This feels utterly unplayable. I like the guildless flavor though (despite being an obviously Boros card.)
Vakyoom
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Meh the only way this guy is at all playable is after you have rakdos, lord of riots in play... If you could deal 4 dmg before your attack phase, open up their field with no blockers then play this guy, thats 12 dmg from creatures alone, not to mention the paincast damage you used to make this stupid card playable!
Bah, what a waste of an uncommon slot wizards. No 7 CMC card should die to a shock... Just, ew...
alblast
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this guy is pretty good is limited or I think it will be. Besides how often do we get a semi-playable minotaur?
Lotsofpoopy
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Non-pros are not noticing that this creature has first strike and haste. Pros like me realize that this guy can easily be either 6 damage to the face or the death of an opponent's favorite creature.
rollinsclone
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Guys, think about it! He can win you the game after an overloaded Cyclonic Rift! It's a two card combo for 14 mana! What could possibly go wrong?
Ok yeah this is bad. Though if you can find a way to give him trample I can see him being amazing, but there are better things to use your Rancor on.
DoragonShinzui
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Expensive as all hell, but 6 hasty first strike-y power is kinda neat.
Almost all of the guildless cards are sadly crap, though. At 7 mana, we should be getting...I don't even know what. Something more than this though. I mean, for christ's sake, he costs less than Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius.
Vandarringa
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I'd take this guy early in limited. A nice, flexible bomb creature. You don't commit to two colors immediately, you could end up UR, or BR, depending on what comes to you. And in almost every case this guy meets the necessary condition for a bomb: he needs to be dealt with as soon as he hits the table. Too costly for constructed, but a quality limited uncommon bomb.
bowlofgumbo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I cringe when I see cards this over-costed. Just really gross at seven mana. It makes the card seem disproportionately undesirable, even if there's an argument to be made for limited viability (which frankly, isn't very compelling).
ZeroSheep
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Works wonders with Didgeridoo. I'm gonna have to get a couple of these guys.
Radagast
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Yuck. Another off-the-wall combination of power and toughness on a card with a casting cost straight out of Legends or Ice Age. Sure, there have been worse cards, and at least this thing will probably deal some damage before dying a stupid death, but it is still terrible.
Bufzar
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Yall are idiots. This guy is what will win you games in limited when your playing as izzet. Durdle and keep the board clear, then drop this guy or a hypersonic dragon. Those guy is dies to about as much removal as the other bombs in limited, with direct damage at 5 and 1 damage, and everything else kills pretty much any other card. You don't realize the value of the first strike. He either beats the crap out of them, or kills almost any ground unit they throw at you.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seven mana for this?!? Only way it could have been fine is if it had trample so at least some of the damage could go through during the FS step.
Horrible card.
Kurraga
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is what you use for your 7 mana slot in limited games if you don't pull any splashy bombs.
rydog422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this guy is just begging to be unleashed!! a real shame
AirlockFart
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Never, in all my days of MTG, have I seen such a shock/lightning bolt/literally any burn card magnet.
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's actually rather terrifying against a deck that's not packing it's own first strike. Plus, at that mana cost your opponent won't be packing a handful of removal without some serious card draw engine.
Other first strikers will savage his face sadly.
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Lotsofpoopy, this guy can't easily be 6 damage to your opponent or one of his creatures dead. At that casting cost, he can't easily be anything.
chrome_dome
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
2/5. A 6/2 with first strike and haste for 7? Wouldn't be my first pick in draft, but it could be useful as a game finisher. Outside of limited its value drops dramatically.
noobmag1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why exactly is a hulking Minotaur a sissy with 2 toughness? And why does he die from his own Mugging?
thevegetable
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
yeah, he's not so impressive in limited, but we don't all play that, and i think wotc throws out the occasional spell like this for the type 1 set to enjoy. a sol ring and a didgeridoo would mean a 6/2 first strike attacking in turn 2, and that would be enough to scare the sht out of any friends/family you're up against. what's more, a didge would mean that any mid-game attacks could be instantly stifled by pulling this guy out for a mere 3 mana. not so bad...
jrn4
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wait... of all people, lotsofpoopy has actually indirectly hinted one good thing about this card:
Haste
Why haste? First off, in limited, if it had passed the midgame, you could get this out before your opponent has anything to deal with it. Assuming that you went first, you can play this and attack before the opponent can bring out something to beat it. The first strike ability is also okay, but the point of this in limited is haste.
Even with that, though, this card still sucks in any other environment.
Vogie
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Next, on the DeVanilla project, where we take overcosted vanilla cards, and inspire them with unique mechanics.
This isn't a strictly vanilla creature, but close enough.
For Minotaur Aggressor, I'd give: Minotaur Aggressor cannot be the target of Red spells or abilities.
Modernloki21
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's not a GREAT card...but it isn't terrible. Yes, he is grossly over expensive, (I'd put him at 5 mana), but his haste and especially his FIRST STRIKE make up for his utterly Godawful defense. If Wizards wanted to keep this card from being so mediocre they'd lower his mana cost to 5 or give him trample as well.
OstravaBoletaria
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
haha, look at this compared to carnival hellsteed :)
DeathFromAbove-1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hi I really like this card. Used it a few time against my friends. Works well with Blast of Genius. I play standard mostly and atm for my izzet deck there are too few cards that I own with mana cost higher than 6 from the red/blue pools. I'm not as seasoned as most of the ppl I see posting on here but I See the first strike and haste on this guy and It more than makes up for his toughness. You also must realize its only 1 R for this. 7 might be too high for this guy still but a def don't think he's unplayable. Also though as i said I used him too discard for blast of genius to win several times. So Unplayable? Maybe...
Vanukas
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This coud work in a Boros deck with Archetype of Courage. Otherwise kinda trash.
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Bah, what a waste of an uncommon slot wizards. No 7 CMC card should die to a shock... Just, ew...
Ok yeah this is bad. Though if you can find a way to give him trample I can see him being amazing, but there are better things to use your Rancor on.
Almost all of the guildless cards are sadly crap, though. At 7 mana, we should be getting...I don't even know what. Something more than this though. I mean, for christ's sake, he costs less than Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius.
Horrible card.
Other first strikers will savage his face sadly.
And why does he die from his own Mugging?
Haste
Why haste? First off, in limited, if it had passed the midgame, you could get this out before your opponent has anything to deal with it. Assuming that you went first, you can play this and attack before the opponent can bring out something to beat it. The first strike ability is also okay, but the point of this in limited is haste.
Even with that, though, this card still sucks in any other environment.
This isn't a strictly vanilla creature, but close enough.
For Minotaur Aggressor, I'd give:
Minotaur Aggressor cannot be the target of Red spells or abilities.
Otherwise kinda trash.