Original Card

I keep wanting to make a pure vanilla creature, but the needs of the set keep restraining me. In this case, I needed a 5 cost Minotaur to round out red. The obvious choices (Fire Elemental or Earth Elemental) would have been fine. Except it would have looked silly next to the updated Chandler and Joven who host those stats and have an extra ability to boot. So instead I'm taking the new evergreen keyword, Menace, and putting it to work.

For flavor, I found this artwork of a Hurloon Minotaur by Phill Simmer, and figured that would be a good place to start. Hurloon minotaurs, however, don't belong in Homelands. So I made him a nomad, and added a quote by Daria that helped to reestablish the setting, while foreshadowing the fact that Daria will eventually find a way to leave the Homelands. She's right. There are actually two ways to get in and out of Homelands. Koskun Falls and the Dwarven Gate (card forthcoming). Not to mention that some day the seal will weaken... at least that's what the Baron is waiting for.