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Oxidda Golem
Reviewed February 20, 2004
Constructed: 2.25
Casual: 2.03
Limited: 2.96
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut.com |
A nice little
inexpensive add if you are going for a red
flavored budget affinity deck. Casual would
be the call for this guy, though most casual
players would pass for something with more
pizzazz, me thinks.
In limited, a decent
add to a solid red build. A good mid-pick card
Constructed:
2.2
Casual: 2
Limited: 3
Current Price:
Oxidda
Golem - $0.25
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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Friday - Oxidda
Golem
Part of a cycle of artifact creatures that
extend the affinity mechanic to basic land
types, we get the red flavored creature. All of
the cycle are best when you have basic lands of
the given type in your deck. But even without
them, in a pinch, you can easily play these.
So in limited, these are never a bad pick. It
gets better and better the more lands you have
of that type out, but is playable as is.
In constructed (both tournament and casual), you
have many better choices than this. These would
have to wait for the relatively late game to
shine, and then you can better spend the slot in
a creature that gives you more bang for the
buck.
Constructed: 1
Casual: 1.5
Limited: 3 |
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX)
* pro tour player |
Friday - Oxidda
Golem
I like most of the affinity golems for one
reason for another. I like the fact that this
one has haste. I'm not big on the fact that it
has a two toughness though. The only problem I
have with this card is trying to find a deck
that it fits in.
Casual players don't seem to care about
creatures like this if they don't have a higher
power or toughness. In limited, I just play this
golem if I am either hurting for creatures or if
I have a ton of mountains. Don't fool yourself
though. If you are having to cut a card to
squeeze someone else in, this can be considered
to be taken out.
Constructed: 2
Casual: 1
Limited: 2 |
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
Level 2 Judge |
Oxidda Golem
According to pro tour players, Oxidda and its
four brother Golems from Darksteel are must
plays in limited decks that play the basic land
types that each of the Golems have affinity for.
In the case of Oxidda Golem, that would be
Mountains, the most important basic land type in
the current limited formats. Oxidda’s special
ability, haste, is a very good thing in the
current limited world. The Golem seems a little
unlikely for constructed, but he COULD be a poor
man’s Ball Lightning coming into play on turn
three in mono red decks and NOT going away at
end of turn the way Ball Lightning does. Adds
another artifact that can be sacrificed to
Shrapnel Blast in constructed mono red decks.
Sounds good to me.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 4.0
LIMITED: 4.0 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Oxidda Golem
Vulshok Berserker, who -can- be one turn faster,
but can also be shattered.
Solidly playable in limited, and may see some
play in a red-weenie rush deck. Maybe.
constructed 2.9
casual 3
limited 3 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer
*Game Store Owner (Gamer's Edge) |
Oxidda Golem
Darksteel's addition
to Affinity has brought up some very interesting
cards. This card will not be of very much use in
a constructed format, casual or serious. But in
Limited the card is potentially useful on turn
three with three mountains in play. Overall
though, in a block with Vulshok Berserker, which
is easier to play and does the exact same thing,
while being less susceptible to the blocks
removal orientation (artifacts), I think the guy
is playable, but not a super high pick for the
red player.
Casual:
1
Constructed:
1
Limited:
3
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Jason
Matthews
* Level 1 DCI
Judge
*game store employee
* gaming for over 15 years |
Friday-Oxidda
Golem
Darksteel introduced the mechanic of Affinity
for a land type and the magic players saw it and
it was good. Sounds like a bible scripture. I
have to say that I really like this mechanic and
all of the Golems are fairly solid. In a deck
that runs stuff like bone splitter or one of the
two Sword from dark steel the Oxida golem can
provide some good suprises. I tend to find that
when I can cast spell for free or really cheap I
am pretty happy so this card makes me happy. The
only bad thing is that this guy wont really come
out till turn three. In casual I would play Ball
Lightning over this guy. In limited he isn’t
what I would consider an early pick. In
constructed hes just not quite as strong a
creature for consideration.
Constructed 2
Casual 2.5
Limited 2.75 |
Jonathan
Pechon
2 Grand
Prix Top 8's
Multiple Pro Tour
appearances |
Oxidda Golem
For the sake of
simplicity, let me translate what this guy is:
a three-mana 3/2 with haste. The fact that he
can only exist in a single deck would almost be
close to irrelevant, except for the fact that
mono-red has moved away from mountain-heavy
goblins towards Slith Firewalkers, LD, and
Charbelchers and the like. Regardless, this
card will probably end up having at least a
minor amount of relevance, if for no other
reason than he is a colorless source of damage
for a deck that, at times, is dearly in need of
one.
This guy is pretty
solid in draft. As a matter of fact, all of the
golems from Darksteel are absolutely playable,
with Spire and Razor taking the top of the
list. This guy will probably be no worse than
another Vulshok Berserker in your red draft
decks; that makes him pretty decent. Off-color,
he’s pretty miserable, but that’s life.
Casual play, he
works nicely into the Golem deck. Not that
there is a Golem deck that I’m aware of. Nor
would I know why you’d play a Golem deck.
Actually, he’s pretty horrible, just play
something more fun.
Constructed: 2.75
Limited: 3.0
Casual: 1.5
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