***** Rancor - This Card Is Good Enough Even For Legacy Format

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars

This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Rancor (185) - Magic 2013

I just bought 4 of these for my pauper deck. This card is so good that I hope it doesn't get banned in Pauper format. I also use this card in my Legacy Infect deck, where I run 4 of them. That this card comes back to your hand makes it indisposable. Trample is better than making a creature have flying. Trample enchantments are usually awesome, and that is especially the case with Rancor.

***** Groundswell - Get Your Infect Deck Cookin' Quickly

Get Infect Deck Cookin' Quickly, February 4, 2013

By Craig Nelson Hamilton "Craig Nelson Hamilton" (Sandwich, MA)

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This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Groundswell - Worldwake

Want to win on your second turn with an Infect deck? Get 4 of these for your deck and help make your dreams of domination come true. This card is nearly impossible to beat with Glistener Elf and other Infect cards that cost 2 mana to cast.

1st Green Pauper Infect Deck Version 2.1

Creature Cards (20, 18 With Infect)

4             4 Ichorclaw Myr

6             2 Blight Mamba

10           4 Glistener Elf

13           3 Cystbearer

16           3 Rot Wolf

18           2 Blight Widow

20           2 Elvish Herder

Boosters/Pump Cards (20)

4             4 Vines of Vastwood

8             4 Rancor

10           2 Gigantic Growth

14           4 Groundswell

16           2 Mutagenic Growth

18           2 Unnatural Predation

20           2 Sylvan Might

Land

20 Forests

1st Green Pauper Infect/Poison Deck 1.1

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Green Pauper Infect Deck

Creature Cards (13, 11 With Infect)

4 Ichorclaw Myr

4 Blight Mamba

1 Cystbearer

1 Blight Widow

1 Elvish Herder

1 Wall of Tanglecord

1 Tel-Jilad Fallen

Search Cards (Makes It Seem Like I have Over 15 Creature Cards With Infect)

4 Commune With Nature

Boosters/Pump Cards (23)

4 Vines of Vastwood

4 Gigantic Growth

4 Titanic Growth

2 Mutagenic Growth

2 Vulshok Morningstar

3 Unnatural Predation

2 Sylvan Might

1 Spider Umbra

1 Kitesail

Land

20 Forests

Thoughts on the deck:

Some cards to think of adding might be 2 to 4 Glistener Elf or Cystbearer taking and out Commune With Nature

Switching out Titanic Growth for Groundswell

Switch out Gigantic Growth and adding Invigorate (Invigorate is bannded in pauper)
Take out 1 Spider Umbra, 1 Kitesail, and 2 Vulshok Morning Star and replace with 4 Rancor.

 

***** Glistener Elf - Essential for My Poison Legacy Deck.

Essential for My Poison Legacy Deck. This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Glistener Elf - New Phyrexia The main reason why I love this card is that I can play it on turn one. That means by turn 2 or turn 3 I am thinking about taking my opponent out of the game. I don't recommend a 2nd turn kill because it puts all of your might into one blast, and if that is countered by your 3rd or 4th turn your attack may not be sufficient to win the game. However, if you want to clean up your opponent quick, which is the best idea in Legacy, this card is essential.

***** Essential for My Legacy Infect Deck: Magic: the Gathering - Mutagenic Growth - New Phyrexia

Essential For My Infect Legacy Deck This review is from: Magic: the Gathering - Mutagenic Growth - New Phyrexia The conversion for this card if you are playing an infect deck is that you may take 2 damage in order to play it. For adding 2 poison counters in return for playing this card is nothing, provided that you already have a card like Distortion Strike, Rancor, Plague Stinger (that you are flying over your opponent), or especially Blighted Agent.

*** Magic: the Gathering - Titanic Growth - Magic 2012

There Once Was A Time Where I Was Very Attracted To This Card., This card just isn't a winner. Giant Growth is one to consider that is much better. With Giant Growth, you pay 1G and get +3/+3. Consider Giant Growth for an Infect deck, but with Titanic Growth for an entire extra mana, you don't get much more out of it. That makes this card one that does not deserve much attention.