AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A XENAGOS PARTY
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Posted on Jan. 15, 2014, 8:19 p.m. by JWiley129
Xenagos, God of Revels- 3RG
All the usual stuff.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gets +X/+X where X is that creatures power.
6/5
Sorry for no pic I'm posting this on my phone.
Schuesseled says... #2
my has an estimated delivery of march 3! Well at least it will get here by my birthday on the 7th.
January 16, 2014 10:23 a.m.
I think this... A Tribute to Devotion... is the type of Xenagos deck we'll be looking at upon release.
January 16, 2014 11:04 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #4
@Schuesseled The cards can't ship till the 7th. Mine have to travel 300miles which will take 3 days in regular US mail. Ebay won't give you an accurate shipping date for presales. If it's shipping overseas it could be 3 weeks unless you pay extra for shipping.
January 16, 2014 11:24 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #5
Finally up on SCG for $15 and sold out rapidly.
January 16, 2014 2:49 p.m.
Not good. Too costly for his 6/5 body in comparison with the other gods, and an aggro deck has better things to do with five mana. If his ability didn't say "another target creature" then it would be a different story, but even then he's not as potent as other current choices.
January 16, 2014 3:29 p.m.
that's why you don't put him in an aggro deck lol. just like every other card your not just going to throw him in any random deck that shares colors. The deck will be designed so that he works with the other cards in your deck not against them.
January 16, 2014 4:07 p.m.
Building around a card just to make it work isn't really a good idea. It's fun, but rarely (if ever) competitive. Especially in his colors, you never want to put something in if it changes the course of the deck.
I'm not saying he won't have his uses, but for 5 mana I would rather play a bomb than something that makes bombs bombier.
January 16, 2014 4:11 p.m.
I didn't say build around him, I said build a deck that he works in. It doesn't have to feature him and be built entirely around him, it just has to have synergy with the other cards in the deck so it's not being counterproductive, just like every other card you put into the deck. You want your deck to function, not be cluncky, which is why if an aggro deck has better things to do with 5 mana, then you wouldn't be trying to force this into your 5 drop slot. That's what I was getting at.
January 16, 2014 4:33 p.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #10
The deck is built already and is tourney competitive, he fits perfect. Just need to figure how many to play in the deck, prob 2 maybe 3.
January 16, 2014 4:38 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #11
Building a deck with XenaGod is like building a deck with any other powerful card.
Let's say that instead of XenaGod, Bloodbraid Elf had just been spoiled for Born of the Gods. You can't immediately say "It's bad because G/R monsters is full of 4,5,and 6-drops". There are other decks that run red and green that would be happy to have Bloodbraid Elf join their ranks.
Not fitting in the deck you want to shove him in does not make him a bad card.
January 16, 2014 4:42 p.m.
@NobodyPicksBulbasaur thank you that's what I was trying to say. He'll find a home somewhere
January 16, 2014 4:47 p.m.
I'm just going to wait. He'll probably fall like the Theros gods did. Plus Xenegos, God of Revels isn't going into any decks I have.
January 16, 2014 6:24 p.m.
You know what I just realized?
Now, not only can Venser swing Venser, Karn swing Karn, and Nicol Bolas swing Nicol Bolas. but now we have the opportunity for Xenagos to swing Xenagos!
(for those unaware, have both the creature and the planeswalker form out, play Mycosynth Lattice to make everything artifacts, then use Bludgeon Brawl to make the planeswalkers equipment, to be equipped to the creatures. Hilarity ensues.)
January 17, 2014 11:32 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #17
Of course he can go into an aggro deck, not in the place of storm breath but in addition too. Check out my 9 5drop rocking aggro brew
January 17, 2014 1:30 p.m.
championofstuff12 says... #18
Ahh, the commander potential! 30/30 Worldspine Wurm !
January 17, 2014 10:57 p.m.
What do you think about this combo with him?
T1: Forest, Elvish Mystic
T2: Forest, Elvish Archdruid
T3: Mountain. Tap everything and cast Xenagos, God of Revels
T4: Forest. Cast Timbermare . Because of Xenagos, Timbermare will become a 10/10 and because of Timbermare's ability, all creatures will be tapped, including your opponent's creatures. Attack with Timbermare then cast Fling and sacrifice him....... GAME OVER!!!
January 18, 2014 9:31 a.m.
RussischerZar says... #20
The big question is: will he make Borborygmos Enraged Standard playable?
Lets say you just have some mana dorks on the field to actually cast Borby, then you'll get a 14/13 haste trample and a 6/5 Indestructible into 3-12 damage from Borby... that's likely going to be game over.
January 22, 2014 9:28 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #21
No Borby, 7/6 for 8 mana? For that much mana you could splash white for Aurelia, the Warleader who can swing for 18 and bloodrush Ghor-Clan Rampager on her doing 30 damage.
For competitive play Stormbreath Dragon and Kalonian Hydra are the highest cmc you want to go with Xenagod.
January 22, 2014 9:50 a.m.
I don't see Borborygmos Enraged as being any more viable...
I agree with Stormbreath Dragon , but not so much Kalonian Hydra . It's nice when Xenagos, God of Revels is already out (12/12 Trample Haste)... but when it's not, it's much slower, and it's ability will usually only benefit itself.
Polukranos, World Eater and Ruric Thar, the Unbowed are strong options. - Neither of them are 5-Drops, so they don't mess up the curve, and both have strong abilities which mess with the opponent or their board state.
January 22, 2014 11:23 a.m.
RussischerZar says... #23
The good thing about Borby is that he gives 4 devotion to Xenagod by himself, meaning you need only one additional devotion to turn Xenagod on. Although I guess if you have enough manadorks to cast him on turn 5-6 you might have enough devotion anyway with whatever else you're casting.
January 23, 2014 6:09 a.m.
Tom_Corbett says... #24
@robrone9: No... Activated abilities or triggered abilities (like Xen's) do not cause heroic abilities to trigger. Rule 404.1: a triggered ability begins with the word when, whenever, or at.
March 1, 2014 11:06 a.m.
Umm... This card makes top deck Burning-Tree Emissary s into life-neutral Lava Hounds . Heck, even Courser of Kruphix now looks threatening. A 4/6 for 3 is quite a good aggressive body, and when you do it to something with actual power, like Ghor-Clan Rampager , the shenanigans get insane. Also: haste = win against aggro. Also: Spark Trooper . Now all you need is the Boros Charm for double strike :)
Rasta_Viking29 says... #1
@Schuesseled I would. So glad I got mine, only one state over too so they should be here right away. I could see him being $30 on SCG like Kiora, the Crashing Wave .
January 16, 2014 10:10 a.m.