Hey guys. I’m back from my second vacation. Sorry I couldn’t write a review for Venom Charger… O wait, no I’m not, that card sucks! Well anyways, today we have a pesky little firebird that will appeal to ALL players running red rush…

Kooc Pollon

Type – Fire Bird

Civilization – Fire

Mana Cost – 2

Text – This creature can’t be attacked.

Flavor Text – To Fire Birds, a battlefield and a playground are one and the same.

Rarity – Common

Set – Thundercharge of Ultra Destruction

Kooc Pollon is yet another boost to the Fire civilization. More so, rush decks. This little pain in the arse has a few tricks up its sleeves that make it much better than a lot of the 2 drops in the Fire civilization.

Civilization and Race

The Fire civilization got a huge boost in Stomp-A-Trons of Invincible Wrath. With Thundercharge of Ultra Destruction, it gets even more. This civilization is very versatile and usable thanks to none other than Pyrofighter Magnus and his little buddy Speed Attackers. Now, the Fire Birds aren’t the best race in the game. Actually, they have kind of sucked outside a Dragon deck, which are VERY hard to make well. So, the race isn’t so good, but the civilization rocks.

Cost and Ability

Well, you may look at first glance and say, “What the deuce!?” 2 mana for 1000 attack sucks. So then you look at the ability. Then you say, “Holy shiest!” This little bastard can’t be attacked! I mean, how broken is that? So, if you are playing red rush, you play this on turn two and he is invulnerable to attacks. That means all you have to do for this Birdie is keep the field free of blockers and not hit shield trigger spells. I mean, wow. This card rocks!

The Real Reason Why You Should Use It In Place of Other Two Drops

Aside from Snip Striker Bullraizer, all the 2 drops of the Fire civilization have 2000 or less power. Because of this, they are ALL vulnerable to Crimson Hammer, Spastic Missle, Searing Wave, Phantom’s Dragon Flame, etc. Since Kooc Pollon has such an awesome effect, you should definitely run it instead of say, Immortal Baron Vorg or Brawler Zyler. Unless you are running Evos of course…

The Downside

Like I said, this Birdie is invulnerable to ATTACKS. Now if you opponent is running a lot of kill spells, which lots of people usually do, you might run into a bit of a predicament. Also, large amounts of blockers will stop this in its tracks unless you can get rid of them, which if you are running rush, you should be able to.

Final Analysis

This little Fire Bird is DEFINITELY going to find a place in MOST rush decks that are running red. Kooc Pollon will be another annoyance from the Fire civilization, just like Pyrofighter Magnus…

Limited – 5/5 -This bird will utterly ANNIHILATE in this format. There aren’t too many kill spells or blockers in this set, which makes this creature OWN if you get him out early.

Constructed – 4/5 – A little less devastating in this format due to blockers and kill spells, BUT still INSANE! I love this card! Play it if you are running a version of rush with red in it! You WONT regret it!

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