In
limited, if you ARE going to play a big
expensive ground pounder WITH the baggage of
echo, make it Tectonic Fiend. This is the brutal
unsubtle red tool of destruction that pro
players are willing to happily include in their
decks, not yesterday’s Flamecore Elemental. The
Fiend is best in sealed deck, very nice in Two
Headed Giant and acceptable in a lot, if not
all, booster draft decks playing more than a
splash of red. Beyond that, there really is no
place for a card like this in constructed, where
it is just too bloated, too expensive, and too
UNLIKELY to deal any damage to your opponent.
Just like yesterday's card-- it's a big creature
that comes out fast but you have to pay for it
twice. It's a 7/7 on turn 6, but six mana is a
lot to pay twice. You're pretty much giving up
turns six and seven for a 7/7 that attacks each
turn if able and does nothing else. It forces
chump blocks and can do massive damage, sure,
but sometimes the game is over by turn six. And
sometimes you need to follow it up with
something, which you have to wait a turn for.
You can't even really accelerate it out--
Seething Song will just guarantee it dies to
Echo, and Elves and Birds can be easily killed,
leaving you in a pinch. But once it's out, it's
a beatstick.
Constructed- 2
Casual- 3
Limited- 2.8
Aethereal
Wednesday -
Tectonic Fiend
Another red echo creature that I don't see a
place for in constructed. Honestly, with all the
available decks out there right now, if there
was a place for him, it would already have been
found, as people have had a while to play around
with him. He's a really cheap fatty, but red
plays best as an aggressive rush deck, and this
guy doesn't fit the bill there.
In casual, he's big and he's red. He'll see some
play for sure.
In limited, another decent pick. He's really
big, and comes down much earlier than he should.
The drawback of attacking each turn really isn't
much of one, as they're forced to block it and
lose a lot of their ground forces or eat 7.
Constructed - 1.5
Casual - 3
Limited - 3
-David N
Wednesday
Tectonic Fiend
Big red echo creature. With the use of
thick-skinned goblin makes this card playable.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 1
Limited: 2
David Fanany
Tectonic Fiend
Like Flamecore Elemental, Tectonic Fiend is
technically efficient in terms of cost, but it's
a little expensive for what it does (ie. not
that much). For six mana, you can get much
better creatures in constructed play. The fact
that it doesn't really do anything is also a
downer for casual games - your Thick-Skinned
Goblin deck should probably stick with Avalanche
Riders. He's not unplayable in limited, though,
since games often go long and if you have time
to cast it, you should have time to pay its
echo. As a 7/7 creature it can also often
demolish an entire team of blockers by itself.
Constructed: 1/5
Casual: 2/5
Limited: 2/5
LennonMarx
Constructed
Can I just copy and paste yesterday's review
here? It's a 7/7 with no relevent ability, and a
drawback no less, for a total of 12 mana. For 6
mana you can unmorph the new Akroma, and she is
WAY better than this. Plus, for the current crop
of red decks, both are to expensive anyways.
1/5
Casual
Again, a caual echo deck might have this guy on
the top end of the curve where with thick
skinned goblin he is a 7/7 for 6 that would be
attacking every turn anyways. Someone has to be
open, right? Still, it's pry to expensive to
matter, and sans his goblin buddy, this guy is
just bad.
2/5
Limited
It's a big body that can end the game fast, or
at least earn a 2 for 1, assuming you don't mind
wasteing 2 turns on him. Maybe as a 23rd card,
but I'd rather play something else less
expensive than this.
1.5/5
PsychoAnime
Echo week continues with a 7/7 guy. Now If I had
this out, I'm pretty sure I'll
be attacking with this every turn so the
"drawback" isn't that much of a
drawback. Once it's out and unanswered, it's
essentially taking down a
creature out every turn from comboat but...
It's still way too costly in Constructed as I
can do a lot of stuff with 6
mana.
In Casual, other than Thick-Skinned Goblin, I
can see a deck based on a ton of
acceleration to get this out on like turn 2 or
something then smacking your
opponent silly. It's fun but probably won't work
very well.
In Limited, although it costs a lot, a 7/7 is
pretty hard to beat.
Constructed: 1/5
Casual: 2.5/5
Limited: 3/5
The Missing
Linc
Tectonic Fiend
Large and in charge. Well at least large and
guaranteed to charge. For the 6 mana, this guy
is a definitive ground pounder. I like him in
limited. I like him a lot. I can see no better
6th and 7th ground play. Hard to burn away...or
should I say near impossible. As far as
constructed, you can do better...much better for
6 mana.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 3
Limited: 3
Necro
nomikron
Tectonic Fiend:
Much like yesterday's card, this card is
overcosted for constructed. 7/7 for 6 mana,
followed by 6 mana...
Casual: Once again in echo week, a card that
isn't that good by itself, but goes ok with
thick-skinned goblin. Still not too horribly
impressed, however.
Limited: It's a big body. It attacks every turn,
however, which can be a drawback, but, hey, it's
a 7/7.
