Dude is packing an Ankh of Mishra in his pocket. Amazing card, can deal a TON of damage, especially in MP.
shady-tradesman
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
May see some casual play now that zendikar is around.
wolfbear2
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(8 votes)
lifelink him.
themlsna
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Do want.
Test-Subject_217601
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Anti-Landfall tech? Sweet.
allmighty_abacus
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Now greatly outclassed by Tunnel Ignus. This guy was only good briefly as a casual anti-landfall card, but then the ignus just blows him out of the water.
He's more splashable, cheaper and not legendary so you can stack those delicious lightning bolts. You can even run him in your primeval titan/valakut deck if you're in a mirror match since he doesn't hurt you.
Evil_Tactics
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@allmighty_abacus
You're missing a very important detail about Tunnel Ignus, it does nothing if only a single land enters the battlefield...
Zo-Zu at least deals immediate damage for each first land played.
Zoah
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
I had a deck design around a soratami land fall deck... That was going to be bouncing and re playing lands a dozen times a turn... This shuts that down.
good edh general if you like being a target. He's kind of like the pulse tracker of legendary creatures.
IFG.Near
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this isnt bad considering you only need 3 mana or even less on the field to run a good goblin deck. AEther Vial, Goblin Lackey,Warren Instigator and Goblin Warchief anyone?
Prizrak
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Destroy your opponents' lands... then cast Planar Birth with this out :D (then either win, destroy their lands again, or admit you just wanted the joy of playing an Akki / Planar Birth deck)
OverfiendSurprise
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
ahh, the velvety diction of the Akki poets endures unparalleled :)
DBlack
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"You Have one wish left professer"
In all seriousness it's not strictly worse than tunnel ignus...
It's better only after 3 lands enter and at four it's only by one damage
Huffytreefolkman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
+give this guy life link you set on life for life.
Lueseto
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
without having tried it, i suposse it might work in goblin decks stopping the tempo of your opponents. who needs more than 3 mountaints when you have a goblin warchief in play?? if you are first, this might be hitting them as from their third turn :D
Gelzo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
First line, there's thirteen...
Second... fourteen syllables?!
Damn goblin poets.
Psychrates
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Red Ankh Of Mishra. A 1st turn *** to see out. 4.5/5
ddong
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why are people talking about casual anti landfall decks? Who plays anti landfall as an archetype? Is landfall totally dominating your local meta? This card hits them for every land they play, its good against control decks which want to drop a land every turn. A red deck should get an opponent down pretty low by turn 4 or 5 and this makes it harder for control players to stabilize since each land brings them closer to Lightning Bolt range. Granted its not all that great but he was not designed to be anti land fall, so he shouldnt even be compared to Tunnel Ignus.
wicked_pick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Zo-Zu is definitely better than Ignus..
Best with an Aggro/RDW deck!
Whenever I ran out of gas in late game and I have Zo-Zu + Manabarbs + Furnace of Wrath + Vulshok Sorcerer(pinger).. I feel like an aggro turned to control.. my opponents can't do anything..
They can't tap lands (yes, me too but I still have much higher life vs opponents), they can't fetch/play lands, they're in a lock-down!
I cast Bolt, 1dmg x2 = 2dmg to me, 6dmg to opponent, oh you're casting negate?.. that's still 2dmg x2 = 4dmg to you.. then my pinger will finish them off.. :D
I call it a DREAM whenever I have Chandra, the Firebrand + Manabarbs + Furnace of Wrath in the field!
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Apparently, Akki poets are indeed serious about rhyming verse.
Better flavour text would be: "KEEP YOUR LANDS IN YOUR HANDS!"
Hey, that rimes...
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
4/5 for his ability, and a bonus star for having "The Punisher" in his name.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Every once in a while I find a bit more loudmouthed argument on here than I present now, so I have to refine it so it's a bit less rude/stupid. This is one of those.
IMO, worrying about the damage difference between this and Ignus is strange, because this guy will have still done 8 damage by the time Ignus is doing 9, the difference is small. The difference I pointed out originally, however, is that this isn't sideboard and ignus is.
That said, Ankh may treat you better, depending on which counterspells you expect to see.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm surprised I havent seen this more in modern. It could really punish fetchland users. Although I suppose you could just run Blood Moon.
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He's more splashable, cheaper and not legendary so you can stack those delicious lightning bolts. You can even run him in your primeval titan/valakut deck if you're in a mirror match since he doesn't hurt you.
You're missing a very important detail about Tunnel Ignus, it does nothing if only a single land enters the battlefield...
Zo-Zu at least deals immediate damage for each first land played.
In all seriousness it's not strictly worse than tunnel ignus...
It's better only after 3 lands enter and at four it's only by one damage
Second... fourteen syllables?!
Damn goblin poets.
Best with an Aggro/RDW deck!
Whenever I ran out of gas in late game and I have Zo-Zu + Manabarbs + Furnace of Wrath + Vulshok Sorcerer(pinger).. I feel like an aggro turned to control.. my opponents can't do anything..
They can't tap lands (yes, me too but I still have much higher life vs opponents), they can't fetch/play lands, they're in a lock-down!
I cast Bolt, 1dmg x2 = 2dmg to me, 6dmg to opponent, oh you're casting negate?.. that's still 2dmg x2 = 4dmg to you.. then my pinger will finish them off.. :D
I call it a DREAM whenever I have Chandra, the Firebrand + Manabarbs + Furnace of Wrath in the field!
"KEEP YOUR LANDS IN YOUR HANDS!"
Hey, that rimes...
IMO, worrying about the damage difference between this and Ignus is strange, because this guy will have still done 8 damage by the time Ignus is doing 9, the difference is small. The difference I pointed out originally, however, is that this isn't sideboard and ignus is.
That said, Ankh may treat you better, depending on which counterspells you expect to see.