I'm not sure I can see any scenario where Thragtusk is a tempo card. It's like the definition of a midrange card: a good stabilization tool against aggro and a resilient threat against control, allowing you to take different rolls in those matchups. See also Kitchen Finks, Huntmaster of the...
With all this talk of Lorescale Coatl I want to try it just so I can curve Sylvan Library into it and follow up with Jace TMS.
Also my understanding of tempo was that it was a strategy that trades cards for time, eg a deck that wants bounce effects which, whilst they're inherent card...
I had an idea for a planeswalker:
Tezzeret {W}{U}{B}
0: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature
0: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature
0: Proliferate
Starting loyalty: I dunno, 2 or 3
I have 6554 at the moment but I'm sure I can try getting 652 as well
Edit: I warn you I am not very good, and playing Smash 4 a bunch has if anything made me worse as I've lost the l cancelling muscle memory and I keep airdodging off stage.
I managed to get Melee Netplay up and running last night. It was pretty playable with someone just the other side of London and pretty unplayable with someone in Chicago.