Behold, Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker~!

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Posted on Aug. 31, 2014, 12:20 a.m. by WovenNebula

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Sooooo... what does everyone think?

Dalektable says... #2

I like how there were three Sarkhan threads created all within the same minute...lol. Well I like him :D

August 31, 2014 12:24 a.m.

WovenNebula says... #3

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August 31, 2014 12:25 a.m.

WovenNebula says... #4

@Dalektable I agree he definitely a better replacement for Stormbreath. On another note I beat everyone by seconds lol! That is if you look at the list on which these were created.

August 31, 2014 12:27 a.m.

jr92_2000 says... #5

Really like this one.

August 31, 2014 12:30 a.m.

erabel says... #6

I can dig this in EDH, maybe. Repeatable damage to creatures, or a consistent beatstick that doesn't die, plus a potential for something resembling card advantage in red. Plus, pure Dragon flavor for Karrthus or Zirilan.

August 31, 2014 12:32 a.m.

CharonSquared says... #7

He's really good. Almost certain to see play in standard, and I want one for my cube.

August 31, 2014 12:33 a.m.

WovenNebula says... #8

I really like this guy, his ultimate I'm not thrilled about but a pseudo repeatable mizzium mortar beat stick storm breath gimme gimme lol

August 31, 2014 12:35 a.m.

-Fulcrum says... #9

Damn. He makes me want to go back to my Rakdos Control deck.

August 31, 2014 12:42 a.m.

JWiley129 says... #10

Sarkhan seems very good, and very flavorful with his dragon-omancy. Seems very good for Standard and maybe in Modern? I'm not sure if RDW needs 5-drops though. Could see play in a control deck just as a 4/4 flyer.

August 31, 2014 12:56 a.m.

jr92_2000 says... #11

@WovenNebula The ultimate certainly looks like the least useful mode (sort of Vraska-esque in that sense). It's rare card draw for red, but the decks that could best leverage it probably won't want to have a CMC this high.

August 31, 2014 12:58 a.m.

WovenNebula says... #12

The ultimate is too late in the game for Reanimation, maybe cross your fingers for burn draw at that time. I can definitely see him in mono red but in modern I'm not sure where he will fit, in standard tho he will be a blast for sure.

August 31, 2014 1:04 a.m.

Vieno says... #13

Sooo, his +1 makes him a Stormbreath Dragon (although vulnerable to Devouring Light , his -3 is Stoke the Flames , and his ult is an end game emblem. Yeah, my Temur deck is running this SO hard.

August 31, 2014 1:07 a.m.

benelas16 says... #14

He is pretty meh. Dies so easily. Sure 4 is great, but I'm sure there is better things you can do on turn 5 for 5 mana. So you got rid of a guy, Sarkhan is now at 1, they send a chump into him and the rest at you. Why not a tooth claw and tail effect Even more better...Switch his +1 with his -3. or hell EVEN BETTER give him a Form of the Dragon effect for his ult. This is about the same as Vraska the Unseen

August 31, 2014 1:30 a.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #15

Where did you get these card images from? They are not showing up on mythicspoiler.

August 31, 2014 4:51 a.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #16

Nevermind.

www.mythicspoiler.com and mythicspoiler.com are two different sites.

August 31, 2014 4:54 a.m.

So I got Stormbreath Dragon 5-8 for my standard decks? It also has a built in Flame Slash and attainable ultimate that is nuts late game?

I'm in love. He is great and can fit into so many archetypes.

August 31, 2014 10:06 a.m.

Yeah I definitely want Sarkhan, I think a red aggro list wants a few copies of Sarkhan, exchanged with Stormbreath Dragon post sideboard. I don't really know which is better when, Sarkhan can be removal, cannot be killed by creature removal, actually pretty attainable ultimate that gives card draw in a color that doesn't actually get it often, whereas Stormbreath can't be killed on the crackback and is pro-white, can get bigger and punish a card-draw heavy deck.

His ult makes him pretty freaking good for Mono-red because you can drill down to get burn, more guys to go wide, or some other sort of stall-breaker that can push damage through like a Fanatic of Mogis . The way I see it if you can't cast it by turn 7 or later in monored you shouldn't have put it in your deck, and if it doesn't help deal damage you don't care about discarding it.

August 31, 2014 1:21 p.m.

I feel I should clarify, I was talking about Mono-Red aggro. Although he seems pretty good in midrange (fills the same slot as Stormbreath, which sees play in Gruul and Jund Monsters)

And if Red/X control becomes a thing he's fine in that too as a beater and removal. His ult is probably less good in control if it's like UW where you wanna hold up things like Azorius Charm or Sphinx's Revelation

August 31, 2014 1:27 p.m.

nfcnorth says... #20

Of note Sarkhan is better against Elspeth, Sun's Champion than Stormbreath Dragon mainly because it does not die to her minus 4 if they play elspeth on 6. Then again the dragon is better against Banishing Light and white flying blockers so there is a trade off.

August 31, 2014 4:21 p.m.

benelas16 says... #21

Sarkan dies to devouring light justsayin

August 31, 2014 5:42 p.m.

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