Really like this in G/W tokens. Giving all your guys an evasive ability is certainly strong.
steev
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is a MOUTHFUL. I had to read it several times to figure it out.
Note that she makes your stuff unblockable by (most) walls right off the bat.
Trygon_Predator
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Best buddies with Deadeye Navigator. Blink some ETB-effect creatures in and out while pumping her for maximum effect.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It'll be interesting to see if she manages to battle through all the geistflames and gut shots out there.
Cyberium
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Wolfir Silverheart would make a nasty combo. Having 3 mana on second turn and 5 mana by third turn is common for green decks.
JaFaR_Ironclad
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'll burn out your Champion with Gut shot/Geistflame/ping!
Response: Cloudshift one of your other creatures. Opponent rages.
RJStCroix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this will be the replacement to Elder of Laurels in my G/W tokens, why bother paying to pump my unblocked guy when i can just make all my guys unblockable.
Hugomanen
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Works well with tokens and is ironically enough a scourge to weenie token chumpblock. I'm going to make an all creature monogreen with him, Soul of the harvest, and Garruk's horde.
EDIT: @Cyberium, how are you gonna get 5 mana by third turn if you spent your three mana on second turn to cast the Champion? Kinda impossible.
ninjaboy05
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ Joker53: Odds are you play a Somberwald Sage turn 2 off or your Llanowar Elves first turn.
BastianQoU
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Because Aura Gnarlid wasn't insane enough on it's own, this champion had to go and one up it. I really love blanket unblockableness.
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
It doesn't quite turn Titanic Growth into an even better Overrun. But your opponent will likely be too dead to quibble.
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In any other set/block, she would have been an elf.
ravenclaw567
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quick question, if i bring this back to life with Angel of Glory's Rise, and i also get back some other humans, do i get the counters on it or because they are being put onto the battlefield at the same time do i not?
Thanks, I'm new to magic and this is like my second deck I'm building
I'm considering throwing this in my Ghave EDH deck. I have a doubling season, increasing savagery, & blessing's of nature to make him bigger. And since the deck revolves around tokens and counters, after some tweaking if he is able to stay in play, he could be really big, but creatures are easy to kill so...
@ RAVENDAW, I think you DO NOT get the counters since everything enters at the same time. The champion has to be in play when a creature enters the battlefield, and since in this instance they are entering at the same time, you wouldn't. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Serev
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@MANABURNWASGOOD
You are wrong on every count. This card is nothing like Propaganda. That card was defensive. This card is purely offensive. It doesn't stop attacking at all, just makes it so your attacks are much more difficult to block. People are actually more likely to attack you when they know they can't block you, so it has the opposite desired effect.
And to really answer ravenclaw567, yes the ability would trigger. They all enter the battlefield at the same time, the ability triggers, and you get a massive amount of counters on your Champion of Lambholt. That is actually one heck of a way to recover from a board wipe earlier in the game. Kudos to you for noticing the interaction.
MaDaZi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This should see a lot of use.
It's sad that I only noticed the ability affects all creatures instead of just Champion like some other cards, but that just makes it even better, despite the possible increased aggression by the opponent.
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
And THAT ability went to a Green creature because..? lol
Megapossum
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@joker53
Impossible you say? Do tell. For I can think of several instances where 5 mana on turn 4 is perfectly possible after tapping your 3 on the previous turn, and in every format for that matter.
Everything: Run an artifact deck with in it. Beauteous little thing we like to call Mox Opal. All but Standard: We've got Simian Spirit Guide and Chome Mox for ya. Eternal formats: Sure is Moxen in here... Vintage: 'Sup Black Lotus?
Arthalagos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I've got a question: Using Birthing Pod on Strangleroot Geist to turn it into this - will Champion get the +1 from the Geist returning due to the Undying effect?
HowardTreesong
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Got one of these at pre-release. I think it took a while for the actual abilities on this card to sink in, I know I didn't get it at first, I thought it was slightly more expensive version of the Champion of the Parish. Then I realised that the "can't block" ability applies to all your creatures, not just herself. Now that wins games.
IamjustnotCreative
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why ain't you legendary, I could use an EDH general like you.
Ghostyman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Arthalagos:
You sacrifice the Geist to pay for Birthing Pod's activation. Since the Geist died, its undying trigger is now on the stack. Since you paid the cost of an ability (Pod), that is now on the stack. Assuming no one else adds to the stack, it resolves in this order: 1. Pod 2. Undying So your Champion is a 2/2, and your Geist is a 3/2. Hooray!
monkeymonk42
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Yet another fantastic use for thatchers revolt.
MisterAction
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's refreshing to see an attractive but sensibly-dressed lady of battle.
Well, okay, she still needs to lose the earrings and cut that hair before a zombie grabs it, but it's a step in the right direction.
Dabok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would've wanted to pull this as my green rare in my fatpack. I like building straightforward beatdown decks, which is why I would've loved this more than Somberwald Sage, but hey the latter is really a GREAT ramp card, so I'm not going to complain :)
Skin-Shifter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nothing like putting 5 1/1 counters on this with Increasing Savagery and swinging for 6 unblockable on turn 3.
Bond to Wolfir Silverheart and precede with Bramblewood Paragon. Keep Norin the Wary out and let Viashino Sandstalker bounce on and off the battlefield for a little while. Congrats, you've now filled a decent low-end curve of a red/green Warrior tribal deck, with her as the centerpiece.
