CardsplainThorin Oakenshield
(If you control three or more , , and/or , you have an for the rest of the game.)
As long as you have an enduring story, artifacts and creatures you control have .
Grade B- Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 56.8% +0.6 vs average 14,847 games
Win rates and picks
- 56.6% 31,216 games
- Average pick ()
- 5.7
By deck
- Dwarves & Equipment 57.2% 14,102 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
A 3/2 trampler for 2 mana, even on a multicolored creature, is a pretty good way to start your . Sadly, that's about all you get from Thorin Oakenshield. Its ability is so minor that it barely even registers. Sure, it'll be a mild annoyance, but we really want more out of an uncommon legend.
The uncommon payoffs are mostly lacking in oomph though, as even Thorin Oakenshield is more of an annoyance than anything amazing.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Dwarves & Equipment Early play
Thorin Oakenshield, a red and white gold uncommon, gives you a 2-mana 3/2 trampler and a piece on turn 2. With the story, makes the opponent pay more for each spell or ability aimed at your creatures and , which wrecks a tight turn of .
How to play it
Learn the Dwarves & Equipment deckAttack with it whenever you can, since 3 power and punish small blockers. Against a deck full of , get the story before your best goes on, so the covers both.