All sorts of fun and unexpected reprints in this Duel Deck. So much want.
Doaj
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Who would've guessed?
My absolute favorite thing about Duel Decks are the unexpected reprints. This AND Regrowth?
I'll take a playset.
Goatllama
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Where's my sawblade hopper??
Pigfish99
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
If you have This guy and a Tinder Wall in your opening hand, you can play a SIX CMC card within your SECOND TURN.
thats freaking insane.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(4 votes)
God.... dammit...
Now I can't trick my friends into thinking I can play Orcish Lumberjack in mono-green.
THANKS A LOT, WIZARDS!
DaLucaray
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He looks like he's axing for directions.
Thornhillforge
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Orcs? In magic? Huzzah! Although I wish that they were more like Lord of the Rings orcs and less like Warcraft orcs.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Clearly a cat could take down this gentleman: Trained Caracal
wstonefi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I would have liked if they updated his text to say "{T}, Sacrifice a Forest: Add to your mana pool."
He's still cool though.
velkaarn
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great to see this classic reappear. I wish orcs would've gotten more of spotlight at least every now and then instead of the quite annoying goblins.
IamjustnotCreative
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@lorendorky Make sense, the only indicator of his size is that ax he is carrying. Clearly the Orc is very tiny and carrying an ax for normal sized people.
Nucleon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@wstonefi: That would have been a functional change, albeit a minor one, actually. Imagine this hypothetical scenario: You have two cards in hand, one that costs RRR and one that costs GGG. Seismic Assault and Predator Ooze, I guess. You activate the orc's ability, then an opponent makes you discard a card. Suddenly it'd matter quite a bit if you'd chosen R or G with it, whereas adding R/G R/G R/G would have no such problem.
Anyway, I actually prefer this Duel Deck to the FtV: 20 product for the obvious reason of not costing over a hundred bucks and still having a bunch of quality reprints. Here's hoping Duel Deck products continue to pack full of useful reprints.
Alfgrimn
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Nucelon: You're not allowed to have hybrid mana in your mana pool; when it goes in you have to choose a type. Similarly you can't have phyrexian mana in your mana pool; it just becomes colored. Rules 106.8 and 106.9. This is assuming there was actually some way to put any of these types of manas in your mana pool.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I prefer the old illustration, but at least this card is more available now.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
May have to buy him for the new art; always loved this guy
@lorendorky A cat can also take out most humans and elves. Cats are beast. *rimshot*
Better art, better flavor. Nice reprint. Maybe we might actually start getting orcs that actually look like orcs now, and—with any luck—new, non-pussified orcs in the future as well. Fingers crossed.
shadow727
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Pigfish99
your math is wrong. You can have a EIGHT CMC on your second turn if you tap both forest before you sac them. Just be sure you summon something with hexproof or shroud or else it's going to die to a doomblade in a few turns. good choices are Archetype of Endurance, Plated Slagwurm, or Skyshroud Behemoth. personaly i prefer quantity over quality so i would choose 2 Blastoderm
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Unfortunately, orc tribal is even worse than dwarf tribal. Although there are some playable orcs, such as this, Orcish Spy, Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper, Orcish Settlers, and Orcish Squatters, these cards don't have much synergy with each other.
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My absolute favorite thing about Duel Decks are the unexpected reprints. This AND Regrowth?
I'll take a playset.
thats freaking insane.
Now I can't trick my friends into thinking I can play Orcish Lumberjack in mono-green.
THANKS A LOT, WIZARDS!
He's still cool though.
Anyway, I actually prefer this Duel Deck to the FtV: 20 product for the obvious reason of not costing over a hundred bucks and still having a bunch of quality reprints. Here's hoping Duel Deck products continue to pack full of useful reprints.
A cat can also take out most humans and elves. Cats are beast. *rimshot*
Better art, better flavor. Nice reprint. Maybe we might actually start getting orcs that actually look like orcs now, and—with any luck—new, non-pussified orcs in the future as well. Fingers crossed.
your math is wrong. You can have a EIGHT CMC on your second turn if you tap both forest before you sac them. Just be sure you summon something with hexproof or shroud or else it's going to die to a doomblade in a few turns. good choices are Archetype of Endurance, Plated Slagwurm, or Skyshroud Behemoth. personaly i prefer quantity over quality so i would choose 2 Blastoderm
ahem, sanctuary cat.