Master of the Feast
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Posted on April 14, 2014, 2:11 a.m. by Unforgivn_II
This guy seems bad. And then you realize that he's going to be in standard with Waste Not. So you can slightly refill your opponents hand on your turn. Just to force them to discard it away for some value out of Waste Not. And you get a monster 5/5 Flyer. Thoughts?
KnightsBattlecry001 says... #3
Personally I think he will have a spot in standard. Turn three 5/5 flier is nothing to laugh at even with that effect. I can see him going in Rakdos aggro among others. He will be a major bomb in limited. I like it a lot right now. Gonna be trying plenty of idea decks with him.
April 14, 2014 2:17 a.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #4
I was all excited for Desecration Demon to rotate... Now this thing comes along.
April 14, 2014 2:21 a.m.
I'm really unsure as to whether I like him or not. The blue control mage screams at me for giving my opponent resources while the aggro player in me sees a turn 3 5/5 flyer with 2 devotion attached. The fat demon's effect is going to compete a lot with Herald of Torment though.
April 14, 2014 2:50 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #7
I say he looks bad because he offers an answer to himself. Any respectable deck runs at least a little removal. So helping them draw into that is bad. Card draw is arguably the most powerful effect in MTG (See:Ancestral Recall ). Allowing that to your opponent is typically not great.
However, considering he requires surviving until your next upkeep for your opponent to gain advantage, I suppose it isn't a bad investment (a blocker at the very least). But control will lick their chops getting a chance to draw a card with no downside with instant speed removal. Respond to the trigger, profit
April 14, 2014 2:51 a.m.
Well, at the very least, this card may find a home in some Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks.
April 14, 2014 2:57 a.m.
With Fate Unraveler , I dunno. You get a Shock s worth of damage, in, then hit em in the face with 5 more damage.
April 14, 2014 3:51 a.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #10
MUD players are going to love slapping Claustrophobia on this guy.
I swear by card advantage almost to a fault, so naturally I'm not impressed. I'll take Herald of Torment over him any day.
April 14, 2014 3:52 a.m.
I dont know whether he's too bad or acceptable. Will he be played in aggro? Very likely. Played in midrange? Doubt it. The longer you spend with him down, the larger the advantage to the opponent. 6/10
April 14, 2014 4:09 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #12
Hes gives your dead opponent card advantage, seems playable to me.
Would do well for group hug in mp games as well
April 14, 2014 4:14 a.m.
A 5/5 flier does not necessarily equal a dead opponent. Especially when the opponent effectively 0 for 1s it by using the answer they just drew due to his ability. He's an extremely dangerous card to play.
April 14, 2014 5:09 a.m.
I'm kind of edging ChiefBell's way here. I mean, I think I'd rather play the herald and then drop something like Mogis's Marauder to get in damage. Pair the whole thing up with things like Pain Seer and such and you've got a pretty solid aggro deck.
April 14, 2014 5:11 a.m.
I think he goes in aggro though. The quicker you finish, the less chance the opponent has of profiting. In midrange where he might be your first major play, he sucks because it'll be many turns before you're able to finish.
April 14, 2014 5:50 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #16
Seems like a pretty perfect suicide black curve ender to me. Falls right in line with the Herald. 9/10, would play again.
April 14, 2014 8:10 a.m.
Turn 3, this guy...
Turn 4, during your upkeep, while his ability is on the stack, flash in Notion Thief
.
You get the card advantage, and a 5/5 Flying creature... sounds like a win to me.
Play with Fate Unraveler
for another way to benefit.
And play with Dictate of Kruphix
, to add to all of the cards draw interactions.
He has to be played around, but he's going to a powerhouse.
U/B, mono-B, and B/R Aggro will all play with it.
April 14, 2014 8:41 a.m.
oops.... forgot. Won't have 4 mana on upkeep... still a valid strategy for the following turn.
April 14, 2014 8:44 a.m.
