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Glorybringer
- Amonkhet
Reviewed
May 8, 2017
Constructed: 4.38
Casual: 4.50
Limited: 5.00
Multiplayer: 3.75
Commander [EDH]: 4.00
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Glorybringer (5/8)
The swooping terror of
Amonkhet is a real monster. It’s an
efficiently-costed attacker that also clears out
a pesky creature en route to smashing an
opponent's face. You can pick off another flier,
something big and bulky on the ground, or
anything but another Glorybringer or other
Dragon. And if you don’t need to exert it, it’s
a nice pocket threat that's still a 4/4 with
haste for a reasonable price. It also synergizes
well with untap effects or vigilance effects,
like Always Watching.
Glorybringer is pretty
powerful, all in all. It's certainly causing a
big splash in Standard at the present, thanks to
its efficient body and potent effect. I don't
see it getting usurped anytime soon in this
Standard or in the next set. Swoop early, swoop
often.
Constructed: 4.75
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander: 4
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James H. |
Glorybringer
The cover of the Pathfinder sourcebook Lost
Kingdoms involves a mummified dragon rising from
its crypt to fight some of the iconic
characters. I was rather surprised Wizards of
the Coast didn't include something similar in
Amonkhet. It seems clear to me that if you have
dragons around, they would be important enough
to mummify. Perhaps Bolas doesn't want the
competition, but I doubt there's any risk of any
being comparing to the last Elder Dragon.
Regardless, Glorybringer is absolutely one of
the most powerful creatures in Amonkhet. It hits
insanely hard and obscenely fast (even in
Standard, much less in formats with Llanowar
Elves), and not untapping for a turn is hardly a
drawback for a color that loves to attack and/or
when it's already killed everything on the other
side of the table. The only wrinkle is that as
attacking goes, it occupies a similar sort of
space to various of Kaladesh's vehicles; but for
any deck that chooses the dragon direction, I
expect this card to be downright devastating.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 5/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5
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