Pointed Discussion

I keep pronouncing Furor as Führer.
Führer of the bitten would be an awesome name for a werewolf legend.

Seems pretty good. It's a Shock if the creature even connects once, which shouldn't be too hard.

Not too bad.

During pre-release this helped me a bit.
Either boost your one-drop in turn two or for instance as I did, slap it on the flying 1/1 spirit from Doomed Traveler to punish them for killing it early on. Preferably in turn two.

put it on ashmouth hound to get him out of easy reach and much more threatening. or on invisible stalker for 3 damage a turn. or put it on an opponent's utility creature if you have a bigger one, or many more things i didn't notice at the pre-release (i am sure there are plenty). the possibilities are nearly endless. having for a mana cost also lets it easily be used in conjunction with another spell to transform werewolves back. the two damage will add up if your opponent keeps taking it, and you often put it on a creature you want to attack anyway, so the drawback is minimal. definitely not bad in limited.

Putting it on Bloodcrazed Neonate should make her explode.

Great aura, almost as good as Spectral Flight, they really seem to want to push auras to the edge without recursion. I really hope we get some creature that recurs Aura's or something to get around card dis-advantage in the next set. That could really bust these out of limited and into the world of play.

@Tommy9898 -- Only if they wanted to get angry letters from the Anti-Defamation League...

This is an incredible card for weenie-aggro decks. If your creatures are disposable and intended to go all out on the attack anyhow, you're not risking much by adding this card to the mix. Its ability to potentially draw opposing creatures to their death (or at the very least, out of blocking position) is also a nice touch.

So wait... the enchanted creature gets stronger, not because it HAS been infected, but because it THINKS it has? Wow, I didn't know you could buff creatures with the placebo effect...

Compare with Uncontrollable Anger. I don't often like throwing the term "strictly better" around but in this case I will. Having flash on this would rarely be very useful, and when it would be I wouldn't want to keep four mana open for such a mediocre effect.

Do not underestimate this card. There are a ton of Innistrad critters that would love a quick 2/2, and get very scary with it.

Examples off the top of my head:

Bloodcrazed Neonate, Stromkirk Noble, Ashmouth Hound, Stitched Drake, Cloistered Youth, Feral Ridgewolf, Festerhide Boar, Hanweir Watchkeep, a transformed Civilized Scholar, Terror of Kruin Pass, Markov Patrician, Sturmgeist.

All of those creatures just became crazy-ass bombs with a simple .

(Obviously, this is with draft in mind)

I really love how the flavor text basically just says that this guy is flipping out because he thinks he's a werewolf, but he's not.

"I'M TURNING INTO A WEREWOLF!"
"No you're not Steve calm down!"

Let's assume your opponent hasn't blocked:
Turn 1: Stormkirk Noble = 1/1
Turn 2: 2xFuror of the Bitten = 5/5, Opponent at 15, +1/1 = 6/6;
Turn 3: Rakish Heir 6/6, Opponent at 9, +2/2 = 8/8;
OR
Turn 3: Furor of Bitten+Curse of Stalked Prey, 8/8 +2/2 = Opponents health at 7 = your wee Stormkirk Noble is now 10/10 at the end of turn 3. , and on turn 4 you've got it baby.

If you're really lucky and you manage a Stormkirk Noble + 4 of Furor + 2 Mountain in your draw hand? Boom. Turn 3 cleanup your opponent's at 5 HP and you have an 11/11 Stormkirk Noble.
Do not underestimate this gem. Innistrad vampires mean business.

I had this in the pre-release, only drew it once, alas. Put it in my Falkenrath Marauders and my opponent went down really quickly... I was going to attack with them every turn anyway.

EDIT: Had it again in the DKA pre-release, and twice managed to attack with a 4/4 in turn 2. Once did Swamp, Diregraf Ghoul, Mountain, this, once Forest, Wolfbitten Captive, it transforms, mountain, this.

At least in limited, it can be a bomb. Also nice on Immerwolf if its Intimidate makes it unblockable.

Underrated.

Goes great on Invisible Stalker. You can have an Unblockable 3/3 Human Rogue with Hexproof out and ready on turn 2 for {R}{U}. Sounds good to me.

I got on here to sing my praises for this card but it seems everyone else already has lol. Sure it sets you up for the dreaded "2-for-1" but if you get it early enough on a card like Stromkirk Noble, Tormented Soul, Vampire Lacerator, Invisible Stalker, Bloodcrazed Neonate, Strangleroot Geist, flipped Delver of Secrets, or other similar creatures you will have gotten so much mileage out of it the "2-for-1" won't matter.

Some of the cards I listed are unblockable and make for an incredible clock if they aren't dealt with quickly. Others beg for chump blocks and worse case scenario you get through for 3 or 4 on turn 2 and trade creatures on turn 3, either way you're ahead. Late game this may not be so desirable if you aren't running any sort of evasion or if your opponent has something with deathtouch on the field but that still may not even be that bad.

Limited...

Invisible Stalker
This

Dont get butt-hurt by your loss.