"Zetalpa , Primal Dawn: Death from the above"

"Zetalpa , Primal Dawn: Death from the above"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

And the parade of Elder dinosaurs that could be your potential end continues. Now what we have is a frightening bird that some players laughingly refer to as Zetalpakroma as it is reminiscent of that mighty angel. 

At 8 mana players face a daunting task of casting it but there are cards like dowsing dagger and Azor's Gateway that can help you cast this Dinobird much easier. Some players don't even see that 8 mana colorless cost anymore. Some GPG players can easily get this as a 4/4 token with all the trimmings and not mind that does not have 8 toughness. 

Zetalpa is a 4/8 , Flying , Double strike , Vigilance , Trample , Indestructible creature. Whatever angle you look at it  , this creature was built to kill you. That is its one job. And it looks like it can hungrily kill you if you let it.

Given it could have used Haste or hexproof or some sort of Protection like Akroma from the good old days but heck players would still have one heck of a time dealing with this with regular means like Vraska's contempt or walk the plank. Good luck trying to fatal push this fattie too. You can't even burn it.Unless you use Burn from Within.You can use -1/-1 counters or exile it but Zetalpa can go head to head with bigger beasties like Ghalta and survive!

If you open Zetalpa in your PR Kit this weekend...you best pray that you have enough ramp to play this bomb.