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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut.com |
What you have in a
nutshell here is a 5/2 regenerating haste for 5
mana. The haste and regen don't have good
synergy since you probably don't have 8 mana (5 of
them Red) when you cast him. But other than that,
if you can keep 3 Red open, his smaller 2
toughness isn't a matter. 5 power coming for
your opponent's dome is a good thing. He lacks a
bit of the ooofta to be sought after for casual,
and I really don't think this guy is a
consideration in type 1.
For limited, a nice
pick if you're going heavy Red. Regenerators with
high power are always amazing in limited.
Constructed:
3
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 4
Current Price:
Eron the
Relentless $1
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Eron the Relentless
A wanna be Ball Lightning, only he costs 2 more.
His regeneration is also
kind of pointless, as what self respecting red
deck would have 8 mana?
Probably a more casual card, as the games go on
more often, and you will
have mana to regenerate this.
Never played Homelands limited, sorry.
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: N/A
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player
* Scrye writer since 2002 |
Eron the Relentless
Damn, I absolutely
have to apologize to the fans this week. MY
reviews have been boring and terrible. But deep
inside, I'm not too excited about these cards.
I can say that Eron
was t least in a few decks of mine. He was also
a bit harder to kill. Eron is a forgotten
legend.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 3
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Eron the Relentless
From the moment I first cracked a Homelands pack
and found myself staring eye-to-eye with this
legend, I thought Eron the Relentless looked a lot
like the singer/songwriter Sting. Eron the
Relentless was a staple card for quite a while. He
was a huge monster who had Haste before WOTC knew
what to call the ability. Eron even appeared in
one of the top eight decks from the first Pro
Tour. I would build an entire deck around the King
of Pain right now if he were legal in Type II or
Extended!
CONSTRUCTED: 4.0
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 4.0
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Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Eron the Relentless
The only thing
stopping this guy from being a bigger beat stick
was that he didn’t have trample. This guy was
played in a few decks during his glory days, and
his regeneration ability in a mono-red deck made
him unstoppable against a lot of decks in the
field. He was not very draft friendly due to his
low toughness, but overall he was still a great
guy for his time.
Constructed:
3
Casual:
3
Limited:
1
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Eron the Relentless
First thing I looked at when I saw this card was
that it has regeneration. Red should never get
regen. Its just not fair. His power is way to high
to have on a creature in red. Couple him with some
reusable burn and he gets dang nasty to other
creature deck. His low casting cost…and yes it is
a low casting cost when you add in haste and
regeneration actually makes him playable. Well at
least he is a legend. He is by no means a game
breaker but I think he is pretty solid for casual
play and limited. In constructed he does okay but
the legend factor does make him a little bit less
attractive.
Constructed 2
Casual 2.5
Limited 2.5 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Eron the Relentless
Another man that made
the deck in the strange formats of days gone by,
Eron served as a hasty beater in a few decks.
While you probably never got to attack and
regenerate in the same turn, in the later part of
a game he could can be an extreme problem. At the
time, regeneration wasn’t the greatest ability due
to the number of effects that were commonly used
that would bypass it while dealing with the
creature (Swords to Plowshares, Icy Manipulator,
and Incinerate, for example). Regardless, this
guy did a number on your opponent; haste made him
really solid.
Remember my complaints
about RR3 in Mental Magic? Well, this guy
certainly fits the bill for RR3, and is pretty
solid about it on the whole. He’s not terribly
great for group games and the like, but he’s still
fun.
I’d highly recommend
this guy for limited play, if for some reason you
happen to be drafting Homelands…uhh…right, so,
draft this guy or something.
Constructed: 3.0
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 3.0
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Jason
Chapman |
Eron the Relentless
just doesn't have the punch that one would like,
especially for a card that is out of flavor for
Red. On the other hand, he seems good. A 5 power
creature, with two strong abilities should be
good. Unfortunately while a 5 cost 5 power Haste
creature should be good but without Trample or
Evasion Eron just doesn't have the punch of the
more efficient Ball Lightning. In addition with 2
on the backside Eron is very likely to die in his
first charge; With 3 mana to regenerate it is
unlikely you will have the mana necessary to
protect him. Even if you hold back the mana drain
he puts on your deck because of Regeneration just
slows things down for you instead of speeding the
demise of your opponent. Eron was almost a star
but he just can't cut it.
Constructed: So many
stronger and more efficient cards exist that don't
slow down your deck - 1.5
Casual: Eron may be
acceptable to casual decks but still isn't a
strong choice - 2.0
Limited: Ties up
too much colored mana to be a strong pick - 2.0
PEZ - Eron is too
expensive for a fast format - 1.5
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Eron the Relentless
Not Enron the Relentless, Eron. Eron can come
back unlike Enron. Sorry, anyway, despite being
a little overcosted he’s excellent in limited
and is a quick beater. In Constructed, the
triple red shouldn’t really be left open to
regenerate this. So it becomes 5 mana, 5 damage
which isn’t the best. In Casual, he’s great.
Continuous beatdown.
In Limited, I’d take him fast.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 4
Limited: 4
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