Not just standard, but Rancor is now in MODERN. Mother of god....
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
some *** rated this a 4.5, but if we get enough more people rating it, we can make it as high as 4.999 I think.
jsttu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With this reprint a million aggro decks screamed with joy, as their favorite aura became available to rape face in all formats once again. This card is a first pick in draft and will probably be a format defining card (once again), not to mention all the casual decks that got just a bit more vicious.
So sad that they took out the "Hatred outlives the hateful." text, but so glad that this is back in standard and now in modern as well.
Paladin85
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"ITS CLOBBERIN' TIME!"
Green mage using Rancor
Gruesome-Tree
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(6 votes)
I will have to rate this card 1.
Broken and ruins standard, i am a green player but still hates it! Have no frickin' idea why they decided to reprint it...
General_Naga
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This just goes to show how much Wizards really hates the monotony of Delver decks.
Weisse
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Much fun to play this with Vamp Nighthawk and exalted stacking during prerelease. You can't go wrong if you have a Forest and one of these bad boys in your opening hand.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
NO.
WHY?
THERE WILL BE GREAT WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH THROUGHOUT THE REALM.
chainsmoker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm glad wizards let new players experience old but gold cards. Still hoping for more really cool reprints in standard!
Dreznin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quite possible the best creature enchantment ever created. I always thought it would never see a second printing (thought the same about Rewind, silly me)... Time to start building more green decks again. This card... wins games.
Aamot
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(13 votes)
/sunglasses Mother of God.
Magic-Master
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Dies to Naturalize Oh wait. Same with any other 'Destroy target enchantment' cards.
You throw this spell down and almost always the opponent will cringe.
Im very happy there is finally a standard set reprint. Green has been getting a lot of love lately and it is about time after being the weakest color for years.
Between this and Quirion Dryad, I think the real question is will this stop Delver decks, or move Delver to U/G?
Blind_At_Heart
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This Is Too Powerful. Cool In Limited Because That's Just For Fun But In Standard This Is Too Powerful And Not Fun To Play Against
XRakd0sXNinjaX
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
5/5 Awesome reprint.
IMHO it think its good for new players to experience powerful cards from the past such as this every once in awhile. Heck its because of players talking about cards like this that I wanted to start magic in the first place.
greenzero
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@Gruesome-Tree: They decided to reprint it only for the sake of hatred towards you. Also, they said not to tell you that you are bad at rating cards.
Sooooooo glad to see this again. Not only because it is one of the best cards ever printed, but also because the didn't just do what they normally do, slap on a drawback and make it cost 2 more.
Also, I can only imagine how long before it gets a ban in Modern. P.S. PLEASE DON'T BAN IT IN MODERN. :(
imsully2
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Should've been a rare since it's just that good. Is it too good for standard... Probably not, it's too good for limited but standard should be able to handle it, that being said it will be in pretty much every green deck in standard until it rotates and I highly doubt it will be back in M14
StreamHopper
★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0)(9 votes)
I hate this card so much. Breaks a limited game right in half, and at uncommon status. I'm still in shock that they reprinted this. Why don't we just reprint Counterspell while we're at it?
This card doesn't need specific color fixing, it's nearly impossible to get rid of once it hits play, and it gives the creature trample. As if the card wasn't already good, they snapped trample on it. At the prerelease, it ended games so quickly that it cheapened the experience for me. It's a perfect example of a card that just isn't very fun, or interesting.
Spikes rate it 5/5 because it breaks the game, and returns magic to its 5 turn deathrace. Everyone else rates it 1/5 because it kills the fun.
That being said, 1/5 for very poor design, and overall brokenness.
The card would have gotten at least a 2/5 rating from me had it been
G Enchanted creature gets +2/+0. When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.
Even then, I don't like it. It's really that second clause that makes it so horribly broken. I wouldn't have minded so much if it had read something like:
G Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample and shroud.
But no. It's broken as all hell, and gets no sympathy from me.
TheManakinTransfer
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I think this was reprinted to silence everyone who was calling "Powercreep" just be thankful they didn't reprint Endless Wurm 5/5 (as if you can rate it anything less)
Finally, Wizards decided to reprint Rancor, and there were much rejoicing.
Radagast
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wow... I thought this was never coming back, especially considering how it was generally considered to have a misprinted mana cost (2G I think was rumored to be what was intended) - but, hey - why not?
