This card is so nasty. Too bad it wasn't straight up unblockable. :D
ChunkyMilk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Okay, who doesn't like a creature that deals direct damage?
Ace8792
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This is better than unblockalbe in some senoirs.
vosrevesrevers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(17 votes)
"This is better than unblockalbe in some senoirs."
yeah, it kills the blocking creature AND deals damage to the player. it's way better than unblockable and trample
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
@vosrevesrevers
No. This kills the blocking creature OR deals damage to the player. It does not do both.
thrallallmighty
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
First good card i ve seen my brother got it into booster our first good card
Clanius
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this card was the reason i fell in love with green. it was also the first card i ever owned. Oh how i loved to enchant it with blanchwood armor and swing away. ah good times
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
I think it's hilarious that, according to the rulings, BANDING is the only thing powerful enough to actually block its damage! Bet you wished you hadn't laughed at Kjeldoran Skyknight now!
sancrosact
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I maintain thorn elemental is a top 5 green fatty of all time. If your green deck runs might of oaks, giant growth, or any of those efficient power/toughness increasers green has, this is the creature you want to get in play. Absolute game ender with Might of Oaks.
CommanderCondor89
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
out of curiosity, would this deal damage to a creature AND to a player if it had double strike? (granted you'd have to declare it as not blocked for one of the damage phases)
Seller9
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
How much is this card worth if it is also holographic?
Robface
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great finisher for an exalted deck.
Artscrafter
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This guy is a one-hit kill with Tainted Strike and any other power boost of 2 or more.
Turn 3 win is possible in mostly-standard casual if you go second. (I realize that pulling this off exactly is phenomenally unlikely, but still.) T1: Forest, Joraga Treespeaker T2: Swamp, give the Treespeaker a level, tap it for Lightning Greaves T3: Land, Dark Ritual, Elvish Piper. Equip the greaves to the piper and trick this into play. Cast Giant Growth and Tainted Strike, equip the greaves, and swing for the win.
ClockworkSwordfish
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Don't like this art quite so much (I still like it), but this is still a bomb. Any card that draws EVERY removal spell anyone has the instant you drop it brings a smile to my face.
Shame they didn't include this in any subsequent core sets. You will be missed, my oldest Magical friend...
Bursama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I always remember who I hate this card when I see this attacking to me.
Yes you can kill both a blocking creature and deal damage to the player with double strike. After the first strike damage is dealt you can assign damage as if it wasn't blocked
One_Winged_Angel
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is a mainstay in my brother's green deck. I like to play tricky, he likes to play brutal. When this thing hits the field, I usually declare a game over, especially since he loves to give it all sorts of buffs before he swings. Excellent card.
FirstPrime
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
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blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
4.5 for this card? That seems a tad too high. It's a decent finisher, but... it feel like a 6 mana card for green. 7 doesn't break the bank, but even at 6 it's competing with truly epic creatures.
Compare to Thornling -Much easier to cast. -Protects itself. -Trample (which is pseudo evasion) -Can have haste -Versatile
A big beater with psuedo evasion is nice, but I think by showing you Thornling you get what I mean. It could be more interesting, like Engulfing Slagwurm. They aren't necessarily better, but they sure seem a lot more worth it.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As long as there won't be removal involved, this card plus Primal Bellow will be major damage if not instawin. Try two Bellows since they're only one green a piece. :D
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
A good creature, but it wouldnt see play today. Too many removals out there to invest in a 7 mana creature with no removal resistance, enter the battlefield, dies, or leaves the battlefield effect. It wouldn't live to make its first attack.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Fuck you, I am going to do 7 even if it kills me."
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Green isn't exactly my style, but this is pretty good, and would be happy to have one in limited
4.5/5 Stars
Deadling
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This was the card I first fell in love with! I have a couple of these, and almost bought a Japanese version, just cause! lol. I still run both of them in my aggro/mana ramp green deck. I even still run it's smaller versions, like a full set of Lone Wolf's, and maybe even a Pride of Lions or two. Attach a Blanchwood Armor to this guy, and even better!
Anyone who says this card isn't good anymore, hasn't been up against one, running right through their creatures. We may have a host of 10/10's and 15/15's now, but this is still a damn good creature. My friend almost always gave up when this hit the field if he had no way to take it down. Because he knew once it hit the field, the next turn it was going to have a Blanchwood Armor, or Exoskeletal Armor, or both, if not 2 Blanchwood's, lol.
Nostalgia and the fact I love this card, makes it a 5/5 for me.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Hmm... a thorny situation. Yes. Rather thorny." ~Tom Nook
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yeah, it kills the blocking creature AND deals damage to the player. it's way better than unblockable and trample
No. This kills the blocking creature OR deals damage to the player. It does not do both.
my brother got it into booster
our first good card
Turn 3 win is possible in mostly-standard casual if you go second. (I realize that pulling this off exactly is phenomenally unlikely, but still.)
T1: Forest, Joraga Treespeaker
T2: Swamp, give the Treespeaker a level, tap it for Lightning Greaves
T3: Land, Dark Ritual, Elvish Piper. Equip the greaves to the piper and trick this into play. Cast Giant Growth and Tainted Strike, equip the greaves, and swing for the win.
Shame they didn't include this in any subsequent core sets. You will be missed, my oldest Magical friend...
Compare to Thornling
-Much easier to cast.
-Protects itself.
-Trample (which is pseudo evasion)
-Can have haste
-Versatile
A big beater with psuedo evasion is nice, but I think by showing you Thornling you get what I mean. It could be more interesting, like Engulfing Slagwurm. They aren't necessarily better, but they sure seem a lot more worth it.
4.5/5 Stars
Anyone who says this card isn't good anymore, hasn't been up against one, running right through their creatures. We may have a host of 10/10's and 15/15's now, but this is still a damn good creature. My friend almost always gave up when this hit the field if he had no way to take it down. Because he knew once it hit the field, the next turn it was going to have a Blanchwood Armor, or Exoskeletal Armor, or both, if not 2 Blanchwood's, lol.
Nostalgia and the fact I love this card, makes it a 5/5 for me.