Really not much use at all, even with the Phenax association. There are better cards to use with him, at lower rarities too.
Still, the art is fantastic and the flavor is great.
Purplerooster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Solid defender stats, doesn't hurt Reckoner, and if you have a defensive game plan anyway it won't be a problem tapping creatures that have already made their blocks. Sweet design, awesome card. 3.5/5.
anotherfan321
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A strangely pop culturey reference thrown in. But hey, least it has Phenax doing some deceit in the flavor text.
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
"What were you inspired by?" "I saw this weird returned tree . . ."
chainsmoker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
it should have been a mill ability instead of pump, still bad..
Eternal_Blue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I initially was going to comment as to why this is an uncommon when it could have been an awful common. But then I thought that would take precious real estate away from Pauper players. Now I just shake my head and wonder why this card exists.. at all. Maybe without defender it'd have been alright? Maybe? Still, B -and- tapping a creature is a lot to ask for. It's a wall in Limited. That's.. all I got.
Twilly05
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Its a pretty solid and cheap way to activate inspired creatures. Thats why he be an uncommon! I like him, he's cool with me.
tokenmage
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
akroan crusader: have the gods no mercy ? daxos of meletis: we are doomed phalanx leader: quiet yourself daxos: the child speak of the nyx-born ghost, known only from the ancient rites, they are the hunter of man souls, they cannot be kill or defeated. not this darkness, not these indestructible. anax: indestructible? we'll put their name to the test
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☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This would easily be the worst creature in the set if not for its synergy with inspired. It's a shame that you have to pay mana and tap creatures to buff this thing, and defender certainly isn't helping it, but it's not as bad as I once thought. Plus, the flavor's pretty cool. 1.5/5
gameguycm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
You know, maybe I'm just trying to find some way to redeem this card, but.. It's a treefolk, and it's black, with 0/5 stats. Doran, anyone?
Alvorada
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ghoultree's derpy cousin.
Kestrelio
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
My gut instinct is to hate on this card, but I'm not sure it's totally worthless. It's a very big wall (with no reach), with good tribal support and the option to pump. Given that a zombie deck is one of the few times Black would produce enough tokens to make this thing a viable pumper-
Oh what the hell. It's awful.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A pump wall designed to trigger inspired isn't exactly worth that much mana, but he does drop a good wall defense and combo with Phenax early enough to be somewhat competitive in the right deck, so I can't call him totally useless.
Technetium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is generally not very good, although it may have a role in mill decks based on Doorkeeper and Phenax.
cartel1982
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
True Detective...
Earthdawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Should have lost Defender when it pumps.
HombreGranJefe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fairly robust wall at a slightly steep casting cost with a decent pump that is an excellent mana dump for inspired decks at the end of your opponent's turn. Tap Servent of Tyramets for easy drain life, or Sirens of the Silent song for easy discard triggers and soft mills. He'd be better if he had a way to deal with something evasive in any way since bloating it to block is prohibitively expensive in the kind of decks it fits in.
LilHallet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hey im quite sure this card will not activate heroic abilities. this is not a spell its an ability. if im wrong plz tell me.
Good chump blocker. Use creatures with inspired to pump, then kill attackers, then gain inspired benefits.
Phelplan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Too bad it isn't simply: Tap another untapped creature you control: Black Oak of Odunos gets +0/+2 until end of turn. More worthy of uncommon with this tweak?
MasterOfTheVault
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dammit cloudchaser....You almost made me spray hot tea all over my keyboard!
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Still, the art is fantastic and the flavor is great.
"I saw this weird returned tree . . ."
daxos of meletis: we are doomed
phalanx leader: quiet yourself
daxos: the child speak of the nyx-born ghost, known only from the ancient rites, they are the hunter of man souls, they cannot be kill or defeated. not this darkness, not these indestructible.
anax: indestructible? we'll put their name to the test
Oh what the hell. It's awful.
Simbiosis:
God-Favored General+Ethereal Armor
Disciple of Deceit
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Tap another untapped creature you control: Black Oak of Odunos gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
More worthy of uncommon with this tweak?