Magic: The Gathering's Migloz, Maze Crusher brings Gruul decks the piece it was missing
Spoilers for Magic: The Gathering’s Phyrexia: All Will Be One expansion continue to roll out, with the latest arrival being exciting news for Gruul fans. If there’s anything that the Red/Green deck is known for, it’s aggressive plays and large creatures. Unfortunately, the deck archetype has fallen off and isn’t as competitively viable as before. However, all of this could potentially change with the newest card that was revealed, Migloz, Maze Crusher.
It brings a valuable 3-drop to the deck, which has several useful abilities built around oil counters, a new feature in this Magic: The Gathering expansion. While Migloz, Maze Crusher isn’t the strongest creature from Phyrexia: All Will Be One, it's certainly interesting and has some real potential to be a card that makes Gruul decks strong again.
One strength of Gruul decks in Magic: The Gathering is the turn-2 sweep. The ideal turn 2 and 3 for this deck features powerful cards that you ramp or curve into. Typically 3/3 or 4/4 creatures, they often have a useful ability or simply do far more damage than any other creature of the same mana value.
Since it’s a legendary, you can’t drop these back-to-back unless one dies. But what does Migloz, Maze Crusher do in Magic: The Gathering?
Almost immediately, a weakness can be spotted, but it’s one that can be course corrected while you’re playing. This card only comes into play with 5 oil counters, and using them requires colorless mana. The mana portion is easy enough to fix, considering that you’re playing Red and Green. Since there are so many useful creatures and cards that generate mana, this won't be a major issue.
If you play this on turn 3, you might have a creature or two that's already in play to make that happen. Clearly,
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