The idea of a 8/8 for three mana is every
Timmy's dream. But if you play it on Turn 3,
there's no way it'll survive long enough to
swing more than once. There's talk of using it
as the finisher for Selesnya Saproling decks,
but if you can produce the kind of creature mass
this guy needs to be good, why not just swing
with those creatures and an Overwhelm or
something? Seriously, it doesn't even have
Trample. It'll get chumped, and then you'll have
sacrificed your hard-earned creature army to
feed to this gluttonous, useless Construct.
Constructed- 1.5
Casual- 2
Limited- 1
Robert
Overton
Phyrexian
Soulgorger -
An 8/8 for 3 has to be good somehow, right? I'm
not sold on this one, yet. I had one friend take
it in a casual draft (and play it) and he had a
very nice wall on turn three that never had the
cumulative upkeep paid. He thought about
attacking with it once, but realized that his
opponent could just chump block it all day. The
biggest problems are the lack of evasion, and
the fact that "upkeep" has the word "cumulative"
in front of it, so something that produces one
token each turn isn't good enough (as in the
infamous Lord of the Pit plus Breeding Pit). If
you like casual, and care more about getting a
good laugh than winning, then I'd run this in a
casual game. Otherwise, there are better options
in every format. Hopefully someone will prove me
wrong.
Constructed - 2
Limited - 1
Casual - 3
Aethereal
Phyrexian
Soulgorger
You get a huge body for the price, but the
cumulative upkeep is incredibly steep. This
doesn't even have haste, so you have to already
give up a creature before you can even attack
with it. This works well with a token generator
of some kind, but any token generator that could
work well with this costs more than 3, which
basically kills the point of this card. It is a
snow permanent, but I wouldn't bother with this.
In casual, people like big stuff, especially
cheap big stuff. It would be nice if this had
trample, but this guy is just begging to be
abused with Power Conduit.
In limited...uh...no.
Constructed - 1.5
Casual - 4
Limited - 1
Patrick
Hendry
Phyrexian
Soulgorger.
Wow. This card is terrible. Its cost is low, but
it eats all your creatures. Never EVER play this
in any format in which you want to be taken
seriously. In constructed, this guy gets killed
by Putrefy after he eats your creatures, and you
get a 0 for 4 or so trade. In limited, just keep
passing it. I guess you could play this in
casual... or not.
Constructed-1/5
Limited-1/5
Casual-2/5
Nick Tan
Phyrexian
Soulgorger
3 mana for an 8/8 creature? But as usual, yes,
it's far too good to be true. For one, the
cumulative upkeep is hell to pay- assuming you
play it on turn 3, by turn 6 you'll have to
sacrifice 3 creatures, and it just isn't worth
it, in terms of card advantage. Especially when
it doesn't even have trample, which could have
made it more worthwhile. Anybody with a weenie
deck can just chump block the Soulgorger and
watch while all your precious creatures start
flying hard and fast into the grave. Maybe a
Saproling/Token deck built around the Soulgorger
can whet its appetite, but even then, removal
will probably get rid of it eventually. Either
way, you're taking a lot of risks to play a
self-destruct machine that probably won't win
you the game. Take my word for it; there are far
better fatties to play.
In limited, if you have a few first/second-turn
drops, you probably can afford to play the
Soulgorger and swing for a few hits (especially
to get rid of pesky creatures on your opponent's
side of the table), but don't be afraid to lose
this fattie once the deed is done; you don't
want to keep sacrificing your creatures forever,
it's just going to render you highly vulnerable
to your opponent once you lose the Soulgorger.
Constructed: 1.7
Casual: 3.8
Limited: 3
Matt Cortez
Phyrexian
Soulgorger
Now when I see an 8/8 for the 3 and colorless
for that matter I think cool but what's the
catch. The catch is you must sac a creature at
your upkeep and the longer it goes the cost
rise's. It doesn't even have trample! An 8/8
without trample!? Not cool Wizards of the Coast.
Now in Constructed I personally do not see a
combo that you can use fast and
effectively with this card.
In Limited just stay away from this card. Any
one of the Martyr's from Coldsnap can nullify
this bug guy. He'll hurt you more then help.
Now in Casual, since I'm a big time casual
player, I wouldn't mind playing a
token deck with this. Especially with all the
token maker's in the Ravnica block and in the
new Timespiral set.
