Why Dragonlord's Servant?
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Posted on May 1, 2015, 1:43 p.m. by doctorsmegma
What's the noise all about? He seems shit to me but I'm reading that he's just going to go up in price and you should "get em now while you can"
Considering I traded my Dragonlord Ojutai for a Soulfire Grand Master before it jumped to 30 bucks each, I'm wondering if there is something about Dragonlord's Servant which I'm not seeing?
Especially because I'm playing a Dragon-themed deck.
Servo_Token says... #3
"I prefer that my dragon spells cost more mana to cast"
-doctorsmegma, 2015.
While I disagree that it will be "spiking in price" anytime soon, it's a solid card that all dragon EDH decks want, and as long as people are running red cards and dragons in standard, people will be trying it out. If some low-cost aggressive red based dragon deck comes about, it'll probably make an appearance. However, it's by no means a staple card in any format that isn't Dragons EDH.
May 1, 2015 1:54 p.m.
Dragonlord's Servant allows you to cast your Dragons one turn earlier, while his 1/3 body walls most aggro creatures and prevents stuff like Satyr Wayfinder and Courser of Kruphix to get in for some chipdamage in the early parts of the game. A turn 3 Thunderbreak Regent hurts.
Never underrestimate 1/3 bodies for 2. Are you playing for long enough to remember Augur of Bolas? Same thing. I prefer Caryatid though.
May 1, 2015 1:57 p.m.
TurboFagoot says... #5
The card is pretty terrible in competitive formats. People are comparing it to Dragonspeaker Shaman, which is like a $7 uncommon. However, that is was a set that had a much smaller print run than DTK. Dragonlord's Servant will probably never reach that price because of how large print runs are now.
tl;dr: Card is bad, people are speculating on it for the casual market, and are in general pretty bad at speculating.
May 1, 2015 2:26 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
Don't underestimate the casual market. It can really sway some prices. Example, I made a killing with 120 copies of Consuming Aberration, picking them up at like 50 cents when it came out to sell them for $4 about 9 months ago. It was great.
However, in this case, the card isnt good enough to make that sort of splash
May 1, 2015 3:17 p.m.
Kyletheslumberingdragon says... #7
Been using this card a lot lately and think its really solid. Against small stuff its a great early blocker , I've lost track of how many Goblin Rabblemaster tokens this thing has killed . last FNM playing one turn 2 and 3 enabled me to drop 2Thunderbreak Regent turn 4 which was pretty good in my books
nehalemfisher009 says... #2
Maybe that they are able to "pay" for multiple dragons each turn whereas land or other dorks can only be used once and require you tap them?
May 1, 2015 1:48 p.m.