Got one at the pre-release, won almost every game with it. This card rocks!
abochavez
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Like a guy at the launch party said,"Finest Hour is a game winner." I pulled one and it was great. It got me third place. However, I am sorry to say that I traded it to my cousin who already had two of them. I'll run into some more.
nineyears
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is sick. Check this out. Noble hiearch, Jenara, Asura of War, Rafiq of the Many and Finest Hour. If your opponent doesnt have a Flier or he doesnt get rid of Jenara, Asura of War he is DEAD. I got these in my deck and they are lethal.
Twiztid7Juggalo
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is phenomenal and a game win,turn one, hierarch,turn 2 mimic, turn 3 rafiq, turn 4 or 5 finest hour swinging in with the mimic for 16 trample.
Equinox523
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
In addition to the obvious Rafiq and Exalted tricks, rejoice, Hungry Spriggan!
Rocketz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This is an amazing card. In my exalted deck with Rafiq of the Many I won my last game on turn 5 dealing all damage that turn with only it and Rafiq out.
Cheza
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Turn 1 => Noble Hierarch + Chrome Mox
Turn 2 => Rafiq
Turn 3 => opponent dead if he doesn't block
ShawntheSavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
My only question about this card is if you have two Finest Hour's out at the same time, Can you trigger more than two combat phases?
I also wanted to comment...the majority of people that use this card for Finest Hour for Trample is only really half-way exploiting this card...In my deck, I combo Cephalid Constable with Protective Bubble plus, Hierarchs, Rafiq, and the Finest Hour all together!
Trust me...thats my ultimate lockdown combo. I don't care if other people want to do this combo cause I was one of the people on the forefronts of this combo.
Trampling is for the birds! What can you do about any of the Bantonians like Rafiq with shroud?!?!?!?!?
connorryan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does this stack? Can you have more than 2 combat phases in a turn with multiple Finest Hours?
rioks
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
i just topdecked this for victory... i had rafiq and Jhessian Infiltrator... and when i played this, and attacked twice with the infilrator, my opponent went from 20 to ZERO! 5\5!!!
TheLastKawika
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
This card is insane!! Most people don't even realize how powerful this card really is. For example, just imagine this card and Rafiq of the Many in play. (Or should I say on the Battlefield? Bleh...) Rafiq swings as a 5/5 double striker due to his ability and exalted stacking. Which deals 10 damage. Now "Finest Hour" kicks in and untaps Rafiq. KEEP IN MIND, Rafiq is still a 5/5 until end of turn. Now he is allowed to swing again as a 7/7 double striker, dealing 14 damage. So in total, you can have Rafiq deal a WHOOPING 24 damage!
Iiory
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
do u realize what this card do,if not i will tell u - WIN THE GAME
Archangelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
OUCH!!!
inmypants22
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
it also works with nemesis of reason, cuz thats 20 cards off the top of their library.
ultratog1028
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@equinox: i was wondering if anyone besides me saw that.
Dudboy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definite game winner. And since it's another combat step, exalted stacks! A must have in Exalted Decks.
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is actually really awesome, if you get some huge creature out like say a kalonian behemoth or a simic skyswallower (both in bant colors too) you can now swing with one of them that also gets an exalted bonus, and then untap it and attack all over again.
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For those of you who are wondering, multiples of this card will give you multiple extra combat phases...but not multiple untaps. So you'll have to pick a new guy to do the attacking after attack #2.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
God, I am an idiot!
I just realized that with this on the table, when it triggers you get a second combat phase, and thus when your singular dude attacks all of the exalted triggers trigger a second time.
This card has won me more games than any other card I own.
Molly.Llama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I do wonder if multiples of these objects on the field, place all their effects on the stack, and if all of the important(Extra combat phase YAY) stuff works? I've heard judges say it doesn't, yet I see absolutely reason for it in the rules. None. :\ If any clarification is needed on whether the word 'after' matters(In my humble opinion), consult the Time Warp page.
froggytherock
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
1: forest- noble hierarch 2: plains/island- rhox war monk 3: plains/island- rafiq of the many, attack with rhox war monk 5/6 double strike lifelink 4: any land- finest hour, attack with rhox war monk for the win
I dont have a rhox war monk or rafiq, but this is best case scenario. I like to use phantom warrior because by turn 3 the opponent will probably have blockers. phantom warrior ensures damage while rhox war monk doesnt
psyklone
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would think that 2 of these DO create 2 extra combat phases.
