Random Generator gave me Earth Rift and Siege-Gang Commander. Somehow I ended up here. Probably because the obvious thing to do wouldn't have been a very fun card. My first instinct was to cut the land destruction out somehow, since LD isn't very fun. That didn't seem fair, however, for a mashup that included Earth Rift. I switched Goblins to Kobolds, since their supposed to be the tribal of this set... and ended up with a 0/1 creature that cost . That didn't seem right. But a dragon could easily take the role of a Kobold Commander. Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle.

In the end, not too bad. This thing can be crushing, but so isn't taking 5 damage in the air every turn. I also like how he doesn't need the Kobold tribal deck, but can dominate a game if you untap and Malefaux is already surrounded by Kobolds.

One more thing. I googled "Malefaux" just to see if I was treading on something I didn't know before. Google shot me back a bunch of sites on "Male Faux Mohawks".

I'd say up the second ability's cost a bit...stone rain to cheap :(

Eh, he does have to hit them first. Cost it at slightly worse than Annihilator 2, I'd say - this guy is a 7-drop after all.

I do wonder why I made him a 5/4 aproximately a year ago. I'm changing him to a square 5/5. I probably had a reason, but I don't see it.

I'm not sure what you're referring to, Joz. If you're saying that his 'Sacrifice a Kobold' trick is too cheap, then I think you play too much EDH. 7 cost dragons should half-win the game when they swing and hit. Maybe not immediately, but if unanswered, there should be hell to pay.

If by 'second ability', you mean second mana ability, and you're trying to say that it costs too much... yeah, I kind of agree. I know I wanted to match Earth Rift's flashback cost, but it does seem a bit silly to pay such a large cost to destroy one land, when the dragon himself cost 7. I'm changing that to "Destroy two target lands".

This card might need to be tested at that rate, but it still seems like a very mana intensive way to destroy some lands.

Maybe move it to destroy target nonbasic?

(JMG: Note that "mana ability" is not what you mean. I think you mean "second activated ability". "Mana abilities" are abilities that produce mana. I only bother to do this nitpick because people less practiced in the rules are reading and might get confused.)

And yeah, given this is a 7-cost dragon, destroying two lands a turn for is... it does sound pretty strong, actually. Especially given this would be played in EDH. Maybe Joz's idea of "nonbasic" isn't as excessive as I thought.

But I think the card as its text stands at the moment isn't unprintably strong. It's on the griefer side, but Wizards print cards for that demographic too.

For comparison sake, look at Dragon Mage. Now be honest with yourself. Which is better? Two Stone Rains for 4, or Wheel of Fortune for 0? Alternatively, this Dragon could instead be a 10/5 flying creature for 7. Which would be worse, if Malefaux hit you twice, or if a 10 power creature hit you twice?

I can easily accept that Malefaux has too many fiddly bits (great in tribal and still has an trick after being Doom Bladed), and is therefore too powerful, but I'm pretty sure the double Stone Rain is fair. In fact, the fact that it disturbs you that much, Joz, just tells me it's a great effect to have, since it isn't as powerful as it looks, and really scares players.

Welll... it's potentially quite horrible if you've also got a lot of kobolds from another source. But even then, you need to cast this, and keep it and the kobolds alive till your next turn to use it. I'm not scared of the one-off "Blow up a land once I'm dead"; it costs a huge amount, and it's only the one.