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This card certainly is as boring as it is powerful. Powerful in the sense that it is much better than the 5 existing GGG creature spells (click here for the otheres) but boring in the design space since it is only a vanilla creature. I am certain this will see some sort of play however as it avoids most damage based removal. This card really is doing what green does best which is dropping big creatures; however, it is doing it much more efficiently than usual.
I do like that mono color cards seem to be catching up in power level to all the gold cards in the Alara block, but you have to wonder at what point is lightning bolt going to be too weak for the current meta? How long will it be before players will start with 30 life to offset the power of modern cards? Is black going to be the new king of removal since even a Flame Javelin, one of reds best removal/finisher cards from shadowmoor, can not even slay the beast?
The scary thing is that with acceleration this can be a turn 2 drop. I am not trying to cause alarm and say "a 4/5 for 3! the sky is falling!" but if Worldwake is going to be a set made up of many strong mono cards like this it seems like it will upset the meta game alot. I am going to call it now, this will see standard play.
It is assumed that the card was an early leaked common promo for Worldwake. It seems to me that it really will be an uncommon given its similarity to Woolly Thoctar. It is an interesting look at what Worldwake may have to offer us as it is the first non-reprint spoiled for the set so far. The Worldwake spoiler season seems to be starting early so lets hope we keep getting a steady stream of leaks as it continues.
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