This guy will WRECK in limited if he lands. probably too expensive for constructed though.
Nagoragama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Please give us playable minotaurs!
L2i0n0k7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really, really hope I pull this at the prerelease. It would be so fun in limited.
Totema
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
@Nucleon: I don't see at all how he screws up battalion. You can choose one of your own creatures (which you were planning on attacking with anyway) to "must attack" and one of your opponent's creatures to "can't block". Nothing happens to your battalion triggers at all.
This guy seems pretty underrated. It's really powerful to have even a little influence in EVERY combat phase, particularly in large multiplayer formats like EDH. Teeny utility creatures, no matter who they belong to, will no longer be safe. (Well, except for your own, hehe) While his cost is a pretty heavy setback, that's not much of a problem in EDH, especially for game control of this caliber.
Nucleon
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Why does a Boros card completely screw over Battalion?
Edit: You are absolutely correct, and I deserve a 0.5 star comment rating for that goof. I'll leave it up as a monolith in honor of the great gods of stupid mistakes. Not as bad as my stupidity on one of the Simic cards from Gatecrash, where I completely failed to notice the first three words of the card.
whisperingsage
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
With him on the board, you can kill one of your opponent's creatures each combat, if you leave something back as a blocker or play something sizeable after attacking. A miniature recurring Master of Warcraft for each combat phase. Definitely something to be feared in limited, though he might be better splashed into a different guild depending on how fast Boros will still be.
chainsmoker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
boros miss match maker
RAV0004
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If they have only one creature in play, target it with both abilities. Then it can't do anything because the "Can't block period." overides the "attacks if able"
roguepariah
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
For those of us who constantly complained that no one would block our lifelinked Boros Reckoner.
Dabok
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I love these kind of effects! Yeah he's a bit overcosted, but so what? If you manage to bring him to the table and keep him there, he's sure to give you some benefits. 4/5
All this, and the best Dragon's Maze art I've seen.
SkyknightXi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Two minotaur cards in one set? I wouldn't make note of it normally, but with Theros and its clear Hellenic influences coming up, I smell Minotaur tribal (probably red) approaching.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Aurelia wants YOU in our army!! Gotta love it, bomb in Limited and definitely fun in Multiplayer.
This card is nuts good (if a tad expensive), but what I love most about it is the art - specifically the guy on the right side. He's looking up at the mace with this awed look on his face, like he's thinking "Holy crap that thing is as big as I am..."
Sharu
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
If you don't feel like targeting their only creature with both abilities, then you can choose to target zero creatures as it states "up to one creature".
Amazing card, as stated, miniature master warcraft every combat (not just your own). I would say he could of had vigilance or first strike, but I believe he is still a fair price.
Yay for interesting cards!
4/5
LauncherNet
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
How does Boros Battleshaper function if a player and his opponent both have one (or more) on the battlefield? Assuming the attacking player gets priority to what creature can and cannot attack/block, does the opponent's "at the beginning of each combat" ability then trigger and go on top of the stack? Or does the attacking player's start-of-combat ability (after spell counters, etc) have to resolve before the next start-of-combat ability triggers? If the latter is true, that suggest the defending player can't undo the attacking player's choices.
I'm brand new to Wizards and all that, and this is my first posting here, so if I'm not supposed to ask mechanics questions, please let me know.
anhsieh
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Pulled two of these for the start of sealed league today, and managed to get them both out on the field. The only problem? My opponent had a Progenitor Mimic out, and before long, he had two as well. The rules shenanigans that occurred, and the ensuing results (I managed to take one of his faux Battleshapers with a Smelt-Ward Gatekeepers for a very narrow win) make this one of my favorite cards in Dragon's Maze. If not for playability, then for pure coolness.
If you set this card next to Borborygmos they are having a point-off.
Lord_Sun_Fin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd rather have Odric... He get's to chose all combat AND is 3 mana cheaper AND has first strike.
To be fair fulfilling Odric's criteria ia harder but this is in a Battalion set...
hamletface
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is great! It is a small version of Master Warcraft, but not as cheap. It is great with aurelia. You can attack and make them sac a creature and then attack full force.
4.5/5
Jotha
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@LauncherNet As with any triggered ability, when several trigger at the same time, their controller decide in which order he puts them on the stack. As for the case where both players have triggered abilities trigger at the same time, the active player (the one who's turn it is) put his on the stack first and then the opponent put his on the stack. So for the case of multiple Boros Battleshaper, the active player would put all his triggers on the stack and then his opponent would do the same but it really doesnt change much in this particular case because the "cannot attack or block" status has priority over the "attack if able" status (because the second status state "IF ABLE") so the order of application of these status on any creature doesn't change the final result
I might be crazy but I think this card visually pays homage to Borborygmos from guildpact. It's like this guy was meant to counter that specific card. He can taunt, bait and demoralize!
Hunted0Lesser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card has some great art, wonder who did it... Wait, what?
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This guy seems pretty underrated. It's really powerful to have even a little influence in EVERY combat phase, particularly in large multiplayer formats like EDH. Teeny utility creatures, no matter who they belong to, will no longer be safe. (Well, except for your own, hehe) While his cost is a pretty heavy setback, that's not much of a problem in EDH, especially for game control of this caliber.
Edit: You are absolutely correct, and I deserve a 0.5 star comment rating for that goof. I'll leave it up as a monolith in honor of the great gods of stupid mistakes. Not as bad as my stupidity on one of the Simic cards from Gatecrash, where I completely failed to notice the first three words of the card.
Yeah he's a bit overcosted, but so what? If you manage to bring him to the table and keep him there, he's sure to give you some benefits.
4/5
Target creature can't exist.
Amazing card, as stated, miniature master warcraft every combat (not just your own). I would say he could of had vigilance or first strike, but I believe he is still a fair price.
Yay for interesting cards!
4/5
I'm brand new to Wizards and all that, and this is my first posting here, so if I'm not supposed to ask mechanics questions, please let me know.
I mean, a Battleshaper must give even Odric, Master Tactician a run for his tactical money.
If you set this card next to Borborygmos they are having a point-off.
To be fair fulfilling Odric's criteria ia harder but this is in a Battalion set...
4.5/5