As a creature whose heroic ability improves his
combat stats, Fabled Hero is in the same general
category as Phalanx Leader; while Phalanx Leader
makes a group of creatures difficult to deal
with, Fabled Hero is more of a high-risk
high-reward situation, and has the potential for
explosive blowouts. That practically begs to be
built around, and this is probably the best time
ever to try and do so. And besides, there's no
reason you can't run both!
Today's card of the day is Fabled Hero which is
a three mana White 2/2 with Double Strike and
the Heroic ability of gaining a +1/+1 counter
whenever you cast a spell that targets it.
A three mana 2/2 with Double Strike is already
playable, particularly with two supported types
like human and soldier, but adding in the
benefit from being targeted and you have a card
that should be very popular in White tribal
decks. Both the Heroic and Double Strike
effects benefit from many auras or combat tricks
and adding this into decks, or building around
it, is likely to make this a frequent sight in a
variety of formats and designs.
In Limited the double White is a bit of a
drawback, as is the low base toughness leaving
some vulnerability to removal, that is more than
made up for by the Double Strike and synergy
with the Heroic effect. As with other
Heroic cards the set offers no shortage of cards
to trigger the effect which makes supporting it
with draft choices fairly easy and viable even
if Fabled Hero is not in play. The potential
threat is impressive and even with the drawback
it is a great first pick in Booster and
automatic inclusion for any Sealed using a
reasonable number of White mana sources.
Thank goodness it is Friday! Today I get the
privilege to review Fabled Hero. This human has
double strike which is great by itself. Fabled
Hero also gets a +1+1 counter every time that
you cast a spell targeting him. Can you imagine
the possibilities? In Standard right now you
have Arial Maneuver, Phytoburst, Ranger’s Guile
and Enlarge. Did I forget to mention Gift of
Orzhova and Unflinching Courage? Fabled Hero is
an amazing card for white agro players. Casual
players should have some fun with this guy.
Fabled Hero is a fun card to play around with
and can easily get out of control. Now, go forth
and abuse your opponents!
Welcome back readers todays card of the day is
a powerful heroic creature, double strike is an
amazing ability and putting it on a creature
that grows incrementally bigger is an amazing
creature. In standard I can see this card being
slotted into enchantment based decks as it is
one of the most powerful recipient of
enchantment spells transforming it into a
monstrous creature. In modern and eternal
formats its sort of expensive and requires an
investment but can single handedly end games
making it somewhat of a potential candidate. In
casual and multiplayer it’s a powerful card with
powerful tribal support and is easy to slot into
enchantment based decks. In limited it’s a solid
pick for a deck as it is a threatening creature
and even solid without added support. Overall a
card guaranteed to see some amount of
constructed and casual play.
