What can one say about a big, expensive
beatstick? I mean, sure, Timmy will love it, but
is it worth its unprecedented mana cost? Look at
that mana cost! That thing's set prohibitively
high!
Yes, as a matter of fact, it is. The true mark
of an excellent fatty is how resilient it is to
removal or chump blocks. Nobody wants their
8-mana creature to simply eat a kill spell. And
Progenitus has protection from EVERYTHING.
Immune to kill spells, and unblockable. That 10
damage is going to connect, and your opponent
can do almost nothing to stop it. That, coupled
with the ease at which mana fixing and
acceleration has become available (see
yesterday's card) will ensure that this guy sees
play.
Constructed- 3.5
Casual- 4.99
Limited- 4
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Progenitus
Am I the only person who had fun playing with
Rock "New heads may be grown for RRR apiece"
Hydra and wished his brethren would return to
Magic some day? Probably, but I can almost
guarantee I won't be the only one having fun
with Progenitus after this Saturday. This is a
situation where you get what you pay for (or
not, as the case may be; I have a feeling we're
going to be thinking of his "effective" mana
cost as one or more of one green mana, one red
mana, or one green and one colorless, depending
on which of Elvish Piper, Sneak Attack, or Oath
of Druids is your personal favorite).
I'm not sure where this card fits. I guess
5-color control decks could play it as a clean
up hitter. It's just not very efficient. In
older formats, I wouldn't be surprised to see
this card tricked into play. Something like this
has much more value in a reanimator type of
deck. Otherwise, it's going to be just too hard
to play.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4
Limited: 1
Jake
Tuesday - Progenitus
Cool card for sure. Remember that global spells
will still affect this creature. Although the
only ones you'll have to worry about really is
Wrath and Damnation. Still basically impossible
to play for its cost. Casual players might like
having this card and it's definitely one for
fans of the storyline of a set. Don't see this
gettin much play even in limited. perhaps in
some crazy fist of suns deck? who knows.
Constructed:2
Casual: 3
Limited: 2
