"Iroas , God of Victory: Bringing Peace to Your Enemies"

"Let us raise our hands in Victory"

"Iroas , God of Victory: Bringing Peace to Your Enemies"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

All I can say is that playing with Iroas , God of Victory is sick. So sick that I predict his value will skyrocket (with or without the Hype). If players who play blue got a lot of help from Thassa and even Keranos , those who have a more aggressive tilt would surely get a kick out of Iroas. Like me for example.

First off let me just say that white in Standard has a lot of token producers. Red also has a lot of mana efficient creatures that could be relied on to come in early and pull off a lot of damage. So the moment Iroas comes in at turn 4 , with its mana cost of 2 colorless mana  , 1 red and 1 white you may already be on the verge of victory. You cannot be unhappy with a god who promises you that now can you? I mean all of those creatures becomes seemingly unblockable or are blocked at great cost. Iroas assures you of that. 

"I prefer to aim..."

The dream scenario that has me writing this late in the clinic involves a turn 3 Boros Reckoner(probably a Phalanx Leader at turn 2) and a turn 4 Iroas. With all the colored mana Iroas is already a 7/4 Indestructible God , all on turn 4. When the Reckoner attacks it automatically has a built in Madcap Skills( without the stat pump)  , it becomes an over powering aggressor that needs 2 or more creatures to stop it cold in its tracks. Let us now say that the opponent has 2 creatures in play that could stop the Reckoner  and they actually block it. Iroas in all his grace now makes his second ability known , attacking creatures you control have damage dealt to them reduced to Zero. Nada. Zip.  The Reckoner bonks those two blockers in the head and survives to attack another turn. Unfair? Well that is correct , you are dealing with the God of Victory after all and he doesn't like it when opponents say no to damage.He wants to bring Peace to his enemies.You should let him.

I could just imagine the excitement when someone gets Iroas in a pack this upcoming PR. I could also picture the carnage that those creatures are poised to do. Well sometimes it is about control , but sometimes a little carnage is needed to get things done. With Iroas , there will be lots of it. Looking forward to cracking him in a pack soon.