David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Samut, Voice of Dissent
Is this guy really indicative of what Standard
is like? That's an awful lot of keywords in the
same place at the same time. I suppose you need
as many as you can when you're going up against
Nicol Bolas, but he'd be pretty playable if all
he had was the Fires of Yavimaya effect, much
less all the others. He's obviously intended to
be the main event in some sort of
Standard midrange deck with those colors, and I
have no doubt that will come to pass; just be
careful in Commander, as that one activated
ability makes him a Naya creature rather than
Gruul.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5
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James H. |
Samut, Voice of Dissent
(4/24)
Samut is one of those
creatures who feels really, really powerful.
More powerful than she looks at first. A fitting
start to
Amonkhet reviews, I suppose.
For starters, her stat line
is pretty respectable, effectively a 6/4 for 5
mana. This is before we get into her litany of
abilities: haste, vigilance, double strike (why
she’s effectively a 6/4),
and flash. Her ability to untap
another creature requires a third color to go
into, but it synergizes will with red and
green’s preponderance of exert. She hits hard,
she blocks well, and she synergizes with your
team. Five mana is actually about right for her;
more makes her too underwhelming for the
cost, while less makes her out-and-out broken.
She may actually make a good Naya-colored
commander in EDH, for those so inclined to try
her.
I don't think there’s one
thing Samut does specifically well, but she does
a lot well to where the whole is greater than
the sum of the parts. I would not be shocked to
see her tear up standard.
Constructed: 4.25
Casual: 5
Limited: 5
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander: 4
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