It's like he gives all of your creatures Super-Haste! Like Rocket-Powered Turbo Slug, only in a way that would be fitting in a non Un-Set.
Raikoo
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(12 votes)
Great effects for reasonable costs. I approve. What gets me is the flavor text. Urabrask seems to be atleast neutral towards the Mirrans. Can't wait for the article on the Red Phyrexian faction to find out why. My theory involves red's connection to freedom and the resistance against overwhelming order. Urabrask might look upon the Mirrans as doing just that, and so have pity on them, as long as they don't get the way of his work.
PhyrexianFailure
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
gives himself haste too.
Leonidus78
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
I love him. COOLEST art ever
.Blaze.
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(7 votes)
This turn 5 Inferno Titan turn 6 is such an obvious play. Of all the Praetors this has the best chance of seeing play in standard.
Bigg_ol_FATTKIDD
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
FIRST OFF:
Urabrask is probably going to work with the Mirrans to overthrow the peeps running new phyrexia, because he's a loose cannon praetor on the edge who doesn't play by the rules... or something. This is an unfounded claim and should not be taken as fact though! This is just what I think!
SECOND:
Turn five this guy? Almost every non-RDW red deck I've seen do well is running Sphere of the Suns and Everflowing Chalice. More like turn 4 this guy, turn 5 Inferno Titan, kill blockers and swing, or deal 16....... pretty dang good. But who really knows what the heck Standards going to look like in a few weeks.....
lorendorky
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Mono-Red Commander decks have wanted a creature with relevant abilities like this for a long time.
Urabrask_the_Hidden
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(23 votes)
I've been a Magic fan for many years, but I decided to make my account after I saw this card.
Epic art. Truly epic.
krauser-gogetthegirl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
this guy is awesome. very fast. and some weird monored control. i really like it. and the art reminds me of alien three with the rot weiller alien. probably because the red and his smooth head. its a tie for me which is my favorite preator right now between this dude andVorinclex, Voice of Hunger. i think this guys wins just because his flavor says to me he doesnt give a F***
bigdeezy88
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
would he with with valukut decks. first play him then next turn drop prim titan. thats 4 lands and who knows how much damage.
Combolulz
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
You can geosurge this guy out for 4 in standard , or seething song him out by turn 3 in some other format.
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(11 votes)
How Can Something This Big And Badass Hide? yet alone stay Hidden? WOW
Kryplixx
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
4.7/5 Will easily see play.
Atali
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(7 votes)
Now they just need to reprint Smoke, and my mono-red control dreams can come to fruition.
The-System-is-Coming
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(11 votes)
The best praetor.
I think thaat Urabrask will be all "OMG, I just wnna chill in da forge and do my S**t", but everyones all "omg u gotta join the great work and complete mirrans." then he'll be like u guys r ***ing me off ima KILL U!" But then everyones all "Yeah right ur the weakest Phyrexian color" so he'll be all "man, that sucks" but then he's gonna be like hey u mirrans how about this u join me, we kill rest of phyrexian and
I get X amount of land and I won't invade u and u won't invade me deal? And the mirrans will b all LETS DO DIS TING cause in an mtg.com column someone said this isnt the last that u will see of the Phyrexians somaybe thats what another block will be about.
OR an even cooler idea the eldrazi finish with zendikar and break free and head to mirrodin and the phyrexians will b all fine mirrans we need ur help you can have X amount of land if u help us beat these guys. i mean cmon! Phyrexians vs Eldrazi? World conquerers vs. World destroyers? Old baddies vs new baddies? Just sayin.
And someone (I forgot who) said that artificially created planes eventually collapse so how they gonna get the Mirrans off of mirrodin? Maybe Venser will help cause he's on Mirrodin and he's all teleporty and stuff. After all, Koth and Elspeth wanted him to evacuate the Mirrans to save them from the Phyrexians. Just a thought.
AF
I pre-ordered a box of new phyrexia, if this is the only mythic I pull I would still call it a good box.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Probs will see the most Standard play of the praetors, if only for its mana cost
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(20 votes)
The story posted today exhibited Urabrask and instantly he becomes the most unique Praetor of them all. Red is the mana of aggression but also of emotions such as anger and compassion. Red Phyrexians gain the ability to 'feel' and their Praetor decided to leave the Mirrans alone.