Bazzoka
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
What a dirty, dirty card. I was actually able to snag 2 of these in the launch day draft. It felt dirty. I felt dirty, but I was also pretty happy. It killed creatures, it allowed me to swing in for free, it won me games. Pay attention kids, Rancor is good and there's a reason why it got bumped up to an uncommon.
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Streamhopper: I run mine with Greater Auramancy, so it gives shroud as well! Isn't the world wonderful?
@greenzero: a ban in Modern? DO NOT SPEAK SUCH BLASPHEMIES. It is the one card that enables my W/G aura deck in there.
Also, Aura Gnarlid is quite fond of this. Kinda reminds me of Gremlins (the 80's movie) whenever I cast it on him.
RedAtrocitus
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
They reprinted Rancor. If I played green, I'd be overjoyed. I don't usually so I'm both very scared and considering switching...
orisiti
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(12 votes)
At this moment, this is the highest rated card in m13...
Hello again, old friend. You and I are gonna have so much fun together.
Wurmcaller
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Considering I almost exclusively play casual, I'm glad they brought back Rancor. I have a friend who's been playing for quite a long time now and his green deck wipes me out every time because of this card (and a few others honestly). Now I actually have the chance to play this without having to search the four corners of the earth.
Plus they brought back Erase, so there's at least some protection from the horror.
C1mpl0c1ty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I played at a tournament and lost badly to a deck that was (seemingly) built around using this card to bring the pain quickly. Man, this card was scary to see, haha. The mana cost of 1 just makes this card crazy. I can see this getting a lot of usage, as it would probably work in about every green deck out there.
TheFarran
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Between this and Rewind being printed, M13 has made me a very happy man
twiddleman12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@orisiti As do I.
Zenzei
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card is great (/captain obvious) but they really should have updated the art. Art in this card didn't make any sense to me back in the Urza's Legacy days and it doesn't make any sense to me today.
ChildOfPrometheus
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
-0.5 for removing the flavor text.
LordRandomness
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
To be honest, I'm kind of surprised this isn't seeing more play. It fits neatly in any deck with {G} that plans to win by hitting your opponent in the face, offering more power, evasion, the ability to turn your dorks into 3 power trampling suicide troops, and of course it's practically impossible to get rid of the thing, to the point where hitting it with Oblivion Ring is a reasonable play. It's a great card, especially for the sort of deck that is now supported by Strangleroot Geist.
The first time I ever saw this, I had to examine it to make sure it was a real card and not just something someone made up. I can see people splashing green just for this. It honestly might be the best Aura ever.
Plaid_Mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
May Avacyn have mercy on our souls...
mbaxter90
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
First of all gotta say i love this card! even though i dont use it... my friend and i need a ruling for a situation we ran into.. if my opponent has a creature with rancor on it and i use O-ring on the creature, will rancor return to his hand, become exiled with the creature, or will something else happen??
ThinkOriginal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@mbaxter90 the creature gets exiled, Rancor goes to your graveyard, then comes back to your hand. as far as Rancor knows, the creature died.
personally...I'm shocked I haven't seen this running rampant in every single deck online...more so not even every green deck. it's just soooooooooooooo good...
p.s. how scary would the Rancor from Jedi be if he was enchanted with Rancor??
p.p.s one of Rancor's worst enemies is Purify the Grave. found that out the hard way.
2Plus2EqualsTricycle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I didn't relize how AWESOME Rancor was until I casted a Doomed Traveler on turn 01 while having 02 Rancor in my hand. Then by turn 02 i had a 5/1 Human in my control. GREAT CARD! 5/5
Lotsofpoopy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This is exactly what I needed to make my mono-green control deck unstoppable. Yes, mono-green control. I am a pro so I can pull it off.
From the moment I saw this card I was in love. Throw this on a boneyard wurm and you have better than a splinterfright without the drawback. Of course there's TONS of other uses for this gem for a card, that's just a cheapy-cheap one to go with the gravebound decks.
Skin-Shifter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Two cool tricks with this card come RTR. 1st, equip Rancor to a Wayfaring Temple for Game winning Populate and Trample damage. 2nd, equip Rancor to a scary Creature your opponent controls with 5> Power. Then use the second ability on Selesnya Charm Targeting that Creature, permanently exiling the Creature for three mana. Rancor then returns back to your hand to spread the love. It's Beautiful.
sixtyseconds
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
I got my arse handed to me by a guy who drafted a playset of this and a playset of Deadly Recluse.
Sago
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very nice.
