This guy is technically not a "Lord" as the term
is often used in Magic, but he still goes great
in a Soldier deck (and goes great with Tuesday's
card). He is, however, a 3/3 for six mana. Yes,
there's the Char combo, and yes he is in the
color of life gain, making his ability that much
better, but he's still not that great. If you
could play him at instant speed, now we're
talking.
Darien just seems like a missed opportunity. We
finally get a big human lord and it's not
actually pumping up humans. What he does can be
pretty devastating though. Any deck founded on
ignoring the early game and waiting to hit you a
few times with a big creature (like a Simic Sky
Swallower) can have problems with Darien. By the
time they get their big guns on the table, you
could have enough of a life advantage that
getting a swarm of soldiers can finish the game.
To say nothing of cards that can make your
soldiers into more than just 1/1 dorks.
Wow, a very late game card. Are you sure you
want your opponet to hit you this late into the
game? I mean if you can afford it then go ahead,
but otherwise this may not be such a good card.
Maybe in Limited i would try this card, but to
me this has no real use for it. I mean sure you
get alot of tokens, that's the truth, but if you
can't afford the life, then your out of the game
for sure.
Constructed~2.3
Casual~2.9 (Maybe someone can find it really
useful later on)
Limited~2.7
