Well, the Giant deck just got a power
three-drop. The fact that anything your opponent
does makes it bigger is a nice bonus as well.
Granted, the opponent can still kill it with
Lash Out or Nameless Inversion, but the same can
be said for a lot of good creatures. And that's
only if the opponent doesn't play anything else
beforehand. That and it can receive bonuses from
any tribal card makes it a good choice in any
tribal or Lorwyn block limited deck that can
play it. It may not be Mirror Entity, but it's
not bad.
Constructed- 2
Casual- 4
Limited- 3.5
Aethereal
Saturday - Taurean Mauler
A neat card for 3 mana. You get to turn on all
your tribal abilities, and this guy gets
permanent power/toughness increases if your
opponent tries anything. I'm not too sure where
it'll see play right now, because it is kind of
slow for aggro red decks (who want to try to
finish the game quickly, so your opponent
probably won't have much time to play spells to
pump him). If he didn't have Changeling, he'd be
pretty useless, but since he does, this is worth
considering.
In limited, a solid red guy, because he can't be
straight up killed by a Tarfire. I would play
this if I was red.
Constructed - 2.5-3
Casual - 2
Limited - 3
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Taurean Mauler
The good news is that everyone plays spells, so
Taurean Mauler has lots of potential cards to
feed on. The bad news is, the first spell played
after you cast a Mauler will often be Shriekmaw,
Nameless Inversion, or Incinerate. I think this
card has a lot of potential because of its
tribal synergy on top of the amazing growing
ability, but I'm slightly wary of the amount of
removal that can destroy it.
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
The Missing
Linc
-Balding
for just over 5 years
-Playing MTG for just over 10
Taurean Mauler
I love it. Multiplayer is one of my favorite
formats and this card screams multiplayer.
Either people hold back resources for the fear
of it getting huge or they kill it. Likely the
later. However this card speak to other
interactions. Green/Red decks can get this guy
out quick and beat. This would be a fantastic
follow up to first turn birds or elf in an aggro
dueling deck. In limited, this is a clear bomb.
I played in the prerelease against a 5 year old
who got this out early and I could not get rid
of it until it was already a 12/12.
Constructed: 3 in duels, 5 in multiplayer
Casual: 4
Limited: 5
