December 11, 1997

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The Card of the Day is...

Orgg

Fallen Empires, 5th Edition Rare
3RR Summon Orgg

6/6
"Trample
Orgg cannot attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater. Orgg cannot be assigned to block any creature with power 3 or greater."

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A brief rundown of the card:

6/6 trample for 5 mana is awesome no matter how you look at it. Orgg may not always be great without assistance, but it's worth it to include a few cards in a deck with Orgg to ensure we can attack with this 6/6 monstrosity. Here are some of the many ways to ensure Orgg isn't frightened into submission:

• Meekstone+Puppet Strings/Elder Druid...
  Force all creatures with a power greater than 2 to not untap normally with Meekstone. But what about our 6/6 Orgg? Wouldn't he not untap too? That's where Puppet Strings, Elder Druid, and many other popular creature untappers come in quite handy.
• Thundermare+Twiddle
  This is a pretty good finishing move with some reasonable costing red heavy-hitters. Once your opponent has 11 or less life and you have an Orgg in play, bring out a Thundermare. All creatures but the Thundermare would be tapped. Untap the Orgg with something like Twiddle, and attack for a paltry 11 points.
• Marble Titan+Eternal Warrior
  The Eternal Warrior is for Orgg, of course. While Marble Titan is around, no creature with a power 3 or greater can untap as normal. If you put Eternal Warrior on your Orgg, it won't tap to attack--avoiding Marble Titan. This most certainly won't be the case for all of your opponent's creatures. Funny how that works.

E-mail me with comments, complaints, suggestions, or combos. I can't put every suggestion or combo up, but I will probably try to if I like it.