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Okay, awesome card! Quick now I gotta go trade my buddy before he realizes what he's got lol he wants my mindshrieker for it, HAHAHA!!! I'm so evil...

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Posted By: wrathofdave430 (10/5/2011 9:52:49 AM)

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This card is repugnantly overrated. He's no waste of paper, of course, but he's not something that's totally unparalelled for its cost like Goyf, Dark Confidant, Stoneforge, JTMS. Some of those cards released at a much lower price than this and are far better in that they're irreplaceable. Not every deck of such type will want to run this, and some will even want to run more specific ETB effects instead. Examples?

Flashback Doom Blade? Seen it before - Nekrataal.
Flashback Counterspell? Hello, Mystic Snake.
Shock? Yeah, Fire Imp is cool, I guess.
Innocent Blood/Edict? Fleshbag Marauder and Gatekeeper of Malakir saw play, didn't they?
Thoughtseize? I suppose it's nice to have some permanency in my Tidehollow Sculler, though I do have to pay a m... (see all)

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Posted By: Justice1337 (10/12/2011 11:23:13 AM)

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I Seriously am getting too many of this bad card. I somehow managed to trade this for several cards including a Giest of Saint Traft.

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Posted By: Zokorad (10/29/2011 5:40:12 AM)

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Had to make an account just to downvote this most overrated card ever

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Posted By: howdyho (4/6/2012 10:03:43 AM)

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Crappy art, way overpowered, and flavor not fitting the set in general. This is a terrible card in Innistrad :(

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Posted By: josearcadio (5/12/2012 8:42:46 AM)

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Oh Snapcaster. You...you are one of those cards that I hated from the moment you were released...until the moment I first cast you. I will never look back.

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Posted By: ThinkOriginal (2/12/2013 10:35:04 AM)

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I honestly am so happy he is about $30 a pop, I have pulled now 9 of these. No joke, Saturday after release, bought 9 packs, pulled 1, traded guy at the store for 9 more packs, pulled another, traded him again for 9 more packs, pulled another, and pulled my fourth, he traded me 9 last packs and I didnt pull any others until just recently when I pulled about 5 in the last 30 packs. This guy is all to common in my eyes

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Posted By: hedronMatrix (10/22/2011 8:40:01 PM)

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I hate the art on this card. He looks like a total dweeb. Otherwise...holy cow, Batman.

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Posted By: CJM2 (10/24/2011 2:25:55 PM)

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A deliberately designed broken card just like Phyrexian Obliterator. At least not mythic. Power creep is too obvious here. Sad to see this kind of force feed sellers. 0,5/5

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Posted By: AncientTimer (11/17/2011 4:35:15 AM)

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Hangover references aside, this card A.) Still enters the battlefield, even if there is an opposing Curse of Death's Hold on you, and B.) Cannot let you cast the costless Time Spiral spells for free. Giving those spells flashback as per Snapcaster's ability will result in them having the ability Flashback , which is a nonexistent cost and therefore cannot be paid.
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If you couldn't cast the costless Time Spiral spells for free for the reasons you claim the how can you cast them in the first place? The mechanic flashback alone gives you the ability to play that card from your graveyard. it does not say that it has to have a converted mana cost of 1 or... (see all)

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Posted By: Settsue (4/10/2012 4:34:10 PM)

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How much snap could a snapcaster cast if a snapcaster could cast snap? We all know the answer to this one. That said, I'm hoping for either a Rapcaster or Sasscaster Mage in the next Un-Set. Reusing old jokes almost as little fun as flashbacking mana leaks.

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Posted By: SpaceMagic (5/5/2013 8:12:10 PM)

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@strider24seven: Not quite. This is much more narrow than Eternal Witness. You can throw Eternal Witness in almost any green deck and it will net you card advantage. This is only good for blue decks that are built around it. This is probably the better card in general but Eternal Witness is still an amazing card.

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Posted By: Lifegainwithbite (4/27/2013 7:26:33 PM)

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@shamurai7
It's Eternal Witness with flash, except it doesn't cost double green, is 1 CMC cheaper (this is huge), and is in a better colour for most decks. Not everyone wants to run green, but most everyone wants to run blue (excepting RtR/Gatecrash era standard- I am talking about eternal formats here).

i.e. you are wrong, it is -very- worth it's price tag. Grab a playset of these and never look back.

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Posted By: strider24seven (4/26/2013 5:24:36 PM)

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Typical Snapcaster Mage comment: "This will warp every format for years, forcing everyone to play around it. Cool, eh?"

Typical Cavern of Souls comment: "IT'LL HURT MY COUNTERSPELLS! BAN BAN BAAAAAAAAAAN!"

Edit: I've read through more comments, and I may have been hasty. There are many complaints for Snappy. What irks me is that players who favor blue and counterspells seem to think they are superior to other players. They make snap judgments (ha ha!) that countering spells are okay and weakening counters is always bad.

Isn't versatility the true mark of expertise? Shouldn't an expert learn to play well with all colors?

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Posted By: JimmyNoobPlayer (4/26/2013 10:03:12 AM)

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GANGAM STYLE !

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Posted By: Pipikako (4/15/2013 1:39:01 PM)

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Posted By: Smoke_Stack (4/3/2013 7:34:03 PM)

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Pair this with Roaring Primadox....

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Posted By: DaybreakRanger (2/18/2013 7:06:38 PM)

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Oh Snapcaster. You...you are one of those cards that I hated from the moment you were released...until the moment I first cast you. I will never look back.

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Posted By: ThinkOriginal (2/12/2013 10:35:04 AM)

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