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[Gatecrash] Firemane Avenger
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:12 am
by The Dark Guardian
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachme ... 1356498102 (if someone could tell me how you link them, I normally don't bother fighting rumor mill zombies for the card race).
Firemane Avenger 2WR
Creture - Angel
Flying
Battalion: Whenever ~ and two or more creatures attack, ~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.
This feels like a complete swing and a miss for aggro. Even with a mana base where the symbols don't matter on cards, a four drop without haste and three toughness will likely not make the cut. Battalion also feels like another bad mechanic, that caters to that whole "balls to the wall" strategy.
Kijin, feel free to call me out. I am not the best at evaluating cards, but I am
occasionally right.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:38 am
by Thrillho
Hellrider called. It says hi and that it is still a better card than this.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:25 am
by Kaitscralt
I see a potentially very powerful ability on a clearly poor example for Constructed. If they cost this ability aggressively on 1-3 drops in Boros then things will be interesting.
This card seems lame.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:02 am
by Pendulum
It seem prudent at this point to prognosticate that there will be a sorcery that puts 2 guys with haste into play, probably goblins and probably at the 1R slot.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:05 am
by Kaitscralt
Or some sort of Geist of St. Traft'er's
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:03 pm
by Yannaria
if only it had haste...
hellrider is much better at four mana.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:24 pm
by iamabadman
there's a pattern on how they are revealing cards, guild color wise.
monday - simic - u/g
tuesday - gruul - g/r
wednesday - boros - r/w
tomorrow is going to be orzhov and then friday is dimir.
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:42 pm
by Second Harkius
vindicate reprint
cmon cmon cmon
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:16 pm
by poggydude
they are clearly spoiling the guild mechanics, if we get a vindicate reprint itll be spoiled later
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:51 pm
by Second Harkius
we wont but a man can dream
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:56 am
by Thrillho
I see a potentially very powerful ability on a clearly poor example for Constructed. If they cost this ability aggressively on 1-3 drops in Boros then things will be interesting.
This card seems lame.
If the ability is the same on all cards with it, a 1-3 drop in this brave new world of token-based decks would be rather insane.
Maybe the damage/life output is based on the CMC of the card? Or is everything ever lightning helix with this? NEED MORE INFORMATION MAN.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:17 pm
by Checkbox
It's going to be just like Radiance - the trigger is always the same, the effect is different.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:46 pm
by Shalako
Battalion isn't going to be 3 attackers and 3 damage always?
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:34 am
by iamabadman
there's a pattern on how they are revealing cards, guild color wise.
monday - simic - u/g
tuesday - gruul - g/r
wednesday - boros - r/w
tomorrow is going to be orzhov and then friday is dimir.
called it.
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:41 pm
by Checkbox
Battalion isn't going to be 3 attackers and 3 damage always?
3 attackers... how is that hard to figure out?
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:38 pm
by Kaitscralt
there's a pattern on how they are revealing cards, guild color wise.
monday - simic - u/g
tuesday - gruul - g/r
wednesday - boros - r/w
tomorrow is going to be orzhov and then friday is dimir.
called it.
You and everyone else.