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I was at 7 lands playing zombie tribal, one away from Army Of The Damned. My opponent was playing U/R Talrand and I had just killed Talrand.
Me: I play some random zombies. Your turn. ( I really wanted to use Army, I just pulled it from a booster xD )
Him: I play Mindclaw Shaman.
Me: What's this? *pulls over card to take a look*
*sound of me scooping*
5/5
Posted By:
zzxyyzx
(5/15/2013 9:59:56 PM)
Cool Temporal Mastery you have there. Mind if I use it?
Posted By:
Continue
(4/25/2013 5:04:58 PM)
I love hitting blue draw spells with this or huge Insurrections and Time Stretches with this guy. When you hit a spell with it, it's essentially like a red Mulldrifter w/o evoke. It's Despise for instants/sorceries+Random Effect+Grizzly Bears. That's 3 for 1 guys 3 for 1. 3 for 1. Imagine hitting a relentless assault, seems pretty good huh? It's also a may so if all they have is a wrath of god you know going in so you wont overextend and you don't have to screw over your likely dominant board position. Even if you get like a Kodama's Reach you are getting 2 cards out of the effect, that's a 4 for 1. That being said I keep this in my edh sideboard because in a creature heavy group this can often be a 5 mana 2/2 that does nothing but Gitaxian Probe. One of the worst feelings ever. That being ... (see all)
Posted By:
Ligerman30
(4/14/2013 6:17:49 PM)
Sure it's no fun when you whiff but murdering your opponents monster with his own spell totally makes up for it
Just for flavor, I like to use him as a forerunner to Nicol-Bolas. The shaman checks into the opposing mages brain to make sure there are no lurking threats to the master
Posted By:
johnnyninja
(2/26/2013 10:31:21 AM)
It's worth noting that this is useless with most 
spells. And usually, when I'm holding onto a sorcery, it's because I'm waiting for X to be big enough.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(1/3/2013 1:19:22 PM)
I had one of these guys play a worldfire from my hand at the prerelease.
I lost.
Posted By:
ThePinkBaron
(11/21/2012 3:04:21 PM)
Hmm, why not use him every turn? Conjurer's closet
Posted By:
Trapez
(10/16/2012 5:00:45 AM)
Time Stretch would be lolsy, as would Worldfire, as would any number of massive, game-breaking instants and sorceries.
Posted By:
RunedServitor
(10/15/2012 8:12:16 AM)
Seems to be made for either {R}{B} or {U}{B}, since both have cards that allow you to see what your opponent has in hand, also if you end up splashing with {U} you can use bounce-counter spells such as Remand which would allow you to cast something you absolutely know your opponent has. Also seems like an exquisite creature for Mimic Vat
Posted By:
tcollins
(9/24/2012 8:56:31 PM)
@BenjiRandy
No, you cannot. Any spell you pick must have legal targets in order to be cast. It says so in the ruling.
The card is a game flipper. An advantage like this can very well win you the game in both limited and constructed. You basically make an opponent discard a card of your choice, but get the effect yourself, and get a 2/2 creature. Even if the effect doesn't really help you, it can break combos and screw up your opponent's strategy. You could cast a Fog just to get rid of it to screw them, not to mention you get to look at their hand. The important part is his effect which is a one shot ETB effect. Although his P/T is low, he makes a good chump blocker once used. The card is also cast FOR FREE, so you could cast a huge CMC card long before it's due, say Time Stretch?
The disadvantage is that your opponent has to actually have an instant or sorcery, which most people run, and of course he must have cards in his hand. This may no... (see all)
Posted By:
CorkBulb
(9/4/2012 11:31:22 PM)