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Magic Origins Spoilers: Blazing Hellhound, Fiery Impulse and Patron of the Valiant!

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Channel: Strictly Better MtG · 2015 · Gaming

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Well, another handful of interesting Magic Origins spoilers from WOTC today, and we're seeing a lot of speculation so far on one of them. But let's take a look at Blazing Hellhound first:
Blazing Hellhound 2RB 4/3 Creature - Elemental Hound
1, sacrifice another creature: deal 1 damage to target creature or player.
There's also this budget brewer gem:
Patron of the Valiant 3WW 4/4 creature - Angel
When Patron of the Valiant enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
And here's what's got some people talking:
Fiery Impulse R Instant
Deal 2 damage to target creature.
Spell Mastery - if you have 2 or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, deal 3 damage to that creature instead.
So, Fiery Impulse has some people lamenting that it can't hit players, but it might actually be too good if it did, or at least that's the argument from the other side. Good and bad things have been said about this card, but all I can say is it's probably a limited gem and nothing much more. Sure, it's a one-mana red spell for turning Chandra on but I'm not sure about how many good interactions this has, especially in a format that already includes Wild Slash. Maybe (but probably not) as a sideboard card against other aggro decks? but even then, I'd probably rather play ZDlash or Lightning Strike or both. I'm not even really sure about mono-red burn, because it always wants to be able to hit the player.
Blazing Hellhound is a fun little creature, and might be a good card for budget builders and those who like Tymaarets and such. It's got a neat interaction with Lilliana, making sure she flips, and the cost to use its ability is fairly low, although I think the decks that want it would rather play big fat dragons in its 4-slot than this, and would also rather be able to play something on the fifth turn rather than hold mana back for us eon the ability.
The last card is another good budget deck inclusion. Patron can help out budget G/W decks and possibly the budget Mono-white Mastery of the unseen deck.
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