This rare is entirely playable in limited but he
may be a little too expensive for what he does
to see much constructed play. In either case,
what Seht’s Tiger mostly has to offer is a 3/3
creature for four mana that arrives in play at
the speed of an instant. The reason to play
Seht’s Tiger is not primarily for his ability to
give you protection from a color. This ability
will come in handy once in a great while, but
believe me, holding back this Tiger in your hand
and keeping four mana open JUST IN CASE your
opponent decides to target you with a dangerous
spell is probably not prudent. Most of the time,
what you want to do is surprise your opponent’s
attacking 2/2 creature with a 3/3 blocker that
appears out of nowhere. Now that I’ve thought
about it a little more, I can imagine a couple
of Seht’s Tiger coming out of a white deck’s
sideboard to prevent some targeted spell that
the white deck has no other defense for. Still,
the main thing you get when you grab THIS tiger
by the tail is a 3/3 Cat with a mouthful of
teeth and a great combat trick, if the special
ability ends up helping you, that is simply a
bonus.
Greatly reminiscent of Plaxmanta, a card I get a
good bit of use out of in my Simic deck. This
guy is even better bcause he protects you and
not your creatures. He can be played in response
to any spell that targets you, meaning that you
can now stop burn spells, discard spells,
Edicts, and most milling effects for a turn. And
you get a 3/3 for your trouble. It also prevents
all damage to you for a turn, which means this
is also a sort of one-sided Holy Day that still
lets you block anything you can kill and let
through whatever you can't with impunity. You
even get a 3/3 to do some blocking for you. The
one problem is, it costs 2WW. Most decks don't
play anything for 2WW except Wrath of God, and
even fewer decks want to leave it open for a
trick. In Limited it can be a savage
tempo-breaker, but anywhere else it's probably
just a King Cheetah with a little something
extra.
Constructed- 2.5
Casual- 3.5
Limited- 3.5
Aethereal
Tuesday -
Seht's Tiger
On its own, a 3/3 with Flash for 4 is not that
bad a deal, but this guy has a built-in Ivory
Mask-like effect when he hits play. I like him
quite a bit, but I don't know where he'll fit.
He's sort of a control card but that deck
doesn't need him, and sort of an aggro card but
he's too slow for that role. He'll get play in
my casual decks though, that's for sure.
In limited, not a top pick but better than
yesterday's card. The protection can come in
handy on occasion.
Constructed - 2.5
Casual - 3
Limited - 3
David Fanany
Seht's Tiger
Continuing this week's theme of "weird stuff
you've never seen before Future Sight was
released," we have one of only a couple of ways
in Standard to protect yourself from a hellbent
Demonfire. That's good, but that's also about
all it can do. Sure, it acts as a Holy Day
effect if lots of the creatures attacking you
share a color, and it acts as a counterspell
against burn, but in constructed play four mana
is a little expensive for either of those
effects. The Tiger's not bad in limited because
it acts as a surprise blocker (a 3/3 blocker, no
less!) and also temporarily annuls an attacker
or two. I'd certainly run it.
Constructed: 1/5
Casual: 2/5
Limited: 3/5
Arcane
Reviews by
Arcane
Seht’s Tiger
Constructed: The surprise factor of preventing a
combo player from going off is always nice, or
stopping a big swing from an aggro player. A lot
of players will probably see themselves using
this to stop a big Dragonstorm or lethal
tendrils from a TEPS player. And to be honest it
might work some of the time, but it’s not going
to work all of the time. It doesn’t have split
second which means it can still be countered or
responded to while its still on the stack, which
hurts some of its power. It does have the
benefit of being a beater to deal damage to the
opponent with, but its protection is one time
only. I’d generally prefer to use something
solid and more dependable like an ivory mask to
protect me.
Casual/Multi: Now the flash protection is going
to be a lot more useful than an ivory mask in a
casual setting letting you generate field
presence and costing your opponent their big
spell they were hoping to take you out of the
game with, or costing them dearly when they
swing all out hoping to eliminate you with an
alpha strike. I often find that you gain the
most advantage not from hiding behind walls in
multiplayer games but from having a trump up
your sleeve, and a surprise that you can pull
out that costs your opponent position, which is
what this cat can generate/
Limited: A solid 3/3 with flash and a built in
protection ability for you? That spells bomb in
Limited formats. I have single handedly seen
this turn a game from the opponents favor to the
defenders as the cat came out in response to a
big swing, blocking a weaker creature and
soaking up the damage that the unblocked
attackers would deal, and then joining in to
swing back and defeat the opponent. There’s not
much else that could make this creature any
better for limited without sounding nitpicky. A
good a reason as any to go white.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 4
Limited: 4.5
PsychoAnime
Review by
PsychoAnime
A 3/3 with flash for 4 mana is ok at best, so
let's look at its ability.
You gaining protection means no damage. So this
is a super-Holy Day. That's
pretty good as it can stop Dragonstorm (if they
didn't Gigadrowse you) or a
rather large burn spell, especially Demonfire.
Second, gaining protection means you can be
enchanted. That's pretty useless.
Third, you can be targeted. That's decently
useful as a significant number of
cards require a player as a target such as
discard.
So this card does have its uses but I don't
think its useful enough to maindeck.
Sidedecking this against combo is probably its
best use.
Constructed: 3.5/5
Casual: 3.5/5
Limited: 3/5, it's flash on a 3/3!
