For these reasons I think cards like Lion Sash, Scavenging Ooze, and Graveyard Trespasser will usually be better choices. Tapping in order to exile is also a major issue when using this aggressively, since you’ll have to choose between attacking or eating up cards from the graveyard. Being a vehicle means that you need another creature to attack or block with this, which can be awkward at times. Where it runs into issues, however, is as a threat. These perks make this very effective as a graveyard hate-piece, allowing you to keep playing on curve while exiling the scariest cards in your opponent’s graveyard. This one has two unique advantages: it doesn’t require any mana to activate, and it gets bigger regardless of the type of card exiled.
Maybe someday we can regift it to a Devoted Druid Combo deck.Ī two mana artifact that grows as it exiles cards from graveyards, this card is in competition with format all-stars Scavenging Ooze and Lion Sash. While it’s still worth trying, I think it’s unlikely it will find a home. This is made worse by the fact that these decks typically don’t play that many creatures, so Luxior can turn what might have otherwise been dead cards in your opponent’s hand into excellent spot removal. The main one being it allows Doom Blade to kill your Teferi, Hero of Dominaria. Although you get the perks of being a creature, in exchange you also get the drawbacks. Pairing this with a Reckless Fireweaver or an Oath of Teferi lets you kill your opponent.
You can also use this as a combo piece with Saheeli Rai, as it allows her to create an artifact copy of herself, which can then also copy itself. Losing its planeswalker type also means your opponent can’t attack it, and taking damage won’t remove loyalty counters. Equipping it allows you to turn something like The Royal Scions, with its cheap cost and high loyalty, into a massive threat. So how about slapping this on a planeswalker? This is only really an option for dedicated planeswalker decks, since you won’t reliably be able to equip it without a high density of walkers.