he is just....freaking cool especialy when you are paying red/colorless landfall or Volt Charge
lorendorky
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Koth is the primary means to building a "Big Red" deck since his printing, and wonderfully fun to play with. I almost always play 4.
roguepariah
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
New art is vastly improved, my only criticism is that the smoking hands are a bit similar to the flaming hand thing they push with Chandra. I'd like to see art that really shows heat instead of just flames and smoke.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Combos with Marth.
Lohran
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Looks like someone just stole Koth's fried chicken.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
THIS. THIS. THIS.
I see this card and I think MUSTAFAR.
THAT is what a Red Planeswalker should make me feel.
God I want an Obi-Wan Kenobi card to fight him.....HEY!
=D Maybe not my favorite decklists- and sadly I just really don't like Venser's new look- but this is the BEST pair of Planeswalkers to make a Duel Decks for since Jace vs Chandra! =D
Thundergods
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What a cool planeswalker. With a set of Volt Charge to pump him up, once you get the emblem... its pretty much game over.
Pigfish99
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Hello Ladies. Look at your life , now back to me, now back to your life, now BACK TO ME! Sadly, it isn't me. but if you had more life, it could survive like me!
Look down, back up. Where are you? you're On a mountain, with the man your life could be like!
Whats in your hand? I have it. Its two cards that won't help you. Look again, the CARDS ARE NOW RED MANA.
anything can happen with KOTH.
I'm on a storm crow.
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My only complaint is about his precon. It's terrible. D: It's not even close to being on-par with Venser's. I love his card though.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Bleh, I don't care for the new art at all. Most of the art for the Duel Decks just looks bad to me. The old Koth had a certain air of purpose, of...strength. Actual strength. This guy just looks standard Red mage ***ed. Yawn.
Ratoly
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actually, I quite like this art. I feel like his hands DO reflect his focus on geomancy and volcanomancy, as Chandra's reflected her rather cliche obsession with fire. Koth, rather, has lava and black smoke, like what a volcano spews. I quite like the card too. The precon is actually pretty solid if played conservatively, and now's your chance to pick up a playset of Koths and Vensers for under a hundred bucks. Take it if you can.
NeoKoda
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Koth is pretty hot.
Mike-C
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
King Of The Hill got STONED.
atemu1234
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
His -2 works well with any given X-costed deal X damage red spell. Any one.
TheAmberSpyglass
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I hate playing against this guy. In 2 turns he just ravages!
Antthemighty
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
for Koths second ability, does the mana gained this way remain in your mana pool even once you have ended your turn?
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Koth = Koth Of The Hammer.
But this is an ok card. It's fine to animate your mountains and I'm sure aggressive decks could use it but Doom Blade...
i currently Run a Replicate based Izzet burn deck with Chandra, the Firebrand as my planeswalker but this guy is looking like a pretty attractive offset to her straight burn. he can just push my mana to its limits and i really can pump out the burn spells faster that way. on top of it all, his ult. could cover me if i get spell-screwed and need to stop a lifegain machine.
sonorhC
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Antthemighty, mana always leaves your mana pool when you end your turn. Your mana pool is not the set of lands you have. Lands produce mana; they are not themselves mana.
As for the art, I had pictured Koth as being more the earthy side of red, rather than the fiery side.
Emperorerror
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Faceclaimer: You know you can run Chandra and Koth, right?
GearLeader
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I modified my Koth copy to make him look like Asura from Asura's Wrath.
Works really well.
noobmag1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Flame Slashing your friend's Mountain = Priceless.
MagicCritic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5, best red planeswalker. So abusive early game and end game. Comes in T4, so you have about 4 mountains. Collects so much mana, and activates ult in 2 turns which can kill opponent on T6. (If you've searing'd, or done some other burns to bring down opponents life, which you should have).
Put's down pressure early, finishes quickly, mono red in it's soul.
chandraisnuke
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I almost beat my friend with this card by using its double mana ability for flameblast dragon, but he used murder, but i discovered a two card combo!