A wonderful combination, Phyrexians of the most aggressive color yet they are the most merciful. Red Mercy, who would've thought? Kudos to the developers.
This guy is really awesome. My favorite art of the Praetors next to Elesh Norn.
TPmanW
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I just love the praetor cycle and New Phyrexia in general. The way that the colors are being used by Phyrexians to deny opponent what they would normally give themselves is just so flavourful and generally awesome. Urabrask is almost like a Frozen Aether or Kismet while the white praetor, Elesh Norn, gets a doubled up Glorious Anthem and Night of Soul's Betrayal effect. The only one who disappoints is Sheoldred who's effects are both pretty standard for black.
To date, the first legend or planeswalker that's interested me from a narrative point of view.
colvincd
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Guy looks like he was created by Max Ernst.
MyrBattlecube
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
@Raikoo That's a much better guess than mine. I figured he just doesn't give two craps.
But as it stands, this is currently the most playable Praetor mostly due to its cost. Useful effect helps, too.
EDIT: After looking at those shoulder things for a long while, I couldn't help but wonder. Can Urabrask overboost? Would it make the old overboost sound or the new one?
nemokara
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
I just realized each of the Praetors seems to have a "signature spell", a la the M11 planeswalkers.
Elesh Norn - Norn's Annex Jin-Gitaxias - Gitaxian Probe Sheoldred - Reaper of Sheoldred Urabrask - Priest of Urabrask Vorinclex - this is the iffy one. Unlike the other four, nothing else in the block has his name in it ... but guess which green sorcery showed up in Mirrodin Beseiged that actually shows Vorinclex in its art?
That's right. Praetors' Counsel.
Selez
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
First off: Best art in the set, hands down.
Not much to say for Limited (1st pick card, shapes your deck, blah blah blah), but I cannot wait to see this guy's impact on constructed. Cheapest Praetor, aids the big red archetype greatly. I could also see him in RUG. Primeval Titan is just as fun to swing with the same turn he's played as Inferno Titan is. I might fear Dismember, if it weren't for the fact that haste lets you jump your tapped-low opponent and force a 4-life loss anyway. I can't realistically see any Geosurge compatibility, what with Mana Leak, but dropping him ahead of the clock is going to be key; Everflowing Chalice, Sphere of the Suns, and Birds of Paradise all work, but I love the idea of third-turn Urabrask off a Lotus Cobra.
Thorhauge
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
I can't help but notice how everyone seems to have interpreted the flavour text in a different manner than I. Everyone seems to agree that he tells the furnace dwellers to leave the Mirrans be out of compassion. I believe he tells them to ignore them all-together and go for the throat of the source.
He gives the furnace dwellers "haste" and the Mirrans come into play "tapped", so that the furnace-dwellers may attack relentlessly and without resistance, bypassing the defenses of the Mirran resistance.
He is the best praetor just because he's completely playable. Inferno titan obviously is really good here. Good for swords too because you can equip sword and bash on the same turn. Probably the only praetor which will see a lot of tournament play. Only trouble is red isn't big in tournaments right now except for valakut, and this doesn't do anything for valakut. Someone will have to create a new aggro deck to put him in. Also, the only praetor that doesn't cost 7 or more mana.
Richochet_Shaman
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
as much as I love Vorinclex, Urabrask has my favorite art of all the praetors. That being said...Urabrask and Vorinclex on the field at the same time...that's some strong bromance right there...
SkithiryXCIV
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The Praetor that will see the most play. Urabrask the Hidden rules!
The_Duke
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@kalinack I don't believe Celestial Colonnades are actually entering the battlefield when they become creatures, so I don't believe Urabrask will negate their abilities.
BuffJittePLZ
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Urabrask doesn't look at an explosion he is walking away from.
He is that bad-ass.
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
his flavor text should be "I would sooo tap that" :P
Bencivenni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Just placed an order for three of these guys. should go nicely in my mono red deck side by side w/ Koth! But if I don't like 'em in there then I'm thinkin of red/white control, dig?
