Armada Wurm?
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Posted on April 3, 2014, 10:12 a.m. by Drathen
Why is this card not seeing play at all?
To me it seems like a pretty alright card.
And to people who say 6 CMC is too much.
There is alot of card that are 5 CMC or more that see play, so why not this one?
mymanpotsandpans says... #3
I think it is not as played now because of Advent of the Wurm , it is a cheaper card to start populating with sooner. Just is Armada Wurm has a heavier cost requirement then the Advent of the Wurm also it has pseudo flash for a creature token producer..
April 3, 2014 10:42 a.m.
ThatBlueMage - you realise that it creates TWO 5/5 creatures and therefore does not die to Doom Blade and is not an overcosted Advent of the Wurm .
April 3, 2014 11:12 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #5
6 mana for 10 power compared to 4 mana for 5 power, if anything I'd say that Armada Wurm is far more undercosted. (ignoring timing restrictions.)
April 3, 2014 11:29 a.m.
completely agree. Mathematically Armada Wurm is superior. And considering a simple killspell doesn't answer it makes it even more appealing. However, being able to 'flash' in Advent of the Wurm is great.
April 3, 2014 11:30 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
I used to run Armada Wurm in an INN/RTR standard brew. Armada Wurm + Restoration Angel + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice makes your opponents cry. (14 life for 4 mana at instant speed with a net gain of a 3/4 with flying and a 5/5 with trample.)
Now, there isn't a way to flicker him so it makes it less useful.
April 3, 2014 11:45 a.m.
the format is just a bit to fast for the wurm, that and if you are playing a 6 drop Elspeth, Sun's Champion has more utility.
April 3, 2014 12:59 p.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #11
It's fringe playable, especially since it doesn't actually die to Doom Blade as a previous poster suggested. Some good brewy applications include targeting it with Whip of Erebos in a Junk Reanimator deck, teaming it with Ogre Battledriver in Naya (maybe with Scion of Vitu-Ghazi as well), flashing it with Prophet of Kruphix with some extra Master Biomancer counters in a Bant creatures deck, and obviously Trostani, Selesnya's Voice in a tokens deck.
If Karametra, God of Harvests wasn't so horrible, I suspect we'd see more of this card and Trostani.
Servo_Token says... #2
This one is two colors, and is much harder to ramp into with nykthos.
Also, dies to Doom Blade , of which there are currently many.
Also, doesn't have any other effects aside from being an overcosted Advent of the Wurm .
Also, GW isn't the best right now, and they want to be keeping around 4 CMC, curving out at Trostani, so they can be faster.
Also, a "Pretty alright card" isn't really the thing to be playing, when you could be playing a "Holy SH** this is a good card!".
April 3, 2014 10:40 a.m.