Play him cheap for the effect, or hard cast and keep him. Then they also have to deal with a huge fatty. He hits players also, but his only downside is that is a lot of green mana.
EpicSeven
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
great card. a volcanic fallout of sorts against fliers, plus with a power/toughness of 7/7, he is hard enough to deal with anyways. Works great when played on your opponents end step, then come your turn he charges into the red zone with blind fury! Ill be sad when he leaves standard :(
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(8 votes)
Faeries' nemesis.
Lestat13
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This card gives me a stoke when it get's sided in against my Esper aggro deck when they figure out I'm doing 90% of my damage in the air when they just planned to use this against faeries.
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(11 votes)
A spider alternative, that actually has an effective flyer-hate support ability. Also points for looking like a giant land squid thing.
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
A 7/7 for 6, with some great abilitys. In a single color. Awesome!
The Evoke ability is simply icing.
BrutalJim
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card deserves nothing less than a 5/5. A massive creature for 6, flash and reach means you can easily take out an opponents creature by playing it when your opponent attacks. The second ability is just gravy against any possible faeries.
Tezz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
bounce and play again in my dovescape deck great for killing opponents' doves
thrallallmighty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
its wery cool cuz he has flash and reach he isnt so expensive for 7/7 i say great card
RafiqTheMiststalker
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Primal Crux, my boy.
metalevolence
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Man, a 7/7 for 6 with flash would be a damn fine card. So that makes cloudthresher...
Gezus82
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
sooo... it's a cross between a rhinoceros and Cathulu?
GruesomeGoo
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(26 votes)
CTHULHU IS NOT PLEASED WITH YOUR FLYERS.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
So the 7/7 with reach is only worth an extra ? Kewl.
Aun
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It pretty much says: F*CK THOPTERS!
GracefulInferno
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Reports that Lord Ochu and a chocobo have eloped in the forest have just been confirmed.
I love the art for all of the elementals, but this one is exceptionally great. 5/5
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I want to join the crowd of elemental loving complainers, so without further ado: IT NEEDS TO BE AN ELEMENTAL NAUTILUS!
Dr.Pingas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Honestly, I feel like it should do more damage than 2. A beast that big should be able to wreck the sky.
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
9 damage to target attacking flying creature? yes plz!
AncientTimer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very cost effective but still doesn't feel broken. The reason being that this was created in effort to counterbalance the very broken faery cards like Bitterblossom, Mistbind Clique, Sower of Temptation, etc. But even creature as effective as this wasn't good enough in that setting. The Fae were force-feed to the players by making broken theme cards which overcame all obstacles. 4/5.
Shadoflaam
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
ALL HAIL THE SQUID CHICKEN
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I'd like to see more color-intensive costs like this. If we use more mana symbols, we should be able to make 'Mythic' cards that are not simply 'this is a rare that is not properly costed'.
Phyrexian Obliterator is ridiculously more powerful than Jace the Mind Sculptor, to be perfectly honest. Jace however was too dominant because he didn't cost enough . 2 or 1would have looked funny, but been 'right'.
orthodoxyordeath
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The art on this is almost disturbing....
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So darn good, really one of the creatures that shows just how useful and awesome the Flash ability is, a 7/7 for {6} is amazing to begin with, throw in reach to help out green against those pesky flyers. You can stop up to an 8/8 flyer cold with Cloudthresher still sticking around...not to mention blowing up any 2/2 or smaller flyers.
agentvirgo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
What would a Blue creature cost to have this kind of power and ability? What, 9 mana, if not more? Green gets it for six. Of course.
Lord_of_Gelectrodes
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Cthulhu? Nice try, mortals. More like ZALGO
DoragonShinzui
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
GREEEEEEEEN.
Which means he combos wonderfully with Primalcrux. Goodie!
SiamKor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Flavour text:
"Surprise, mother******!" - Sargent James Doakes
Oblivax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The first time i saw someone use a blink to get around the evoke sacrifice, I thought it seemed a little fishy, but i let it pass. If you review the rules, specifically 702.72a, it's very clear that the sacrifice is PART of the casting cost, not a triggered effect. Failure to sacrifice the creature makes the evoke fizzle and the creature goes to the graveyard. It doesn't matter if the creature leaves the battlefield, it still must be sacrificed to fulfill the evoke cost. Any judge that misses this obviously hasn't read the rules closely enough.
patronofthesound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is an incredible card...i've found it to be an edh staple for me. 5/5 for fair cost, utility, playability, art/flavor, over all fatness, and the occasional hosing of sky swarms such as talrand is known to make.
Played it against a storm herd once for ultimate win. Take it from a green mage such as myself, this is a great card.
@Oblivax: Read the ruling for the card, and then complain! If you cast this card for its evoke cost, you may put the sacrifice trigger and the regular enters-the-battlefield trigger on the stack in either order. The one put on the stack last will resolve first. Your opponent didn't do anything wrong, just used the rules to his advantage. When Cloudthresher comes into play, his triggered abilities go on the stack, and he has a chance to respond to his own effects. Thus, he blinked it to save it from being sacrificed. Simple as that.
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The Evoke ability is simply icing.
great for killing opponents' doves
he isnt so expensive for 7/7
i say great card
....and it looks like Junior's hungry! :D
IT NEEDS TO BE AN ELEMENTAL NAUTILUS!
Phyrexian Obliterator is ridiculously more powerful than Jace the Mind Sculptor, to be perfectly honest. Jace however was too dominant because he didn't cost enough
ZALGO
Which means he combos wonderfully with Primalcrux. Goodie!
"Surprise, mother******!"
- Sargent James Doakes
Played it against a storm herd once for ultimate win. Take it from a green mage such as myself, this is a great card.
-Eats lingering souls, squadron hawks, and delver of secrets
-Flying Batterskulls/jitte/swords can't get past it
-Huge finisher
-Can be cast for 4 to wipe or for 6 to stick
-Can be tutored by Green Sun's or Living wish
-Eats Planeswalkers.
Clear the air-weenies and eat a Liliana of the veil or Mind Sculptor? Nice.
Read the ruling for the card, and then complain!
If you cast this card for its evoke cost, you may put the sacrifice trigger and the regular enters-the-battlefield trigger on the stack in either order. The one put on the stack last will resolve first.
Your opponent didn't do anything wrong, just used the rules to his advantage. When Cloudthresher comes into play, his triggered abilities go on the stack, and he has a chance to respond to his own effects. Thus, he blinked it to save it from being sacrificed. Simple as that.