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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Card of the Day
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Scott
Gerhardt
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Loxodon Warhammer
Constructed:
3
Limited: 3 |
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Chris
Gerhardt |
Loxodon Warhammer has
some teeth to it! It adds to power, gives
your creature trample, plus Spirit Link... wow.
Not sure if it will see constructed play, but it's
definitely a limited quick pick. This card
could break a game in limited, and at the very
least would be extremely annoying, and at best
would make the difference to gain you a win.
Constructed: 2.75
Limited: 4.25 |
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Judge
Bill
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Loxodon Warhammer
Now this is more of
what you're looking for in equipment. Multiple
abilities, including the "Spirit Link" ability,
help your creatures to do more for you. Of
course, you have to have a creature, so this
isn't for all decks. And the fast decks
typically won't want this, as it seems like it
would be a wasted slot. So you get the decks
that want Exalted Angel wanting this also. The
more I think about this, the more it seems like
it won't have a home in constructed.
In limited, however,
this will be huge. The eveasion granted by the
trample, the power bonus, and the life gain all
combine to make this quite good.
Constructed: 2
Limited: 4
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Loxodon Warhammer
Every use of this nets you a minimum of 3 life
plus the creature's power,
and odds are the creature will at least trade with
whatever he interacts
with. Expensive, but rancor is solid by itself,
and so is spirit link, and
this is both.
constructed 3
limited 3.8 |
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Crimson |
Loxodon Warhammer
Hmmm, now this is a expensive one, but really
really worthwhile. 3 extra
power, trample, and gains life, wow. This is very
much casual. I dont really
have much to say about equipment. But this will be
a very fun one to stick
on your creatures. Plus, is that an elephant? how
cool
Loxodon Warhammer
Casual Rating: 4 |
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Danny Tatro |
A great card,
but seemingly more for limited. In limited it
seems it would be a powerhouse, not many things
can stop constant superbeast. I'd probably take
this pretty early.
Constructed: 2.0
Limited: 4.5
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Tyler Grund |
Loxodon Warhammer
What I strongly believe is that the equipment
ability addition to the game
of magic will rarely if ever see tournament and
serious play. The ability is
just far to obtuse to work in a contructed deck.
When you understand there
are only 33-37 cards to choose from when building
a deck, an equipment card
simply gets cut. They may not be bad, but in an
intense game of wits and
power, I feel they come up short. Equip is sort of
a Rancor in many
different forms, but unlike Rancor, which WAS a
tournament level card, Equip
cards are slower and they can be removed quite
easily. Rancor was
practically broken since there was almost no way
to remove the card from the
playing field. Equip leaves play with one shatter
or naturalize. BUT, one
quick mention; this statement comes from only
seeing a FEW of the equip
possibilities. On one hand, I don't believe you'll
see them in tournament
play, but on the other hand, I can see ONE maybe
TWO versions slipping
through the cracks at the R&D department, and
showing themselves to be
powerful additions to a deck. Loxodon Warhammer
may possibly be one of
these, depending on the environment.
Loxodon Warhammer is quite powerful since there
are multiple abilities given
to any one creature. If just one or two of the
abilities were missing, I
wouldn't even give the card a second glance, but
with all three, it becomes
a powerhouse.
I would think a very useful and powerful position
for this card is in
Goblins. Suddenly, Goblins and red have life gain
along with at LEAST 4/1
tramplers! Loose the 4/1, do 1-3 damage to player,
gain 4 life, place on
another goblin next round.. It's a game winning
cycle.
In fact, many decks can benefit from this artifact
simply on the grounds
it's a great way to gain life. There is a reason
Exalted and Serra Angels
are so widely used and powerful.
On the down side of it all. it's a "next turn"
card in that no one will be
able to spend the 6 mana needed to use its ability
the turn it comes out,
and with the oncoming of plenty of artifact
removal, the cards powerful, but
that makes it a quick target for removal.
In limited.I'd grab it quickly. This is a tough
choice in the sense that I
don't know the whole set or card pool yet, but
once it hits the table, it
could be the game decider giving anyone trample
and gaining you life to
boot.
Constructed - 4.0
Limited - 4.5 |
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