I find it a little weird that this stallkeeper is a "warrior"...
Dabok
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Behold the lack of "non-token" in the de***ion. He's an elf. Enjoy. - EDIT : Apparently, s c r i p t is censored? What did they think I was typing? strip? (s t r i p?) EDIT 2 : Oh and strip isn't censored but s c r i p t is.
I can't speak for limited or constructed, because I never saw him aside from drawing my packs today.
I can however say he's going to combo in a really mean way in my Ghave EDH. I don't use infinite combos, but the ability to take as many saprolings off as you want is ultra-sexy.
If you just want to combo out this is another easy way to get infinite infinite/infinite saprolings with creature-based mana production available. You could also just exsanguinate for 1 billion.
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
auto-evolve
Hercynian
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Finally, Ant Queen is now a grizzly factory :P
This works best in selesneya. Oddly all of their tokens are just green. I can see this being in some weird selesneya/simic deck.
QuarterBack
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this make Hunting Triad produce three tokens and a three +1/+1 counter at the same time.
OrgasmandTea
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I was panicking at the Gatecrash prerelease when I pulled five of these in a row and nothing much else, but then in my head I heard Penny Lane by the Beatles, and everything was fine. Oh, and it turns out playing multiples of these at limited is INSANE.
ToidiDiPuts
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@exorad: I was thinking the exact same thing.
I currently have a legacy deck that revolves around casting Mycoloth, boomeranging it and casting it again so it eats its own babies... ...er, I mean Saprolings... I call the deck "A Modest Proposal."
Now that this card is out, I'm thinking of cutting out the blue entirely and running a playset of these guys. The result?
Primordial Mycoloth.
Of course, with just those two cards Mycoloth isn't exactly like Primordial Hydra, as PH gain trample once it has 10 or more counters... but that's where the playset of Crowned Ceratok comes in. As for other cards, Bioshift and Forced Adaptation are a must, as well as mana sources and land-fetch spells (which pretty much applies to any deck) ...at this point all I have to worry about is removal, which I can combat with somthing to give hexproof, (Glaring Spotlight or Mask of Avacyn would do the trick) making it indestructible (Darksteel Plate) or using some sort of flicker or boomerang spell. (which means putting the blue back in my deck)
AncientTimer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Works nicely with green persist creatures.
gamexpert1990
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yet another card for someone to mention Doubling Season.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Feels to clunky for constructed, but okay for casual and decent in limited. The flavor leads me to a 4/5. Almost wish it could only put a +1/+1 on the creature thats entering the battlefield, for stronger flavor!
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Limited MVP. With a Crowned Ceratok, a Sapphire Drake, or a few Drakewing/Elusive Krasis, you can easily start a Simic beatdown. If I'm in Simic (or even Gruul) and I see this card, I jump for it. Then in other formats, we have Kitchen Finks...
Works quite well in mono-green evolve. Evolves the good early green evolve drops (Experiment One, Gyre Sage, Renegade Krasis), in mono-green has super-evolve (like Champion of Lambholt), and giving your non-counter creatures counters allow them to take advantage of Krasis' big pumps.
Stick an Ooze Flux and things start getting *really* messy.
Having said that, it's going to be ok in a lot of green decks. If two creatures enter after it it grows above curve, and if you're playing a token deck it can get potentially huge. In most cases I'd take Champion of Lambholt over it, but again, it's not going to be bad.
It's such a great enabler in the right combos - especially in EDH.
snouex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It reads put a +1,+1 counter on target creature, does that mean the creature entering the field or any target creature in play?
Deadling
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This really isn't a bad card, but I've already cut it out of my mono green deck. I have easier, and faster ways to kill my opponent. 3/5 for me. Too costly to play, not enough bang for my buck.
@snouex Any creature you like that's in play. You don't have to target the creature you just played.
This guy is pretty insane in pauper, particularly with any of the green creatures with persist. Aerie Ouphes deals unlimited damage to fliers. Kitchen Finks and Rendclaw Trow become some pretty darn good blockers. And ol' Grazing Kelpie does a lot of... grazing? Excellent card for a common. 5/5
Classic example of a card not getting enough love because it is a humble common.
