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Godo,
Bandit Warlord
Champions of Kamigawa Rare
Reviewed September 17, 2004
Constructed: 2.1
Casual: 3.4
Limited: 2.8
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
Um...good ability,
high casting cost. A second attack each turn
can be really killer. Getting an equipment
into play isn't bad either. It's probably
costed too high for tournament play, but it could
make an interesting casual deck. Put a bunch of
Viridian Longbows on your Samurais, then you
get to double ping something.
In limited, this could
be interesting, depending on how many Samurais you
can get your hands on.
Constructed:
2.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 3.5
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Bandit Warrior -
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Judge Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Godo,
Bandit Warlord
The
equipment ability is for limited in my
opinion. Currently, there are no
equipment cards in constructed that
make me value this ability at all. (I
write each week's reviews on Sunday,
so I haven't seen any of this week's
cards yet, or cards from the FAQ.)
6 mana for
a 3/3 and a Relentless Assault is OK.
It only untaps Samurai, but there's no
rule saying you can't hold back some
creatures for a second attack that
aren't Samurai. You can also pretend
your Samurai have a sort of
"vigilance," if you will, because you
don't have to attack with them in the
second combat phase.
Still, 6
mana? The benefits this card provides
in constructed, to me, aren't worth
the extra 2 mana above a vanilla red
3/3.
In
limited, this has marginal value,
allowing you to split attacks, or
attack and block with Samurai, as
discussed above.
Constructed - 2
Casual - 3.5
Limited - 2.5
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Jeff Zandi
5
Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Godo, Bandit Warlord
This six casting cost Legend instantly gives you
card economy by finding a
piece of equipment in your deck AND putting it
directly into play. Once the
Bandit Warlord no longer has summoning sickness,
he becomes QUITE SICK for
your opponent, essentially giving you a second
attack step in any turn where
he is used as an attacker. This card feels kind of
slow for constructed, but
should be an important card for turning the tide
in a limited game whenever
he hits the table.
CONSTRUCTED: 2.5
CASUAL: 3.0
LIMITED: 3.5 |
Ray "Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Godo, Bandit Warlord
When I read this guy’s second ability, I honestly
thought to myself “This card has to be fake.
There’s no way Wizards would word a card like
this. ‘Whenever Godo attacks for the first time
each turn?’ What kind of card template is that?”
But suspending my disbelief for a moment, let’s
assume that’s really the wording.
He fetches ANY equipment and puts it into PLAY
when he comes into play. That’s admittedly pretty
good. Especially in limited if you have equipment
cards that rhyme with Box O’ Fun Bore Slammer or
Lull Damp, but there’s no evidence that Champions
of Kamigawa has any equipment worth searching for,
so its limited functionality is yet to be
determined. In constructed, six mana for a 3/3 is
never the best of plays, even for his “double
attack” ability.
No, this guy lays firmly in the slot of “cute
casual card,” and hopefully he will get some play
in that arena, because I’m not sure I see him
getting play elsewhere.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 4
Limited: 2
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The
Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Godo, Bandit Warlord -
Friday
I like everything about Godo but his casting cost.
If Godo were a little cheaper to cast, I'd love
him. Even if he cost one less generic mana, I'd be
happy. As it is though, he might be a glorified
barbarian that won't see much play. I'm also
unsure of how many samurai creatures there are in
this set. If there are some decent ones to build a
deck around I might change my tune. As is though,
I'm not impressed.
Casual guys will love a guy that gives them extra
attack steps for free, so I'd expect them to be
into this guy. Traditionally, guys like this are
bad in limited because of their high cost to low
power ratio.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 3.5
Limited: 2
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Paul
Hagan |
Godo, Bandit Warlord --
Yuck. You are paying six mana for a 3/3 and a
piece of equipment that will usually be
something simple, like a Bonesplitter or a Sword
of Fire and Ice. Next, he pretty much relies on
you having a horde of Samurai to be really
effective. I would be more sympathetic if Godo
had haste, but he even lets your opponent have a
turn to prep for the onslaught.
I guess how good Godo is depends on how good
many of the Samurai in the set are, especially
since I can't think of any others roaming around
right now (maybe in Portal: Three Kingdoms?).
There need to be 4-5 *really good* Samurai in
CoK for Godo to be worth consideration in most
decks.
In limited, unless you can draft up a horde of
Samurai, I'd say just pass this guy up. Again,
this really relies on what your card pool is,
and since I haven't experienced a draft or
sealed environment with Champions yet, I'm not
sure I can rate this guy fairly.
Constructed Rating: 2.0
Casual Rating: 2.5
Limited Rating: 2.0
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Godo, Bandit Warlord
Hm, not only is he a reusable relentless assault,
he can also just be an
"all my creatures attack without tapping", which
makes him that much
stronger in limited. And since he gets you some
equipment, you can find
something that makes it so he doesn't die the
first time he attacks,
hopefully. Not broken, but a potential
game-winner nonetheless.
constructed 2
casual 3.5
limited 4
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