Elder asking a noob question
Economics forum
Posted on Dec. 4, 2014, 6:37 p.m. by Asher18
I've been playing for a while, doin good at tourney's, but I never could figure out: why the hell is Phyrexian Dreadnought so good?! it's really difficult to use early game, and needs a bunch of sacs. someone please clarify ( expection :NO Torpor Orb comments please)
lemmingllama says... #4
There is a legacy deck that uses Torpor Orb and Stifle
Also he is good in EDH, he gives 12 +1/+1 counters on The Mimeoplasm or can be scavenged with Varolz, the Scar-Striped. He also hits ETB and death triggers, so you can Grave Pact to win.
Finally, you can steal someone's fatty and then sacrifice it to get a 12/12. Here, give me your Blightsteel Colossus for a turn. Oops!
December 4, 2014 6:52 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
You don't play it without some kind of trick, whether that means countering the ability or sacrificing it to another ability.
December 4, 2014 6:53 p.m.
It's not good. Caleb Durawrd played it in a troll video recently... Nobody thought the card was good in constructed.
December 4, 2014 7:17 p.m.
Stiflenought decks use to play it.
For 2 cards, a 1U 13/13 was pretty sweet.
December 4, 2014 7:22 p.m.
It's more of a casual card. I've used it with Varolz, the Scar-Striped along side Death's Shadow to get some early kills with an Inkmoth Nexus.
Mosswort Bridge also combos with Dreadnought insanely well. You can use either Vampiric Tutor or Worldly Tutor to get an Emrakul to the top of your library. Turn 3 Emrakul in a green deck without using elves to ramp ain't a bad thing.
Finally the obvious (and probably best) enablers for Dreadnought are Stifle and Topor Orb.
December 4, 2014 7:49 p.m.
Volrath's Shapeshifter combo since it doesnt trigger comes into play
December 4, 2014 8:31 p.m.
SimicPower says... #14
Hushwing Gryff also.
Or Time Stop.
Since you posted in economics, I'm assuming you are referring to it's 15ish dollar price tag. This isn't necessarily because of power but because it is on the reserve list and "good enough". (It was reprinted as a judge promo back when they did that sort of thing.)
heuertag says... #2
hmmm on non-Torpor Orb comment....
How bout its use with Varolz, the Scar-Striped? Scavenge for 12 counters for 1 mana is decent
December 4, 2014 6:45 p.m.