FIF: Sardonyx, Blight of the Living - Preview

[Laddinfance]

Well here he is Sardonyx, Blight of the Living. You can find his preview article >>HERE<<. How will you be unstoppable?

[silverclawgrizzly]

I like it a lot! I can already tell this dragons going to be hotly debated but I for one am impressed. Thanks Laddinface!

[Moonglow]

Do we know what unstoppable means yet?  I did a search but its an unfortunately over used word!

[sIKE]

- Unstoppable (Object Trait)

This creature is exceptionally large, heavy, and/or strong, possibly animated by powerful magics.  It is virtually impossible to hold or push. This creature cannot be hindered. It also has both the Unmovable and Uncontainable traits.

[Wildhorn]

This creature is a basically a Mage by itself with its 31 hp!

[Lord0fWinter]

I think the best counter to him might be Banish. Based on what the rules supplement states ("Abilities which look for things happening in play, but don’t have a specific range or require LoS, still work. (For instance, a banished Valshalla, Lightning Angel can still gain Wrath tokens.)") and what other people have asked around the forums, it seems that if he gets Banished, the controlling Mage will still lose 2 life every upkeep phase? Forgive me if that's incorrect.

[Moonglow]

- Unstoppable (Object Trait)

This creature is exceptionally large, heavy, and/or strong, possibly animated by powerful magics.  It is virtually impossible to hold or push. This creature cannot be hindered. It also has both the Unmovable and Uncontainable traits.

THanks - reading the preview in the link helped too, its like the second paragraph :/

[ChimpZilla]

Twenty-four mana and eight spellpoints for those attacks are highly suspect to begin with, but it also leeches two life per turn? I sense a big barrel of haterade coming down on this one....

[sIKE]

THanks - reading the preview in the link helped too, its like the second paragraph :/

I wasn't gonna say anything......

[Moonglow]

lol, that would be gold!   Bah, tremble in fear at my terrifying Dragon.....next round....banish.... eight direct damage for 14 mana, and nulifying the dragon for that time, seems a fair trade.  Its a shame banish is so expensive, it'd almost be worth carrying two.


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I think the best counter to him might be Banish. Based on what the rules supplement states ("Abilities which look for things happening in play, but don’t have a specific range or require LoS, still work. (For instance, a banished Valshalla, Lightning Angel can still gain Wrath tokens.)") and what other people have asked around the forums, it seems that if he gets Banished, the controlling Mage will still lose 2 life every upkeep phase? Forgive me if that's incorrect.
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[baronzaltor]

Turn to stone shuts him down too

[Wildhorn]

Sacrificial Altar will be useful to get ride of him if needed.

[klaymen]

Really nice! The life loss makes it more of a endgame summon rather than a cornerstone, though.

[MrSaucy]

This card is great thematic wise but I just don't see using him. I can think of more practical ways to spend 8 spellpoints. And I don't see how this creature is worth the 24 mana. Maybe we will see spellbooks built around this creature. Who knows. But in my opinion this creature isn't worth the investment.

[Moonglow]

I know this is sort of off topic, but could you have a dark priest being trained in Holy and Dark schools?  Sort of thinking about how to have a new mage type that could be holy but still have Sardonyx in school