When I first played MTG, I fell in deep love with Red. It is so aggressive and powerful, and I am the guy who loves to end the game early rather than late. Luckily, this game uses Red and today we got our first RR red card: Vylon, Great Horned General
Initial Thoughts
The first thing that people will say when they see this card is “Mono Red is now a thing.” While that statement is not fully wrong, this card does not have to force the deck to be mono red to do good. Having mostly Red works, and you want to try to keep this card alive so that you can keep activating his first effect. Combo this with Torch, and you are set to deal at least 1 damage to a fort. The second effect isn’t to bad either, but it places more risk if you are going to use this as an attacker rather than as a support card. The cost is worth due to his effect rather than his stats, and I would run 4 of this card if I was to use him which I myself most likely will. Use this to destroy the defense, and push straight into a fort or attacking people. Overall I love this card, it knows how to clear the opponents field, which leaves them with more deference options for when you attack. The effects link to each other if you chose to use the red die on it. First you deal 2 damage per Red summon. And if that is not enough to destroy the defender, you just cross it with the Red die… and for sure the opponents fort should be good game (not calculating ambush or fort burst cards).
Pros vs. Cons
Pros:
Hyperaggressive effects
Good for late game or ending the game fast
Fortifies the “Mono Red” play-style
Cons:
The effect only goes off with red cards meaning you are forced to use more red in your deck for more success, which in turn limits the flexibility of decks that use this card properly.
Not the toughest card, so you need to be able to make sure this card attacks and stays alive as a 2/2 or 3/3 for full potential
My Rating: 7/10
Of course this card is an RR, and Bushiroad usually keeps the good cards for the RR spot; so it is expected for a good rating and overview of this card. But let us not forget the other 4 colors will get their respective RR cards, and those will be expected to be just as good… if not better than this card. Remember to check out my Youtube in the future: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTN2bjd0jO4wAP9nAw4YoAQ
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