As far as we know, Gerrard Capashen and the crew
of the Weatherlight never visited Theros. That's
not so surprising in itself, because the
multiverse is infinite and your chances of
stumbling on any given plane by accident would
be vanishingly small, but it is interesting that
he himself seems to have developed a similar
sort of fighting style to Kytheon (go back and
look at Gerrard's own card from Apocalypse for
reference). It's also interesting to note that
many of the creatures with renown have a
built-in way to get through combat - the
Irregulars have one of the most effective, since
its activation cost can overpower most normal
defenses short of a herd of Saproling tokens.
The fact that it can also be used defensively
makes them one of the most solid and
well-rounded creatures not just in the renown
subset, but in Origins as a whole.
Today's card of the day is Kytheon's Irregulars
which is a four mana White 4/3 with Renown 1 and
for two White mana it can tap target creature.
The four mana 4/3 that can become a 5/4 is okay,
but combined with the reusable tap ability and
it is a serious threat that can walk past most
defenses or at least prevent worthwhile
blocking. As a top creature in a control
build this can lock down the battlefield, though
it benefits greatly from a mono-color build or
mana filtering.
In Limited this outright wins games by
preventing any threats from attacking or
blocking while still being able to apply
pressure. There is no drawback and fairly
minimal mana required to keep a lock running
which makes this a dominant card in the format.
An absolute first pick in Booster even if out of
color as a hate draft and barring a terrible
White pool the starting point to build around in
Sealed.
