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alright Skithiryx, the blight dragon 4/4 :manab::manab: to regenerate :manab: to gain haste (as a black card!)

plus he does about half the opponents poison death 4/10 poison counters in a hit that you may not even see coming.

plus lets say they have have Demon of Death's Gate out a 9/9 flying trample

you play skithiryx and pass
they attack with the demon you block with skithiryx and regenerate demon of deaths gate is now a 5/5
or they might not ever attack at all waiting to be able to take you out with an all out attack or just find a way to get rid of skithiryx with some removal either way as long as you keep tossing out infect creatures and attacking either they block and get -1/-1 counters or poison counters either way you only need to get them 10 poison but they need to hit you with 20 damage.
thus skithiryx either kills them in one or two attacks or he sits there going
"so? what ya gonna do about me?" as a blocker.

[QUOTE=Spudvadar]Am I missing something?:confused: It doesn't seem that good to me.[/QUOTE]

How is he not good? a 4/4 Hasty Flyer with Infect, and is extremelly hard to kill... Team him with Hand of the Praetors, and he is then a 5/5 that kills your opponent with only 2 swings... He is an awesome game finisher...

okay fine pete go and explain it in a much simpler way than me...jerk...lol

[QUOTE=thegathered]okay fine pete go and explain it in a much simpler way than me...jerk...lol[/QUOTE]

Lol.. Sorry. I realized as I was typing it, that I was saying the same thing you were. I just could not let this thread go, cause I don't understand how someone can not see how good he is...

Just for the record I meant price wise not mana cost. The cheapest I've seen it is €11.

to answer a question with a question why is baneslayer 35$? same reason

[QUOTE=Spudvadar]Just for the record I meant price wise not mana cost. The cheapest I've seen it is €11.[/QUOTE]

lol... Thats a good one... Oh wait, were you serious? We knew what you were talking about.

He's big enough to run in a control deck when all the other infect creatures are not. You can build an entire deck filled with control cards and put in 4xShithiryx, the blight dragon as your only kill beccause he is good enough just on his own. He puts an opponent on a 3 turn clock which makes him the perfect killer for control decks in standard.

A card is expensive when it's tournament playable and when there are no good alternatives. Shithiryx, the blight dragon fits the bill.

In my opinion he's still pretty cheap right now. If he gets to see a lot of play the price will go up (a lot).

Since when is Baneslayer $35??? I purchased three for $15 a pop. Baneslayer is no longer the Bankslayer we all knew her as. How the mighty have fallen... :(

But yes (to remain on topic) Skittles is a beastly card. A lot of people want him, and that's why he's expensive. Same with Jace, TMS.

-BuLLZ3Y3

well cardkingdom says its 25 dollars so the price did actually go down even though the fear when someone lays down that fifth mana in white hasn't... when you know they just might have one in their hand... I DON"T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!!!

Skithers (I refuse to acknowledge the Skittle's meme, as small as it may be) is a bomb in any deck that is predominantly black. It is as simple as that. If the opponent has the lockdown on you, but has no way to remove him (keep in mind the :manab::manab: regenerate, which is generous in my opinion. Very generous.) you suddenly have a win condition.

Take into consideration what the others above have said about him -- Skithers is a 5-drop 4/4 flying infect, 6-drop with haste (Built in, and black I might add! That should not be overlooked!) means he will pass over most blockers and finish the game immediately for the decks that will most commonly run him.

On a side note, I have to brag -- I traded off my Skithers today. Acquired a foil Indomitable Archangel and Platinum Emperion. Later traded off that same Indomitable Archangel for 3x Vampire Nocturnus and 3x Bloodghast. Somebody call the cops, I'm a fk'n bandit! 3x Bloodghast alone will never drop below what Skithers will rise to (and I foresee him upping to about $25). Ah, it's days like these that I feel like a king :)

Edit/Update: So, I stopped by Walmart today and picked up two more booster packs. They both had identical artwork, so I put one back and got another one. That new pack contained yet another Skithiryx XD Watch, I bet the pack I put back contained a foil Koth or something retarded like that :P

[QUOTE=Seth]He's big enough to run in a control deck when all the other infect creatures are not.[/QUOTE]

Putrefax is a much better end game card because it already has haste without having to use any extra mana.

Also,
Putrefax + Mimic Vat is still used at the same time as Skittles, and is alot more deadly, especially since a control deck is already gonna use Mimic Vat. Putrefax also has a major bonus with having Trample, and there being absolutely no drawback to catching him with Mimic Vat (and yes I am aware how over used this combo is, but that is because it's effective.. if not complete overkill).

[QUOTE=Konfused_Kat]Putrefax is a much better end game card because it already has haste without having to use any extra mana.

Also,
Putrefax + Mimic Vat is still used at the same time as Skittles, and is alot more deadly, especially since a control deck is already gonna use Mimic Vat. Putrefax also has a major bonus with having Trample, and there being absolutely no drawback to catching him with Mimic Vat (and yes I am aware how over used this combo is, but that is because it's effective.. if not complete overkill).[/QUOTE]

I'm not claiming to know anything about standard (those days are over) but I do know competitive magic and Putrefax is not a good card. For starters it's green, green is the worst control color there is. Second it auto dies. 3th it's way overcosted mana-wise.
Now that being said, infect is insanely overpowered and green is hot right now from what I see so in the current meta you might be right. Still doen't mean it's a good card though.

[QUOTE=SavajCabbaj;14749]
On a side note, I have to brag -- I traded off my Skithers today. Acquired a foil Indomitable Archangel and Platinum Emperion. Later traded off that same Indomitable Archangel for 3x Vampire Nocturnus and 3x Bloodghast. Somebody call the cops, I'm a fk'n bandit! 3x Bloodghast alone will never drop below what Skithers will rise to (and I foresee him upping to about $25). Ah, it's days like these that I feel like a king :):P[/QUOTE]

Vampires is no longer played last time I checked and it never really became the dominant deck when it was.The only tournament type that still plays bloodghast is Vintage and Vintage never had much effect on card prices (aside from P9 obviously).
Bloodghast will always be a better card then Shithiryx but outside of standard it will not be an expensive card, ever. What makes Bloodghast almost unplayable in legacy is the fact it can't block. If it could block it would be a great card, as it is it's useless in any agressive aggro dominated format.