It's been called the best green creature in
Standard, the best creature in Standard, the
best CARD in Standard, and the best creature
ever printed. Some of those may be
exaggerations. It's kinda funny lavishing all
this praise onto a creature that does nothing
more than be big, and doesn't even have evasion,
and can be as small as a 0/1. But decks that use
Tarmogoyf get it up to at least a 3/4 quickly,
and that's big enough to shrug off Rift Bolt,
Ghostfire, and Ichor Slick. For a mere two mana,
it can be up to a 7/8 (or an 8/9 in October) if
you're willing to use Bound in Silence. That's
better even than Wild Mongrel, a creature that
for the same price demanded huge discardings
turn after turn. Get used to this.
Constructed- 4.9
Casual- 4
Limited- 3.5
Aethereal
Thursday -
Tarmogoyf
Definitely one of the most influential cards to
come out of Future Sight. This can get big fast,
and costs a paltry 1G to play. This has already
seen a lot of play in R/G decks and will
continue to see play as long as it's legal, as
once it gets running, it can be difficult to
deal with. It's great in all formats except for
Vintage, including casual, where you can focus
your deck more around it if you want to.
Certainly one of the best cards to come out of
Future Sight.
In limited, if you can get it to be a 2/3 or
better, it's definitely worth it. If you can't,
don't play it.
I once thought this card was little more than a
curiosity, but having played both against it and
with it, I think it's worth the hype. It grows
to gigantic proportions surprisingly fast (think
Mogg Fanatic, Rift Bolt, and Seal of Fire). The
only downside is that it has no evasion or
trample and it's targetable, so it dies to a
single Deathmark (but not to Sudden Death if its
toughness is already four without an instant in
the graveyard - I learned that the hard way).
But if it didn't, it would be kind of
ridiculous.
Now all that's left is to wait for the end of
September when we learn how to put a
Planeswalker in the graveyard . . .
Constructed: 5/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Necro
nomikron
MTG Rules Advisor
Tarmogoyf:
Another interesting card. It is seeing some play
in standard right now, and for good reason. A
3/4 for 1G is pretty hard to turn down (not
uncommon on turn 3 or 4). I could see it being
played in extended, or even in legacy in
threshold.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 3.5/5
PsychoAnime
#1
Magic Noob in Canada since 2002
Tarmagoyf (1G)
Creature - Lhurgoyf
*/1+*
Tarmogoyf's power is equal to the number of card
types among cards in
all graveyards and its toughness is equal to
that number plus 1.
This is one of the most efficient creatures
right now. There's no
reason why an aggro deck with green should not
be using it. You're
usually getting a 3/4 for 1G and 5/6 later in
the game.
Planeswalkers are coming too and that just makes
this even more
efficient, unless some super hoser comes on
Lowryn and stops this cold.
