Ixalan dinosaur soldier
Ripjaw Raptor costs four mana but gives us a 4/5 (pretty great base stats already) in return with an Enrage ability that nets us a card whenever it is dealt damage. That’s not to say this card will see much play outside of Limited though as six mana is a huge investment in any Constructed format and this doesn’t quite offer the value you’d want for it.
Ixalan dinosaur soldier plus#
This is another great card to combine with Walking Ballista, acting as a repeatable bolt, up to four times in one turn.Īnother plus to this card is that with rotation rearing it’s ugly head out old friend Grasp of Darkness won’t be around to efficiently deal with the Hunters. Sun-Crowned Hunters is a six mana investment for a 5/4 which bolts target opponent to the dome whenever it is dealt damage. You can do this twice in a turn and letting your Raptor survive, or do it three times and cashing in for three land cards to put you way ahead of the curve. You can take advantage of the ability to remove a counter from Ballista to deal one damage to the Raptor, tutoring up a basic land in the process. This card has great potential in ramp builds which sink their mana into creatures like Walking Ballista. Allowing you to search for a basic land card, put it on to the battlefield tapped and shuffle your library whenever Ranging Raptors is dealt damage.
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More like “Ramping Raptors” am I right? At three mana this creature is a 2/3 with a pretty sweet Enrage ability.
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This will be a run-down of my five favourite cards with the Creature type Dinosaur that come out in the new set! Coincidentally four out of the five I talk about today all share the Enrage ability, granting some sort of effect whenever they take damage, allowing you to take advantage of normally unfavourable combat decisions. Mathew from GenericBadMagic here to talk about a newly supported tribe for Magic: The Gathering, fresh out Ixalan, the upcoming set… Dinosaurs!