Great for Wither decks! It turns a Scar into a Pacifism and a Soul Snuffers into a Blazing Archon...but even better because they can't block either!
MrMetalMan
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is awesome, I've nearly centered my B/R deck around it!
God_of_Destruction
★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Another reason why B/R combination is great... Too powerful for anyone to handle if this is placed in a proper deck... 5/5
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Sheer genius. If only every multi-colored in Shadowmoor could have been as good as this one.
gongshowninja
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Broken card. Flavour-wise, it's funny to have this guy shut down creatures with divinity counters. So much for godhood, huh?
KnightLord77
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
What a powerful card!!! What a great way to not only kill off other creatures, but to shut them down in the process! Fantastic artwork, too - but who pays attention to that kind of stuff other than me? :-)
serrated arrows? *** that, am i the only one who thought of using him with a midnight banshee?
Kataklyzmik
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Against any green decks with Oran-reif, the vastwood, this card is king.
Belz_
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@datruuf
Nope. Me too, though Soul Snuffers is another choice, and plays earlier.
SpencerDub
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I've been building a B/R wither deck around this guy, and I just realized that he's an excellent solution (in Casual) to creatures with level up.
aba1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
modular sadness
SaprolingsFTW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My B/R deck is centered around this here fella. The only problem is almost every time I play my friends they whip me with stuff like Counterspell and Oblivion Ring. Maybe a Vexing Shusher...
Josh4567
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Awesome against any ally deck that uses a lot of +1/+1 counters.
Not just Serrated Arrows, but try out Forgotten Ancient or anything with Graft or Reinforce, as well. Your opponents will be wondering why you're putting +1/+1 counters on their creatures until you drop the Knight. For a little more tech (and color splash), Novijen, Heart of Progress can do the trick, too.
allmighty_abacus
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
"5/1/2008 This checks your opponents' creatures for any kind of counters, not just -1/-1 counters."
This card just says "be aware, all your creatures could get shut down the moment you play steel overseer" to artifact decks. very nice card, shame I didn't pull one, would go well with scars of mirrodin.
Colors are a bit awkward, but hilarious with Choking Fumes.
JamesLucas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This card more than any other gave me pangs about the M10 combat damage changes. There was little I enjoyed more than spreading counters to all creatures my opponent sent to take down Inescapable Brute and then dropping this Knight onto the table. I'm glad it got its day in the sun (or whatever they have in Shadowmoor) before damage assignment became more strictly regimented.
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This turns normally powerful situations on creatures into a huge drawback.
Kazandu Blademaster is colouring in his corner.
Artifact creatures pumped with Steel Overseer are now rusting.
Anything you happily Contagion Clasped or even Contagion Engined are sick in bed.
It's very powerful, and if its toughness weren't in bolt range (but notice not Doom Blade fodder),
I'm confident we'd see him being played frequently.
endersblade
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love using Brighthearth Banneret after the first few turns to lock down someone's power creature. I also use Hateflayer with Arcane Teachings along with this guy to lock multiple creatures down as well as beat face. Yes, much more efficient ways of doing this, but I use what I have.
No one mentioned it yet but in Block, there is Meadowboon. I had a deck with those two and Soul Snuffers. It was quite a fun casual deck. You could also Meadowboon an ally's creatures or your own for persist purposes. Pyrrhic Revival worked well in there too.
RJTheDestroyer
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is such a beastly card...against a Simic deck (if anyone out there plays with one still) it would basically make it useless. And yes, so many good combos to make with it. It'll definitely be a target for Lightning Bolts and such, but as Black, you'll find ways to get it back to your hand/in play from the graveyard :)
<3, that's all i can really say. i have hundreds of this guy, and i still pick them up at tourneys when the dealers remember to bring them for me.
~Jeff
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really, really magnifies Cannibalize's potential as removal...
...BUT, a bit too pricey. I would've gladly lost the flying in exchange for him costing 1-2 less (although he might be broken at 3 cmc). I tend to be squeamish about paying 4, let alone 5 for something that dies to bolt. Either drop the cmc in exchange for losing the flying and beef him up to 4/4 or 4/5. Wither and flying have negative synergy anyway.
Turns Scar into Pacifism. ... *Re reads own sentence* ... That just doesn't sound right.
steev
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love how this guy hoses any creatureswithunleash that your opponents chose to unleash. Especially since he's in the same colors. R/B just don't care.
If you aren't playing Nine copies, you're doing it wrong. ;o
If the Judge complains at you, tell him that Above all else, you desire Power, and this method delivers.
Oh, and this guy remains useful LONG after Standard. :D Pretty much...an absolute Hoser of Simic-theme, Selesnya-theme, Golgari-theme, Undying, Persist, Artifacts, Gideon, and the card "Doubling Season" in Commander. Which turns out to be quite a lot of Commander XD >:D
RuscoJames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Try Aku Djinn for beating down on your opponent while locking down all of their stuff.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That's an awful lot of work for an uncommon.. but I suppose these are the days of Vampire Nighthawk.
Hear that? That's the scream of every Simic player out there.
Infernaldarkness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I've just noticed this: Level up killer.
Xenomorphism
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you run wither, you run this. I've been able to hold down a huge and powerful angel deck with just one of these guys. If you give counters, or your opponents are gaining them, this card is brutal. 5/5 because it ***es people off.
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*** that, am i the only one who thought of using him with a midnight banshee?
Nope. Me too, though Soul Snuffers is another choice, and plays earlier.
You want to run shenanigans with your steel overseer and voltaic key? How cute. How about I just cast pacifism on your everything.
Kazandu Blademaster is colouring in his corner.
Artifact creatures pumped with Steel Overseer are now rusting.
Anything you happily Contagion Clasped or even Contagion Engined are sick in bed.
It's very powerful, and if its toughness weren't in bolt range (but notice not Doom Blade fodder),
I'm confident we'd see him being played frequently.
Edit: Also, this combined with Gnarled Effigy and Blowfly Infestation can work wonders.
~Jeff
...BUT, a bit too pricey. I would've gladly lost the flying in exchange for him costing 1-2 less (although he might be broken at 3 cmc). I tend to be squeamish about paying 4, let alone 5 for something that dies to bolt. Either drop the cmc in exchange for losing the flying and beef him up to 4/4 or 4/5. Wither and flying have negative synergy anyway.
...
*Re reads own sentence*
...
That just doesn't sound right.
enjoy
If the Judge complains at you, tell him that Above all else, you desire Power, and this method delivers.
Oh, and this guy remains useful LONG after Standard. :D Pretty much...an absolute Hoser of Simic-theme, Selesnya-theme, Golgari-theme, Undying, Persist, Artifacts, Gideon, and the card "Doubling Season" in Commander. Which turns out to be quite a lot of Commander XD >:D
*Overloaded Electrickery works too.