Let's face it, instant win cards no matter what are bull shit. Not because there impossible to perform (hens why there instant win cards to begin with) but it's because when you play against someone else, it's something they can't counter perfectly. Memnarch I believe is a Dragon like many others (besides that firemind Dragon everyone lost track of) who never really had a good place in limited and standard to call it's own. Not a lot if any cards dealt with artifact the way that Hellkite Tyrant does. Besides boros or rakdos going 1984 on all artifacts they see. None of them actually steal artifacts. This is were modern comes in. Memnarch would be the first to throw in. He turns anything you want into an artifact. Land, creatures, enchantments, planeswalkers (and yes I said planeswalkers. Eat your heart out Karn ye cheeky bastard.) anything that's a permanent I believe besides emblems can be targets of his 3 drop ability. Like how Olivia volderen is with her vampires. Memnarch was the precursor showing just how very vulnerable artifacts can be. Now the only flaw is that your limited to the amount of blue mana you control. And unless you like to play izzet artifacts, it ain't going to work out too well speed wise. Now how about we expand our options. Behold stupid artifact that works like urborgs cursed land card, turn everything into artifacts, everything in your hands colorless, and your land can only produce any color mana you want. Memarch orgasms out of his metal shell and you orgasm over the fact that now you can take what ever the hell you want even faster now because you can pull as much mana as you can muster even more into his second effect. But what's even better than just taking them? Winning the whole game because you have so fucking many of them. Now we bring in unused cum rag Hellkite Tyrant. With flying and trample yes he gets thrown in to the typical jund or rakdos Dragon decks and the occasional artifact decks that are more unused than Lord of the pit. (one day...) *coughs* besides that, Hellkite Tyrant in case some forget is a 6 drop (2 red 4 basic) for a 6/5 flying trample Dragon. Seems reasonable enough. But here's were shit hits the fan. Whever he deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts player controls. Just... What the fuck?... I can see why he was never used in standard. NO ONE HAD ANY GOOD ARTIFACTS TO BEGIN WITH! It's modern fader to begin with. And this is just the beginning. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control 20 or more artifacts, you win the game. *leaves for an hour to think about life* this is the type of instant win thats just god awfully insane. 20 God damn artifacts?! To have an instant win?!. Not in 2013 in a limited or standard game your not when gatecrash first came out. You had a better chance of getting ass raped by goblins in boros prison then to win the game like that. It's impossible. But this is why modern is full of bull shit. You have to add in Memnarch to get things started. Turn shit into artifact and attack with the Hellkite to take them. Simple enough. But when you throw in an artifact that turns everything into artifacts then attack. Mind you your shit turns into artifacts as well. And unless you control jund or gruel with land and creatures up the dick hole. Your only one good placed combat damage away from owning your opponent to the point of them leaving the game for a while. Or at least modern. This combo is just wreaking of ass suckage. And when you have ten million support cards like crucible of fire giving it an added +3/+3 boost. Its already at 9/8 with flying and trample. Forget everything else this is the card combo to beat. Highly recommended to those who just really hate who they play magic with And just want to show off asshole moves to keep them away from you and your victory.
