When I first saw him, I was like, "omg I need to get 4!" and now I have 4. Took a lot to get 3 of them off my friend. Traded an Apocalypse Hydra for 2 of them then a Sadistic Sacrament for one. Then I traded a Thought Hemorrhage to my other friend for the last one. I'm quite happy with them overall and quite happy that I traded for them.
IronSavior
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
I believe there is a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin named Talus in Fallout.
PrimeSonic
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This guy is amazing. Usually, when playing against another aggro deck, my life total will be almost gone by the time I put him on the field, but when I do, holy hell! I've gone from 2 life to over 20 in the first turn he arrived! This guy is a beast, run at least 2 in your ally deck and you'll never regret it.
kronos539
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(6 votes)
correct me if i'm wrong, but lifelink is cumulative. that means this guy on board with a Join the Ranks would give all allies DOUBLE LIFELINK. we may need a ruling from the brass on this one. either way, great 3-of in the 4-drop slot for allies, would come in handy if you're struggling on turn 4-5.
Oragada
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@kronos539
You are in fact wrong, lifelink is not cumulative.
From the Comprehensive Rules: (and sorry for being a rule-junkie)
"702.13e Multiple instances of lifelink on the same object are redundant."
Ergo; no double or quadrouble lifelink. But this guy still kicks some serious butt
Leonidus78
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Broken beyond measure . . .
MrDandyLion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I wouldn't mind a playset of this in a knight deck.
JFM2796
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This guy is a beast. Even in a mono white deck he is 3/4 with lifelink for . Along with Ondu Cleric, you can gain a lot of life in an Ally deck.
@kronos539 I believe Lifelink was once stackable, but it stopped with the M10 rules changes. Still if you had say two Spirit Links on a creature, they would stack because that ability is not exactly Lifelink.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm building a Knight deck, and this might actually get a spot in it. Since it's a rare, it might even be a singleton (Im not made of cash.) Yeah, a singleton ally with no other allies in the deck is, like, blasphemous right? Knights are a strongly enough supported tribe that the ally stuff is just gravy. He's a four-mana 3/4, plus whatever stupid wreckaging things I choose to power him up with. Knight Exemplar seems like a good idea. :)
If this is good enough to play singleton in a deck for his other tribe, then he's auto-include for dedicated allies. Don't even try to pretend otherwise.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
*sigh*. Allies would have been such an amazing tribe if they didn't snap-lose to Wrath.
CorkBulb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The Talus Paladin is a very powerful and useful ally. Outside of allies, he is essentially useless, as are most of them (except for the Kazandu Blademaster). There are far better white cards for 4CMC, hence the lower rating. He is also a bit expensive to play, but once he is on the battlefield, he is a formidable force. Along with Kabira Evangel he can essentially make an unblockable- lifelink attack as well as ramping up any other ETB abilities of other allies. And the gaining +1/+1 counters is very useful, making him bigger as the game goes on. However, I find that by the time I play him I've used up most of my other allies and often have to draw one unless i save a Join the Ranks for last. White has always been the best color for life gain, and him plus an Ondu Cleric or two just reinforce that. I've been at 50+ life sometimes with my mono-white allies deck, since they can attack with lifelink and not having to worry about damage the next turn from being open since I gained such a huge chunk of life, especially if it was an unblockable attack from an Evangel or something like Brave the Elements. All of this assuming of course I have another ally to play to retrigger all the allies' abilities.
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You are in fact wrong, lifelink is not cumulative.
From the Comprehensive Rules: (and sorry for being a rule-junkie)
"702.13e Multiple instances of lifelink on the same object are redundant."
Ergo; no double or quadrouble lifelink. But this guy still kicks some serious butt
@kronos539 I believe Lifelink was once stackable, but it stopped with the M10 rules changes. Still if you had say two Spirit Links on a creature, they would stack because that ability is not exactly Lifelink.
He's a four-mana 3/4, plus whatever stupid wreckaging things I choose to power him up with. Knight Exemplar seems like a good idea. :)
If this is good enough to play singleton in a deck for his other tribe, then he's auto-include for dedicated allies. Don't even try to pretend otherwise.
4/5 for allies
2/5 outside allies (oh well)