MechaKraken
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(8 votes)
I've had many arguements with players due to this card's ruling. I'd use Nihil Spellbomb or Tormod's Crypt to get rid of it while it was still in the graveyard, but BEFORE it returned to their hand, and they would get all fussy about it.
I hate having to get confrontational to play the game the right way, when they absolutely refuse to believe you are right despite the fact you are right.
You know what else I hate? When people at the end of the game offer you a handshake, yet the glare of hatred is in their eyes and the handshake is more of a victory pose then any sign of goodwill.
Potsofloopy
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Fun yeah? This is exactly what you need to make mono-black control deck unstoppable. Yes, mono-black control. I am novice to these cards, so this I can pull off guy!
EyePawd
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Christ, so good. How do I know? This card angers me to no end in DotP 2013.
You don't really need another gameplan when that combination happens.
FrankieGeah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Last days I was thinking what power-up would mostly improve my forming infect deck. How can i forgot about Rancor? And yes, I'm going to play Phyrexian Crusader.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow, this would have been obscene if it was around with infect. Actually, that gives me an idea for my casual infect deck...
Seth346
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Love this card... But USA control destroys it with instant speed killing the card you target
scipio323
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combo with Endless Wurm: the wurm destroys it at the beginning of your upkeep, and just recast it, good as new.
Xineombine
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with anything... Literally
Nagoragama
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
One of the best uses of one green mana ever.
Arachnos
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This could be in the Power Nine, I swear.
GlintKawk42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GREATEST ENCHANTMENT EVER. 5/5
voidweaver
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is key to the strategy of my edh aura deck for two reasons:
I don't play it in that deck, and therefore; Nobody else can seem to view an aura deck with no Rancor as posing any sort of real threat.
Sometimes I have to wonder who at Wizards let's some of these cards through testing.
WateryMind
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Why would you do this? WHY?!
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Retarded card is retarded.
jduster
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Perfect 5 stars. Minimal mana cost for a great effect, and able to be recasted. I think this is a staple in all Green decks.
SirLibraryEater
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
"C'mon, it'll be FUNNY!" ~Wizard's playtester who agreed to reprint this
Osidan
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I just feel this card is horribly broken. It's too good for just a G recasting cost. Very bad card design.
Brawler_1337
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this card, but I think it is a little too broken to be legal in Standard and Modern. Probably not banworthy, but definitely a staple.
Pick15
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
For those who are not aware, Rancor was part of a cycle. Not that the rest of the cycle was any good, but it was. Also, hella fun with Thaumatog in Pauper EDH. Green Shade? Yes please!
whoiam
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Take away Bolt, bring Rancor. Make players even happier.
Darkmatter32
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I had nightmares when someone used this against me.
AnArmedBear
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I just can't bring myself to play this card... It's too damn strong.
henrynothingh
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
rancor=awesome ;)
fenixissoawesome
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Counter this. Before it ever hits the field. Just counter it.
RamenAwesome
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Truly this is a card to be feared. It turns even weenies into potential threats, and its very difficult to get rid of it. For the most part, only White or Blue is capable of dealing with it. Good thing they reprinted Erase.
Ferlord
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
I heard rumors that Rancor was supposed to be a 2 or 3-cost spell, and the missing or was a typo (like Patheitc on Wit's End, or the Serendib Efreet's with the Ifh-Bíff Efreet art and border).
If you look at the cycle of other auras from Urza's Legacy (oh, what a surprise: a rigged card from the Urza block) such as Sluggishness, Cessation, Sleeper's Guile and Slow Motion. you'll see the resemblance.
Rancor: So damn powerful, it doesn't need an accomplice
damnearkilliner
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
My friend and I were having a discussion about how good this card is. He sais one of best green cards ever. I say, "dies to doomblade". Just doomblade the creature hes enchanting when it goes on the stack and bye bye rancor, bye bye creature.
Exoclyps
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Just saying though. But there is dozen of ways to deal with it. I think all colors have one way or another to deal with it.
Simply just kill the creature they are enchanting while it is on the stack. Lost a lot of Rancors that way.
What were they thinking putting this in M13? Red can't have Lightning Bolt, but green can have Rancor? That's just silly.
SilentOppressor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@Superllama12
Rancor+Creatures. Rancor can't stand by itself :P
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@bfellow: If you play Brave the Elements, Voice never dies so you don't get the token (unless you chose not to name black - in which case why play Brave the Elements at all?).
