Flinthoof Boar

Creature — Boar

Flinthoof Boar gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain. {R}: Flinthoof Boar gains haste until end of turn.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

FormOverFunction on The Great Planeswalker Debate

1 year ago

It’s definitely a statement centered more on Commander, in part because it’s easier to do a solo-combo that simultaneously kills three opponents rather than fistfight your way through three sequential opponents. I haven’t played standard since Flinthoof Boar, so I’m definitely out of those loops lol

TheVectornaut on Kird Ape Deck of Terribleness

3 years ago

Naya Zoo was actually a great deck in modern before it got outpaced by things like Death's Shadow , although even now some of the new landfall guys have breathed some life into it. Add in some Wild Nacatl and Plains and then focus on your 1, 2, and 3 drops, and you have the recipe for an aggressive deck that can be surprisingly lethal. Fanatic of Xenagos , Flinthoof Boar , Frenzied Arynx , Zhur-Taa Druid , Fires of Yavimaya , and your bolts fit in with that playstyle pretty well. It's mostly the 5 and 6 drops I'd recommend cutting.

Tzefick on None

3 years ago

This gives me Voice of Resurgence flashbacks. It seems a bit too busty for a 2 CMC.

It's a 2/1, dies turning 3/2, then you can Eternalize for a 4/4.

Although the body itself is comparable to Strangleroot Geist which was a strong limited card and only used sparingly in aggro decks at competitive levels. It was also the time of Flinthoof Boar - which granted was during a much faster environment than it is atm. Maybe it's okay.

Tzefick on Ability challenge

4 years ago

In response to DwaginFodder's feedback on last challenge:

The feedback Show

-Tzefick: While the intent of your mechanic is clear, it has memory and complexity issues. Marking something for extraction is neither well-defined nor obvious when looking at the battlefield, and would need the use of a special kind of counter to mark it. The combination of the Extract reminder text and the associated ETB take up a lot of space on a card, and means that many of your designs feel too similar. The combination of a trigger for the alternate cost, the cost itself, marking for extraction, and the associated ETB all work to make your commons feel too complex for commons. The only differences between Deft Platoon, Extraction Mage, and Armored Caravan are costs and P/T; that's not a good look. While your support cards are well-designed, the mechanic itself is very weak.

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I disagree on the issue of memory. There's little difference in marking for extraction and a target for a spell. If you need memory due to multiple uses of extractions at the same time, (remember that each Extraction can only target one permanent) you just plop the Extract cards directly on that permanent as you would say a Lightning Bolt .

I get that the mechanic is wordy and I tried to think of ways to decrease the word count and combine them instead of having a separate trigger on ETB - however that would ruin the use of the card's function when not casting through Extract.

It is definitely a more wordy mechanic than average for a common, but I wouldn't say it is more complex than what has already been done with say Transform, Cascade, or Evoke.

As for designs being too similar, the entire mechanic is on par with what most mechanics are; it does this particular thing. The mechanic is: "Oh no, someone targets one of your permanents, that usually means you're about to lose it or have it affected in some negative way, you can cast this Extract card for an alternative cost at instant speed in response to save that permanent and possibly get a different/better body on the field. There might even be a benefit to self-bouncing this permanent in terms of a bounce-trigger or the possibility for new cast/ETB-triggers."

And to avoid the mechanic merely falling flat in case no one targets anything on your side, you can play them naturally and get an optional free bounce for one of your nonland permanents.

So I don't quite understand this criticism that the mechanic is too similar. Would you say the same about Madness?

The mechanic is pretty self-parasitic, in terms that you don't want too many of these cards in a deck as their main function is from hand and sitting with open mana is not something you want to do all the time. The intend of the mechanic is to trade tempo for card advantage. Your opponent is likely down one removal spell, and you might have upgraded or downgraded the target to a new buddy.

You have to be careful about making the alternate cost too low, as the mechanic is a "gotcha"-feeling and being unable to interact with your opponent's board because of undercosted "gotcha"-costs will be very frustrating and problematic for the player experience. I might have costed some of these alternate costs too high, but that was to make it more safe than blatantly overpowered that nullifies any attempt at interactions with targets while providing meaningful bodies to replace them.

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As for Geography, I'm kinda drawing a blank here. Obviously it presents itself as a land-centric theme. At first I thought in the lines of Flinthoof Boar but figured an entire mechanic around that would be rather... shallow.

There's already landfall on triggers with lands, there's sunburst and domain when considering mana diversity.

I thought about something with explore or discovery, basically a landfall-esque mechanic with conditions. But it would essentially be that; landfall with conditions.

