y is this rated so low? tap a bunch of eldrazi spawn and gain a lot of life. great defender
Temple_Garden
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's rated low because life gain is generally a poor strategy and because tapping creatures to gain life means losing them to defend against the loss of life on your opponents next turn.
Sacrier
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
My friend played splinter twin on this and ended up gaining like 10+ life per turn and still had defenders.
DarthKithkin
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Jedi Lightsabre????
A3Kitsune
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Good as long as you have more creatures then your opponent. Doubling Season and token generators are the Lifestrider's freinds.
I almost wish that this had defender, at least for limited. It's strength/toughness ratio is such that it suggest leaving it to block anyways. Plus, it would help out the defender sub-theme a lot
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Try him with token generators and Seedborn Muse, I suppose.
pushbuttonmagic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos nicely with Quest for Renewal
Laguz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's very effective in draft, especially against red. I always just looked right past it until tonight, and i was very impressed. It's well out of burn range and red hates life gain. I dropped two of these, then went about my business while my opponent had to wait for heat ray and nine mana. I won the game while he was waiting. 8 toughness is sweet.
I like it with creatures with tap effects, such as Fallowsage or Surgespanner for a chill tempo gain come mid-game (with mana acceleration of course).
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I actually wish this guy had defender, it would net me some synergy with my Overgrown Battlement and the like.
coyotemoon722
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeah this is one of those classic cards that is great and when you play it people are like "huh?" and then they get used to the fact that you're gaining 10 life a turn.
Milun
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey Doran, you want a 5 cost 8/8 with potential lifegain, with no downside?
Mirrordin_Pure
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Doran loves having mini-Eldrazi that gain life off his wall army.
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tap a bunch of eldrazi spawn and gain a lot of life. great defender
10+ life per turn ftw.