Comparison with Juniper Order Ranger (rated over 4/5) is instructive because they are so similar. Sure, the ranger is better, being tougher and getting you a lot more counters, but the denizen is easier to cast, and much more importantly you can put the counters wherever you want, meaning (for instance)...
Hornet Queen becomes a 7/7 flying deathtoucher. Trostani's Summoner gives you a 7/7 trampler. Even little old Cobra Trap gets you a 5/5 snake at instant speed (possibly for 1 green).
Great synergy with any and every green multicreature card, and if you throw a Parallel Lives, Corpsejack Menace or (heaven forbid) Doubling Season into the mix, it gets pretty stupid. A solid 4/5 all day long.
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He's an elf.
Enjoy.
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EDIT : Apparently, s c r i p t is censored? What did they think I was typing? strip? (s t r i p?)
EDIT 2 : Oh and strip isn't censored but s c r i p t is.
I can however say he's going to combo in a really mean way in my Ghave EDH. I don't use infinite combos, but the ability to take as many saprolings off as you want is ultra-sexy.
Then drop a doubling season, parallel lives, corpsejack menace, soul warden, sigil captain, juniper order ranger, champion of lambholt or one of a thousand other synergistic cards and you're hearing your opponents scoop or die in a turn or two.
If you just want to combo out this is another easy way to get infinite infinite/infinite saprolings with creature-based mana production available. You could also just exsanguinate for 1 billion.
This works best in selesneya. Oddly all of their tokens are just green. I can see this being in some weird selesneya/simic deck.
I currently have a
I call the deck "A Modest Proposal."
Now that this card is out, I'm thinking of cutting out the blue entirely and running a playset of these guys. The result?
Primordial Mycoloth.
Of course, with just those two cards Mycoloth isn't exactly like Primordial Hydra, as PH gain trample once it has 10 or more counters... but that's where the playset of Crowned Ceratok comes in. As for other cards, Bioshift and Forced Adaptation are a must, as well as mana sources and land-fetch spells (which pretty much applies to any deck) ...at this point all I have to worry about is removal, which I can combat with somthing to give hexproof, (Glaring Spotlight or Mask of Avacyn would do the trick) making it indestructible (Darksteel Plate) or using some sort of flicker or boomerang spell. (which means putting the blue back in my deck)
The flavor leads me to a 4/5. Almost wish it could only put a +1/+1 on the creature thats entering the battlefield, for stronger flavor!
@Hercynian: Eyes in the Skies?
Stick an Ooze Flux and things start getting *really* messy.
Having said that, it's going to be ok in a lot of green decks. If two creatures enter after it it grows above curve, and if you're playing a token deck it can get potentially huge. In most cases I'd take Champion of Lambholt over it, but again, it's not going to be bad.
And that's just in standard! Imagine what this baby could do in legacy token decks!
also,
Joraga Warcaller
Mycoloth
or
Ghave, Guru of Spores
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also, don't tell anyone, but
Woodfall Primus
Ashnod's Altar
It's such a great enabler in the right combos - especially in EDH.
@snouex
Any creature you like that's in play. You don't have to target the creature you just played.
Excellent card for a common. 5/5
Comparison with Juniper Order Ranger (rated over 4/5) is instructive because they are so similar. Sure, the ranger is better, being tougher and getting you a lot more counters, but the denizen is easier to cast, and much more importantly you can put the counters wherever you want, meaning (for instance)...
Hornet Queen becomes a 7/7 flying deathtoucher.
Trostani's Summoner gives you a 7/7 trampler.
Even little old Cobra Trap gets you a 5/5 snake at instant speed (possibly for 1 green).
Great synergy with any and every green multicreature card, and if you throw a Parallel Lives, Corpsejack Menace or (heaven forbid) Doubling Season into the mix, it gets pretty stupid. A solid 4/5 all day long.