either i'm winning on the spot with lab man/jace/thassa's oracle or i'm losing from drawing while there's no cards. the **** is a 10/10 gonna do for me?
his draw ability though, that's ******* great in edh... just not at that casting cost.
i will never say no to more rhystic studies, i'm starting to run out of them.
She replaces you losing with making her bigger. As long as she’s in play you can’t lose to being decked. Much like Underrealm Lich
oh, i missed the word instead. thanks for pointing that out i'd have never seen it.
regardless... the **** is a 10/10 (or greater) doing for me that i can't already do by just winning outright? its not like i'm going to leveler my library and rely solely on a combat damage, so i'm almost always going to have my library in my hand allowing me to win on the spot
This may be shocking information, but not all decks are built to win on the spot when they draw their whole library. Especially in a more casual setting, or say a randomized enviroment where you mix two packs of 20 cards together to make a deck. Ormos also lets you build a lab maniac deck in EDH that wins "fairly" through combat damage. That will probably be of interest to some people.
THe issue is... the reason Lab Man/Jace/Thassa are the way they are is because that gameplan is SUPER risky....
You already run the risk of getting blown out by a single removal spell with Lab Man or Jace, but this creature pretty much requires you not only take risk but ALSO risk having to go into combat? The only way this wont be a total backfire is if you can reliably get in for a 1 shot kill which... isnt much different than winning with Lab Man...
That elf is... stupidly pushed... wtf... it is literally a nearly unstoppable wincon. Unless you have instant speed boardwipes or a stifle, it can just win. Cant counter it, even if you kill it, its ability triggers so the army of elves are 5/5s regardless...
Oh and in Legacy they gave Elfball an uncounterable 1 drop to make Glimpse of Nature uncounterable.... wtf...
I wonder if there something more to his card, but having him and Massacre Wurm together had some sort of decidedly overpowered synergy and he was maybe gutted during the final stages of test & desgin. I would be greatly interested to read the card history in their design files if/and when they release them for this set. I'll still side it some matchups or play a copy or two in Bo1. It's still Night of Souls' Betrayal, which I did play in Kamigawa Standard in my B/x control lists.
I guess he can be decent in Massacre Girl Decks? Softens up targets before she comes for the kill.
Ohhh the standard bearer may see in UB flash in the SB to combat boardwipes. Since UB flash tends to work on opponents turn's anyway if they boardwipe you can drop this in to get Massive CA.
Is it just me or does this look like the most stereotypical Drunk Irishman...
Big nose, wirey muscles, lanky arms, angery scowl thing.. even the redness can be attributed to a flush faced drunk irishman. And the fact that it is picking a fight....
THe issue is... the reason Lab Man/Jace/Thassa are the way they are is because that gameplan is SUPER risky....
You already run the risk of getting blown out by a single removal spell with Lab Man or Jace, but this creature pretty much requires you not only take risk but ALSO risk having to go into combat? The only way this wont be a total backfire is if you can reliably get in for a 1 shot kill which... isnt much different than winning with Lab Man...
Oh and in Legacy they gave Elfball an uncounterable 1 drop to make Glimpse of Nature uncounterable.... wtf...
1) Cast Garry
2) Gain life
3) sac garry
4)???
5) Profit
I guess he can be decent in Massacre Girl Decks? Softens up targets before she comes for the kill.
this ability combined with the ability to ping when something dies
Big nose, wirey muscles, lanky arms, angery scowl thing.. even the redness can be attributed to a flush faced drunk irishman. And the fact that it is picking a fight....