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At first, I thought this guy was meh, unless you had a cool way to use his -2. Then I realised the he's basically a 4/4 haste that can't block, and he can ramp for you. This guy is epic. Need one! Also this art is way better than the original.
Stuflames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm sure everyone knows this, but lets not forget his first ability is ramp too.
That ultimate. . .gotta love emblems.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Something that makes him and some other planeswalkers so good is that his +1 is great when he lands. The weakest part of most Chandras and Liliana of the Dark Realms is that they can't do something that matters until a few turns in. This guy can land you 4 hastey damage, flipping a game on it's head if they can't deal 4 to him quickly.
Further, any proliferate in the deck? He'll ult the second turn he's down, causing a very uphill battle for any opponent.
ShatterPalm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Run him in a RUG deck with lots of mana ramp and Realmwright choosing mountain. You're welcome.
That is a mighty rule page for such a simple and straightforward card.
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this guy almost entirely because of the flavor. He's great and all, but he really is best in mono-red, and that restricts him, especially in draft or sealed. But his flavor, though. He's such a red planeswalker that he GETS loyalty from turning entire mountains into giant attacking things. I wish that his duel deck was against Liliana of the Dark Realms, so kind of like an "I Love Mountains" vs. "I Love Swamps" duel decks.
Edenwolf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have a question about his +1 and -5 ability. For the +1, when the land becomes an elemental can you still tap it for mana?
About the -5 ability, when you tap a land for mana, does it also deal 1 damage to target creature or player?
1. it can indeed, but make sure you target a mountain that you didn't play this turn as it will count as having summoning sickness (unless you don't wish to attack)
2. This is incorrect. To clarify, the land then has two 'abilities' one is to tap for mana and one for damage.
Hope this helps :)
syntheticbiology232
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
you know how he was supposedly suspected to sacrifice himself and how new phyrexia was supposed to be the first set in the lights block i'm calling it phyrexia got him THE GREAT WORK RESUMES ON A NEW PLANE
Comments (43)
I personally love this art much more than not-angry Koth.
especialy when you are paying red/colorless landfall
or Volt Charge
I see this card and I think MUSTAFAR.
THAT is what a Red Planeswalker should make me feel.
God I want an Obi-Wan Kenobi card to fight him.....HEY!
=D Maybe not my favorite decklists- and sadly I just really don't like Venser's new look-
but this is the BEST pair of Planeswalkers to make a Duel Decks for since Jace vs Chandra! =D
Look at your life , now back to me, now back to your life, now BACK TO ME!
Sadly, it isn't me. but if you had more life, it could survive like me!
Look down, back up. Where are you? you're On a mountain, with the man your life could be like!
Whats in your hand? I have it. Its two cards that won't help you. Look again, the CARDS ARE NOW RED MANA.
anything can happen with KOTH.
I'm on a storm crow.
It's terrible. D:
It's not even close to being on-par with Venser's.
I love his card though.
But this is an ok card. It's fine to animate your mountains and I'm sure aggressive decks could use it but Doom Blade...
As for the art, I had pictured Koth as being more the earthy side of red, rather than the fiery side.
Works really well.
Put's down pressure early, finishes quickly, mono red in it's soul.
That ultimate. . .gotta love emblems.
Further, any proliferate in the deck? He'll ult the second turn he's down, causing a very uphill battle for any opponent.
I wish that his duel deck was against Liliana of the Dark Realms, so kind of like an "I Love Mountains" vs. "I Love Swamps" duel decks.
About the -5 ability, when you tap a land for mana, does it also deal 1 damage to target creature or player?
Koth
Of
The
Hammer
In answer to your questions:
1. it can indeed, but make sure you target a mountain that you didn't play this turn as it will count as having summoning sickness (unless you don't wish to attack)
2. This is incorrect. To clarify, the land then has two 'abilities' one is to tap for mana and one for damage.
Hope this helps :)