Seven colorless mana is an awful lot for an
Equipment that only grants +1/+0, but at least
its equip cost is cheap enough. But be
realistic, you're not here for the Equipment.
You're here for the 13/13 with flying, trample,
and intimidate. Yeah, that's what you're here
for. For what Withengar Unbound is, it's
actually quite cheap. A total of eight colorless
mana, plus you have to attack with a previously
conjured creature and get in for damage. Not as
hard as you'd expect the price tag on a Demon
like this to be. And make no mistake, the payoff
is worth it-- Withengar Unbound will end the
game in your favor as soon as it's allowed to
swing. The "loses the game" trigger is really
just maniacal icing on the Cake of Evil-- with
three abilities devoted to pushing combat damage
through, you'll be hitting incredibly hard
anyway.
At first blush, Elbrus looks like the very
definition of the word "overkill." On the other
hand, it's the first explicit reference in Magic
to Elric of Melnibone, a character who rarely
did anything by halves, and when you look at it
like that, it's pretty much exactly what you'd
expect it to be (minus the tendency to murder
your best friend of its own volition). There are
enough ways to get it into play for less than
its printed cost, ranging from Stoneforge Mystic
to Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper, that it will
probably end up on your "must prepare for" list
at multiplayer tables. Note that equipping it to
Phage the Untouchable is just cruel. Funny, but
cruel.
Magic The Gathering Card of The Day: Elbrus The
Binding Blade
Welcome back readers and todays card of the day
is a card from my top multiplayer article a card
that is specifically played in multiplayer. In
standard this card is an expensive artifact that
turns into a beat beater the second ability is
irrelevant as most of the time games are just
one on one, the fact that titans and other
beaters exist makes this card really terrible in
comparison and not able to measure up to other
competitive cards. You need to cast this equip
and get through making this card kind of far
fetched to be competitive. In modern and
extended the same concept applies this card is
pretty bad. In legacy and vintage this is
suspicious tech with Stoneforge Mystic allowing
you to cheat on the mana costs and possibly get
a big beater in early however this is not the
most competitive play but I wouldn’t be
surprised to see people trying it. In casual and
multiplayer is where this card shines, players
lose all the time and your demon just keeps
getting bigger and bigger giving it shroud of
hexproof via Whispersilk Cloak or Lighing
Greaves is a great option and allows you to have
the biggest creature on the board and end the
game rather quickly. In limited it could be
bomby if you get it off however it is expensive
and may have no impact on the game its worth a
shot making your opponents block where they may
not wish too. Overall a flavorful and powerful
multiplayer and casual card that most likely
wont see much tournament play.
Today's card of the day is Elbrus, the Binding
Blade which is a seven mana Legendary equipment
with an equip cost of one that gives +1/+0 and
transforms if the creature it is attached to
deals combat damage to an opponent. If
transformed it is a Black 13/13 Legendary with
Flying, Intimidate, and Trample that gains
thirteedn +1/+1 counters whenever a player loses
the game. This can be combined with
evasion or Hexproof to make the attack's success
more likely, but the eight mana to cast and
equip it to a creature that has to be in play is
quite a high prerequisite. Other equipment
cards can come into play earlier and do more
without relying on the specific condition of
dealing damage to be effective. There are
abilities that can search the library for the
Blade or play it from hand without the seven
mana cost, which is almost required to make it
viable. If the 13/13 makes it into play
and isn't removed it will most likely win the
game through a combination of evasion and
Trample, it is just getting to that point that
is difficult.
For Limited the seven colorless mana isn't that
bad in a multicolor deck and anything that can
make a creature of this size with those keywords
is worth a slot in the format. Even if it
doesn't trigger any opponent will be wary of the
effect which is an excellent psychological tool.
An automatic include in Sealed, barring a fully
low mana aggro design, and interesting enough to
draft first in Booster even though it isn't the
most reliable of mythic rares. Support
through cards with evasion or countermagic as
protection increases the potential value and
should be given higher priority in card
selection.
Welcome to
the card of the day section here at Pojo.com. We
close out the week of mythic rares with one of
the best in Elbrus the Binding Blade and
Withengar Unbound. Elbrus is a mythic rare
legendary artifact equipment that costs seven
generic mana. Elbrus equips for just one mana,
and gives equipped creature +1/+0 and when the
equipped creature deals combat damage to a
player, unattach it and transform Elbrus. Elbrus
then becomes Withengar Unbound. Withengar is an
amazing legendary creature demon. Withengar is a
13/13 with flying, intimidate, and trample.
Withengar says that whenever another player
loses the game, put 13 +1/+1 counters on it.
Elbrus and Withengar are some of the most crazy cards
from Dark Ascension. The one reason is it is not
very often that you see something that is
printed specifically for multiplayer. And yet,
here it is. The pump granted isn’t anything mind
blowing, the whole point is to get the
transformation. The best part of the
transformation is no going back, like most of
the non-werewolf cards. And Withengar is just
simply amazing! Flying, intimidate, and trample,
and all in one 13/13 package! So what that means
is that even IF your opponent has a flier, and
IF it is an artifact or the same color, than can
it really go toe to toe with Withengar?
