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Ravenous Chupacabra – MTG Card Review – COTD

Ravenous Chupacabra
Ravenous Chupacabra

Ravenous Chupacabra
– Rivals of Ixalan

Date Reviewed:
February 5, 2018

Ratings:
Constructed: 4.00
Casual: 4.25
Limited: 4.87
Multiplayer: 3.00
Commander [EDH]: 3.75

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale.
1 is bad. 3 is average.  5 is great.

Reviews Below: 


King Of
Hearts

Two isn’t exactly enough to make a tribal deck but its nice to see more than one card based off of a cryptozoology monster. Not much to go into detail with Ravenous Chupacabra, its “Murder” on a body. Both simple and effective. Although Black can not destroy artifacts or enchantments, its still the best at destroying the most prevalent and powerful card type. Although it has a hard time killing gods, this beast is very efficient. 

Constructed: 4
Limited: 5
Casual: 4
Multiplayer: 3
Commander (EDH): 4 

 James H. 

  

If you’re doing a Meso-American themed set, including the legendary chupacabra is pretty much a given; both Ixalan sets had a chupacabra, but this one is the real deal. It’s easily one of the most powerful uncommons in Rivals of Ixalan, stapling a 2/2 body to a Murder and invoking memories of Nekrataal in the process. Being able to turn your kill spell into another body on-board is absurdly good value, and there are a lot of targets for this goat-muncher to devastate in both Limited and Standard.

Ravenous Chupacabra hits a lot of things, though it does blank on a couple of creatures, like Carnage Tyrant and Hazoret. Even with those misses, it still offers a massive swing that allows you to seize control in shaky board states and re-stabilize if things are going south. It’s apt to be a major factor for Ixalan‘s time in Standard, to say the least, even if it’s not particularly great past Standard (where the likes of Shriekmaw largely outclass it).

Constructed: 4
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4.75
Multiplayer: 3
Commander: 3.5

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