Valiant Warrior Exorious
Type:
Creature
Civilization: Fire
Race: Armorloid
Mana Cost: Six
Rules Text:
This creature can attack untapped creatures.
Power attacker +3000 (While attacking, this
creature gets +3000 power.)
Flavor Text:
"If you ever want to find me, just look between the
explosions."
Power: 4000+
Rarity: Very
Rare
Set:
Stompatrons of Invincible Wrath
Power/Cost:
Six mana is on the high end of the spectrum. You
need a decent creature body in return for spending
such a significant amount of mana. What does
Exorious supply? Just a measly 4000 attack power.
Assuming Exorious lives long enough to attack, he
can kill all the little weenie creatures that
probably cost less and come with superior abilities.
The only good thing about the 4k power level
is that he can survive Searing Wave. Whoop-dee-do.
Civilization/Race:
There are currently eight mediocre Armorloids and
one above average Armorloid. Valiant Warrior
Exorious is not the above average card. The race as
a whole has precious little support and no evolution
creatures. Moving along to something hopefully more
exciting...
Effects:
Time to recap. For six mana you get a creature that
has 7k power (when attacking) and can attack
untapped creatures. Now compare this to Gatling
Skyterror. For one more mana, you get a creature
with 7k power (all the time), can attack untapped
creatures, and has double breaker. I see Gatling as
the more valuable card based on that comparison,
despite being a horrible card overall. So if
Exorious is worse than an already terrible card, he
must be especially terrible. Now the only question
that remains is why WotC keeps making Very Rare
cards suck so badly.
Constructed:
1.5/5
Mr. Exorious,
meet the n00b who will be taking you from my trade
binder. This card honestly has no value in regular
play. Even if you did want your deck to include a
powerhouse finisher, there are much better options.
Limited:
3.5/5
This guy
happened to wind up in my deck during the
Stompatrons release draft. He actually worked quite
nicely, being able to tackle stronger monsters.
Sadly, Exorious is vulnerable with only 4k power on
defense. The lack of Double Breaker hurts too. Still
a somewhat valuable asset if you can nab him.