Seven mana for a 5/5 blows... Seven mana for the scavenge blows too. :| Sure, giving a flyer five +1/+1 counters is nice, but because of it being that expensive, it's only barely playable in limited. And unplayable everywhereelse.
DoragonShinzui
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Neither cost is terribly efficient, but it's kinda what I've come to expect from black common fatties.
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Scavenge ended up so bad on so many cards.
Sad.
Lotsofpoopy
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(7 votes)
Pros like me know how great an ability that scavenge will be. The cost is appropriate.
Earthdawn
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Golgari should have ramp in their deck anyways. 7 mana is no big deal when you're going to be using Scavenge as a finisher anyways.
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Rather crummy from an objective viewpoint, though black rarely gets such huge common creatures, and it does have an ability, so it's not totally horrible.
psychichobo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Scavenge looks like an ability that wizards worried about. Maybe it was too powerful during playtesting? I can see a few matches wherein a few creatures got a bit too big and flattened the opposing player. All it'd take is one good instance of flying or trample, and Ring of Kalonia gives the latter to a lot of Golgari stuff...
Demento_Recraves
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'd recommend running this main deck in limited, that way it's easier to choose what take out when you sideboard useful cards in.
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(6 votes)
Where it dies, we farm. It's already dead, Mihas. That's why it's called a zombie wurm.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Deadbridge Goliath. Everyone else was thinking it. Sure, it's a rare compared to a common, but it completely outclasses this in a Golgari deck. Trash. 0.5/5
abcent1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
badass in any zombie deck. scavenge cost is on a better curve than most other creatures with scavenge (korozda monitor).. @continue: yeah, of course a rare is better than a common. that's what makes it a rare..
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Well... it IS a zombie, so there's that.
chrome_dome
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
2.5/5. A 5/5 for 7 and scavenge for the same cost? A bomb in limited but a dud in anything else.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I made a poiint about how you know that a card is bad when the flavour-text talks about how people abuse the creature. Look at Vastwood Gorger and Zombie Goliath for understanding.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I hadn't considered scavenges uses as a discard outlet and in green. With proper ramping and creatures who enjoy +1/+1 counters (like triskelion) this guy could be considered:
"+5/+5 until end of turn, deal 5 damage divided as you choose among up to 5 targets"
I could be wrong, but that *sounds* playable as a finisher card. Notice that it's mega splashable, might be fun to do tricks like this with Urza lands.
StyrofoamKing
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A happy edition to my Volrath the Fallen commander deck. Pay, discard for +7/+7, then hit it with a necro or scavenge for another +7/+7.
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Sad.
It's already dead, Mihas. That's why it's called a zombie wurm.
badass in any zombie deck. scavenge cost is on a better curve than most other creatures with scavenge (korozda monitor)..
@continue: yeah, of course a rare is better than a common. that's what makes it a rare..
Look at Vastwood Gorger and Zombie Goliath for understanding.
"+5/+5 until end of turn, deal 5 damage divided as you choose among up to 5 targets"
I could be wrong, but that *sounds* playable as a finisher card. Notice that it's mega splashable, might be fun to do tricks like this with Urza lands.