strictly better than Dross Crocodile. still not exactly good.
Selez
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Ick. Easy to kill, horrid on defense, won't get more than one attack in... if you end up running it, pick it late.
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(5 votes)
I LIKE IT ....................ALOT
HairlessThoctar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Not at all strictly better.
Color variance means a lot, and artifacts are harder to kill.
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(7 votes)
Not strictly better PhyrexianFailure. Dross Crocodile can't be shattered. I guess in limited is ok. In constructed it is, like most of this set, boring and crappy. Since I rate cards after how happy I am to get it in a booster, I give it a 0.5 of 5.
luca_barelli
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seriously, majinara? You think this is just as bad as Aven Trooper or Shelkin Brownies. Give me a break.
Richochet_Shaman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Protip: in a tough spot at a draft tournament? Equip this guy with Barbed Battlegear! =D
SpencerDub
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
@PhyrexianFailure: "strictly better than Dross Crocodile. still not exactly good."
This card isn't "strictly better" than Dross Crocodile. In most cases, it's better, yes, but as an artifact as well as a creature, it's vulnerable to twice the removal that the crocodile is. The Souleater's additional weakness compared to the crocodile means it's not "strictly better," which implies no such weaknesses.
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Decent Fling fodder. Not much else. And Dross Crocodile is both black and a Zombie. that matters.
jsttu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
without some sort of pump it WILL get killed if you need to activate its ability and 5 damage at most is not worth the mana cost plus the activation of trample, possibly negated by you losing two life for the activation. Maybe as a deterrent to attackers?
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Decent. Frankly, I'm amazed I haven't pulled a single one of these guys, what with having opened like 12 New Phyrexia packs.
heavyterror
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy and the other the black souleater are pretty sweet when your commander is the mimeoplasm.
Zielheim
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think it's actually pretty good. With Glissa, the Traitor out, you can have something either hitting them in the face for 5 or have a blocker with 5 power (which, if it isn't trampling or a first striker, is quite good for a creature that costs 4), and you can screw around with their heads by activating it's ability at the last moment, meaning if they really don't want to take any damage, they have to throw more creatures at it. With Glissa out, that means you can bring it back each time it kills something. Ok, so it costs 4 to do it each time, but hey, that's basically 4 mana to get a creature with a power of 5 out that only stays dead for so long.
@HairlessThoctar, Artifacts are generally easier to kill. Particularly easier to kill than black creatures like Dross Crocodile.
Opined_Fluke
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This thing must clean-house in the gatherer-terrible format
Stinga
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wana see PhyrexianFailure (I like the name) use this guy over dross crocodile and get mindslavered. Here, your guy gets ten tramples for the low, low price of twenty life! yaaay!
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Color variance means a lot, and artifacts are harder to kill.
This card isn't "strictly better" than Dross Crocodile. In most cases, it's better, yes, but as an artifact as well as a creature, it's vulnerable to twice the removal that the crocodile is. The Souleater's additional weakness compared to the crocodile means it's not "strictly better," which implies no such weaknesses.
Frankly, I'm amazed I haven't pulled a single one of these guys, what with having opened like 12 New Phyrexia packs.
equipping barbed battlegear will kill it...
@HairlessThoctar,
Artifacts are generally easier to kill. Particularly easier to kill than black creatures like Dross Crocodile.