Urabrask
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Went to a draft for the first time and this was my first pull :)
That_Odd_guy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Just imagine having Urabrask on the field, and then summoning Emrakul, The Aeons Torn onto the battlefield.
Insorte
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I see this in my EDH deck I'm working on. For some reason using this card and Avatar of Slaughter seems really fun to me. I can't wait for the commander decks come out.
"Oh cool. You can make unlimited tokens... but you know how they die at the end of your turn? ...so... yeah..."
SwordOfKaldra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Turn 1: Mountain, either exile Simian Spirit Guide from your hand or play Rite of Flame, then Pyretic Ritual, Seething Song. You have five mana, so maybe play a couple Priest of Urabrasks or Memnites, and finally Urabrask, who gives himself haste as well as your other creatures. Then you can swing for 4-10 damage, depending on what other creatures you played, if any. All on turn 1.
The best artwork of the Praetors, but seems like the least powerful to me. Granted, I haven't got a chance to use him yet, but doesn't seem like he'd cause quite as big of a problem as the others. On the other hand, he has an easily achievable mana cost so you can play him early, and his effect is still very powerful.
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
really love this guy, for some reason it seems lke hed be really good in a red/blue deck, i dunno
chazer3218
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
i`m willing to sell my urabrask the hidden, does any one want to make a bid
Necrokeryx
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
All of the praetors can kill him, but the real question is, are they fast enough to do it in time? ;)
Griffith4100
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
At first this thing looked like a flying shrimp from the art. Looking at it closer, this thing is badass. So flavorful too.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
this is my favorite praetor. he doesn't have a retarded face mask like elesh norn, he isn't insanely expensive like jin gitaxias, he isn't a douche like sheoldred, and he isn't stupid like vorniclex. Urabrask is like the cool praetor.
and the art is amazing.
thewalkingdead
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
this guy is rad. i mean, five mana!?!?! awesome. almost broken. in fact, he kinda is... i'm just being stubborn cause i like him too much. oh urabrask, do that thing you do.
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(5 votes)
BTW: He doesn't stop Splinter Twin. Since you can use the aura after the "at the beginning of your end step", the tokens will die one turn later. And therefore, if you're the next player, you have all the time to untap them.
wstonefi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(15 votes)
Awesome red legend. Sometimes it seems like red these days is nothing but burn spells and Goblins... so it's always good to see new cards like this, which add much-needed depth to the color. Urabrask's second ability is something completely new for red, yet still seems like a perfect fit. Very refreshing, and very powerful. A worthy 5/5.
BlkStar
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
do i see a Royal Assasin in the mix?
PeanutTheDestroyer
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card + smoke works well together. Thinking of Adding it to my dragon deck.
Airlacher
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Would he combo with Gideon's Avenger? Ruling help please
DamyntheSilver
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Airlacher
I wouldn't think so, as the wording says "Come into play tapped." This would mean, before anything else when this comes into play, it's tapped, it doesn't become tapped after it hits the field. I could be wrong though, as I usually am.
TherealphatMatt
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(7 votes)
This is my favourite card from New Phyrexia, full stop. First, Urabrask's art is incredibly badass, and kind of dragon-like, while maintaining the "oh crap this is a praetor" feel that he should have. Second, his character is awesome. Yeah, he rules the forge, but he almost never speaks, and of all the Phyrexians, he's the one that advocates compassion.
Finally, he is absolutely, ridiculously playable. He absolutely shuts down games. And what's more, Johnny, Timmy, and Spike all love him. They knocked this guy out of the park.
Long live Phyrexia! Or, at least, the Quiet Furnace. :P
PeabodyET
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If Urabrask enters the battlefield at the same time as an opponent's creature (like with Warp World), do the opponents' creatures enter the battlefield tapped or untapped?
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(19 votes)
Praetors gonna Praet.
Sarang
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This was the first card who's artwork I fell in love with. (only started playing recently, obviously) Still don't own one. I want a foil. ^^
the_sixth_degree
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's an excellent card, and the art... this may be my favourite art of any Magic card, period.
LightoRaito
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cards allowing mono-Red to survive past turn five? What is this craziness? Seriously, though, this is a great Praetor, and is a fantastic boost to RDW. I'm surprised I don't see it used more often. Granted, it might not be explosive enough to break out in the tourney scene, but it's fantastic at more friendly games.
