The similarities between this and Nightmare Lash
are palpable. Increased size based on Swamps? An
Equip cost you can pay in life points? But will
Lashwrithe go further than its ancestor? The
biggest problem with the original Lash was that
monoblack was a weak deck in Mirrodin 1.0.
Phyrexian Obliterator seems to have put that
fear to bed, and indeed the Obliterator is made
far more fearsome by this card, and the heyday
of decks built almost entirely on nonbasics is
well in the past. Nightmare Lash also suffered
from requiring a payment of at least 3 life
before having any board impact, making it a dead
draw if you were at 3 or lower. Since Lashwrithe
is a Living Weapon, it does an equally good
impression of Nightmare or Korlash, Heir to
Blackblade as it does to Nightmare Lash. And at
four mana, this makes a decent alternate
four-drop to the Obliterator-- a 4/4 that can
grow with each successive land drop. Killing it
as a creature, with Go for the Throat, merely
kills the Germ and leaves the Lash to be picked
up by any surviving creature, giving it a
measure of durability that neither Nightmare nor
its eponymous Lash had.
Previously, Bonehoard was probably the strongest
of the living weapon cards for constructed, but
New Phyrexia looks set to shake things up with a
couple of new candidates. Sure, Lashwrithe
expects a commitment to black; but so did
Korlash, Heir to Blackblade, and I don't recall
too many complaints about him. Sure, it's not as
obviously crazy as Phyrexian Obliterator, and it
costs the same as that card; but nobody says you
can't play both. As long as you don't get caught
in the crossfire of hate for Caw-Blade's mythic
swords, you'll steal a lot of games with this
card.
Welcome back readers today’s card of the day is
one of my favorite cards from the new set.
Combining living weapon with a Nightmare minus
the flying, makes me all fluttered, I firmly
feel this card could spark the return of mono
black a powerful beater that can turn any of
your other creatures into a powerful threat is
okay in my book. In standard this and Phyrexian
Obliterator make for a powerful starting lineup
for a mono black deck whether it see’s
play is up in the air right now but
I predict Lashwrithe to make an appearance in a
top 8 sometime soon. In extended and eternal
this may see a fair amount of play mono black
may not be the biggest thing in these formats
but anything is possible although I don’t see it
making much of an impact here. In casual and
multiplayer this is a great card a beefy germ to
start fights and then you can equip it on your
own Nightmare explode peoples mind. In limited
its decent even if you are running black
as a secondary color. Overall I think this
will herald the return of mono black in some
regard and is just so powerful.
Today's card of the day is Lashwrithe which is
a four mana artifact with Living Weapon, an
equip cost of two Black or four life, and gives
the equipped creature +1/+1 for each Swamp you
control. This is a nice creature for a
mono-Black deck, especially later in the game,
and thanks to the effect works as a topdeck.
In many ways this is an upgrade over Nightmare
Lash and should see some play as a big creature
that can effectively survive removal efforts.
The germ token can support any sacrifice theme
and using the fourth turn to equip this to a
creature for four life and giving it +4/+4 can
be a strong play, especially if it has Lifelink.
Overall an interesting addition to Black's
toolbox that can be a surprise to your opponent
and one of the better thematic support options
available.
In Limited this is weakened whenever playing
multiple colors, but if you can manage a
mono-Black and artifact deck it is a very
powerful card.
In Sealed it depends on the ratio of Swamps to
other lands in your deck though it should be
playable at around half or more. For
Booster this can be drafted as a first pick and
is not a great card to pass when an opponent can
easily turn it into a 7/7 or larger creature
later in the game should they draft mono-Black.
Welcome to another card of the day
review here at Pojo.com. Today we are taking a
look at Lashwrithe from New Phyrexia. Lashwrithe
is a artifact equipment that costs four generic
mana. Lashwrithe has living weapon, meaning when
it hits the battlefield it generates a 0/0 germ
token and automatically equips itself to it.
Laashwrithe gives the equipped creature +1/+1
for each swamp you control and equips for two
black phyrexian mana. That means that you can
equip it for either two black mana, 4 life, or
one black mana and two life.
Lashwrithe is one of the better equipments that I have
seen in awhile, if you are running a mono-black
deck that is. The ability to turn any creature
into Nightmare or Korlash is just so much fun.
And with the right combinations, lethal. Please
imagine for a second equipping this to say
Blightsteel Colossus. He would be huge, have
trample, indestructible, and have infect. That
is a nasty combination. And with some of the
things that can produce mana in black, mostly
effective in vintage, that is a threat that
could hit the table quickly.
But what about just in general. The token itself
could be huge, and you could easily give the
token flying and infect in standard right now.
Cards such as Phyresis and Bladed Pinions make
it very easy to produce a quick threat that can
easily alter strategies, and end the game for
the ill-prepared.
Such a versatile card that it is worth the mana,
and gives black yet another great card.