Also, I'm glad Wizards had the foresight to make this card draw occur on your upkeep rather than your opponents turn.
Otherwise, it would be too obvious to pair it with Spirit of the Labyrinth , for a B/W aggro deck... still might work okay, as it does mean 2x Demons only nets them one card.
April 14, 2014 9:01 a.m.
Even though he could let your opponent draw removal, they still have to consider whether to save that removal for your actual bomb and take 5 to the face, or use it on him.
In B/R (probably the best place for this), you can slap Madcap Skills
on him and just go to town.
April 14, 2014 9:06 a.m.
Was that card just created to screw everyone who has collected a playset Herald of Torment over the last months?
April 14, 2014 11:01 a.m.
Herald of Torment is still a solid card. You could even run both in the same deck.
April 14, 2014 11:06 a.m.
A 3/3 flier for 3 is fine; the drawback is negligible too.
A 5/5 flier for 3 is amazing; the drawback is fairly major.
We have choices now. Note too that the 3/3 has bestow.
April 14, 2014 11:08 a.m.
That is interesting to play against from a control perspective. I'll very likely let it live until my opponents next turn, so I can kill it and draw a card. But if the guy across the table has a Golgari charm or something like that, I would run right into a blowout... Oh, livin' the dream, I like that.
Second, the fatass is pretty fragile as an Enchantment Creature. Herold of Torment gets around that to a degree, since it can be bestowed and atleast hit something immediately on turn 5.
Siding in Unravel the Aether and Revoke Existence is good against Black already, because of Underworld Connections . Now the black player is giving them another target that also gets them ahead in handsize as well?
Finally.... could Master of the Feast bring Varolz, the Scar-Striped back into constructed? I doubt it, but it seems like a fun interaction.
April 14, 2014 11:24 a.m.
I don't think Mono-B would run this guy because it removes the card advantage they get from Thoughtseize and Duress .
Black aggro would like this guy, though. I can see a T6 Master + Mogis's Marauder for an alpha strike.
April 14, 2014 11:28 a.m.
NixTheThird says... #27
It may come down to if some decks morph around negating the card draw (I like Fate Unraveler , but it is probably too slow for aggro) or try to haste it out as a finisher instead of an early game threat (Hammer of Purphoros or Mogis's Marauder ).
As a fan of R/B, I like the idea of using it as a surprise, evasive closer with tacked on haste instead of a telegraphed, but scarily early threat. The idea I have is keeping the air clear with some removal while working with your normal, ground based hasty attackers. Then, the turn after the opponent has gained the upper hand on the ground and tapped lands to where removal is no longer an option, you reveal a Master of the Feast (or two if you live in magical Christmas land, my favorite vacation spot) with whatever haste enabler you've got and force the opponent to come up with an answer an NOW or in one turn, after they have already thrown many answers against on your previous attackers.
April 14, 2014 3:20 p.m.
I could actually see it working decently in a B/U deck with Notion Thief . Curves fairly well into him, I'd imagine, and eliminates the drawback.
April 14, 2014 4:32 p.m.
Here's my (quickly thrown together) idea of where this guy could go.
Feast of Notions Playtest
Standard*
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Some1TookMyName says... #32
Or even Orzhov aggro with Spirit of the Labyrinth . Plus cards giving double devotion are alluring. so what if your opponent draws removal spells... thats what your Athreos, God of Passage will be for :P
April 15, 2014 5:09 p.m.
They've cleverly made it so they're both 3-drops. You're going to be really over saturated on that slow resulting in a sub-par late game, and a slow early game.
April 15, 2014 5:10 p.m.
AnagonLordofSnakes says... #35
I love this card. It survives bolt so you actually need somewhat decent removal to destroy it. And then that rises the question, how many viable answers is your opponent running against this?
April 15, 2014 5:27 p.m.
well black has tons of answers, white will have exile cards, red already has Fated Conflagration (if it gets that bad), green can fight it with Polu and others, blue will just do what it always does and counter it.