Whoa. The flavor text gave me chills. Is there going to be a New Mirridon one day?
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
The five Praetors of New Phyrexia are the Wizards R&D accomplishment of the decade. Perfect flavor, interesting abilities, new and interesting and playable and genuinely mythic.
I always sorta hated previous five-color cycles. It felt forced and arbitrary, and red does tend to get the shaft in the five-color cycles. Here, though? Sweet.
Took a while for Urabrask to grow on me, but he's every bit as fun a beast in EDH as I expected. Use with red token generation for explosive results -- Commander Urabrask, his buddy Chancellor of the Forge, Siege-Gang Commander, and the classic Raging Goblin are birds of a feather, and make Red Deck Wins EDH even more fun to play.
Demonic_Math_Tutor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Arguably the best and most convenient Praetor. He didn't tear up the standard scene, but this guy holds a special place in my heart for allowing me to whoop as s for 5 straight months in which I never lost a game (to my playgroup).
adrian.malacoda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@PinkleDadandy
He does have an ability. He has haste, he gives the rest of your board haste, and he makes everyone else's guys ETB tapped, which is effectively... anti-haste?
SkyknightXi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
@Naftal: From the article in question...
"Of all the energies Mirrodin introduced to the Phyrexian ethos, the mana from the red sun has been most challenging, because it's the force that lies behind the concepts of individualism, compassion, emotion, and freedom."
"The mana from the red sun gave rise to Phyrexians who had just a glimmer of concern for other lifeforms—not full-blown compassion, but enough empathy to cause hesitation, a phenomenon more or less alien to Phyrexia."
"Make no mistake—Phyrexia, even when influenced by the red sun, is still a brutal and horrific system. Most Furnace Layer denizens do what they were created to do: tend the molten slag and turn the scraps of Mirrodin into the hellish landscape of New Phyrexia. But the influence of red mana has caused this part of New Phyrexia not to fall in lockstep with the other factions."
I wouldn't say that Urabrask is FULLY compassionate, not yet--you probably at least need a little white to guarantee such (although as Azorius, Akroma and Radiant show, white on its own is no compassion guarantee, either). I suppose there's the question of which red-and-white-including formation is the most likely to evoke compassion's existence--Boros, Naya, Dega or Raka? But the article DOES suggest that red's influence DOES lie behind the presence of compassion. So Urabrask's motives are at least proto-compassionate--at the very least, empathic. Unlike the other praetors, he doesn't view the Resistance's motives as chimeric. Misguided, but not chimeric. They only deserve culling WHEN they prove deleterious to the Furnace itself. Not before. The Furnace has more pressing concerns than generally calm non-Phyrexian encampments, anyway.
It's interesting, by the way, that the portion of Phyrexia that coheres least with the original vision (I still think Yawgmoth was swayed BY Old Phyrexia, not that he came up with all this Ultimate Society Form nonsense on his own) isn't one of black's opposed colors, but one of its allied colors.
tankthebest
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@wstonefi
Not a new ability for red, actually. See Uphill Battle.
wesleeisweslee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is awesome. Really flavorful, and really powerful. 4/4 for 5 with haste is certainly not bad, and his ability is great. If you can put this guy down on turn 4, he'll slow down your opponent like mad. 5/5 stars.
Chamale
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I never truly appreciated this card until I put him in a red/green Splinterfright deck. After my opponent taps out to kill my team with Black Sun's Zenith, I can just drop Urabrask and Ghoultree for an immediate powerful attack. Just having Urabrask is massively threatening, because you could always be holding on to something big enough to win the game.
Knick_Knack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The Hidden indeed... I have yet to get my hands on this card. Definitely my favorite praetor by far, thematically as well as cardwise. 5/5
PinkleDadandy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@adrian.malacoda I already knew he had haste but there are cards that already have his ability and are better because they do more and cost less like frozen aether which is a blue enchant that costs four and makes opponents artifacts lands and creatures come in tapped and Fires of Yavimaya costs 3 and gives creatures you control haste
Urabrask is still my favorite praetor but they made him too weak to be mythic Doublestrike would've made him worthy though
EyeballFrog
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
It's weird to think that this guy is the "good" praetor when he looks like something that burst out of John Hurt's chest.
