"dude we should make a hill giant for 3" "no way that'll be way overpowered, people will start getting angry" "ok, lets make it unable to block" "yeah, that's a really fair card"
aznxknightz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
HULK SMASH! HULK ANGRY, NO TIME FOR BLOCKING!
Nagoragama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Normally 3/3s in red cost 4 mana. This 3/3 in red costs 3 mana. The drawback that it can't block is compensation.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
actually, I like this card a lot :)
it's 3 power for 3 mana! that's not too pushed, but it IS a big enough change to shake up limited somewhat. and it's fire-resistant (limited red removal will usually have a tough time getting rid of it).
'can't block' makes an interesting board-- but at the same time, not 'too' interesting, bc imho I can see myself blocking with white, green and even blue creatures (turtles? magic walls? heck ya!) before I want to be blocking with red creatures. the only color I want to block with less than red is black, because I want my black creatures to be so stupid that they win the game for me when they enter the battlefield, before they even get a chance to attack. See Griselbrand, lol.
Jannissary
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kind of in a thorny spot. Not being able to block sucks, but it'd be too strong at 1R. What it should have been is 3/2 for 1R and can't block, or 4/3 at 2R and can't block. Something halfway in between, to make it a good beater that has very real downsides.
Unleash proved that being unable to block is worth +1/+1, and even then it's sometimes not even worth it. Blocking is really important.
Comments (6)
"no way that'll be way overpowered, people will start getting angry"
"ok, lets make it unable to block"
"yeah, that's a really fair card"
it's 3 power for 3 mana! that's not too pushed, but it IS a big enough change to shake up limited somewhat. and it's fire-resistant (limited red removal will usually have a tough time getting rid of it).
'can't block' makes an interesting board-- but at the same time, not 'too' interesting, bc imho I can see myself blocking with white, green and even blue creatures (turtles? magic walls? heck ya!) before I want to be blocking with red creatures. the only color I want to block with less than red is black, because I want my black creatures to be so stupid that they win the game for me when they enter the battlefield, before they even get a chance to attack. See Griselbrand, lol.
Unleash proved that being unable to block is worth +1/+1, and even then it's sometimes not even worth it. Blocking is really important.