That "11" in the corner begs comparison to our
favorite iron giant, Darksteel Colossus. The
Colossus is indestructible, making it immune to
Doom Blade and friends. Pathrazer isn't-- and
don't let the fancy pinlining fool you, he
definitely counts as "nonblack"-- but is much
harder to block. Just by swinging alone, he
forces your opponent to sacrifice three
permanents, and then your opponent needs three
creatures to even think about blocking! The
other good news is that Pathrazer doesn't have
that "if this would ever be in the graveyard"
clause, and so is available for good
old-fashioned Zombifyin'.
I like how this creature costs only one to four
mana with Sneak Attack, Elvish Piper, and
Zombify. I like how this creature gives you a
reason to play tons of colorless mana a la
Urza’s Power Plant, and is much even easier on
such strategies than Keiga. I like that he
encourages you to be aggressive, and punishes
people who think that the number of permanents
they control has anything to do with their
self-esteem. I like that it has way too many
arms and way too many fingers. What exactly do
those ancient, twisted Eldrazi hands reach for?
These Eldrazi are going to be some big
creatures, both in casting cost and power and
toughness. This Annihilator ablility is going to
be crazy if it is on alot of cheaper creatures.
More goodies for my Kaboom! deck.
Paul
Magic The Gathering Card of the Day: Pathrazer
of Ulamog
Welcome back readers today’s card of the day is
Pathrazer of Ulamog, a powerful colorless
creature, an Eldrazi, from Rise of The Eldrazi.
For 11 mana you get a 9/9 creature that can’t be
blocked except by three or more creatures. This
creature also shows of a new mechanic
Annihilator where when this creature attacks
defending player must sacrifice three
permanents. Wow this card is not as amazing as
the butcher of truth recently previewed by
Wizards but this creature can be cheated into
play via reanimation or any other conceivable
way to cheat a creature into play. In standard
the mana cost is somewhat prohibitive but with
Eye of Ugin in Worldwake all your Eldrazi spells
cost 2 less and you are able to search them up
throughout the game.
A Eldrazi archetype will definitely be
constructed in standard, how competitive and
successful it will be depends on the rest of the
cards released in the next set. In extended and
eternal some of the Eldrazi will make powerful
reanimation or Hypergenesis targets although I
doubt it will extended past this for archetypes.
In casual and constructed utilizing fast mana
production as well as the Urzatron and
cloudposts with Vesuva you can power out Eldrazi
extremely fast, these cards will appeal to
casual players. In limited its highly expensive
but a backbreaking card until I see a way to
further reduce the cost of Eldrazi they are
powerful but unreasonable casting cost. Overall
I’m psyched for the Eldrazi adding something
powerful and interesting to the game.
Pathrazer of Ulamog - In some ways this will be
played like an easier to summon Progenitus, but
with purely offensive and no defensive
abilities. I don't see this card making a
major impact outside of some casual decks unless
Eldrazi has a great deal of support in the new
set.
