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The
Scarab God
- Hour of Devastation
Reviewed
July 26, 2017
Constructed: 3.88
Casual: 4.50
Limited: 4.75
Multiplayer: 4.00
Commander [EDH]: 4.13
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
The Scarab God
I'm not entirely used to seeing tribal effects
on creatures with a different type - and there
were a few prominent ones as far back as Lorwyn,
with the likes of Stinkdrinker Daredevil. In the
Scarab God's specific case, too, his upkeep
trigger is like a riff on Graveborn Muse which
damages the opponent - I never thought that sort
of thing needed any help, but I guess this is
how Bolas' mind works, or something. I've been
thinking a lot about his activated ability that
"eternalizes" a creature, and I think I
underrated it a little (or perhaps more than a
little). I kept asking what happens if the
creature you want is already larger than 4/4,
but that perhaps matters less than it looks when
it has an ability like Blazing Archon or, heaven
forbid, Akroma.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 5/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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James H. |
The Scarab God (7/26)
The Scarab God may well be the finisher U/B or
Esper Zombies was hoping for in Standard. It has
a powerful effect, it gives you even more
Zombies, and it keeps coming back once killed.
The first effect is a way to finish off an
opponent through a stalled board, since it's
unblockable life loss...and it gives you a
leg-up by giving you a scry effect. The
reanimation is a cool feature, letting you turn
small creatures into major threats or giving you
any of the potent enters-the-battlefield
triggers from dead creatures...yours or your
opponent's. It’s a way to amass an army and keep
it working, and (of course) the semi-revival
clause is an excellent way to keep the value
train going.
Also, it's a 5/5 for 5, which is a pretty decent
rate of return for Dimir colors. Nothing to
complain about there.
Constructed: 3.75
Casual: 5
Limited: 4.5
Multiplayer: 4
Commander: 4.25
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