Black is no stranger to four-mana 5/5's-- from
Juzam Djinn onwards. This one is one of the most
powerful, and it pays for it with an intense
color requirement. You basically need to be
mono-black to play it. If mono-black is a viable
deck in this format, the Obliterator will
undoubtedly be the most powerful card in it, as
a win condition that hits play the same turn as
Jace the Mindsculptor and Koth of the Hammer,
far earlier than most creatures its size, and
swings for 5 trampling each turn. Though if
Obliterator is blocked, the trample isn't the
relevant ability-- any damage, be it combat,
burn, or otherwise, causes its dealer to
sacrifice that many permanents. Your opponent
blocks with a 5'drop of his own? He may kill the
Obliterator, but he loses his blocker and five
more permanents. Your opponent plays Primeval
Titan? Leave the Obliterator up as a blocker. If
the Titan swings, you block and he loses six
permanents! Even if he fetched two Mountains to
trigger Valakut and kill the Obliterator, he
still has to sacrifice six permanents-- and he
needs a minimum number of Mountains in play to
get Valakut to trigger. Chump blocking? In this
case, it really is for chumps. Your opponent's
removal spell is Red Sun's Zenith? Fire away, my
friend. This is a monster with no easy answers.
Okay, you thought Tuesday's card of the day was
insane? You ain't seen nothin' yet, apparently.
Yeah, the Obliterator costs four black mana, but
if the opponent can't find Path to Exile or Go
for the Throat, it's pretty hard to lose.
Mono-black decks may not be positioned so well
in the current constructed metagame, but I have
a hard time believing that won't be re-thought
when they have access to a creature that
punishes the opponent more than Rumbling Slum
and is harder to kill than Blastoderm. "Blessed
perfection" indeed!
Welcome back readers today’s card of the day is
the updated version of Phyrexian Negator and
much more painful for your opponent. A 5/5 for
four mana with extra powerful abilities is
fantastic. In standard I am still on
the fence of whether or not this see’s serious
play and brings about a monoblack revival,
it has no immediate impact on the board unlike
titans and only fits nicely in monoblack,
however running mono makes adding tectonic edges
an easy choice. I predict this will see niche
play I think mono black could make a comeback in
standard. In extended mono black has access to
Thoughtseize and other powerful tools so I could
see it making in impact although extended is not
a popular format as of now. In eternal maybe in
a mono black suicide deck to compliment negator,
I’m not sure it’s a bad card but expensive and a
little slow although it can laugh off zoo decks.
In casual and multiplayer I already went over
the basics in my top ten multiplayer cards in
New Phyrexia but to summarize, its powerful but
may draw heat to you although its a killer
creature that can punish players. In limited
its so heavy black it may be
unfeasible outside a mono color deck., it is
a bomb though so im unsure I
wouldn’t lock myself into black by picking
this first. Overall a powerful reimagining of
Phyrexian Negator and a shot in the
arm for black decks.
Today's card of the day is Phyrexian
Obliterator which is a four mana
5/5 Black creature with Trample. By itself
that is an effective card for a mono-Black deck,
but the effect of the controller of any source
of damage to it sacrificing that many permanents
makes it a top of the line creature.
Blocking it becomes even less appealing and any
equipments used in combination with it to offer
additional protection just add to the value.
The biggest drawback is the four Black in the
casting cost as without that it could more
easily be used in combination with effects that
forced a target creature to block it.
Aside from that this is a very impressive threat
and will be played by mono-Black as a finisher
and possibly as a summoning trick in other
decks, but not having other ways to play it
should limit that option.
In Limited unless you can draft a mono-Black and
artifact deck playing this is going to be nearly
impossible which probably rules out using it in
Sealed. For Booster this can be played
with an aggressive enough draft if others aren't
also playing Black. The card is powerful
and a potential game winner barring removal, but
the mana cost is very difficult to work around.
Welcome to another
installment of Card of the Day here at Pojo.com.
Today we take a look at Phyrexian Obliterator
from New Phyrexia. Phyrexian Obliterator costs
four black mana, is a 5/5 with Trample, and
whenever a source deals damage to Phyrexian
Obliterator, that sources controller sacrifices
that many permanents.
The cards flavor text sums it up; ‘Behold blessed
perfection.’- Sheoldred, Whispering One. This
card is Phyrexian Negator perfected, or as the
Phyrexians themselves would say, compleated. And
only for one more mana than the Negator, except
it all has to be black. This card can instantly
put a halt to any attacking your opponent wants
to do simply because they wouldn’t want to lose
anything in the process. Multiples of the
Phyrexian Obliterator could cause your opponent
to abandon hope all together. However you need
to be cautious as well, so that you don’t cause
damage to it yourself.
So many ways to exploit this card, so little time. One
easy way is using a card that has seen an
upsurge recently, Splinter Twin, to send a hasty
5/5 trampler after your opponent turn after
turn. They’ll either take the damage, or lose
permanents. And black and red decks are
notorious for how well they run together.
An instant impact card, no matter what deck, no matter what
format. Hard to control, easier to exploit.
