Welcome to a deck that I like to call Malice
Being available from the turn after you lay Garruk means they have very little time to react
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable Did Admiral Brass, Unsinkable just make those four new bloaks walk the plank
I was going to make a joke about how this guy having deathtouch makes him a strong detergent, but it probably sounds better spoken aloud
While a few managed to overcome this shortcoming a bit by having otherwise good battle stats or useful crests on their die the vast majority are seen as near useless since, unlike their precursor game, DDM never got far enough to offer any good support for normal monsters or do much to make them worthwhile as even level 1 mook monsters usually at least have an ability or two to give them some playability
Many still look back on the first set, Base Set, as one of the greatest and, thanks to the mistake made in the first English print run, some of the cards are still some of the most valuable