BlargBeast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Disgusting synergy with Hero Of Bladehold. The two swing in for for twelve alone.
JaxsonBateman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Works well in an evolve deck. While it triggers virtually no other evolvers itself, it does have 'super evolve' in that it'll itself trigger on any creature entering under your control, even if it's smaller. Throw in Renegade Krasis, the new evolve lord for a potentially second trigger, and Ooze Flux to force multiple triggers a turn, and not only are you swinging with a way-above-curve 3 drop, but all those evolvers have a cheap way of becoming evasive.
Cancrix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This kid's shenanigans with Army of the Damned in my EDH deck is hilarious. Very rarely do my opponents have creatures with 14+ power.
On an aside, looking at the art on the upwards-facing end of axe, that looks strangely like the symbol of the Selesnya Conclave. Proof that that's where she is meant to be.
Hussalo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Corpsejack Menace is pals with this lady. Kessig Cagebreakers would be ridiculous to untap with then play her, she would swell up quickly.
Kariuko
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Nacatl War-Pride: "creatures with power less than (at least) 1 plus the number of creatures defending player controls can't block you"
Ashrubel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@ blargbeast No. They do not.
They swing for 8. Turn 1: ramp (llanowar/BoP) Turn 2: Champion Turn 3: hero, champ gets a counter. Turn 4: swing, stack counters right, you get two more counters on champ, she gets +1/+0, (totaling 5/4) Hero is still a 3/4, and the tokens are both 2/1. Counting the tokens gets you to 12... Any decent G/W would drop at least one critter turn 4, maybe something that brings friends?
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Note that she makes your stuff unblockable by (most) walls right off the bat.
Response: Cloudshift one of your other creatures. Opponent rages.
EDIT: @Cyberium, how are you gonna get 5 mana by third turn if you spent your three mana on second turn to cast the Champion? Kinda impossible.
Thanks, I'm new to magic and this is like my second deck I'm building
I'm considering throwing this in my Ghave EDH deck. I have a doubling season, increasing savagery, & blessing's of nature to make him bigger. And since the deck revolves around tokens and counters, after some tweaking if he is able to stay in play, he could be really big, but creatures are easy to kill so...
@ RAVENDAW, I think you DO NOT get the counters since everything enters at the same time. The champion has to be in play when a creature enters the battlefield, and since in this instance they are entering at the same time, you wouldn't. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
You are wrong on every count. This card is nothing like Propaganda. That card was defensive. This card is purely offensive. It doesn't stop attacking at all, just makes it so your attacks are much more difficult to block. People are actually more likely to attack you when they know they can't block you, so it has the opposite desired effect.
And to really answer ravenclaw567, yes the ability would trigger. They all enter the battlefield at the same time, the ability triggers, and you get a massive amount of counters on your Champion of Lambholt. That is actually one heck of a way to recover from a board wipe earlier in the game. Kudos to you for noticing the interaction.
It's sad that I only noticed the ability affects all creatures instead of just Champion like some other cards, but that just makes it even better, despite the possible increased aggression by the opponent.
Impossible you say? Do tell. For I can think of several instances where 5 mana on turn 4 is perfectly possible after tapping your 3 on the previous turn, and in every format for that matter.
Everything: Run an artifact deck with
All but Standard: We've got Simian Spirit Guide and Chome Mox for ya.
Eternal formats: Sure is Moxen in here...
Vintage: 'Sup Black Lotus?
You sacrifice the Geist to pay for Birthing Pod's activation. Since the Geist died, its undying trigger is now on the stack. Since you paid the cost of an ability (Pod), that is now on the stack. Assuming no one else adds to the stack, it resolves in this order:
1. Pod
2. Undying
So your Champion is a 2/2, and your Geist is a 3/2. Hooray!
Well, okay, she still needs to lose the earrings and cut that hair before a zombie grabs it, but it's a step in the right direction.
I like building straightforward beatdown decks, which is why I would've loved this more than Somberwald Sage, but hey the latter is really a GREAT ramp card, so I'm not going to complain :)
Your creatures will be mostly unblockable or even then still have trample, and Drumhunter's ability is also more likely to provide card advantage.
Maybe add some more equipment like Sai of the Shinobi or Shuko, and let Goblin Gaveleer, Markov Blademaster and Brighthearth Banneret join the party. Don't forget Norin, since he'll even join multiple times to make her even happier.
It might even be worth to add white - Qasali Ambusher and Jor Kadeen agree.
Hazeon Tamar is an obscure old guy, but happens to fit in amazingly as well.
But you know what?
You look a lot funnier when I give you a Sharpened Pitchfork
On an aside, looking at the art on the upwards-facing end of axe, that looks strangely like the symbol of the Selesnya Conclave. Proof that that's where she is meant to be.
No. They do not.
They swing for 8.
Turn 1: ramp (llanowar/BoP)
Turn 2: Champion
Turn 3: hero, champ gets a counter.
Turn 4: swing, stack counters right, you get two more counters on champ, she gets +1/+0, (totaling 5/4)
Hero is still a 3/4, and the tokens are both 2/1. Counting the tokens gets you to 12...
Any decent G/W would drop at least one critter turn 4, maybe something that brings friends?