Dannyman658
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Casual match between red and green, player has 5 mountains, opponent has 12 forests.
Player: I play Urabask the Hidden! Now all your creatures come into play tapped!
My best friend gave this to me as a birthday present. I might put this card in my Eldrazi deck, but it would probably work better in some sort of haste/bloodthirst deck.
LordofLiege
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I literally bought every New Phyrexia pack just to pull this guy. Never got him but my friends gave me the first one they pulled cause they knew how much i wanted it. Love his flavor, his cost, his abilities. My favorite red card ever
GolemEmperion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Possibly the weakest of the Praetors, but I like him the most.
VirusVescichetta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of about three mythics I've actually pulled from packs that I've held onto. He just demands having a deck built around him. It doesn't hurt that the art is spectacular.
Fireballmage
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
@GolemEmperion: If anything, I'd say he's one of the stronger Praetors. He's one of the best as an EDH general (Because he hits the table quick and doesn't attract too much hate), and his haste ability can give a massive boost to any 6 CMC Spells (Wurmcoil Engine, Inferno Titan) that come into play after him.
He's not as good as Elesh Norn (Who is tearing up standard at the moment), but he's definitely not as weak as Vorinclex, and I believe he's seen more play than Sheoldred.
Axelle
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Eternal Meteor Kaiser. It must be him.
chetoos
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
I made an account to say this, so I'll say it well: When I first looked at the card, I saw him as only his head and front leg. Today, after looking at it, I noticed that he has a full body back there, and I am currently wondering where I can hide so the Hidden can't find me.
Jamas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
His second ability actually has appeared once before in red: Uphill Battle.
TheManakinTransfer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy has done horrific things to my friends so many times in casual games. Effectively doubles your pace when he hits the field. 4.5/5
MANABURNWASGOOD
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think it's tied for second as the best praetor in the set. The black being the best, although it's really close with the blue one and this.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't like this praetor (If i wanted haste I'd rather run Anger) but I understand how powerful he is. 4.5/5, based upon the fact that he is awesome, but not the best praetor I've ever seen.
The flavor text should have been, "just follow the nose! It always knows!" (players under a certain age will have no idea what I'm talking about)
AlBout
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems to pair well with black royal assasin. The assasin active as soon it hit the table, and it enable vigilance card to be killed as they enter.
Not really a combo, but 2 nice cards to have. can build more synergy arround em.
Exclaimer999
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My favorite praetor behind Elesh, this guy makes any red-creature deck insanely powerful. Giving everything you have haste is a force to be reckoned with. (Goblins are a very good example of this.)
That, and of course, makes any improptu blockers useless for a turn. Perfect for the haste he has just given to all your creatures.
This art is quite possibly my favorite piece of the entire block.
RecurringMemories
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I added this guy to my re-animate deck to fuel Living Death. He's been the cause of a few wins; most notably a turn 3 win after casting 2 Frantic Search, discarding 3 or 4 creatures and grabbing a Dark Ritual. I think about 5-6 creatures hit the table with him....good times.
C1455
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not necessarily the most game breaking praetor but probably the most playable and least Hateable. Perfect for edh multiplayer.
Notchism
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
HASTY HASTY GOBLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a solid card, 4/4 haste for 5 and giving anything else you cast haste without needing extra mana. Opponents creatures coming into play tapped is icing on the cake.
Jojabi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Got a foil of this guy in my first New Phyrexia booster pack. Bought it right after a game of FNM. Alas I haven't been using him much... Maybe I could put him in my Rakdos deck or something...
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's not hidden. I can see him.
SubstantiaNigra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My favourite Praetor by a mile. Although I usually play , , and artifact decks, I've always had a weakness for red cards, and Urabrask the Hidden is no different. It has great art (second only to Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite), is flavourful, has the most interesting and mysterious backdrop of all the Praetors, is easily the most playable (cf game-breaking), and is also the cheapest! What is there not to like?
MagicBrad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Could be a solid performer in a Rakdos deck to take full advantage of the Unleash mechanic.
