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Solarion
Fifth Dawn Rare
Reviewed June 11, 2004
Constructed: 1.6
Casual: 3
Limited: 2
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
Okay, so it's too
cumbersome for tournament constructed play.
But, OMG...this is the stuff that casual players
DREAM of! Casual players love fatties, and
this guy can easily be the king of the non-2-card
(see
BFM) fattie-boom-baddies.
His drawbacks are
these:
1) On his
own, he can't attack AND tap to double, and
2) He lacks
evasion such as trample, flying, fear, etc.
So how do we solve
that? A couple quick adds to our casual
deck, and Solarion becomes the 2nd Biggest,
Baddest, Scariest Monster you'll ever see.
Serra's Embrace gives him +2/+2, Flying and
Does not tap to attack. With Embrace, he'll
be able to Attack, evade by flight, then tap to
double at the end of your opponent's turn. In 3
turns, your opponent is toast. Another
solution is
Whispersilk Cloak. While not as good as
Embrace, it still gives makes your Solarion
unblockable, and also protects it from removal or
other targeting. You can always use him as a
blocker until you have tapped at the end of your
opponent's turn twice (to make him a 20/20), then
attack for one killer blow. As a note, if
you're going to use both, be sure to attach the
Embrace first, then the Cloak since the Cloak will
make it untargetable by the Embrace.
In limited, you really
have to have a good Sunburst theme going and play
him with 5 colors to make him a consideration.
He's mostly too slow otherwise, though he's
certainly interesting if you end up in a stand
off.
Constructed:
1.5
Casual: 4
Limited: 2.5
Current Price:
Solarion -
Fifth Dawn - $3.49
Combos
Well With:
Whispersilk
Cloak -
Darksteel - $0.45
Serra's
Embrace -
7th Edition - $0.79
Card -
set - $0.00
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Eventually, this guy
will get huge. But he suffers from the Krosan
Cloudscraper problem - no matter how huge he
gets, a puny 0/1 can stop him. So you either
have to get rid of your opponents' creatures, or
you have to give this guy evasion. Sounds like a
fun plan for casual, but by the time this guy
gets huge, you should have already won the game
in competitive constructed.
In limited, he'd be
great as a nice "Abyss" for your opponent. I
doubt he's going to get through much, though,
unless you put something like Whispersilk Cloak
on it.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 1.5
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Solarion
Sorry, no sale here. A
card that costs seven mana HAS to be good the turn
you play it. This card’s special ability doesn’t
come into play until the turn AFTER in comes into
play, and you can subtract another turn from this
card’s ferocity if you plan on actually using the
“doubling” ability before you attack. A creature
whose counters can double over and over again is a
very interesting idea, but Solarion is mostly a
fat blocker. When he does manage to get super
threatening and go on the offensive, he lacks
trample or evasion. It just takes too long for
this card to do much for you. Even worse in
constructed.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.0
CASUAL:
2.0
LIMITED:
2.0
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Solarion
Look, another
massively overcosted creature. In its best case,
you are paying WBRUG2 for a 5/5. What a stunning
deal. While his ability to “double up” is indeed
pretty cool, he is yet another artifact in
Mirrodin block, and thus likely to die to any
number of artifact or creature removal spells
before he comes on line. I must admit though, he
may end up being fun in multiplayer….
Constructed:
1
Casual:
4
Limited:
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
The thing about a
creature such as Solarion that you have to
understand is that it's mainly bad because of
all the artifact hate in the environment right
now. He's and expensive creature. It also has
to tap itself to activate its ability. This
means he's not attacking at some point. Even in
limited, I'd be a small bit hesitant to play him
due to his high mana cost. But limited is also
the only way I can see myself taking advantage
of it.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 2
Limited: 2.5
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Jason
Chapman |
Solarian will probably
become Timmy's greatest friend. A little pricey
for a creature with no evasion or true special
ability but the growth factor more than makes up
for this little problem. I especially like the
Solarian in decks that can untap him multiple
times so you can get all the growth at once.
Constructed - Without
Evasion or Haste it just it in my book - 2.5
Casual - Having a
creature like this just makes you a target - 2.0
Limited - With so
many chump blockers I just never see him getting
through - 2.0 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Solarion
See his mouth? Know what he's screaming? "I NEED
TRAMPLE!". Sunburst
creatures that cost over 5 mana and don't give
other bonuses tend to be...
not so great. Plus the fact that you waste an
additional turn making him
super huge. I guess you can dismantle him onto
something else though, if
you're bored.
constructed 1.5
casual 3
limited 2
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Chase
Secret Squirrel
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SolarionWhoa!
That’s my initial reaction. The cool thing about
this card is that it is not totally useless
without all five colors, though it is obviously
more powerful if you get all five on it. I doubt
it will be that much of a force in limited or
constructed because you can’t really take up
time with tapping this thing. After you get
something with sunburst out, you should be
pretty close to winning the game. So this falls
short.
I simply don’t like this in either in
constructed or limited, because you can’t waste
time tapping this, and because it doesn’t have
any evasion: chump block, chump block, then they
send out Ravager, or Tooth a Colossus, and
well…. *runs away from the screams/cries in the
back round* Although it is fun in tabletop
casual. Big creatures = good.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4
Limited: 2.5
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