Welcome to a brief adhoc series about recent targeted buys and why I bought them for my MtG decks.

Its a dinosaur, so that should be a big hint why? Especially if you are a long suffering reader of this blog. Yep that Dinosaur Tribal Commander deck of mine is the reason why I got this.

I don’t how I missed this card during Rivals of Ixalan. But after seeing its Enrage ability of when it takes damage each (and that’s the key word) opponent has to sacrifice a permanent. I thought that’s removal, a card that they won’t want me to block or attack with because if they do, they have to get rid of something. But I can ping it myself with some of the cards in the deck to force them into the situation.

The 7 CMC for an 8/5 isn’t that big a deal in Commander, plus with discounts it could cost me a lot less. It’s enrage ability tied in with its toughness means it can take a ping from my own cards and still be around afterwards. So I like the look of the card, it’s just which card does it replace?