CardsplainThorin, Mountain-king
When Thorin enters, attach any number of target you control to target creature you control. When one or more Equipment become attached to that creature this way, that creature deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature.
Grade A Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 63.4% +7.2 vs average 4,117 games
Win rates and picks
- 58.5% 9,756 games
- Average pick ()
- 1.7
By deck
- Dwarves & Equipment 62.2% 2,054 games
- Goblin Army 66.4% 1,629 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
Even if it requires you to have some sort of equipment in play, Thorin, Mountain-king is yet another Flametongue Kavu, only this time a much more efficient one. Note that it can always target itself, so you don't even need another creature out, and Thorin has a decent amount of power to throw at something even before it becomes equipped. This Thorin is a very exciting rare for the red/white dwarves deck, though you can probably only play it there due to always needing equipment.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Goblin Army Removal
His enters ability moves your onto one of your creatures, and if any moved, that creature deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature. This deck ends up with Equipment anyway (Crude Bent Blade, Goblin Plate Mail, Dáin's Axe), so the 4-mana 3/4 trampler is on a body. A reviewer thought he needed Dwarves & Equipment, and he does more here than there (62.2%), so take him in Goblin Army too.
How to play it
Learn the Goblin Army deckCheck for an on the battlefield before you cast him, because with none he is a 3/4 trampler and nothing more. Move everything onto your creature with the most power (Thorin himself with Crude Bent Blade deals 5), then pick the target. An Equipment already on that creature doesn't count, so at least one has to move for the damage.
Dwarves & Equipment Removal
Thorin, Mountain-king is on a 4-mana 3/4 trampler once you have an out. When it enters, it attaches any number of your Equipment to one of your creatures, and that creature then deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature.
How to play it
Learn the Dwarves & Equipment deckHold it until at least one is out. Pick a creature that isn't already wearing the Equipment, often Thorin himself, because an Equipment that is already attached doesn't "become attached" and nothing deals damage. Stack every Equipment you have on the chosen creature for the biggest hit, and their creature deals no damage back.