Hotheaded Giant

Creature — Giant Warrior

Haste

Hotheaded Giant enters the battlefield with two -1/-1 counters on it unless you played another red spell this 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
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

triproberts12 on

7 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion, DaFerra! I know Manamorphose is often seen as a trap that makes your own hand hard to evaluate, but the benefit I see here is that it's an easy way to drop a turn-2 Goblin Freerunner or a turn 3/4 Hotheaded Giant. As for Abundant Growth, I think a big draw to playing Naya warriors is Wild Nacatl, so while something like Lush Growth would trigger it's ability, I prefer the deck thinning of Evolving Wilds and either Naya Panorama or Terramorphic Expanse for permanent fixing. While you trade a little flexibility in casting discounted warriors off Brighthearth Banneret, Manamorphose can enable the double red for Goblin Bushwhacker or whatever you need.

Crayfish on Opinions of my personal starter …

7 years ago

I've always wanted to make some simple 40-card beginner decks to teach people how to play, and with the combination of me moving to a new school district and my girlfriend saying she is willing to learn, I have finally built them. I would like your opinions on them, and if they seem easy enough for a newer player to understand. (As a note, I tried to include a wide cast of keywords to emphasize the diversity of the game.)

Each deck has 17 lands and one rare, which the deck is themed around

Harness the Storm Burn/Aggro Show

1x Harness the Storm
1x Hotheaded Giant
1x Terra Ravager
1x Goblin Freerunner
1x Thermo-Alchemist
1x Cinder Pyromancer
2x Fiery Impulse
2x Boulder Salvo
2x Magma Spray
1x Pyroclasm
1x Lightning Strike
1x Searing Blood
3x Dragon Fodder
3x Krenko's Command
2x Act of Treason
17x Mountain

Pretty simple burn/aggro designed to encourage combo plays with Harness the Storm

Unbreathing Horde-Zombies Show

1x Unbreathing Horde
1x Abattoir Ghoul
1x Minotaur Abomination
1x Fleshbag Marauder
1x Walking Corpse
1x Undead Minotaur
1x Wandering Tombshell
1x Twisted Abomination
1x Infectious Horror
1x Dross Prowler
1x Forlorn Pseudamma
2x Black Cat
2x Wight of Precinct Six
1x Night's Whisper
1x Read the Bones
1x Altar's Reap
1x Doom Blade
1x Grasp of Darkness
1x Hissing Miasma
1x Crown of Suspicion
1x Clutch of Undeath
17x Swamp

Simple Zombie aggro designed to teach players about spot removal, pain for gain, and the fact that its ok to for your creatures to die

Hero of Leina Tower-Pump and Smash Show

1x Hero of Leina Tower
1x Centaur Battlemaster
2x Setessan Oathsworn
1x Pheres-Band Tromper
1x Thundering Tanadon
1x Vulpine Goliath
1x Elvish Visionary
1x Elvish Mystic
1x Ainok Guide
2x Unnatural Predation
2x Ranger's Guile
2x Titanic Growth
1x Giant Growth
1x Aspect of Hydra
1x Feed the Clan
1x Monstrous Growth
1x Rabid Bite
1x Prey Upon
1x Forced Adaptation
17x Forest

Mono-green pump. Encourages players to play offensively and make smart decisions with their mana. My main concern with this deck is the inclusion of Thundering Tanadon. Is phyrexian mana too weird to be in a starter deck?

Captain of the Watch-Soldiers Show

1x Captain of the Watch
2x Veteran Armorsmith
2x Veteran Swordsmith
1x Kor Skyfisher
1x Topan Freeblade
1x Kor Scythemaster
1x Kinsbaile Skirmisher
1x Consul's Lieutenant
1x Loxodon Partisan
1x God-Favored General
1x Nav Squad Commandos
1x Repel the Darkness
2x Raise the Alarm
1x Sunlance
1x Sanctified Charge
1x Tenacity
1x Ajani's Presence
1x Valorous Stance
1x Pacifism
1x Brave the Sands
17x Plains

Mono-white soldier tribal. Encourages players to know how to utilize synergy between a creature type, and handle multiple situations by using a multitude of answers.

Chief Engineer-Artifacts Show

1x Chief Engineer
1x Etherium Sculptor
2x Aeronaut Tinkerer
1x Anvilwrought Raptor
1x Mirror Golem
1x Bronze Sable
1x Runed Servitor
2x Gold-Forged Sentinel
1x Whirler Rogue
1x Yotian Soldier
1x Opaline Unicorn
1x Aether Spellbomb
1x Staff of the Mind Magus
1x Bonesplitter
1x Thought Prison
1x Override
1x Divination
1x Artificer's Epiphany
1x Thoughtcast
1x Disperse
1x Encrust
17x Island

Encourages players to learn artifact synergy, combo plays, and elements of control.

Boza on Skred

7 years ago

Gatstaf Arsonists  ^Flip seems like the best choice from my view.

Hotheaded Giant is awesome. Ridge Rannet has extra utility early on.