Bloodsoaked Champion

Constructed-Playable Creatures

Pioneer made me realize black, not white, is the color that gets the largest number of constructed-playable "savanah lions". White's usually involve some minor upside (Venerable Knight, Dauntless Bodyguard). Conversely, black's have minor drawbacks with tremendous upside, usually in the form of recursion (Gutterbones, Dread Wanderer, Gravecrawler, Bloodsoaked Champion). Is this by design, or do you think white should get the best 2/1's for one?

If you define the “best” 2/1’s as those having recursion then yes, black’s going to have the best ones as that’s primary in black.

Black Blood Bloodsoaked Champion Champion Colors Constructed Dauntless Bodyguard Dread Wanderer Gravecrawler Gutterbones Knight Pioneer Primary Venerable Knight White

Black's Aggro Identity

Black has become known as "other red" in my area due to its modern influx of very aggressive cards, from gravecrawler to tormented hero and now bloodsoaked champion (with many between and around) I remember the "black is taking a new direction" talks a couple years ago (when it got a 1/3 for 1B in RTR block, this was pointed out) but it doesn't particularly seem to be changing to me. Don't get me wrong, as a cube owner black having an identity outside itself is great, but is this still a thing?

Black’s toughness versus power ration has gone up. Black is still more midrange and control than aggro.

Black Blood Bloodsoaked Champion Champion Cube Draft Gravecrawler Modern Red Tormented Hero

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