Fulminator Mage: Why so Pricy?
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Posted on March 23, 2014, 11:52 p.m. by JakeHarlow
So, I've been thinking about a modern land destruction deck, and I keep seeing Fulminator Mage pop up. Why is he so expensive? Is he a very commonly seen card in modern?
I suppose he would be powerful in decks with recursion, what with Disentomb and Reveillark (and the prevalence of nonbasic lands in competitive modern). Even a Sun Titan . But I can't understand why he has about a $40 price tag...I don't see him in a bunch of modern "netdecks," but I might be missing something.
Can anyone enlighten me?
JakeHarlow says... #3
Oh, I see. A very strong combo indeed. Thanks for the answer!
March 24, 2014 12:36 a.m.
He is played main deck in Living End for sheer value.
He also sees play in the sideboard of lots of decks with black or red in as hate for tron or scapeshift decks.
He was also printed in a set that had a lesser print run.
March 24, 2014 2:19 a.m.
teamplayerx says... #5
Fulminator Mage in a living end deck slows down pod decks, and those are bigger than ever lately, also can fit into a lot of decks.
March 24, 2014 3:31 a.m.
he just sees a lot of play in modern. Used in sideboard mostly, but as mentioned, living end mainboards a set.
i traded 2 nonfoil mages and some little stuff for a foil signed fulminator mage last tuesday.
March 24, 2014 8:39 a.m.
According to a few guys at my shop, Channel Fireball saw the Living End deck had no expensive cards so it arbitrarily decided to make Fulminator Mage
the expensive card.
That kind of makes sense, considering Fulminator Mage was a really cheap card before Living End became a thing.
March 24, 2014 10:12 a.m.
Hallowed_Titan says... #8
I wish they were cheaper, but I use a set of Avalanche Riders instead. Still effective..ish.
March 24, 2014 10:30 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #9
So...it's mostly because of his role in Living End ?
What are the major roles he fills in modern play?
March 24, 2014 10:48 a.m.
I think its main purpose is to be a 3-mana answer to Tron and utility lands (i.e. Mutavault and Inkmoth Nexus ). Being a creature makes it easier to recur, but Living End is the only deck (that I know of) that actively reanimates creatures. Being a 2/2 body means it can block or attack before you activate it, but I don't see why you would do that instead of activating it immediately.
In a format where Stone Rain is legal, I can only imagine that Fulminator Mage is just a way for people to brag about the price of their deck.
March 24, 2014 11:20 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #11
lol people already answered. VS Tron & Scapeshift. ...but u can use him any match really. Any time ur not sure what to put in, Fulminator Mage is up next! Hates on manlands, shocks, fetches, utility lands. Can even protect your Treetop Village from a Tectonic Edge .
March 24, 2014 11:24 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #13
Sorry, I didn't mean to ask again...I just looked up the cards that make Tron and Scapeshift work and it's very clear that Fulminator is a good sideboard card against them.
I'm obviously very new to the modern meta. There's a lot of powerful deck archetypes to learn.
cschiller says... #2
The living end deck runs a playset. He is the only expensive non-land card in the entire deck, but is part of what makes it so good.
C+P this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gsMJC-BOp8
March 24, 2014 12:20 a.m.