By far my least favorite of this cycle. Considering most opponents want to play their spells he really only fits in red decks where you causing both players to draw cards while running stuff like this guy and Black Vise.
CeremonialBathory
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Red forces card draw? Since when? And it's fairly obvious his ability it go against things like control, which hold on to their spells and are in Blue and thus able to draw cards for themselves very easily. Not the best application of this, but that's what he's for. Plus, I'd love to see him in an EDH game when someone across the table has a hand size larger than 40.
Nerphice
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@CeremonialBathory I'd hope when someone has a hand size larger than 40 they'd have atleast one removal spell in there.. this cards still not practical in that situation. Unless of course you can just quickly fling him to remove the player with such a large hand..
metalevolence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
In edh, you are basically guaranteed a 5/5 or larger for 3 mana.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
By a most wonderful of coincidences, this guy's name both refers to the original and recurring Maro mechanic and is a proper Ja panese name.
Maro is a recurring suffix for boys names, meaning something along the lines of 'me' or 'I'.
Transliterated; Kagemaro means approximately "Great One of Ruin/Harm".
sarroth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Great to run in Cerebral Vortex / Runeflare Trap build. Since you are making your opponents draw a lot of cards anyway, having this guy get huge certainly wouldn't hurt. Also would be good in a Commander deck built around the up-coming UR Nin, the Pain Artist.
luca_barelli
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
He's fairly good in land-destruction decks as well.
By a most wonderful coincidence, this guy's name both refers to the original and recurring Maro mechanic and the names of Mark Rosewater's children.
MaRo is shorthand for the name of Magic card designer Mark Rosewater, a name he has bestowed on all of his offspring.
This card refers to Adam Mark Rosewater, a "ginger" boy who was not permitted to leave the house for most of his life. In fact, he returns in Marshal's Anthem, which portrays his first foray into daylight at the tender age of 25. As Shadoflaam was so thoughtful to point out, he is indeed now Christian and has been assured by the local priest that he has a soul.
RJDroid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Adamaro, First Alphabetically in Saviours.
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can't say at 100% that it's bad, but it is surely not good...
In a two-player game it is pretty useless. Surely it is far better in multiplayer.
wholelottalove
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a killer commander in Commander... On a turn three drop you're likely to get a big beater.
In a 1v1 duel, not a bad bruiser for the early game. 5/5 for is fantastic. For multiplayer this guy is more reliable in the mid-late game.
TheBringer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Remember that without buffs he's just a vanilla beater. I mean, he can be a big one, but unless you're attached to mono red woolly thoctar or leatherback baloth will often be better.
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am building an EDH deck using this guy as the general. The game plan is to stick some howling mine effect and get this guy into play, and then blow up all the lands and just cause chaos in general as this guy does some work on peoples' life totals.
The deck is going to feature a lot of 'free' spells and stuff like seething song to speed out powerful effects like wildfire and to run on few lands better than everyone else. It will also allow me to abuse the free cards going around from all the howling mine effects.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dies to Doom Blade? Pshaw, whatever. This guy dies to One with Nothing.
That is an accomplishment in the field of suck.
JailedWanderer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pretty good in a Nekusar EDH deck. Other than that, and a few other commanders, he's nit good at all.
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Maro is a recurring suffix for boys names, meaning something along the lines of 'me' or 'I'.
Transliterated; Kagemaro means approximately "Great One of Ruin/Harm".
MaRo is shorthand for the name of Magic card designer Mark Rosewater, a name he has bestowed on all of his offspring.
This card refers to Adam Mark Rosewater, a "ginger" boy who was not permitted to leave the house for most of his life. In fact, he returns in Marshal's Anthem, which portrays his first foray into daylight at the tender age of 25. As Shadoflaam was so thoughtful to point out, he is indeed now Christian and has been assured by the local priest that he has a soul.
In a two-player game it is pretty useless. Surely it is far better in multiplayer.
Gaze of Adamaro
For multiplayer this guy is more reliable in the mid-late game.
The deck is going to feature a lot of 'free' spells and stuff like seething song to speed out powerful effects like wildfire and to run on few lands better than everyone else. It will also allow me to abuse the free cards going around from all the howling mine effects.
That is an accomplishment in the field of suck.