Dragonshoredreamz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I've definitely noticed Red's trend of cheesy goblins and art-work that doesn't quite hold the same maturity level that the other colours do (not like it needs to but still). Most of the time it just feels like Red is a lot of goofy trolls running around or flying through the air and whatever else and that's been a huge part of why I have had no interest in using red at all.
Urabrask the Hidden truly shows the more mature and badass side of Red. The same goes for creatures like Flameborn Hellion and Scoria Elemental.
Incredible concept-art and a very unique and welcome ability as far as Red is concerned.
Aggro_Red
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the best red cards to date in my opinion. Its creatures like this that make red my favorite color to play. He has singlehandedly won the debate over who to use as my Commander. Even when I look through the mono red Legendaries, I can't find anyone else who could top this jewel. Red Akroma comes close, only because she can be Morphed if she is killed more than once, allowing cheaper casting, even if it takes a few turns. (makes her a steaming target though).
Easily a 5 out of 5 card.
Arachnos
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
It's weird to think that this guy is the "good" praetor when he looks like something that burst out of John Hurt's chest.
Jin-Gitaxias looks like something even Dr. Frankenstein would have nightmares about. Vorinclex looks like he would gobble you up without even noticing you were on his way. Sheoldred has a mouth full of sharp teeth where her *** should be, and (perhaps most disturbing of all) Elesh Norn looks like Lady Gaga.
There are no good-looking Praetors.
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Possibly the most red card in the entire game. The card itself, most (if not all) of the art is at least some shade of red, and even the set symbol (being a mythic) is red. It looks so good. It's also a monster. Perfect for aggro and mid-range/aggro decks.
It not only enables your own deck, but disables your opponent's. You get haste creatures, and your opponent not only can't use haste creatures, they can't even block for a turn. So good after an opponent wraths to clear your weenies. Drop this guy, hit for 4, and then drop stuff that can't be block next turn to get through with haste.
EdgarPoeAllen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He says no to Sunblast Angel.
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@LordofLiege
how does it feel to know you could've bought him on ebay or tcgplayer for like $2?
Gandlodder
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems as though the Furnace Layer would be a pretty smokey place...
THE FOIL LOOKS AMAZING i'm not even kidding here, it's an awesome foil
RyugenS
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Under Urabrask's leadership, creatures you control fights with renewed fervor while creatures your opponent controls starts fighting an uphill battle
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only Praetor I don't have, which is amusing because it was the one I wanted most when they were spoiled...
4/5 Stars
Aberratius
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my opinion, Urabrask's decree should not necessarily be associated with the "compassion" connected with red mana. One may even infer his motivations for not ordering aggressive action from his in-game effect (which is usually connected with the creature's lore) - his (or the Phyrexians' at large) mere presence smothers and weakens his foes. Therefore underlings should not be diverted from their tasks, as it seems implicit that the Mirrans shall eventually die out -or be assimilated - virtually on their own accord, and hunting and slaughtering them would be a waste of time.
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Urabrask is probably going to work with the Mirrans to overthrow the peeps running new phyrexia, because he's a loose cannon praetor on the edge who doesn't play by the rules... or something. This is an unfounded claim and should not be taken as fact though! This is just what I think!
SECOND:
Turn five this guy? Almost every non-RDW red deck I've seen do well is running Sphere of the Suns and Everflowing Chalice. More like turn 4 this guy, turn 5 Inferno Titan, kill blockers and swing, or deal 16....... pretty dang good. But who really knows what the heck Standards going to look like in a few weeks.....
Epic art. Truly epic.
I think thaat Urabrask will be all "OMG, I just wnna chill in da forge and do my S**t", but everyones all "omg u gotta join the great work and complete mirrans." then he'll be like u guys r ***ing me off ima KILL U!" But then everyones all "Yeah right ur the weakest Phyrexian color" so he'll be all "man, that sucks" but then he's gonna be like hey u mirrans how about this u join me, we kill rest of phyrexian and
I get X amount of land and I won't invade u and u won't invade me deal? And the mirrans will b all LETS DO DIS TING cause in an mtg.com column someone said this isnt the last that u will see of the Phyrexians somaybe thats what another block will be about.
