Very cool concept, and definitely a cool card. This could have been so cool if they made a vertical cycle with this ability and had this at common, maybe a 4/4 at uncommon, and an 8/8 at rare as different variants of armored cars
figgerhaggotnater
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
One word
lure.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
This is like Juggernaut from a whole 'nother angle.
Goatllama
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Just make sure not to drive this thing into an open grave.......
marmaris74
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(10 votes)
This card is perfect in this set. It helps you consistently trigger Battalion and it's a safe creature to Cipher on.
Flyheight
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Came here to say "cipher this bad boy up", but I saw marmaris74 has already done my job. Sweet little common for dimir (and boros too I guess, but battalion's gonna be easy enough to trigger anyway in the weenie rush colors).
Oatbran
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This seems to be everyone's best friend. Btw, in a Dimir deck, not only cipher, but trepanation blade, imagine a drill for your head coming from a slow moving tank.
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's transporting an powerful cipher card.
Kirbster
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
You are not going to tell me this guy isn't, like, a 6/6.
rollinsclone
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pseudo-unblockable. I like it a lot.
Burgertog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy REALLY wants banding.
And so do I :(.
Purple_Mist
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
This card + Madcap Skills = Fast and Furious: Ravnica
hot4boys
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
THE LE REDDIT ARMY AND ITS LEEJUN LOVES THIS CARD! 5 STARS IF YOU AGREE! XD!
"You expect me to believe a bunch of Rakdos raiders were able to crush one of our fortresses solely because they stole a car?" Snapped the officer's superior, unable to fathom what had transpired.
"It... wasn't the Rakdos sir." Whimpered the officer.
"Then... This was Dimir handiwork? The Izzet testing some kind of super weapon? Get ahold of yourself soldier! You're the only one left who can tell us what happened here! Tell me what happened here! We're here to lend assistance!"
Nothing like a reverse fog. This card is pretty meh outside of block.
psychichobo
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Hothit: I never even considered this think with Bloodrush. Jeebus.
knight3607
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Perfect for green deck, just add Lure and you have a card to grab blockers attention for multiple turns.
lando_killrizian
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
played a draft and no one seemed interested in these i passed it at first and it came back along the way so did 3 more i had some fun with these putting mad cap skills and other enchantments on them forcing opponents to block and lose creature after creature to prevent taking serious damage eventually killing all there blockers and winning me games decent card in limited
Sylvanica
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fairly good in limited, but one damage or x/-1 instant and it's gone, so I can't see putting it in a standard deck.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Armored Transport Artifact Creature - Construct 0/4
Armored Transport is indestructible.
Battalion - Whenever Armored Transport and at least two other creatures attack, attacking creatures you control are indestructible this turn.
Was that too hard, Wizards? Was Frontline Medic absolutely necessary? Did you really have to waste the opportunity of having a damned troop transport card that can actually transport troops?
TheWaddleDeeKing
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The unfortunate problem with this card is that it's a three drop. Although it's pretty cool you can attack every turn with no drawback, if your opponent simply runs something that can take the hit, it hardly matters. Would have been MUCH better as a two drop. Pretty decent in multiplayer though, where blocking can screw you over if you don't think hard enough.
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's like a reverse Leery Fogbeast with half the power and toughness.
Splizer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"My car's got eighteen-inch rims and audio in the trunk!" "Well, MY car has armour-plated legs and can crab-walk all over yo roof!!"
Juggernaut decks are becoming more and more doable with this, Juggernaut, Darksteel Juggernaut and Batterskull for support. "Oh hey, now my car has a battering ram that lifelinks and it's still immune to deathtouch! YOLO"
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This NEEDS to have banding.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Should've been an equipment?
WAIT, how about an Equipment Creature! Yes.
Doragon's idea would also be quite fitting.
Callahan09
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Much better creature than One-Eyed Scarecrow. Nothing else is currently legal in Standard.
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@blurrymadness
That would cause a hell of a problem from a rules point of view, as Equipment that's a creature can't be equipped.
You /could/ do something like Soulbond though, such as "When Armored Transport attacks, prevent all damage that would be dealt to Armored Transport and target creature by creatures blocking them."
I still don't quite get the flavor behind this thing being able to take a beating from Rakdos, Lord of Riots himself if blocked, but a Hornet Sting will apparently cause it to malfunction horribly and break. Either way, very nice Common from the set!
Comments (31)
lure.
And so do I :(.
"You expect me to believe a bunch of Rakdos raiders were able to crush one of our fortresses solely because they stole a car?" Snapped the officer's superior, unable to fathom what had transpired.
"It... wasn't the Rakdos sir." Whimpered the officer.
"Then... This was Dimir handiwork? The Izzet testing some kind of super weapon? Get ahold of yourself soldier! You're the only one left who can tell us what happened here! Tell me what happened here! We're here to lend assistance!"
"The... The beasts...! So... Many beasts...! In... Just... One...!"
Artifact Creature - Construct
0/4
Armored Transport is indestructible.
Battalion - Whenever Armored Transport and at least two other creatures attack, attacking creatures you control are indestructible this turn.
Was that too hard, Wizards? Was Frontline Medic absolutely necessary? Did you really have to waste the opportunity of having a damned troop transport card that can actually transport troops?
"Well, MY car has armour-plated legs and can crab-walk all over yo roof!!"
Juggernaut decks are becoming more and more doable with this, Juggernaut, Darksteel Juggernaut and Batterskull for support. "Oh hey, now my car has a battering ram that lifelinks and it's still immune to deathtouch! YOLO"
WAIT, how about an Equipment Creature! Yes.
Doragon's idea would also be quite fitting.
That would cause a hell of a problem from a rules point of view, as Equipment that's a creature can't be equipped.
You /could/ do something like Soulbond though, such as "When Armored Transport attacks, prevent all damage that would be dealt to Armored Transport and target creature by creatures blocking them."