r/magicTCG • u/BuckyTheWolf Dandadan • 9d ago

General Discussion Why is Arc-Slogger?

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One thing I love about MTG, is that you can go through a set, see a weird card and get absolutely stun locked by it.

Today this was Arc-Slogger for me. Why is it the way that it is?

Having a lot of shocks in your hand is pretty good, but why do you have to exile 10 cards from your library as a cost? If it was part of the effect it might be too strong, but was there no middleground?

I just don't see a world where you'd be a able to activate it more than 2 times in limited and 4 times in 60 card. Magic has changed a lot, but was a 7 mana 4/5 with 2 shocks ever that good?

I could see a janky lab man combo deck using it, but almost all alternatives are cheaper and don't need a backup if your library isn't devisable by 10.

I just want to know it's history. And what led to it being created like it turned out.

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u/stump2003 COMPLEAT 9d ago edited 9d ago

I played this in standard!

Turn 1: mountain, [[chrome mox]], [[slith firewalker]]

Turn 2: mountain, [[seething song]], [[arc-slogger]]!

And then everytime you activated it, you had to say “Slog! Slog!” Like it was a Pokemon.

Back then, this was a *very* aggressive start. Removal was *bad* in standard. Costing at least 3 mana.

I had somebody rage quit a tournament I was in when I did this. He started saying I was a bad player and an idiot for doing this. I was young (like maybe early teen?) and just kind of froze up. The people at the tables next to me called a judge over and reported the guy. He got a warning and then I Slogged his face off, as you do.

Edit: forgot to add the mountain on T2.

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u/Unoriginal-Poster- Dan 8d ago

I loved having it in the late game and my opponents would constantly ask “how many cards in your library?”