OR an even cooler idea the eldrazi finish with zendikar and break free and head to mirrodin and the phyrexians will b all fine mirrans we need ur help you can have X amount of land if u help us beat these guys. i mean cmon! Phyrexians vs Eldrazi? World conquerers vs. World destroyers? Old baddies vs new baddies? Just sayin.
And someone (I forgot who) said that artificially created planes eventually collapse so how they gonna get the Mirrans off of mirrodin? Maybe Venser will help cause he's on Mirrodin and he's all teleporty and stuff. After all, Koth and Elspeth wanted him to evacuate the Mirrans to save them from the Phyrexians. Just a thought.
AF
A wonderful combination, Phyrexians of the most aggressive color yet they are the most merciful. Red Mercy, who would've thought? Kudos to the developers.
Turn 2: Mountain, put a charge counter on Everflowing Chalice, Sphere of the Suns or a kicked Everflowing Chalice.
Turn 3: Mountain, Urabrask the Hidden.
Turn 4: Mountain, play some creatures or use some of the artifacts you now have lying around for Kuldotha Rebirth or Kuldotha Flamefiend.
But as it stands, this is currently the most playable Praetor mostly due to its cost. Useful effect helps, too.
EDIT: After looking at those shoulder things for a long while, I couldn't help but wonder. Can Urabrask overboost? Would it make the old overboost sound or the new one?
Elesh Norn - Norn's Annex
Jin-Gitaxias - Gitaxian Probe
Sheoldred - Reaper of Sheoldred
Urabrask - Priest of Urabrask
Vorinclex - this is the iffy one. Unlike the other four, nothing else in the block has his name in it ... but guess which green sorcery showed up in Mirrodin Beseiged that actually shows Vorinclex in its art?
That's right. Praetors' Counsel.
Not much to say for Limited (1st pick card, shapes your deck, blah blah blah), but I cannot wait to see this guy's impact on constructed. Cheapest Praetor, aids the big red archetype greatly. I could also see him in RUG. Primeval Titan is just as fun to swing with the same turn he's played as Inferno Titan is. I might fear Dismember, if it weren't for the fact that haste lets you jump your tapped-low opponent and force a 4-life loss anyway. I can't realistically see any Geosurge compatibility, what with Mana Leak, but dropping him ahead of the clock is going to be key; Everflowing Chalice, Sphere of the Suns, and Birds of Paradise all work, but I love the idea of third-turn Urabrask off a Lotus Cobra.
He gives the furnace dwellers "haste" and the Mirrans come into play "tapped", so that the furnace-dwellers may attack relentlessly and without resistance, bypassing the defenses of the Mirran resistance.
He is that bad-ass.
"Oh cool. You can make unlimited tokens... but you know how they die at the end of your turn? ...so... yeah..."
The best artwork of the Praetors, but seems like the least powerful to me. Granted, I haven't got a chance to use him yet, but doesn't seem like he'd cause quite as big of a problem as the others. On the other hand, he has an easily achievable mana cost so you can play him early, and his effect is still very powerful.
and the art is amazing.
I wouldn't think so, as the wording says "Come into play tapped." This would mean, before anything else when this comes into play, it's tapped, it doesn't become tapped after it hits the field. I could be wrong though, as I usually am.
Finally, he is absolutely, ridiculously playable. He absolutely shuts down games. And what's more, Johnny, Timmy, and Spike all love him. They knocked this guy out of the park.
Long live Phyrexia! Or, at least, the Quiet Furnace. :P
Still don't own one. I want a foil. ^^
Seriously, though, this is a great Praetor, and is a fantastic boost to RDW. I'm surprised I don't see it used more often. Granted, it might not be explosive enough to break out in the tourney scene, but it's fantastic at more friendly games.
those urabraskan rednecks are up to something :P
I always sorta hated previous five-color cycles. It felt forced and arbitrary, and red does tend to get the shaft in the five-color cycles. Here, though? Sweet.
Took a while for Urabrask to grow on me, but he's every bit as fun a beast in EDH as I expected. Use with red token generation for explosive results -- Commander Urabrask, his buddy Chancellor of the Forge, Siege-Gang Commander, and the classic Raging Goblin are birds of a feather, and make Red Deck Wins EDH even more fun to play.
