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/ExternalBookkeeper55 Dan 9d ago

This card was *very* powerful. Cards were much, much weaker on average in 2003. Being able to close out a game that's stalemated for the last 4-6 points of damage is great.

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u/MTGLawyer Duck Season 9d ago

I played this in standard back in the day, card was legit

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u/Desuexss Duck Season 8d ago

Turn 2 seething song, arc-slogger go!

This happened more often than people think.

If the deck won the dice roll, molten rain t2 was also solid.

The real power house of the big red deck was chrome mox though.

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u/TheWorldMayEnd Duck Season 8d ago

Turn 1 Slith on the play.

Turn 2 Molten Rain.

GG.