Sorry I wasn't able to get to the metaphorical "phone" Tuesday, but Landdrops is back for a quick little installation of Card Corner before I move on to a day's Magic playing.
Our card today came to us a long time ago from the future- though that's only confusing if you believe that this didn't come out of a Bruce Campbell film first.
His name is Fleshwrither, and no, he isn't a "boomstick." He's not really trying to impress with his ability to turn sideways. He's just here to cheat everything I like into play.
Fleshwrither's Transfigure ability is the only ability of its kind, and it isn't that awesome. Let's be honest- a 3BBBB tutor that's temporarily a 3/3 is probably not as good as tapping out on Turn 4 to Diabolic Tutor, then proceeding to playing a threat the following turn.
Well, maybe I'm under-representing this clown. You see, mono-Black creatures actually start their natural curve of playable-ness at Turn 4. From the aggressive beats of Worldwake's Abyssal Persecutor to the new mana/Extort specialist Crypt Ghast, there has been a recent influx of cards that Fleshy can go get for us- including Standard's new favorite mono-black Devotees, Desecration Demon and Erebos.
Oh, and did I mention he can go get a Solemn Simulacrum?
How much more do I need to sell you on this?
There are plenty of sweet combos that can be pulled off in conjunction with sacrifice triggers too. America's Second Favorite Black Enchantment (No one beats Necropotence, obviously), Grave Pact, likes the value here, as does the ability to get it back via Reanimation. Using other cards to justify playing Fleshwrither isn't a good idea, but it goes to show that in a longer game this card can be abused more than a Diabolic Tutor, it avoids counterspells, and has the ability to go find several different kinds of 4-cost creatures in a Sorcery-speed tight spot.
If you want to see a great-but-randomly built around Fleshwrither package, check out my Greel, the Mind Raker EDH.
That's all I got for today. Tune in Saturday for another "Not The Stack" weekend as I go over what cool Born of the Gods goodies I'm looking forward to playing!
-UL
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