Also your comment has nothing to do with the card Rancor itself.. it doesn't help you in that situation at all. Maybe your point is that you don't lose Rancor if someone doom blades your creature? If so, it's a very badly made one.
sweetgab
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turns out it wasn't as broken as what people used to think. (Few competitive decks play it these days. Just Bant Hexproof and green-based Gruul / Selesnya aggro, the latter isn't seen a lot) But it remains the best card in those decks which can utilize it, and probably a bit overpowered with Hexproof.
JimmyNoobPlayer
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Is it just me, or does trample work really well with Bushido? When Bushido is brought back (Maro has said many times that Bushido will probably be renamed and used in the future, since it was one of the best parts of Kamigawa) we'll have to try Bushido 2.0 and Rancor together.
LazyHunter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kill the creature while rancor is on the stack they say, Hexproof laughs at you.
MrBrightsideX11
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Blurrymadness You're a bit off here. The way it works is you play it in every deck.
whiteheadw
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am missing Rancor so much, trying to make my Selesnya Aggro Deck competitive......
i remember seeing the final match in this modern tournament, hexproof aura selesnia versus america control, selesnia started with a 2 win lead, but man that america player. the america player still won, they sided in a few things, its hard to deal with engineered explosives in a control players hand when all your cards cost 1...
DarkSteelSentinel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Rancor+Harobbi, Deaths Wail= RAPE
jonrds
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Building a casual simic deck: Me: "The only thing my deck is really missing is trample" Friend: "Put in rancor" Me: "It doesn't really synergize with anything though. What about the trample ring?" Friend: "You mean the bad ring from the cycle of bad rings? No. Put in rancor." Me: "But I my deck is based around fathom mage and sage of fables and gyre sage. The counters are really useful." Friend: "No. Put in rancor." Me: "Okay..."
Playtest once.
Me: "Wow this is dumb."
Aremath
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DarkSteelSentinel: that doesn't work the way you think it does. When you cast rancor, Horobi's ability will trigger, and the creature will die. Rancor will be countered due to having an illegal target and go to the graveyard. Since it never gets onto the battlefield in the first place, it is never put into a graveyard from the battlefield. Screams from Within does do what you want except it's not voluntary and doesn't cost mana (and will kill Horobi after killing everything else).
This card is so insane. Unless your opponent has instant-speed removal the turn you cast it, you'll get damage and value out of it. Facing down a Rancor'd Kird Ape, or worse, a Porcelain Legionnaire just feels bad all over.
If rancor resolves with no killspell, it is rare that it doesn't cause a two-for-one and get in at least 4 damage in addition. Up there with Vampire Nighthawk, and Path to Exile on the list of "uncommons you're not sure how they got printed"
5/5 for being not 'actually broken' like JTMS or Yawgmoth's Will, yet still feeling totally unfair whenever you have it in play.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card that briefly made GW Hexproof a deck to beat in Modern. Well, Daybreak Coronet was the MVP of the deck, but without this the deck may never have surfaced.
Comments (128)
Thank you. Thank you very, very much.
-Timmy
Uncommon looks like a reasonable place to put it too.
Me? I'm building an auratog/enchantress deck.
Green mage using Rancor
Broken and ruins standard, i am a green player but still hates it!
Have no frickin' idea why they decided to reprint it...
WHY?
THERE WILL BE GREAT WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH THROUGHOUT THE REALM.
Still hoping for more really cool reprints in standard!
Mother of God.
Oh wait. Same with any other 'Destroy target enchantment' cards.
I suppose this was the reason for Erase
You throw this spell down and almost always the opponent will cringe.
Im very happy there is finally a standard set reprint. Green has been getting a lot of love lately and it is about time after being the weakest color for years.
Awesome reprint.
IMHO it think its good for new players to experience powerful cards from the past such as this every once in awhile. Heck its because of players talking about cards like this that I wanted to start magic in the first place.
Sooooooo glad to see this again. Not only because it is one of the best cards ever printed, but also because the didn't just do what they normally do, slap on a drawback and make it cost 2 more.
Also, I can only imagine how long before it gets a ban in Modern.
P.S. PLEASE DON'T BAN IT IN MODERN. :(
This card doesn't need specific color fixing, it's nearly impossible to get rid of once it hits play, and it gives the creature trample. As if the card wasn't already good, they snapped trample on it. At the prerelease, it ended games so quickly that it cheapened the experience for me. It's a perfect example of a card that just isn't very fun, or interesting.
Spikes rate it 5/5 because it breaks the game, and returns magic to its 5 turn deathrace.
Everyone else rates it 1/5 because it kills the fun.
