Comments on: New Planeswalker “Sarkhan the Mad”

By: platipus10

platipus10 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:03:10 +0000

I’m not sold for constructed, but the artwork is pretty sweet.

By: JustMeBaby

JustMeBaby — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:42:38 +0000

I think it is a pretty cool card. I don’t think it really fits in any constructed deck right now. It does provide another sacrifice outlet for persecutor. We’ll see if they will team up together. This Sarkhan may have the same fate as his previous incarnation.

By: Robin Russell (RoninX)

Robin Russell (RoninX) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:58:31 +0000

Indeed – thanks for pointing that out. That is actually much much worse in aggro and much better in control. With 27 land decks you probably can get pretty good use out of him even sans Jace/Ponder/Halimar Depths, but with those three he becomes crazy (no pun intended).

By: whatisfgh

whatisfgh — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:23:03 +0000

@ronin I think you think it damages you, he deals damage to himself when you “draw”.

By: Plejades

Plejades — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:03:10 +0000

He is definitively a limited bomb. Turning all your small dudes into 5/5 flyers should end the game quickly. I was also thinking about Jund for this one. Maybe he works in some lists that pack Broodmate Dragons…

By: Nate Price

Nate Price — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:13:07 +0000

He just seems alright to me. He could be decent in Jund with all the Thrinaxes and tokens to sacrifice, but beyond that, he’s just a one-trick pony. In Limited, on the other hand, I’ve never met a 5/5 flier I didn’t like.

By: Robin Russell (RoninX)

Robin Russell (RoninX) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:13:36 +0000

Mirror vs. Mirror control? Maybe in block, but control decks tend to have cards that hurt to draw via the dark confidant ability… after all his “natural” control slot would be a revival of Cruel Control – but 7 mana = 7 damage. Of course UBR brings Jace and Ponder into the picture, so who knows.