If you have two big creatures out, Hagrid deals 4 a turn, while another big creature would deal 3. However Hagrid still takes 2 actions to play, and requires having the creatures stay alive to deal damage, so he's still not better than playing another creature.

If you manage to get out 3 big creatures, then Hagrid would do 6 damage a turn. However, you have to keep these creatures in play. If you do this without Hagrid, you deal 9 damage a turn or more anyway, so you are probably going to win. It would be much better to instead of playing Hagrid, and risk having your creatures killed, to instead play spells such as steel claw, or a different damage spell, and kill your opponent aa turn or two faster.

Basically, Hagrid is only good when you are already doing good and destroying your opponent. Cards that are only good when you have a good position aren't good cards! They are unnecessary. You don't need to use cards which are good when your game is going really well, such as Hagrid. You need cards that will stor you from dying when things go poorly, or will make it so you start doing well in the first place. Hagrid does neither. Therefore, he's not worth it.

Rating: 1.5

Rating: 5

Ok, that said, on to the card. With the introduction of the base set, Hagrid quickly became a must-have in all creature decks. Its only drawback was that he isn't a wizard, so he can't be a starter. (Hopefully someday Dumbledore will correct that tragic injustice that was done to Hagrid.) This meant that the first player to draw and play Hagrid was often the winner. His power allowed the Wolves and dragons to take a big bite out of your opponent. Plus, the power also kicks in whenever a Steelclaw is played.

With the addition of the QC expansion, Hagrid, when also playing the adventure "Into the Forbidden Forest" puts a big bite into all but the smallest creatures.

I'm a little torn on the rating, especially since someone said that I was perfect this week. Unfortunately, Hagrid's heyday way be passing. Especially with the capabilities in DA to remove your opponents characters. But that's next week's review.

Rating: 4

Rating: 2.5

Rating: 3.5

Anywho, Hagrid is cool and until qc, there was no real way to get rid of him short of playing him first. but nowadays, there are lots of cards that get rid of characters and Hagrid also does no good if you don't have any creatures in play. Creature Denial decks seem to be running rampant nowadays :)

However, when every creature that is doin three damage does two more, Haggy is not to be underestimated. one of the few characters that is not a wizard, you can't start out with him, yet he's still the boss & nova :) Hagrid doesn't dance, well... not until book four... but your opponent will be dancin to get away from him if you got creatures dealin damage already and not tooo many peeps put anti character cards in their deck. A lot of peeps are playin Diffindo, but if you got creatures running loose, the choice of what to Diffindo becomes difficult. I generally tend to stay away from Hagrid simply because i'd rather put another creature in my deck. At least that way, i know when i play it that they will HAVE to deal with it or take the damage. With Hagrid, you can't be tooooo sure of that.

All in all, i would say Hagrid is a darned good card for creature decks, especially if youre looking for places to fill. I wouldn't revolve any deck around him too strongly, but Hagrid is still da man.

Rating: 4.25