by ElspethFTW, Gaming Successfully Staff
Slag Fiend has a really cool concept. For one mana, he can be quite a large creature. The trouble is, he’s really only good later in the game. For a one mana creature, this is a bit bizarre. Admittedly, he’s not a bad card. When New Phyrexia was being drafted, this was a pretty strong pick. Notice that his power and toughness consider all graveyards. He could be a big body in a format full of cheap artifacts that were played in every deck. It seems that his original design was to counter all of the artifact-heavy decks of the day.
Unfortunately, outside of draft and Scars of Mirrodin block Limited formats, Slag Fiend really never found a permanent home. There were some decks in the New Phyrexia era that used him as part of a bigger strategy built around the sorcery Scrapyard Salvo. Today, he's just a bulk rare that doesn't really fit into any larger strategies. But because of his raw power, you never know if he'll pop up again some day!
Unfortunately, outside of draft and Scars of Mirrodin block Limited formats, Slag Fiend really never found a permanent home. There were some decks in the New Phyrexia era that used him as part of a bigger strategy built around the sorcery Scrapyard Salvo. Today, he's just a bulk rare that doesn't really fit into any larger strategies. But because of his raw power, you never know if he'll pop up again some day!
RSS Feed