It says "additional" combat phases. The only requirement is that these phases are directly after the current one (ie no mainphase inbetween).
Think of it this way: if you get another main phase you don't say "But I already have 2 this turn!" do you? The number you have doesn't matter.
Also, with 2 out its key to note that if your creature can tap to do something, once the first one resolves your creature is now untapped and you have priority. You can tap it to put its ability on the stack before the second one resolves. And then again after the second one (altho you will have to attack with different creatures in your other attack phases).
And finally, while exalted will stack the 2nd time around, don't let that distract you from the fact that attacking with all your creatures may be better. Especially if you don't have rafiq out, or your opponent has a lot of 1/1 token blockers.
SoulShatterer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
A guy in my group uses this in his Exalted deck CONSTANTLY, usually with something that gives Lifelink, Double Strike, or Trample. Or all three.
Evermint
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
All cards with Rafiq on them have inspiring art. You can feel the raw power rushing through him, composed yet explosive.
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Enchant a creature with Boar Umbra with this and Dawnglare Invoker in play and you get to totally tap 2 players creatures in a multiplayer match.
CeremonialBathory
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Everyone forgets that there are no restrictions on the second attack phase. You don't need to attack with a singular person again if swinging with everyone is better for you. And things like double strike from Rafiq will still be there for the second swing through. My friend used this in a Bant Allies deck and she'd always attack with the same guy twice, instead of swinging once with a Kazandu and then again with everything. Cost her some games, too.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wanna make a deck that uses a bunch of dudes with exalted, and stick Venser, the Sojourner into it.
Unblockable fatties that attack twice and for even more the second time
Multiples don't stack simply because the card states that "whenever a creature attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn..."
Hell, think about it: if it didn't have this restriction, you'd end up taking infinite attack phases simply by attacking once.
Demonic_Math_Tutor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I use this in my exalted Jenara, Asura of War EDH deck, along with the Rafiq and Gwafa Hazid
SgtSwaggr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
T1: Noble Hierarch
T2: Jhessian Balmgiver (bear with me here)
T3: Good ol' Rafiq (I think you know where this is going...)
T4: That's right, Finest Hour.
First combat phase attack with a 6/6 double strike, unblockable (from the Balmgiver).
Second combat phase attack with a 9/9 (remember that Rafiq gets his exhalted bonus again), unblockable,double strike.
Thats 30 unblockable damage on turn four!
scumbling1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Finest Hour exists to pair with Karona, False God. Turn five, enchantment. Turn Six, hilarity!
@LiXinjian: Multiples don't stack infinitely, but they do stack. If you have four of these out, and make your first attack, all four will trigger and you'll get four more attack phases. You won't trigger any more from one of the later attacks, but five attacks (with the exalted bonus getting bigger in each one) should be plenty.
Though you will need to find a new creature to attack with in the third and following attacks, I suppose, unless you have vigilance.
Axelle
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Obviously using this card would be a crowning moment of awesome.
Rafiq is badass.
stille_nacht
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
flavor text, it would have been awesome ;
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
so, I'm assuming that if you have four of these in play, you get four extra combat phases? with phantom warrior that's 15 damage (five combat phases exalted) but you don't even have to attack alone for the extra ones!
This card gets better and better every time I look at it. It's a non-creature exalted, so it's harder to remove. It gives you a second battle phase, which is nice. There are no restrictions, so if the creature gets stomped you can send in a buddy. But the best thing is, the Exalted triggers again! Double Exalted! Hell, attack with Knotvine Paladin again and make a lot of enemies, especially if he's packing trample.
... because no-one quite made the obvious reference yet.
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Holy crap, Tiggurix. That was incredible.
Manite
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Awesome synergy with Rafiq of the Many. It's amazing how two cards can win games.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is lovely with Sun Titan. Two attacks gets you two triggers, allowing for much more liberal play with sacrifice effects - not that you'll need it for long, with the Titan being a 7/7, then an 8/8. Using him in also gives you access to Dauntless Escort and Qasali Pridemage, so there's plenty of fodder to be brought back, too!
Marpy
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Once upon a time, in standard I pulled this off. Turn 1: Birds of Paradise. Turn 2: Noble Hierarch, Noble Hierarch. Attack for 2 with Birds. Turn 3: Rafiq of the Many. Attack for 6 with Birds. Turn 4: Finest Hour. Kill my opponent with Birds, since he had a blocker on the ground. Killed by a Birds on turn 4. Priceless. Also ignore lack of autocard. On my phone. At work. Also, drunk.