It could lend itself to an external game mechanic like Planechase. But then it's basically just Planechase or Planechase 0,5.

I don't think I'll suggest anything for Geography, sorry DP.

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Feedback on other suggestions:

Woiteck's unique land name mechanic Show

Woiteck There's some wild differences in power level on those enchantments. I don't really like how the mechanic effectively punishes mono color and rewards multicolor.

I especially worry about the power level of the green and black ones in tandem with Jund and Lord Windgrace for Commander. It's not cEDH but should be relatively easy to go off with either of these and a few other components.

It plays very nicely with Ghost Town though.

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Boza's basic/non-basic proportion Show

Boza Interesting idea to divide effects based on the proportional amount of non-basic lands you control vs basic lands. Although I cannot help but feel like the power comes from controlling non-basics, and non-basic lands already have additional value, that's why you play them over basic lands, so in my eyes it would make more sense to empower the basic side of the effect.

In the case of the Sea Gate, it doesn't make much sense that the non-basic and basic side is just two different colors, especially in those colors. Why not just play any other untapped land that fits either land mass?

You cannot manipulate the proportion of your land mass that much in white and blue, without playing some of Blue's land self-bounce mechanics which in general is not something you want. It could make sense in Jund, as they have black and red's sacrifice themes and green's ability to ramp that can skewer the proportions in any direction you require.

Interesting concept, but I would flip the power over to basic lands.

ShadyWonderBoy on Naya Devils

5 years ago

I would recommend Reckless Bushwhacker instead of Flinthoof Boar good thing when you play burning tree and then you play the Bushwacker to pump your team and give them all haste when you surge them

JohnnyBoyG on

5 years ago

Let's think about each pair of those cards.

Keldon Marauders+Thud: Here, Thud deals 3 damage at sorcery speed. But you have to wait until the turn after you played the Keldon Marauders, and then play it on exactly that turn in the second main phase. This isn't terrible, but when 3 damage at very limited times is one of your best case scenarios for a card, that's a problem.

Keldon Marauders+Otherworldly Outburst: I don't think this works the way you think it does. Since the trigger to sacrifice Keldon Marauders comes at the beginning of your upkeep, you won't have time to cast Otherworldly Outburst before it dies. (I'm aware that it works if you have Thud as well, I'll get to that below.)

Otherworldly Outburst+Thud: The creature you sacrifice is probably going to be about as big as the 3/2 you get. So it's essentially as if you pay 2 mana for about 3 damage. You could've just played Lightning Strike, and done the same thing with one fewer card.

All three: Ok, 10 damage and a 3/2 for 4 mana isn't too shabby. But how often are you going to draw all three, and have the double red to make it work? If you're playing three suboptimal cards for the sake of a combo, that combo should win you the game.

You do raise a good point about the heavy red requirements on the two goblins. Obviously, more dual lands would help solve this. Otherwise, you can try running Flinthoof Boar, or bringing back Experiment One and Dryad Militant.

ClockworkSwordfish on Rakka Mar deck

5 years ago

I dig it. You might also like Mogg Cannon and Warstorm Surge as further ways to take advantage of the elemental tokens' one-and-done nature. Illusionist's Bracers and Magewright's Stone give you extra ways to use Rakka Mar's ability multiple times in a turn. And if you're running Primal Forcemage, why not some other hasty creatures? Hell's Thunder, Flinthoof Boar and Hellspark Elemental can all appreciate a free +3/+3.

Thephelddagrif on Budget Red/Green Aggro

5 years ago

Nice budget deck but a few cards seem weak in an aggro deck even on budget standards. Perhaps they are not but just in case I figured I could suggest some other budget alternatives. Hope these help.

Banefire seems weak/situational for an aggro deck

• Ghor-Clan Rampager to top the curve/ give uncounterable +4/+4 to a creature for two mana

• Hellrider to deal a great deal of damage

• Hero of Oxid Ridge for the top of the curve

• Timbermare

Lightning Mauler doesn't fit well because it is a nonbo with both Fanatic of Xenagos and Flinthoof Boar. Lightning Mauler is something that needs a follow up and the two cards which would be most impactful with haste already have haste. This results in soulbinding with a one drop (one of which is Experiment One which is better when it evolves over multiple turns and not just charging in as a 1/1 or 2/2). It could be good but seems awkward in the list.

• Stormblood Berserker 2 mana 3/3 on second main phase

• Keldon Marauders

Magma Jet seems too mana intensive for such little damage. Scry 2 doesn't seem to make up for it's lack of impact.

• Stoke the Flames for damage/removal

• Rift Bolt delayed bolt

Other:

• Boggart Ram-Gang

• Brute Force

• Titan's Strength