storm crow would;ve pecked you to death by the time you've paid it's upkeep cost
Equinox523
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Hellkite Overlord's grandpappy. While modern players are probably unimpressed, back in the day, triple pump was nothing to scoff at. Unfortunately, though, it does run the risk of being chump-blocked indefinitely, without trample like Palladia-Mors or haste, which would actually make it playable.
inmypants22
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
the coolest name ever
Pantheon
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Flying 12/7 or (13/7 if you don't miss a land drop) on turn 9 used to be fantastic! It is still nothing to scoff at but is nowhere near as intimidating as it used to be. Especially considering you can drop a Fusion Elemental on turn 5.
darkfury
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
i wish they would print the enemy versions of the 5 elder dragons, along with say, the anti-color wheel version of alara
i want to see how an entire block designed around the enemy trinities would work black-white-red (anti-bant, warfare, chaos) white-red-blue (anti-jund, structured destruction) red-blue-green (anti-esper, illusion) blue-green-black (anti-naya, manipulation) green-black-white (anti-grixis, is still a death world)
Weretarrasque
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not as good as Nicol Bolas, but better than Chromium and Arcades Sabboth.
Also, could this be called triple hybrid mana?
Also, @darkfury: That is a cool idea, but they would really be pushing the color pie to devote a block to it. A small set would be much more likely, though.
GrimGorgonBC
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
They should reprint all the dragon legends...as planeswalkers, just make them better than the original like Bolas.Now that bolas is defeated...again, the other dragons may come out of hiding.
Neutralion
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@darkfury: I thought about it before, but it would be a too great luck to create new five sharded world with antinatural color wheel... It need some anomaly, like in Planar Chaos.
Poor guy all he's looking for is a Mentos for his Fire/Swamp/Moldy Forest breath.
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@darkfury: Check out WotC's new Commander decks. Not a block, not quite a set, but they are designed around the wedge color sets.
Okuu-chan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Vae victis" means "Woe to the Vanquished" in Latin. Asmadi/Asmodi (as he is referred to in the comics) is likely a reference to the demon Asmodeus.
Sharu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I recently started running one of these in my jund deck, and really, he works well. Fire breathing off any land is great, trample is easy to provide, and three mana a turn isn't much on turn nine and later. Sure, he'd like haste, but what big flying dragon without it doesn't? I've found he has a weird synergy with the fearsome Hellkite Overlord, in that (in my play group at least,) he gets blocked far more than the overlord (probably due to the combo of trample and regeneration). Allows good damage to get through.
However, he still looks like an eel.
4/5
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kaarthus, Tyrant of Jund sort of replaces this guy.
Same colors, same casting cost (effectively), and same 7/7 flying dragon. But Kaarthus gets haste, which they had barely invented back then, which does a lot more good than firebreathing on a guy with a mana-based upkeep cost.
Decent for its day, poor Vaevictis Asmadi just can't measure up to Nicol Bolas. Still, his name is cool.
Incidentally, this opens up the option of Vaevictis talking about "his cousin Nicol".
Technetium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
3.5, including a little thrown in for nostalgia. This was my favorite dragon at the time the set was out. Back then, my friends and I were all awful at magic. We played 100-card decks, and a typical game could go for a couple hours. This card was so devastating when it came out (and it came out often enough in those games).
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
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Here are the 20 Most Legendary Dragons of Magic: the Gathering
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i want to see how an entire block designed around the enemy trinities would work
black-white-red (anti-bant, warfare, chaos)
white-red-blue (anti-jund, structured destruction)
red-blue-green (anti-esper, illusion)
blue-green-black (anti-naya, manipulation)
green-black-white (anti-grixis, is still a death world)
Also, could this be called triple hybrid mana?
Also, @darkfury: That is a cool idea, but they would really be pushing the color pie to devote a block to it. A small set would be much more likely, though.
Still think that he is best
They did.
See Vorosh, the Hunter,
Intet, the Dreamer
Numot, the Devastator
Oros, the Avenger (My personal favorite)
Rith, the Awakener
Treva, the Renewer.
That took too long. I hope you thought that was cool!
Edit:
I forgot Teneb, the Harvester.
Fire breathing off any land is great, trample is easy to provide, and three mana a turn isn't much on turn nine and later. Sure, he'd like haste, but what big flying dragon without it doesn't?
I've found he has a weird synergy with the fearsome Hellkite Overlord, in that (in my play group at least,) he gets blocked far more than the overlord (probably due to the combo of trample and regeneration). Allows good damage to get through.
However, he still looks like an eel.
4/5
Same colors, same casting cost (effectively), and same 7/7 flying dragon. But Kaarthus gets haste, which they had barely invented back then, which does a lot more good than firebreathing on a guy with a mana-based upkeep cost.
Decent for its day, poor Vaevictis Asmadi just can't measure up to Nicol Bolas. Still, his name is cool.
Incidentally, this opens up the option of Vaevictis talking about "his cousin Nicol".
Here are the 20 Most Legendary Dragons of Magic: the Gathering
ELDERS
Arcades Sabboth, the Protector
Chromium Rhuell, the Relentless
Nicol Bolas, The Eldest
Vaevictis, the Destroyer
Palladia-Mors, the Preserver
PRIMORDIALS
Treva, the Renewer
Dromar, the Banisher
Crosis, the Purger
Darigaaz, the Igniter
Rith, the Awakener
STARS
Yosei, the Morning Star
Keiga, the Tide Star
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Ryusi, the Falling Star
Jugan, the Rising Star
PLANESHIFTED
Oros, the Avenger
Intet, the Dreamer
Teneb, the Harvester
Numot, the Devastator
Vorosh, the Hunter