He does have an ability. He has haste, he gives the rest of your board haste, and he makes everyone else's guys ETB tapped, which is effectively... anti-haste?
"Of all the energies Mirrodin introduced to the Phyrexian ethos, the mana from the red sun has been most challenging, because it's the force that lies behind the concepts of individualism, compassion, emotion, and freedom."
"The mana from the red sun gave rise to Phyrexians who had just a glimmer of concern for other lifeforms—not full-blown compassion, but enough empathy to cause hesitation, a phenomenon more or less alien to Phyrexia."
"Make no mistake—Phyrexia, even when influenced by the red sun, is still a brutal and horrific system. Most Furnace Layer denizens do what they were created to do: tend the molten slag and turn the scraps of Mirrodin into the hellish landscape of New Phyrexia. But the influence of red mana has caused this part of New Phyrexia not to fall in lockstep with the other factions."
I wouldn't say that Urabrask is FULLY compassionate, not yet--you probably at least need a little white to guarantee such (although as Azorius, Akroma and Radiant show, white on its own is no compassion guarantee, either). I suppose there's the question of which red-and-white-including formation is the most likely to evoke compassion's existence--Boros, Naya, Dega or Raka? But the article DOES suggest that red's influence DOES lie behind the presence of compassion. So Urabrask's motives are at least proto-compassionate--at the very least, empathic. Unlike the other praetors, he doesn't view the Resistance's motives as chimeric. Misguided, but not chimeric. They only deserve culling WHEN they prove deleterious to the Furnace itself. Not before. The Furnace has more pressing concerns than generally calm non-Phyrexian encampments, anyway.
It's interesting, by the way, that the portion of Phyrexia that coheres least with the original vision (I still think Yawgmoth was swayed BY Old Phyrexia, not that he came up with all this Ultimate Society Form nonsense on his own) isn't one of black's opposed colors, but one of its allied colors.
Not a new ability for red, actually. See Uphill Battle.
5/5 stars.
Definitely my favorite praetor by far, thematically as well as cardwise.
5/5
I already knew he had haste
but there are cards that already have his ability and are better because they do more and cost less
like frozen aether which is a blue enchant that costs four and makes opponents artifacts lands and creatures come in tapped
and Fires of Yavimaya costs 3 and gives creatures you control haste
Urabrask is still my favorite praetor but they made him too weak to be mythic
Doublestrike would've made him worthy though
Player: I play Urabask the Hidden! Now all your creatures come into play tapped!
Opponent: I play Centaur Omenreader, Centaur Omenreader, Garruk's Packleader, Jungle Weaver, 2 Nessian Coursers, a forest, and another Nessian Courser. Thanks! :D
Player: :(
He's not as good as Elesh Norn (Who is tearing up standard at the moment), but he's definitely not as weak as Vorinclex, and I believe he's seen more play than Sheoldred.
The flavor text should have been, "just follow the nose! It always knows!" (players under a certain age will have no idea what I'm talking about)
The assasin active as soon it hit the table, and it enable vigilance card to be killed as they enter.
Not really a combo, but 2 nice cards to have. can build more synergy arround em.
That, and of course, makes any improptu blockers useless for a turn. Perfect for the haste he has just given to all your creatures.
Urabrask the Hidden truly shows the more mature and badass side of Red. The same goes for creatures like Flameborn Hellion and Scoria Elemental.
Incredible concept-art and a very unique and welcome ability as far as Red is concerned.
Easily a 5 out of 5 card.
Jin-Gitaxias looks like something even Dr. Frankenstein would have nightmares about. Vorinclex looks like he would gobble you up without even noticing you were on his way. Sheoldred has a mouth full of sharp teeth where her *** should be, and (perhaps most disturbing of all) Elesh Norn looks like Lady Gaga.
There are no good-looking Praetors.
It not only enables your own deck, but disables your opponent's. You get haste creatures, and your opponent not only can't use haste creatures, they can't even block for a turn. So good after an opponent wraths to clear your weenies. Drop this guy, hit for 4, and then drop stuff that can't be block next turn to get through with haste.
how does it feel to know you could've bought him on ebay or tcgplayer for like $2?
Yes please!
4/5 Stars