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Monstrous Onslaught
- Aether Revolt
Reviewed
Feb. 3, 2017
Constructed: 4.00
Casual: 4.25
Limited: 4.25
Multiplayer: 4.00
Commander [EDH]: 4.00
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David Fanany
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Monstrous Onslaught
It's true this card has a couple of conditions,
and ones that can be hard to meet against the
wrong opponent (there's an awful lot of Magic
decks devoted to cards that take things off the
table). It's true that this card is on the
expensive side. But when it comes together, it's
basically a one-sided Wrath of God. Green wants
to play big creatures anyway, and everything
that helps you cast them helps you cast
Monstrous Onslaught as well. No color gets one
sided Wrath of God variants, especially not
green, so you may as well take advantage of it.
And yes, I'm sure someone will say you should
just splash black and play Ultimate Price, but
does Ultimate Price interact with Titanic
Ultimatum?
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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James H. |
Monstrous Onslaught (2/3)
This is basically a green
board wipe in most senses of the word. You use
your strongest creature's power to try and pick
off your opponent's forces, with no fear of your
creature dying in the exchange. With how the
spell is worded, it also keeps your opponent
from countering it by killing your creature.
5 mana and reliance on your
creature to do the damage does make this a bit
awkward at times, particularly if you have only
smaller creatures. It also doesn't take
advantage of combat keywords on your creature.
But this can be a major blowout in Limited, and
I could see it getting some fringe usage in
Standard if a deck needs a way to break
stalemates and has no other colors able to do
it.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4.5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander: 4
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