The Eldrazi as a species are inspired by the
tales from Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, and
Endless One specifically seems to be Magic's
equivalent of a bhole - a wormlike monster which
is found in the Dimension of Dream near Unknown
Kadath. In some stories, bholes are so large
that if you could see their head and tail at the
same time, you would become insane; that
probably won't happen with this card, unless you
get confused by a cost-reducing effect like
Eldrazi Temple. Regardless, this is an excellent
finisher for a Tron deck, a hilarious Plan B for
Heartbeat of Spring, the best late-game plan
available in Tiny Leaders, and destined to be
incredibly popular in casual play.
Today's card of the day is Endless One which is
a X mana colorless that enters play with X +1/+1
counters. This is an excellent card for
any colorless themed deck, decks that can
manipulate +1/+1 counters, or multicolor builds
that need a flexible option for whatever mana
might be available. It can be played turn
one as an early threat or at any point later on
a very exact curve, though that does leave it a
bit weaker than the top creatures that go beyond
the one mana for one power and toughness
concept. Overall a very solid creature in most
decks that can offer even more to some dedicated
designs.
In Limited this is a fairly easy first pick in
Booster as it doesn't lock you into a color and
unlike other eldrazi it doesn't force mana ramp
either. It is also a great topdeck, a weak
but usable turn one play, and has quite a bit of
colorless support in the format. In Sealed
it is unlikely that there is any deck this can't
be included in as it can always be cast for at
least some benefit in any color combination.
Whew. This is the stuff of legend. For so long,
we've been stuck with hydras and whatnot who
automatically either had a basic color cost
stuck to it, or a double X cost. Now, we've got
an X creature where it's all even P/T for the
cost. Which hey, is decent. There's plenty of
enablers for counter abuse, and this loves it.
Trample would've been nice, but you get what you
pay for, especially with this card.
