I don't think this card's ability is all that great — fun yes — great no. It seems the opponents have the opportunity to kill the card with less cost than the caster has to beef it up. But seriously, bring back Manticores now!
Qazior
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Flailings get worse the rarer they get
darknightkc
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I really don't see this being useful. If your opponent has three lands untapped you can't play this until turn 5 for a 1/1. You try to play this on turn 4 and your opponent goes "tap 3, you just wasted four mana" I really don't see this being useful compared to all the other red 4 drops you could play instead of this.
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@darknightkc; you don't play it in a deck where all the cards are just big, efficient creatures. You play it with some sort of strategy that denies the opponent mana while you keep yours.
Dalit
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(4 votes)
You guys are all stupid. Run this in a red/Artifact deck (kinda like budde's 1999 tokyo winning deck) with some blazes, covetous dragons, and a shitload of colorless rampage. Won by turn 5 against my brother's lifesteal black deck.
FragNutMK1
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Needs more teeth
Kirbster
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
He could work alongside land destruction, sure, but he's practically overpowered for red if you drop him with a Cursed Totem or even Detainment Spell already out.
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
You could play it with a Suppression Field or Cursed Totem. However, it would still only be a mediocre creature. An extra point of power would have been nice with that first strike.
TheHandyman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Would be better if the last ability was
{R}: -1/-1 EOT...
{W}: -1/-1 EOT...
{U}: -1/-1 EOT...
{B}: -1/-1 EOT...
Most green decks have too much mana acceleration to overcome.
Unless, of course, you're playing 2HG and your teammate is playing green...
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That is the goofiest manticore face I've ever seen.......
Anubisisking
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would really love this guy if he was just a 3/3 flying first strike with firebreathing. As is... lame.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is actually quite good in an Urza and/or Locus deck. You will definitely be outproducing the opponent and they'll be spending mana and/or creatures just to survive. Leaving just 1 Urza's tower untapped and spending the rest on making him a 15/15 beater means the opponent needs 6 lands to kill him.
The fact that it's colorless *pumping* and not colored firebreathing means that the powerful abilities can really be put to use in a colorless deck. Put him alongside eldrazi or something?
I'm thinkng casual colorless mana deck with Brawlers and Flailing creatures.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Fun in multiplayer games, where you could play diplomatically and have allies feed him to destroy a mutual enemy. Also, does anyone else notice that this was printed with creature type "Monster" even though Manticores were already in existence, like Crimson Manticore?
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{R}: -1/-1 EOT...
{W}: -1/-1 EOT...
{U}: -1/-1 EOT...
{B}: -1/-1 EOT...
Most green decks have too much mana acceleration to overcome.
Unless, of course, you're playing 2HG and your teammate is playing green...
The fact that it's colorless *pumping* and not colored firebreathing means that the powerful abilities can really be put to use in a colorless deck. Put him alongside eldrazi or something?
I'm thinkng casual colorless mana deck with Brawlers and Flailing creatures.