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Falkenrath Aristocrat
- Modern Masters 2017
Reviewed
April 11, 2017
Constructed: 4.25
Casual: 4.75
Limited: 4.25
Multiplayer: 3.75
Commander [EDH]: 4.13
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Falkenrath Aristocrat
I think this card is actually a lot stronger
even than a lot of competitive decks rate it. It
fits in a vampire-themed deck on every level,
from mechanics to flavor, and can also
counterintuitively be played in a human-heavy
deck based on getting it as many +1/+1 counters
as possible. The counters, in turn, feed into a
theme which the Aristocrat's colors are
surprisingly good at (cf. Urge to Feed, Volt
Charge), and together these features really set
it apart from your average Ball Lightning-style
haste creature. It even does exciting things in
multiplayer, being in the right colors for cards
like Grave Pact and Mortivore. There's so much
to like about this card.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 5/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5
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James H. |
Falkenrath Aristocrat
(4/11)
Back in
Innistrad,
Falkenrath Aristocrat was a nightmare to play
against. She's a 4/1 with evasion and haste,
which is hard enough to fight, but her other
ability makes her the terror she was. In
conjunction with leaves-the-battlefield
triggers, like Blood Artist, it's not hard to
use her as a massive combo piece. She also
protects herself
and makes herself potentially bigger. She’s hard to kill and
hard to stop, outside of toughness-lowering or
-1/-1 counter effects.
She's an interesting
amalgam of a combo piece and an efficient beater
on her own. What's not to love? She may be a bit
too weird to work in Modern, but she's certainly
not outclassed; it's just a lot easier to keep
her from devastating the board with all of
Modern's various toys.
Constructed: 4.5
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4.5
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander: 4.25
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