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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | 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 |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator must be blocked if able.
As long as it's your turn, Maarika has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Whenever Maarika deals damage to a careature, if that creature was dealt excess damage this turn, that creature's controller sacrifices a noncreature, nonland permanent.
DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Vulturous Zombie …
2 months ago
I have a copy of Vulturous Zombie in these two EDH decks of mine, and it is a nice card, but I am wondering if I should keep in those decks, since I am not certain how well it fits the theme of each of those decks, as it is merely a flying beater, so I am seeking advice from the other users on this subject.
For my Kresh deck, I am contemplating replacing the zombie with Maarika, Brutal Gladiator, Scarland Thrinax, or Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, but each of those creatures has their own issues: Maarika forces opponents to sacrifice non-land, non-creature permanents, while that deck cares specifically about creatures dying; the thrinax is a free sacrifice outlet, but does not have much impact on the game overall; and Korvold is amazing, but I am not certain if that deck has a sufficient amount of token generation or recursion to constantly feed into his ability. Also, I am not certain what card could replace the zombie in my mimeoplasm deck, so I certainly would appreciate any suggestions that anyone here has to offer.
What does everyone else say about this? Should I keep Vulturous Zombie in these two decks, or should I replace it with another creature, and, if I should, with what creature should I replace it?
Gleeock on What is Your Opinion of …
1 year ago
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator is a great case for proxying based on scarcity-based pricing.. This $15 price tag is not a function of power level. It was the same way with Zurzoth the Chaos Rider he was $15 dollars for awhile due to jumpstart... But no way was the card appropriately priced. I wasn't about to jump on a ripoff or try to remember in several months that I wanted to add fun, diverse, but overpriced cards. So I proxy, maybe then if it is a deck you focus on alot you reexamine prices and find out you can put a 30 cent Zurzoth in
Gleeock on What is Your Opinion of …
1 year ago
Speaking of one of the no-proxy decks in the playgroup, there's Krarkashima... a complete Gomer Pyle of a deck, that not even the creator now likes to play. So power level & pay to play is not necessarily = more proxies
I have something like 4 non-proxy decks ranging from low-high power (no true cEDH). Something like 6 yes-proxy decks ranging from low-mid. Pretty much no rhyme or reason to power level vs. proxies in the playgroup.
Proxies have allowed a college student to keep playing with us, allowed my buddies 9-year old son to make his own deck, delighted the table with a Kibo, Uktabi Prince deck, as well as a lesser Jund Maarika, Brutal Gladiator deck - because they just plain ran out of Jund goodstuff but wanted to build an exciting & different Jund commander.