Ah, my signature card. Setting one's life to 5 isn't always the most effective strategy for staying alive, but when you're also gaining fiery breath and a pair wings, it's fun!
stygimoloch
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
A beautiful example of top-down design. While I've never had much inclination to use this card that much myself, seeing as how I'm not that into dragons, I'm still happy it exists. There's something strangely heartening about it!
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's just so flavorful :) And what's more, it's still useful, even with all that flavor.
Use with Solitary Confinement and at least 5 cards in hand will usually win you the game.
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Since your life total being set to a specific value causes life gain/ loss, you can use Platinum Emperion to keep your old life total after playing FotD.
In order to win, your opponent will have to deal you damage down to zero life or less, and then, later on the same turn, will have to deal you at least 10 more damage. And they'll have only a few turns to draw a Disenchant or to gather the rare combination of direct damage and/or flying creatures (divided as necessary between first strikers and non-first-strikers) to pull it off.
@Ragamander Not really. You would still rack up poison counters that wouldn't go away every turn, and that could kill you.
jam_marie
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Obviously, not a guaranteed win in most cases, but that's part of what makes it so awesome. With this, you're so bad ass you come down to finish the opponent and his pathetic creatures your own self. With fire.
Also, this could work well with the fateful hour cards from dark ascension.
ScottW2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My question is this: If my opponent has the form of the dragon out, is it legal to flip over willbender and redirect the 5 damage to a different single target? Is the 5 damage to a player or creature from form of the dragon considered a spell or ability? I cant find anywere if an enchantment has abilites or what else they could be considered.
Combofriend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Red moat that does damage? Haha ways to work around the drawback seems fun 3.5/5
orisiti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Scott... it is a triggered ability (Triggers on your upkeep starting) @Pedro... I think what he was trying to convey the fact that they have to do damage two seperate times each turn... each turn you get that five life back, meaning that you will once again absorb the combat damage... To Clarify the combo... All combat damage is dealt at once (unless there is first or double strikers on the field) lets use do damage as an example... so your life total is >0 so the dammage is dealt normally... 5-20 = -15. At the end of the turn, you gain 20 life. The only way you ill accumulate poison is if they use burn to deal 5 damage to you before combat, use burn after dealing the five damage in combat, or dealing at least 5 first strike damage. (Multiple combats, or just using infect creatures work as well0
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And what's more, it's still useful, even with all that flavor.
In order to win, your opponent will have to deal you damage down to zero life or less, and then, later on the same turn, will have to deal you at least 10 more damage. And they'll have only a few turns to draw a Disenchant or to gather the rare combination of direct damage and/or flying creatures (divided as necessary between first strikers and non-first-strikers) to pull it off.
@Ragamander Not really. You would still rack up poison counters that wouldn't go away every turn, and that could kill you.
Also, this could work well with the fateful hour cards from dark ascension.
@Pedro... I think what he was trying to convey the fact that they have to do damage two seperate times each turn... each turn you get that five life back, meaning that you will once again absorb the combat damage...
To Clarify the combo... All combat damage is dealt at once (unless there is first or double strikers on the field) lets use do damage as an example... so your life total is >0 so the dammage is dealt normally... 5-20 = -15. At the end of the turn, you gain 20 life. The only way you ill accumulate poison is if they use burn to deal 5 damage to you before combat, use burn after dealing the five damage in combat, or dealing at least 5 first strike damage. (Multiple combats, or just using infect creatures work as well0