They don't really spend two cards though. They have to leave two creatures back, but a typical midrange creature is a 4/4 these days. If Carnage Tyrant actually attacks, he gets double-blocked and kills only 1. In the midrange mirror, Carnage Tyrant is a lot less threatening than Rhonas or Bristling Hydra and costs 6 mana.maglag wrote:Last time I checked, one of your cards forcing your opponent to spend two cards to deal with it is a good deal, in particular when it threatens a 3 turn clock by itself if they fail to deal with it. Roflstomping control decks is extra value on top.
The fact that Carnage Tyrant is a brutally efficient card against Blue/X control decks is the only reason anyone should give a single damn about him. It's an anti-control Sideboard card. If Grixis Control becomes a top playrate deck, Carnage Tyrant will justify its current cost as a sideboard card for all Green midrange and Control decks to bring in against it (and boy are there a lot of those, since Jund, Sultai, Temur and 4C Temur are all major decks).
-Username17