One of the cards I loved when I came into the game (Xth), but I've never gotten a chance to use it successfully in a deck. The art on it is just so great I'm going to keep trying though.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(10 votes)
Oh My God This Artwork Is *** Ridiculous Critchlow Is A Beast And Well The Dross In Mirrodin Is Just So Cool All This Weird Awesome Stuff Comes Out Of It And The Croc Has Got The Best Creature Type In Magic. ZOMBIE CROCODILE!
SavageBrain89
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(9 votes)
The card out right sucks. Having to pay four mana for a creature that can get chumped block by any 1/1 wimp is not worth playing. The only good thing about this card is the extravagent art work, which is sadly wasted on this unplayable creature.
Joseph_Leito
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Two words. First strike.
This in a red deck w/ Lightning Talons or something is amazing. Drop that and you've got an 8/1 w/ First Strike, pretty good.
Could stand to have a slightly lowered mana cost though.
ScissorsLizard
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Unimpressive.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Definitely a nice artwork, yet it's hard finding the Mirrodin flavor on it when comparing the crocodile to the far more metal-cloaked one on the original artwork.
The power/toughness relation is also very black, although it's certainly not a card worth playing in constructed. I think it could actually proof somewhat useful in draft nontheless.
J.Smith
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
This card, if managed, can do some quick damage, all you have to do it to prevent blocks by 1/1 creature (by nuking it) (i.e. darkblast )
Or you can else use it to block stronger creatures ( 5/5 ).
It dosent stay alive long but can do significant damage/breaking walls.
spectermonger
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(4 votes)
pure limited fodder during its time--crap now.
chinkeeyong
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(11 votes)
Zombie. Crocodile.
kakashixdx
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Turn 3 Lord of the Undead, Turn 4 Dross Crocodile, Turn 5 Vulshock Morningstar or other way to buff, He's a 8/4. Rite of Consumption to deal 8 damage at the player, gain 8 life, then return him to your hand with Lord of the Undead. Yay!
Honestly, the original artwork was just as fantastic as this one, But man... This card is so playable. Whispersilk cloak and then give it double strike. 2 round win.
Henrietta
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Functionally reprinted in Innistrad as a Zombie Snake! (Rotting Fensnake)
Splizer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I think the idea with these 5/1 black creatures is that you work around the low toughness by removing creatures that could deal you damage, something which black is unparalleled at; creature killing! With a clear lane into the red zone, Dross Crocodile and Rotting Fensnake can get in for Lava Axe-esque damage unlike many black creatures of that cost or rarity. And they are good chump blockers too. So while they're not great, I can see a principle here.
Salient
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
-3 toughness compared to Juggernaut... but it's a Zombie Crocodile.
For zombie giga-chump-blocking, you'd probably prefer a 6/2 lifelinker... but over a Zombie Crocodile?
@Salient: no it's not, it can't be regenerated by Swarmyard and dies to Raging Goblin, unlike the ***roach.
MillingMaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ SavageBrain89:
You suck. I have 3 and I want a forth for a play set.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cards like this are what make limited both Color-pie aware and fun. It requires a little help but it's actually quite huge and fits easily with a splash.
When you're running lots of basics it's easy to fit him into a deck and cast him on time without messing up your mana. People forget that things like Obliterator are so restrictive (MonoB, good luck in Limited! MonoB, good luck in tournies!) that even though the {3} to {B}{B}{B} is very worth it for +0/+4 unblockable psuedo-annihilator; it points out that the {B}{B}{B}{B} cost is much higher than the {4}{B}{B} of a Grave Titan. You'd never know that until you play limited multicolor decks and get the hand of just how much manafixing it takes to even run {B}{B} effectively.
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This in a red deck w/ Lightning Talons or something is amazing. Drop that and you've got an 8/1 w/ First Strike, pretty good.
Could stand to have a slightly lowered mana cost though.
The power/toughness relation is also very black, although it's certainly not a card worth playing in constructed. I think it could actually proof somewhat useful in draft nontheless.
Or you can else use it to block stronger creatures ( 5/5 ).
It dosent stay alive long but can do significant damage/breaking walls.
For zombie giga-chump-blocking, you'd probably prefer a 6/2 lifelinker... but over a Zombie Crocodile?
...
Strictly better than Giant Cockroach.
You suck.
I have 3 and I want a forth for a play set.
When you're running lots of basics it's easy to fit him into a deck and cast him on time without messing up your mana. People forget that things like Obliterator are so restrictive (MonoB, good luck in Limited! MonoB, good luck in tournies!) that even though the {3} to {B}{B}{B} is very worth it for +0/+4 unblockable psuedo-annihilator; it points out that the {B}{B}{B}{B} cost is much higher than the {4}{B}{B} of a Grave Titan. You'd never know that until you play limited multicolor decks and get the hand of just how much manafixing it takes to even run {B}{B} effectively.