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Duergar Assailant

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Duergar Assailant

Comments (13)

Treima
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
It wishes it was Mogg Fanatic. It wishes it was that white archer that taps for the same effect. Ultimately, it wishes it was a good card.
Silverware
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
It isn't a horrible creature, it fits into soldier tribal and its a slightly less flexible Mogg fanatic that can be played in a mono white deck. Not great but not bad.
Omniance
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd take a Boros Recruit over this card any day.
Maraxas-of-Keld
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
He would even settle for being Frostling.
storm_crow4presidnt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
The flavor should say "when I grow up I want to be a mogg fanatic"
DocGodin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
I just found out that Dvergar is Norse for Dwarf. I found that interesting.
ZombieBadger
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't get it. There were never any dwarves in Lorwyn, Morningtide or Shadowmoor, where do they suddenly come from now?
SIlverSkyz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
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NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)
@ZombieBadger

The same place the Gwyllions, Selkies, Hags, Noggles came from.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Gaaaaais, you're missing the point if you're comparing this to Mogg Fanatic or even Frostling.

What you need to consider is that white doesn't have anything like this.
Then this card becomes significantly less horrible.
Gelzo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The flavor text reminds me of the underground humans in TTGL.
lorendorky
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Comparing this to Mogg Fanatic is MOOT because this is a gold card.

Ultimate Price

Defiler of Souls

Pyroconvergence

Magic is way too deep to make such blanket statements of "strictly better."
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
White does have something like this: Icatian Javelineers. It was even reprinted in Time Spiral, so it's modern-legal (and it was a common Fallen Empires card, so it's dirt-cheap if you want one.)

Yeah, this can be sacrificed the turn it comes into play, but I would say that the ability to target non-combat utility creatures is more important (and the way the Javelineers stay around to chump-block or benefit from later Crusade-style effects is nice, too.)