Planeswalker Alert: Garruk, Apex Predator

M15 Spoiler season is on top of us, and Wizards of the Coast has finally let us see the new card that all their marketing has been focused on. Now I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure it's worth all the hype.

Drink in that tall glass of water, ladies and gentleman.
Or don't. It might not agree with you.

Now, as a player myself, I don't have a lot of experience playing with most planeswalker cards. I have a distinct affinity to burn spells, and I've always found that planeswalkers make excellent targets for my Lightning Strikes and Magma Jets. Fated Conflagration in particular made me a very happy player. Plus most of the red planeswalkers have left me feeling a little burned. (Yeah, bad pun, I know.)

But this Garruk is just a bit too big for me to dismiss as "flammable". You're more than likely going to open up with one of his +1 abilities as soon as he hits the table, especially if you need to deal with a Jace, Architect of Thought or Elspeth, Sun's Champion. And that's going to land him on the table with 6 loyalty counters. Too big to burn out quickly, even with my new favorite burn spell.