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Crested Sunmare
- Hour of Devastation
Reviewed
July 18, 2017
Constructed: 3.88
Casual: 5.00
Limited: 4.50
Multiplayer: 3.67
Commander [EDH]: 3.88
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Crested Sunmare
One of the interesting features of ancient
mythology is the importance of horses. While
this guy doesn't seem to be based on a
particular figure from Egyptian mythology, it
actually makes complete sense that a horse would
be the herald of hope and the journey through
the Hour of Devastation to a new life. I think
it's also fitting that he represents such a
major paradigm shift in casual Magic. Not
interested in horse tribal? That's fine, because
in a casual Soul Sisters deck, this guy adds
power to the table at a rate and a difficulty of
responding that rivals Grave Titan.
Construted: 4/5
Casual: 5/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5 |
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James H. |
Crested Sunmare (7/18)
A one-Horse combo on its own, Crested Sunmare is
almost everything you could want in one card. If
you have a way to gain life, you make an endless
stream of 5/5 Horse tokens, and Crested Sunmare
makes them indestructible, to boot! The
indestructibility proviso means that two
Sunmares will make all of your Horses
indestructible, which is very hard to stop.
It has a decent body, it has a fairly easy
trigger to work with (synergizes with lifelink,
various life-gain triggers like Authority of the
Consuls), and it works after every turn. It’s
not too hard to get a veritable army of horses
with a small amount of effort. Hour of
Devastation and exile effects do impede Crested
Sunmare and its buddies, and a lack of combat
keywords is annoying, but every card has its
answers.
Constructed: 3.75
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander: 3.75 |
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