That being said, 1/5 for very poor design, and overall brokenness.
The card would have gotten at least a 2/5 rating from me had it been
G
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0.
When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.
Even then, I don't like it. It's really that second clause that makes it so horribly broken. I wouldn't have minded so much if it had read something like:
G
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample and shroud.
But no. It's broken as all hell, and gets no sympathy from me.
"But you didn't say anything about it!"
"Exactly."
@greenzero: a ban in Modern? DO NOT SPEAK SUCH BLASPHEMIES. It is the one card that enables my W/G aura deck in there.
Also, Aura Gnarlid is quite fond of this. Kinda reminds me of Gremlins (the 80's movie) whenever I cast it on him.
I approve.
Plus they brought back Erase, so there's at least some protection from the horror.
As do I.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...............
my friend and i need a ruling for a situation we ran into..
if my opponent has a creature with rancor on it and i use O-ring on the creature, will rancor return to his hand, become exiled with the creature, or will something else happen??
personally...I'm shocked I haven't seen this running rampant in every single deck online...more so not even every green deck. it's just soooooooooooooo good...
newer players, meet Rancor. Rancor, meet opponent's face.
7/5
p.s. how scary would the Rancor from Jedi be if he was enchanted with Rancor??
p.p.s one of Rancor's worst enemies is Purify the Grave. found that out the hard way.
GREAT CARD! 5/5
In all seriousness...
...still 5/5. This stuff is the real deal.
I hate having to get confrontational to play the game the right way, when they absolutely refuse to believe you are right despite the fact you are right.
You know what else I hate? When people at the end of the game offer you a handshake, yet the glare of hatred is in their eyes and the handshake is more of a victory pose then any sign of goodwill.
Grr...
You don't really need another gameplan when that combination happens.
I don't play it in that deck, and therefore;
Nobody else can seem to view an aura deck with no Rancor as posing any sort of real threat.
~Wizard's playtester who agreed to reprint this
Also, hella fun with Thaumatog in Pauper EDH. Green Shade? Yes please!
Make players even happier.
If you look at the cycle of other auras from Urza's Legacy (oh, what a surprise: a rigged card from the Urza block) such as Sluggishness, Cessation, Sleeper's Guile and Slow Motion. you'll see the resemblance.
If you look at them, each of them give a creature something: Can't Attack, Can't Block, Gains Fear, or Pay
That being said, I still think a
Serra Angel + Stasis
Academy Rector + Yawgmoth's Bargain
Channel + Fireball
Psychatog + Upheaval
Counterbalance + Sensei's Divining Top
Stoneforge Mystic + Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Delver of Secrets + Mana Leak
Rancor + ???
Rancor: So damn powerful, it doesn't need an accomplice
Simply just kill the creature they are enchanting while it is on the stack. Lost a lot of Rancors that way.
You put in green decks.
Opponent: Doom Blade.
You: Brave the Elements. Thanks I'll put in a 3/3 Elemental token.
Rancor+Creatures. Rancor can't stand by itself :P
Also your comment has nothing to do with the card Rancor itself.. it doesn't help you in that situation at all. Maybe your point is that you don't lose Rancor if someone doom blades your creature? If so, it's a very badly made one.
You're a bit off here. The way it works is you play it in every deck.
Why not Rancor?
Correction:
Got a creature?
Why not Rancor?
Me: "The only thing my deck is really missing is trample"
Friend: "Put in rancor"
Me: "It doesn't really synergize with anything though. What about the trample ring?"
Friend: "You mean the bad ring from the cycle of bad rings? No. Put in rancor."
Me: "But I my deck is based around fathom mage and sage of fables and gyre sage. The counters are really useful."
Friend: "No. Put in rancor."
Me: "Okay..."
Playtest once.
Me: "Wow this is dumb."
This card is so insane. Unless your opponent has instant-speed removal the turn you cast it, you'll get damage and value out of it. Facing down a Rancor'd Kird Ape, or worse, a Porcelain Legionnaire just feels bad all over.
If rancor resolves with no killspell, it is rare that it doesn't cause a two-for-one and get in at least 4 damage in addition. Up there with Vampire Nighthawk, and Path to Exile on the list of "uncommons you're not sure how they got printed"
5/5 for being not 'actually broken' like JTMS or Yawgmoth's Will, yet still feeling totally unfair whenever you have it in play.
One of the best Enchantments in the game, and possibly the best Aura, here's to hoping its back in M15
4.5/5 Stars