[GTC] – 12/26 Mothership Holiday Preview: Firemane Avenger

[TheTennesseeFireman]

Originally Posted by tomthumb

Battalion sucks in constructed, sadly. It's a win more ability in the land of Supreme Verdict.

Don't forget, it's also in the land of Lingering Souls. Odric and Windbrisk Heights have both seen play, and this is easier to fulfill. There's also no guarantee that it requires 2 additional creatures; others could have more or less.

[Colorous_Pius]

Loving it. RW tokens get a great card. Boros tokens keeps looking better and better!

[MichaelWhite]

So, will Battalion always be 2 creatures, or did Odric have it all along?

Maybe we were lead astray by the Avacyn symbol on his sword.

[MisterMind]

I love it! Very excited for this ability when the set comes out. My Army grows stronger in numbers

[germanturkey]

yeah, this will definitely make a constructed splash at least. curve out ash zealot, silverblade paladin, then this? wow.

[i_am_brucelee]

Originally Posted by Thirty

Now if there was only some way to give your creatures haste continuously...

umm... fervor?

[The Greendale Human Being]

Wasn't expecting their ability to be helix on a stick. Interesting

[Nobody Likes Nicol Bolas]

Imagine three Battalion creatures attacking. Aww yeah.

[JacetheBroken]

So if you attack with three creatures with batallion 3 triggers go off and you get three free lightning helixes or whatever the others will be? Sounds good.

[Molten Shark]

So enough Boros creatures attacking turns them all into semi-Titans? I like it. If these are the prerelease cards, I'm going Boros unless Dimir or Orzhov have something really amazing.

[daedalusaf]

I can easily see this getting out of hand with Hellrider in a Standard Boros deck. Hope to see Battalion triggers on a Haste creature

By the way they are ordering the previews, I suspect Orzhov will be tomorrow, followed by Dimir on Friday. And the way they are costed so far, I also wouldn't be surprised if these are the prerelease promos

[tomthumb]

Originally Posted by TheTennesseeFireman

Don't forget, it's also in the land of Lingering Souls. Odric and Windbrisk Heights have both seen play, and this is easier to fulfill. There's also no guarantee that it requires 2 additional creatures; others could have more or less.

Lingering Souls is unplayable right now because of cards like Izzet Staticaster, and I don't foresee wanting to play Lingering Souls in an aggressive Boros deck anyway. It's possible that a white Boros card with this keyword will be good in a token deck, though.


odric is unplayable jank

[Lully]

I think one more point of power would make this a mythic. It just has a zestyness to it. It LOOKS powerful.

[Kithas]

...
I am disappoint
needing 3+ creatures to attack to do SOMETHING is a terrible keyword for aggro, barring 0 drops the first turn you could even use it would be t3 and thats with 3 one drops, most games itd be t4 with no interaction, so in most situations this keyword will be dead seeing as unless you are playing a goldfish or racing aggro you will be losing creatures. Aggro strategies in the current environment need single creatures that are threats all their own, not a building mechanic that will usually do nothing.

really not what I would have liked from the boros ability, much less one of our 4 drops.

flavorwise sure its great

[jturphy]

Originally Posted by JacetheBroken

So if you attack with three creatures with batallion 3 triggers go off and you get three free lightning helixes or whatever the others will be? Sounds good.

It won't always be Lightning Helix. There will be other effects too. Like First Strike at uncommon or something.