i deal 2 damage to your tolarian academy, this is the best rare EVER
Posted By:
knob_goblin
(8/9/2010 6:01:07 PM)
@Radagast: the Reserved List does forbid exact functional reprints, although they can come very close (see Moonglove Extract)
Posted By:
adrian.malacoda
(6/18/2012 8:51:15 PM)
As this is on the Reserved List, I feel as though they shouldn't have copied it so blatantly with Moonglove Extract. It sets a disturbing precedent, just like how Plague Sliver is a slap in the face to the Juzam Djinn crowd.
Posted By:
NeoMint
(2/15/2011 8:01:14 PM)
Not great, but not bad. It was useful for knocking out Hypnotic Specters and "pump Knights" which were threats for their time.
As for the reserve list, they could always reprint stuff with different names... I see no reason to forever deny the game classic cards (or variations of them) just because somebody once shelled out big bucks for a card. This is a trading card game, not the stock market.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/5/2011 9:31:36 AM)
@ GainsBanding - the Aeolipile might have been part of a cycle of weakened boons, but you gotta admit, that unlike the other four, this one was actually quite playable. Also, I disagree with Implements of Sacrifice being a weakened Dark Ritual; it appears from all angles to be much more like a ultra-nerfed Black Lotus.
And to all of you talking about the "Reserved List", I have one word for you: Proxies. And two more words for you, actually: Casual Play.
Posted By:
DrJack
(8/26/2012 6:20:29 PM)
It's easy colorless removal you can toss into literally any deck. Something this versatile wasnt a silly rare back then, especially since few creatures besides walls had high enoigh defence to survive one of these.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(3/6/2014 9:35:58 PM)
Quite a bit better than Moonglove Extract IMO; since it's on a payment plan.
I may use this as a 1-of to use early game and with Academy Ruins. Yeah; it's 6 mana for 2 damage; but sometimes you have to close out the game in a different way because Control vs. Control can be like that.
Cursed Scroll's 3-4 mana repeating is reasonably conditional and has a lot of hoops to jump through if you're behind. If you have Red, consider pyrite spellbomb.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(4/25/2014 11:19:29 AM)