I'm Commander Rafiq, and this is my favorite card in Alara Block
Vigilante013
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I once won a commander game with this when one of my opponents swung with a ton of 3/3 wolves, I used angel's grace, tanked the damage, and next turn i dropped this and swung with Rafiq who was enchanted with rancor, spirit mantle, and topped off with a giant growth to kill two opponents and win the game. I cried one manly tear of pride.
EvilDarkVoid
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This and Rafiq is all that is needed to make even a Glistener Elf or Blighted Agent lethal in one turn. Yikes.
Something people don't seem to be noticing: Exalted lasts until the end of the turn and triggers every time a creature attacks alone. If you trigger exalted on this then swing with the same creature in the second combat phase, it gets all of the exalted triggers on your board again, doubling the bonus on the second swing. The above scenario doesn't even need this, though.
Xenagod
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Run it in my bant exalted deck. So good! knight of alara says heck yeah!
Comments (56)
Turn 2 => Rafiq
Turn 3 => opponent dead if he doesn't block
I also wanted to comment...the majority of people that use this card for Finest Hour for Trample is only really half-way exploiting this card...In my deck, I combo Cephalid Constable with Protective Bubble plus, Hierarchs, Rafiq, and the Finest Hour all together!
Trust me...thats my ultimate lockdown combo. I don't care if other people want to do this combo cause I was one of the people on the forefronts of this combo.
Trampling is for the birds! What can you do about any of the Bantonians like Rafiq with shroud?!?!?!?!?
5\5!!!
I just realized that with this on the table, when it triggers you get a second combat phase,
and thus when your singular dude attacks all of the exalted triggers trigger a second time.
This card is now so much better in my eyes.
Turn 2: Land, Trace of Abundance, Jhessian Infiltrator.
Turn 3: Land, Rafiq, attack for 8 unblockable.
Turn 4: Finest Hour, win.
2: plains/island- rhox war monk
3: plains/island- rafiq of the many, attack with rhox war monk 5/6 double strike lifelink
4: any land- finest hour, attack with rhox war monk for the win
I dont have a rhox war monk or rafiq, but this is best case scenario. I like to use phantom warrior because by turn 3 the opponent will probably have blockers. phantom warrior ensures damage while rhox war monk doesnt
It says "additional" combat phases. The only requirement is that these phases are directly after the current one (ie no mainphase inbetween).
Think of it this way: if you get another main phase you don't say "But I already have 2 this turn!" do you? The number you have doesn't matter.
Also, with 2 out its key to note that if your creature can tap to do something, once the first one resolves your creature is now untapped and you have priority. You can tap it to put its ability on the stack before the second one resolves. And then again after the second one (altho you will have to attack with different creatures in your other attack phases).
And finally, while exalted will stack the 2nd time around, don't let that distract you from the fact that attacking with all your creatures may be better. Especially if you don't have rafiq out, or your opponent has a lot of 1/1 token blockers.
Unblockable fatties that attack twice and for even more the second time
Also, Phantom Warrior loves this card so hard.
Hell, think about it: if it didn't have this restriction, you'd end up taking infinite attack phases simply by attacking once.
T2: Jhessian Balmgiver (bear with me here)
T3: Good ol' Rafiq (I think you know where this is going...)
T4: That's right, Finest Hour.
First combat phase attack with a 6/6 double strike, unblockable (from the Balmgiver).
Second combat phase attack with a 9/9 (remember that Rafiq gets his exhalted bonus again), unblockable,double strike.
Thats 30 unblockable damage on turn four!
Though you will need to find a new creature to attack with in the third and following attacks, I suppose, unless you have vigilance.
Rafiq is badass.
Call of Duty, World at War.
Call of Duty, Relentless Assault?
- Sir Winston Churchill
... because no-one quite made the obvious reference yet.
Turn 1: Birds of Paradise.
Turn 2: Noble Hierarch, Noble Hierarch. Attack for 2 with Birds.
Turn 3: Rafiq of the Many. Attack for 6 with Birds.
Turn 4: Finest Hour. Kill my opponent with Birds, since he had a blocker on the ground.
Killed by a Birds on turn 4. Priceless. Also ignore lack of autocard. On my phone. At work.
Also, drunk.
Something people don't seem to be noticing: Exalted lasts until the end of the turn and triggers every time a creature attacks alone. If you trigger exalted on this then swing with the same creature in the second combat phase, it gets all of the exalted triggers on your board again, doubling the bonus on the second swing. The above scenario doesn't even need this, though.