The most screwed one is red. Green can follow a turn 3 5/5 with its own turn 4 5/5, so they'll be scared but not overly. Black shouldn't worry, white shouldn't worry.
April 15, 2014 5:28 p.m.
MadDreams, that doesn't work, cause your opponents are drawing during your turn.
April 15, 2014 5:30 p.m.
Lol ChiefBell, "red already has Fated Conflagration (if it gets that bad)".
April 15, 2014 5:31 p.m.
Some1TookMyName says... #39
Well just in case they plan on drawing on my turn I'll have that in my crappy deck
April 15, 2014 5:33 p.m.
AnagonLordofSnakes says... #40
I'm not going to pretend I have any idea what the standard meta game is like right now. But if this thing demands a Hero's Downfall or Ultimate Price I'd be happy with it. It can easily backfire on the person that plays it obviously. And Pacifism effects=almost as sad as it happening to Thought Gorger
April 15, 2014 5:44 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #41
I'm not sure i agree chiefbell red doesn't need to deal with it, when it can block with it's own mcuh smaller flyers whilst drawing two burn spells a turn to fling at your face.
April 15, 2014 7:56 p.m.
Rozinasran says... #42
Rayenous- Notion Thief doesn't actually work with this card, since your opponent is still only drawing one card per turn, so the thief's ability doesn't trigger.
I think this will see some Standard play post-rotation. Regardless, I'm going to be picking one up for my Nekusar, the Mindrazer EDH.
April 15, 2014 10:37 p.m.
Doesn't Notion Thief specify draw step? Doesn't that mean card drawn outside of the first one drawn during the draw step count for the ability?
April 15, 2014 10:42 p.m.
Rozinasran says... #44
Huh, so it does.
In that case, I've been misled and should totally have won that Super Series match. That Supreme Verdict off the top put me out of the finals...
April 15, 2014 10:45 p.m.
Idk, I put him in my midrange Rakdos deck. I just think his aggression is crazy strong. Especcially before Desecration demon goes out. The Return of the Nightmare from Hell. I would SB him out though vs control, sorry that card draw for them is not where I want to head too.
April 16, 2014 12:51 a.m.
I currently run him in Ravish the Meek. He's improved the matchup against green decks quite well. I'm starting to warm up to this guy.
April 16, 2014 1:04 a.m.
This + Waste Not + Tormented Thoughts = a really depressed opponent. Granted, Master of the Feast would have to survive turn three, but you could even wait until turn six when you can land them both (not to mention any ramp you might have).
Also, Polymorphous Rush is pretty amazing with this guy due to his low cost / high power, though you would want a Battlefield Thaumaturge out to reduce the strive cost.
June 2, 2014 4:46 p.m.
I've had fun with him, I've made a standard casual deck for Eidolon of Blossoms that's really fun, playsetting the following:Spiteful Returned Brain Maggot Courser of Kruphix Boon Satyr Herald of Torment Master of the Feast Eidolon of Blossoms & 3x Pharika, God of Affliction It's pretty fun and self explanatory: Play stuff, get a Blossom out, Pharika is a creature in no time, bestow some things, endlessly draw cards, if something dies turn it into a 1/1 deathtouch snake. add some removal or protection (Unravel the Aether or Golgari Charm ) and you're good to go. I was thinking about adding a sideboard and taking it to an FNM or local standard event for funsies. It does fairly well against the meta... Fairly meaning you'll win some but not consistently win.
June 3, 2014 3:01 a.m.
I'm running 2 Masters main and 2 in the SB in my MonoB Aggro. He is great when he is great, and really, really bad when he is bad. So the 2-2 splitt is fine since I can take them out or in depending on the game. Normally against monsters/creature decks he is godly and against MBD/Revelation decks he is pretty poor.
Blizzicane says... #2
I am wondering if he has a shot in mono-black aggro. :S
April 14, 2014 2:17 a.m.