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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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This card is absolutely disgusting. I can't tell if I'm more bitter about how ridiculously overpowered this chump is, or the fact that I opened two boxes of Innistrad and didn't rip a single one :(

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Posted By: bowlofgumbo (1/29/2013 8:06:05 PM)

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it's an eternal witness with flash. not quite worth its pricetag, but still very good!

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Posted By: shamurai7 (1/14/2013 5:42:33 PM)

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Awesome card, but seems out-of-place with the flavor of Innistrad. I'll admit he's got the cool gavony style paldrons and a zappy gun that appears to be powered by geists, however his expression is of distant longing.
He pines for the wonderful plane of Ravnica where he can share his knowledge of flashback mechanics with the Izzet guild and get in heated, sexually tense arguments with Ash Zealot

Nothing would make him happier than to look downward and see the little golden Ravnica symbol at his feet, but with a sigh he soldiers on, reluctantly helping the foolish townsfolk stave off the vile creatures that dwell in the dark plane of Innistrad.

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Posted By: Kaleidostorm (1/5/2013 11:45:49 PM)

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What do you call it when you have a playset of Tiago Chan's card Snapcaster Mage? 4-Chan.

Oppa Flashback Style

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Posted By: DacenOctavio (12/27/2012 2:48:05 AM)

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I discovered why cards like Gaea's Cradle, Show and Tell, Sneak Attack, Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary, and Tolarian Academy (or the Urza block in general) were printed back then, and are still amazing.

They're reliant on what you have to play.

Back then, what could you Sneak Attack in? One of the best, high-costed spell from that block was Multani, Maro-Sorcerer. A great card to this day, but you wouldn't use it in your legacy deck.
No, you'd play Emrakul, Ulamog, Kozilek, or any other Eldrazi instead.
These cards may seem like the biggest cards in the game, but what if they create something that's bigger?

These time-tested cards are reliant on what you could play, and the more cards are created, the better these cards get.

My point is that Snapcaster is exactly that: a time-tested card. He cou... (see all)

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Posted By: Ferlord (12/4/2012 6:55:17 PM)

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This card plays very nicely in a lot of blue control decks. This card really shows it's true power when you have a graveyard full of cards and a way to bounce him once or twice.. Bonus points if Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is on the table.

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Posted By: Zylo- (12/2/2012 10:23:44 PM)

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*** you, Snapcaster Mage...

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Posted By: steinburger1109 (12/1/2012 2:26:02 PM)

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@Grimjaw: I don't think people are 1-starring this card in an attempt to lower its secondary market price so that they can buy a set cheaply after tricking retailers into thinking nobody likes it. That would be silly of them. Rather, I think the low ratings come from the belief that this card is so powerful that it's not fun.

Not being a tournament player, I've never seen Snapcaster in use, so I'm abstaining from rating him. However, I agree with the general sentiment. Magic will be the most fun the more viable ways there are to win, and so when one card shows up in the majority of all winning decks, people get tired of seeing it.

Community ratings aren't about whether a card is good, they're about whether you personally like the card. Normally those two go hand in hand, but in cases like this, people have every right to give 1 star to a card they wish didn't exist, no matter how powerful it is. In any case, if you like Snapcaster Mage, you already know how good it is and aren'... (see all)

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Posted By: MisterAction (12/1/2012 2:23:41 PM)

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Hilarious. By the current rating, Snapcaster is the 9th best card in Innistrad. After tournament staples such as Mindshrieker and Bloodgift Demon.

FFS this is played in Vintage.

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Posted By: CronenMorley (11/15/2012 7:57:17 AM)

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