A 5/4 at his mana cost is a good deal. In
addition, you make it very hard for your
opponents to attack you- either they pay 3, or
they give you a 3/3 with which to block. Which
means of course, you don't need to hold blockers
back. Drop him and swing away, baby!
For a lawful evil warlord who charges people
just to breathe his air, Kazuul plays very
nicely with a lot of cool spells and creatures.
Soul Warden adds insult to injury, Pandemonium
gets even more noisy, and Nettling Imp keeps the
debt-dodgers coming. I'm looking forward to
seeing this character in a lot of fun decks to
come.
Today's card of the day is Kazuul, Tyrant of
the Cliffs which at five mana can really put
your opponent into a difficult and somewhat
unusual situation of facing a defensive Red
effect. At attack of just three creatures
would cost nine mana to avoid three 3/3 blockers
and it just goes up from there. A truly
entertaining combination would be using this
with Suicidal Charge to make all of their
creatures weaker and forced into attacking
against a likely equal number of 3/3 creatures.
For Constructed, Casual, and Multiplayer a five
mana 5/4 is a solid body for the cost in Red and
the rare defensive ability is an interesting
play. Direct support for the ogre type is
lacking and the tokens are not guaranteed as
they depend on the deck and field of your
opponent.
Kazuul himself can benefit from a Warrior deck,
but overall this is a powerful yet strange
addition to the color and it remains to be seen
if decks running it can be viable.
With Limited this is a truly fantastic card that
can survive fairly well with four toughness, is
reasonably priced, and makes the primary win
condition of the format more difficult for your
opponent. An automatic inclusion in a
Sealed deck that is at least half Red and a
worthy first choice in Booster. The number
of traps in the format can promote playing
Kazuul fairly defensively instead of using the
5/4 as an offensive tool, but as always that
depends on the exact situation.
