"Direfleet Ravager: A 3rd each time"

"Direfleet Ravager: A 3rd each time"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr. MD

There is one artifact that I love and it is the awesome Mimic Vat.I love it so much so that every expansion I look at cards that I want to imprint on it.In Ixalan , among the things that I want to put on the Mimic Vat , Dire Fleet Ravager ranks pretty high on my list. Really High.

The 5 mana costed pirate has an enters the battlefield effect that severely affects the life total of each player. Yup he also affects you in what Magic calls a symmetrical effect. So what does he do exactly? 

He cuts a 3rd of  each players life total every time he enters the scene. The 4/4 frame and menace also adds to the fact that he can make really bad situations for other players in your playgroup. If he can hit a couple of times ,  an opponent who already is suffering from life loss then it won't have to suffer for much longer. Menace lets him pass through single creature defenses and if they decide to block with 2 creatures then he takes out those creatures with his Deathtouch. 

And if you have the Mimic Vat already in play you could go ahead and imprint him on it. Remember to activate at the end of your opponents turn so that you could reduce a 3rd of every one's life and then the activation on your turn gives you another Direfleet Ravager who cuts another 3rd of life. These 2 tokens are also 8 points of potential damage.

I did some math(Ewww Math as the Professor once said) and 

just imagine , in EDH games the Direfleet Ravager can come in he instantly slices of 13 of each players lives (this is assuming that everyone still has 40 lives). And below is the progression if you are curious. 

From 40 life: Direfleet Ravager enters!

13 life= 27

9 life = 18

6 life = 12

4 life = 8

3 life = 5

(At this point I got too lazy to finish computing and I had a patient come in for consultation...which is just my excuse not to finish the math)

Well well well.(Still eww Math). Mimic Vat and Direfleet Ravager is a mix that your opponents would not want to see. Just make sure that you are always ahead in life points or  you go down with everyone else. Leave that for Captains and their ships. Your business is merely victory.

Thanks for reading and keep on brewing.