Saw this on the Commander Society group on facebook.
The +1 is cool, the -3 is a sweet threaten effect for those who want it. Ultimate seems irrelevant, mostly. I can see this being okay in slower, multiplayer cubes, but it doesn't come close to pushing out Kolaghan's Command, Rakdos Cackler, Daretti, Dreadbore, etc in smaller cubes.
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Looks pretty spicy for multiplayer. Is it better enough in comparison to something like Ob Nixilis Reignited in 1v1 to justify the multicolor mana cost? Especially considering that is pretty competitive now and already has a better playable 'walker?
Fairly spicy abilities, not a fan of that mana cost. Doesn’t help that Rakdos is pretty stacked. Would’ve loved a toned down 4-mana version with similar abilities, I’d at least consider testing that over Dreadbore (maybe).
The card is powerful, but at 5 mana, it's more of a GrixisWalkers.dek card than a true Rakdos card. You might argue that same thing about Daretti, but at 3 mana, he's been useful is so many decks. I just don't think this guy can crack into a stacked guild like Rakdos.
This guys not gonna cut it though. Rakdos is a good guild with a great planeswalker already. I'm digging the idea of a rakdos planeswalker with discard but at only +1 I don't think that that's enough protection for him. It also makes the ultimate nearly impossible to reach. Planeswalkers shouldn't necessarily be judged on their ultimate, but it does need to be a possibility. This is just too far away.
5 mana for a discard 1 or kill a 3cc creature is not good enough. Oh well. I'm really looking forward to this week though. A full set spoiled in 5 days is gonna be a blast.
The card is powerful, but at 5 mana, it's more of a GrixisWalkers.dek card than a true Rakdos card. You might argue that same thing about Daretti, but at 3 mana, he's been useful is so many decks.
Agreed. I use Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast in stax, pox, Purphoros, Braids, the artifact deck, Grixis walkers, Tinker, etc. It's one of those cards that has so many applications that aren't all immediately obvious.
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Certainly more interested but not better than Ob. Now Ob is better than many gave it credit for but not amazing, by any sense. And since we are talking guild space I am assuming this dude will stick to standard.
The fact that black 5-drops aren't great is very compensated by the red 5-drops being amazing. As fun as this card could be, give me Siege-Gang/Thundermaw/Kiki-Jiki/Conscripts/Glorybringer/Sarkhan any day. There's also plenty of Rakdos cards that are more critical to the decks I draft than another expensive planeswalker.
The +1 is cool, the -3 is a sweet threaten effect for those who want it. Ultimate seems irrelevant, mostly. I can see this being okay in slower, multiplayer cubes, but it doesn't come close to pushing out Kolaghan's Command, Rakdos Cackler, Daretti, Dreadbore, etc in smaller cubes.
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This guys not gonna cut it though. Rakdos is a good guild with a great planeswalker already. I'm digging the idea of a rakdos planeswalker with discard but at only +1 I don't think that that's enough protection for him. It also makes the ultimate nearly impossible to reach. Planeswalkers shouldn't necessarily be judged on their ultimate, but it does need to be a possibility. This is just too far away.
5 mana for a discard 1 or kill a 3cc creature is not good enough. Oh well. I'm really looking forward to this week though. A full set spoiled in 5 days is gonna be a blast.
Agreed. I use Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast in stax, pox, Purphoros, Braids, the artifact deck, Grixis walkers, Tinker, etc. It's one of those cards that has so many applications that aren't all immediately obvious.
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