Hero of Leina Tower
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Posted on Jan. 21, 2014, 12:21 a.m. by Jay
Seems powerful for heroic. Thoughts?
Powerful... for heroic... ie. not yet powerful enough to see play.
Savageborn Hydra ... Doublestrike... can add +1/+1 counters at will (ie. without needing to target it with a spell... and doesn't see play.
Of course, I'm only looking at it in terms of Standard... probably a good early bomb in Limited. But then you have to be creating a heroic deck, which is fun to play, but not usually overly powerful.
Imagine though, dropping this T1... how long will it be before you have enough mana to turn it into a threat?... and how much mana you have to put into it to make it a threat? You could probably just cast a larger threat for cheaper. - Only bonus is that you can repeat the process.
January 21, 2014 12:29 a.m.
I just like an aggressive creature that can retain value late game. Tbh she probably won't see much action, but I like her spirit haha.
January 21, 2014 12:31 a.m.
The advantage of this hero over Savageborn Hydra is that you can do this at instant speed if you time it right, you can do something like flash bestow Boon Satyr , pump the hero, at the end of your opponents' turn. Almost like a Sphinx's Revelation , but as a creature.
January 21, 2014 12:34 a.m.
@Rayenous it's a human so it can combo off Xathrid Necromancer as long as he's standard it's worth mentioning, also, I can think of a lot of derpy 1-drops being used right now, things like Dryad Militant and Rakdos Cackler and Boros Elite all 1-drops that carry more than their share of weight on a continual basis. The one thing this card can do that the rest can't is be an explosive top deck, sure you have to spark it with heroic, but if that's how you built the deck then it shouldn't be a problem, and should prove more useful than other top decked 1-drops right now in a aggro deck like that.
January 21, 2014 12:56 a.m.
10vernothin says... #8
never let her past you defense if you see your opponent's mana up
January 21, 2014 1:15 a.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #9
Maybe good with Ghor-Clan Rampager type Bloodrush stuff. She's ok. Could be made good early game like Champion of the Parish . The only issue is the mana investment...
January 21, 2014 5:20 a.m.
Doesn't anyone else see how combining this with Armed / Dangerous will end a game? Gruul could like this a lot.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #2
Good for limited I think. 1 drop with potential.
January 21, 2014 12:23 a.m.