow. If it were 5 mana I still might try it (Look how much you spend on flashing something back with snapcaster). Dark Dwellers proved to be meh and 6 slot in blue is a tough nut to crack. In the 540 range I might think about it but Frost Titan is probably still better.
And the black one better be 5 mana. They already have a 6 mana black mythic creature in this set. Come on wizards!
And the black one better but 5 mana. They already have a 6 mana black mythic creature in this set. Come on wizards!
I am actually fine with the black one costing either 5 or 6. The black 6-drop slot isn't exactly overflowing with allstars, either. You bring up a good point though. The presence of Demon of Dark Schemes makes a 5-cost Gearhulk in black much more likely. Having two mythics in the same color be at the same cmc would be weird.
And the black one better but 5 mana. They already have a 6 mana black mythic creature in this set. Come on wizards!
I am actually fine with the black one costing either 5 or 6. The black 6-drop slot isn't exactly overflowing with allstars, either. You bring up a good point though. The presence of Demon of Dark Schemes makes a 5-cost Gearhulk in black much more likely. Having two mythics in the same color be at the same cmc would be weird.
If it is good enough I think I can fit any creature 4-7 mana into my black section. Given the other designs it won't be the color shifted Deranged Hermit I am looking for but a man can dream.
If the black Gearhulk tutors, it will probably be in the style of Vampiric tutor that puts the card on top of your library. I can't imagine demonic tutor on a stick at 5 mana when Sidisi and Runescarred Demon are at 5 mana + exploit / 7 mana respectively.
If the black Gearhulk tutors, it will probably be in the style of Vampiric tutor that puts the card on top of your library. I can't imagine demonic tutor on a stick at 5 mana when Sidisi and Runescarred Demon are at 5 mana + exploit / 7 mana respectively.
Hopefully it doesn't end up as a fatty with deathtouch again.
Trample and Flash are very good on the Green and Blue ones, I wish black had a non-lame ability for big creatures.
I said in before, but Mystic Snake variants rock. Countering a spell while adding a threat to the board is fantastic. And this threat here is HUGE. If you have played any counter on any previous turn (and you should have done that... your are playing blue after all), than this Gearhulk is a pretty great deal. Opponent plays their big finisher or a planeswalker? Mana Leak that, get a 5/6, gg. Even a temporary counter like Remand or Memory Lapse is great, since you get to attack with your new fatty before your opponent even gets to untap again.
It might not work on sorceries, but this card is great. Works so well in blue control (no need to tap out for your finisher!) or just about any other blue deck (everyone likes beef + value).
If the black Gearhulk tutors, it will probably be in the style of Vampiric tutor that puts the card on top of your library. I can't imagine demonic tutor on a stick at 5 mana when Sidisi and Runescarred Demon are at 5 mana + exploit / 7 mana respectively.
Hopefully it doesn't end up as a fatty with deathtouch again.
Trample and Flash are very good on the Green and Blue ones, I wish black had a non-lame ability for big creatures.
They could give it menace, as that's in black now. Not sure how good that would be, but it's be a hell of a lot more relevant than deathtouch on a 5/x.
I'm not impressed, 6 mana is a lot to keep open. Seems about on par with Draining Whelk, which is much better if you want to create a soft lock with blink/bounce effects. With Gearhulk, you have to exile the spell, so you need multiple instants in the yard if you want to abuse him.
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Artifact Creature - Construct
Flash
When Torrential Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
5/6
AKA Snapcaster Gearhulk, I think this is a pretty sweet card. Probably won't crack smaller lists but a nice control finisher for larger lists. Plus, very nice artwork (I mean, it has a firehose for an arm).
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This card is great though, massive combat trick that can recast a Counterspell / Bolt / Dig Through Time. Competition is steep at blue 6 drops though. I'll try and make room for it.
The dream: curve Mystic Confluence into this.
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When I first saw it, I thought it worked on sorceries, too. Was already fantasizing about flashing this in to cast Wildfire... Too bad that it doesn't do that.
Well, it is still pretty good though. I definitely have a slot to include it.
Btw, I wonder if the red one will let you flash back sorceries? A 4/5 for 5 that does that would work really well in the Wildfire deck. I don't expect it though. So far, the Gearhulks have been very different. Mirroring the blue one's ability wouldn't fit.
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Red one will probably divide up 5 damage on ETB with either firebreathing or menace, a la Dragonlord Atarka / Inferno Titan mashup.
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I like the flash and flashback in one package. Holding up mana is not a huge deal for control decks.
And the black one better be 5 mana. They already have a 6 mana black mythic creature in this set. Come on wizards!
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If it is good enough I think I can fit any creature 4-7 mana into my black section. Given the other designs it won't be the color shifted Deranged Hermit I am looking for but a man can dream.
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Hopefully it doesn't end up as a fatty with deathtouch again.
Trample and Flash are very good on the Green and Blue ones, I wish black had a non-lame ability for big creatures.
It might not work on sorceries, but this card is great. Works so well in blue control (no need to tap out for your finisher!) or just about any other blue deck (everyone likes beef + value).
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They could give it menace, as that's in black now. Not sure how good that would be, but it's be a hell of a lot more relevant than deathtouch on a 5/x.
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