It's free plus it comes stapled to a very solid sword-carrier. 4 is a nice mv for it since you can ramp on 2, play him on 3, and then play/equip a sword on 4.Mookie wrote: ↑1 year agoI'm a bit low on Gríma, Saruman's Footman - Chaos Wand has consistently underperformed for me, so I value having some selection on my free stolen stuff pretty highly. It's possible that he's better in practice though, given that you don't have to spend extra mana on him.
The actual value of the ability is probably between 1-2 cards worth (though you do have to love those high rolls...), but that looks a lot better when you're getting it for free than when you're paying 4 for it every time. Evaluating the effect in a vacuum isn't really fair, the economy matters a lot.
I don't think you need to get a huge hit for it to be good in the context of Grima. Like if you always hit Rampant Growth or Ponder, I think that would be worthwhile, and those are pretty weak hits. If you play creature-light you can also minimize the number of total bricks by not minding wipes. And if you're playing voltron you'll be getting sword triggers even if you miss on his innate trigger.
Although one downside compared to chaos wand, at least when you're using him as a voltron, is that there's a potential bit of a conflict between who you want to kill and who is likely to have the best targets. Like if Jon is playing his Zaxara, the Exemplary deck, it's going to suck to swing at him lol.