So much better than Canyon Minotaur. Hopefully we start seeing some better minotaurs.
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Yes, apparently Canyon Minotaurs is going to be retired for good. A potential 5/5 common in red... Drafting in M12 is going to be interesting.
Minus_Prime
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
5/5 for 4 pretty consistently in red, especially with Goblin Fireslinger in the same set(and color, and tribe). Only other common creature I can think of like that without some kind of drawback is Blastoderm. And Blastoderm's awesome.
RuscoJames
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
Please print more decent minotaurs. Thank you for Zedruu and Gorehorn! Nothing will keep me from my didgeridoo!
don_miguel
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this is the best bloodthirst creature in the set in my opinion. remember the times when balduvian horde was the "baneslayer" of the momment. yes, that was another time but here is a common with no discard. the other common red 5/5 is gathan riders, but is a very different card. (more similar to horde)
HuntedWumpusMustDie
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I don't want to jinx it, but minotaurs are getting better..... ..... :D!!!!
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Pretty awesome considering we have costed 5/5 fatties with a drawback like Balduvian Horde normally in the rare slot. That's a really pretty common.
EvilCartographer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One more for the minotaur deck.
And a good one at that.
BastianQoU
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
But Canyon Minotaur had such beautiful flavor text... Still, 4cmc 5/5 is beautiful to me.
On a side note, it seems bloodthirst is an easy way of powercreeping without being obvious about it.. Meh, just a thought.
Kiki-Jiki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is the best bloodthirsty card in the set for draft, so amazing, won me a tourney and most matches last weekend
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nice - red can easily make this a 5/5 for 2RR.
Good riddance to the long list of red 3/3 creatures for 4 with no abilities.
chicollicolli
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As with Blood Ogre, what an upgrade compared to previous red core set commons with the same cmc. Red suddenly got a whole lot more appealing for the casual player.
I have the feel that the M12 bloodthirst creatures are quite better than the Guildpact ones... Comparing this to Ghor-Clan Savage is so demotivating! I don't know... Sure Guildpact has some of the best bloodthirst (Skarrgan Firebird >>> Furyborn Hellkite imho), but even the worse (Burning-Tree Bloodscale, always imho).
However, this is a simple but effective card, well balanced too! 4/5
twinArmaggedons
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(10 votes)
Hiill giiant doe2n't 2uck anymore?
Iit'2 . . . beautiiful.
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Iin all 2eriiou2ne22, thii2 card ii2 exactly what Ii wa2 hopiing Wiizard2 wa2 going to do wiith vaniilla or french vaniilla flavored red creature2. Ii could never 2tand hiill giiant, liimiited or not, but thii2, even iif you can't get the bloodthiir2t off, make2 me feel a2 though Ii could actually play thii2 card.
twinArmaggedons: Curse of the Pierced Heart won't do much for you in regards to Bloodthirst unless you can flash in creatures on your opponent's turn as they are pinged during their turns and not yours. And call me crazy, but I think I much prefer MasterOfEtherium's way of typing to yours.
Darkvayne
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Very nice minotaur, one of the best bloodthirst creatures i've seen yet.
Binaro
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great creature, but I've seen many games where a player just isn't able to deal direct damage or combat damage, and end up having to play bloodthirsty creatures without the bloodthirstiness, and end up losing because their creatures aren't bloodthirsty enough.
Oh well, at least it has that bloodthirst ability to make it worth trying.
Shadoflaam
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@twinArmageddons
ENGLISH MOTHAFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
PauperCubist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
These guys are the perfect curve-topper for a Pauper aggro deck. There's not really much else to say. Even if you can't trigger the bloodthirst for some reason, you get a Canyon Minotaur for the same CMC, and that's still adequate for many Limited matches.
DaLucaray
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is how Bloodthirst should be. Without it, it's below the mana curve, but with is, it's above.
Zebra_Lord
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Guys, twinArmageddons is referencing Homestuck, both with his name and how he is speaking.
DeXtrovert
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A cost effective minotaur? Now that's just crazy, Wizards.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That awkward moment, when after all this time, you realize there are in fact TWO Minotaurs in the art :/
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That's a really pretty common.
And a good one at that.
Still, 4cmc 5/5 is beautiful to me.
On a side note, it seems bloodthirst is an easy way of powercreeping without being obvious about it..
Meh, just a thought.
Good riddance to the long list of red 3/3 creatures for 4 with no abilities.
However, this is a simple but effective card, well balanced too!
4/5
Iit'2 . . . beautiiful.
8|
Iin all 2eriiou2ne22, thii2 card ii2 exactly what Ii wa2 hopiing Wiizard2 wa2 going to do wiith vaniilla or french vaniilla flavored red creature2. Ii could never 2tand hiill giiant, liimiited or not, but thii2, even iif you can't get the bloodthiir2t off, make2 me feel a2 though Ii could actually play thii2 card.
Al2o, Cur2e of the Piier2ed Heart really helps thii2, and all bloodthiir2t really, out.
Oh well, at least it has that bloodthirst ability to make it worth trying.
ENGLISH MOTHAFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
3/5 stars