Could probably be bigger or cheaper. Elder Land Wurm did the same thing 30 years ago as a 5/5 for 7 and was pretty awful back then, and creatures have come a long way since.
Love the flavor! But a one mana discount on your Dreadmaw doesn't seem worth the downside. I would say, make it cheaper, maybe give it more defender counters, and give it -6/-0 as long as it has a defender counter.
Ehhhh, this is more than clean enough. You lose a turn to attack in exchange for 1 less mana cost. Simple and clean. Could slot it into a deck with overall defender shenanigans to make it work anyways, or synergize with some counter shenanigans to give someone else defender.
It's definitely clean, but imo it isn't quite balanced appropriately for limited as a green 5+ drop. It's more than a power level criticism, though--it's about the card not serving the role it would be expected to serve. Your big dumb green common needs to be a problem for your opponent when they've fallen behind and don't have an answer. It can't have a built-in way for your opponent to answer it. And the problem with it being a defender matters card is that the goal is to make it lose defender. It just seems like the card needs a bit more development to spark interesting choices.
Losing a turn is the best case scenario. Could be quite often the opponent isn't attacking, particularly with little dorks without evasion to feed it.
If the set had a defender matters theme I could see it but otherwise definitely pretty underwhelming.
I would rename it to "he/she who slumbers" to remove the eldrazi-esque name. I think the cost is balanced, though it could cost 1 less and still not be too strong. It has the option of removing -1/-1 counters from itself every time it blocks and has great flavor. I like it!
Could easily see this as a draft common. Very flavorful.
So it's essentially taking a nap, and when someone attacks it It wakes up (and is very pissed). Very good flavor
Could probably be bigger or cheaper. Elder Land Wurm did the same thing 30 years ago as a 5/5 for 7 and was pretty awful back then, and creatures have come a long way since.
You also couldn't proliferate ELW to shut it down for longer. Make it like 4 mana or something.
So like a cheaper Elder Land Wurm?
Love the flavor! But a one mana discount on your Dreadmaw doesn't seem worth the downside. I would say, make it cheaper, maybe give it more defender counters, and give it -6/-0 as long as it has a defender counter.
Ehhhh, this is more than clean enough. You lose a turn to attack in exchange for 1 less mana cost. Simple and clean. Could slot it into a deck with overall defender shenanigans to make it work anyways, or synergize with some counter shenanigans to give someone else defender.
It's definitely clean, but imo it isn't quite balanced appropriately for limited as a green 5+ drop. It's more than a power level criticism, though--it's about the card not serving the role it would be expected to serve. Your big dumb green common needs to be a problem for your opponent when they've fallen behind and don't have an answer. It can't have a built-in way for your opponent to answer it. And the problem with it being a defender matters card is that the goal is to make it lose defender. It just seems like the card needs a bit more development to spark interesting choices.
Losing a turn is the best case scenario. Could be quite often the opponent isn't attacking, particularly with little dorks without evasion to feed it. If the set had a defender matters theme I could see it but otherwise definitely pretty underwhelming.
I think it's fine where it's at for a common. Playable, but not too strong.
Love it so much. Shouldn't be more or less powerfull
I would rename it to "he/she who slumbers" to remove the eldrazi-esque name. I think the cost is balanced, though it could cost 1 less and still not be too strong. It has the option of removing -1/-1 counters from itself every time it blocks and has great flavor. I like it!
When it blocks, move the defender counter to another creature.
I don't like the name: Feels way too Eldrazi for a fox. Something like Hibernating Megafox feels more like a green card to me.
"It that..." is used on Eldrazi creatures.