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Skyshroud Behemoth
Nemesis
Reviewed November 08, 2005
Constructed: 1.15
Casual: 2.16
Limited: 1.5
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Paul Hagan |
Skyshroud
Behemoth
Ugh. Fading contributed several great cards,
such as Blastoderm, Parallax Wave, and Saproling
Burst. It even contributed OK cards, such as
Skyshroud Ridgeback. Then there are cards like
Skyshroud Behemoth. For seven mana, a 10/10
isn't a bad buy, right? Unfortunately, you only
can swing with him two times unless you can find
a way to untap him *and* give him haste the turn
he comes into play. Two swings for 20 damage
total isn't bad, right? Well, whenever a 0/1 can
jump in the way and you take nothing, it is.
Shouldn't this card have trample?
In limited play, I'm a bit up in the air on this
card. Knowing that a quick swing in life totals
can be valuable, I might actually consider
playing this otherwise subpar rare -- it really
would depend on the quality of the rest of my
green cards.
Constructed Rating: 1.5
Casual Rating: 1.5
Limited Rating: 2.0
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DeQuan
Watson
* Game Store Owner |
Skyshroud
Behemoth
Man. Seven mana for a 10/10 creature sounds
great.
But it has fading? That's fine. I can get a
couple of swings in with it before he fades
away. It's only fading of two? Well, damn.
That's no good.
At least it tramples. What...it doesn't trample
either?
Why would I want to play this big green monster
again?
Constructed: 1.5
Casual: 2
Limited: 1.5
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Christine
Gerhardt |
Skyshroud
Behemoth
A BIG guy, but his massive downfall is he does
not have trample. What good is a 10/10 without
trample. Usually not very if he can't stay on
the board to at least eliminate your opponent's
chumps, or do some blocking. Behemoth can only
block for 2 turns, and he costs 7. Just not a
good deal in any format.
Constructed - 1
Casual - 2
Limited - 1.5
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The Antman |
Skyshroud
Behemoth- Rare-Nemesis hey peoples,
today we have the uber crap rare from nemesis,
Skyshroud Behemoth, and when I say uber crap I
mean it too, in fact this card is just famous
for being so bad =/
what makes
this card soo bad is the fact that you get 2
turns to attack with a 10/10 non-trampling
monster that the opponet will love to just chump
block all day long well i have nothing more to
say on this really bad dude
Ratings:
construced- 1/5 bad bad bad bad bad
limited- 1/5 you would think a 10/10 dude for 7
would be good in limited...
casual- 3/5 he only gets a 3 because he can be
innovative in casual
final thought- sorry for all the negativity on
todays card, tomorrows will be better
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Jordan
Kronick |
Skyshroud
Behemoth - Back when Nemesis came out, this was
pretty cool. It had been a while since we'd seen
a truly large creature. Unfortunately, the
incredible rules baggage of Fading and coming
into play tapped - combined with a large casting
cost - makes this just not very useful. Without
even trample to get some damage in, it's likely
to do nothing more than kill a couple of 1/1s or
simply take a Terror in the face. The initial
shock of a 10/10 creature wears off pretty
quickly when you find one with quality this low.
There are ways to make it work, but I think in
the end you'll be better of with something else.
Since Nemesis' release in 2000, there have been
a lot of other big creatures printed. And most
of them are more effective than the Behemoth.
Constructed Rating: 1.5
Casual Rating: 2.0
Limited Rating: 2.0
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