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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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Its a regrowth at instant speed with a 2/1 body... with a slight catch.

.5/5 someone dropped the ball on this one. Ive seen more snapcasters on mtgo to feed a hungry African village for months.

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Posted By: TheWrathofShane (10/22/2012 6:08:42 AM)

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They say all blue decks arent real decks if they dont have a Force of Will in them, Well Snap Dog fits in that category now.

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Posted By: aliz_com (10/21/2012 2:28:05 AM)

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Probably #1 on Ravnica's most wanted... I mean, the whole set was pretty much made against him.

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Posted By: Gcrudaplaneswalker (9/30/2012 11:11:52 AM)

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I'm about a week late, but...

http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gencon12/welcome

You were right, Chamal. 3 Snapcaster in Marc Lanigra's Grixis Control deck, which won 1st in GenCon Vintage 2012.

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Posted By: ChildOfPrometheus (9/28/2012 10:38:08 AM)

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@JimmyNoobPlayer: I do wonder why people would LIKE format-warpers of such a magnitude. There's a chance of them having to face off against them, and the RNG denying them their own format-warpers...Of course, this is coming from someone who doesn't acknowledge the reality of "coolness".

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Posted By: SkyknightXi (9/6/2012 8:50:14 AM)

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Fun to play with brutal to play against 5/5

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Posted By: dcole (8/30/2012 4:20:52 PM)

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Tiago Chan designed this as a Blue card; I wonder if R&D had asked if they could make it Red what he would have said. Mark Rosewater said it would have been Red had R&D designed it (http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/s6iw9/ama_with_mark_rosewater_head_designer_of_magic/c4bygsd?context=3). I think I would have preferred this guy as Red. Flashback is primary in Red according to Rosewater (see link), probably because it fits Red's impulsive, aggressive mentality; plus I know needing at least Blue/Red in Commander to flashback, say, already annoying extra turn spells would make it played less, and thus seen less, and thus less annoying for most people, including myself. If only. As is, it should have been a 1/2 or 1/1. I get that Blue can have decent creatures on occasion, but high-profile cards like this one (and did anyone in R&D not think that the last Invitational card would be high-profile) should stick to the color pie just as much as commons must.

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Posted By: sarroth (8/20/2012 4:15:29 PM)

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The power of asians never disappoints.

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Posted By: 001010011100101110 (8/14/2012 9:11:41 PM)

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Why isn't he red? :( He's such a red card.

Red would have a lot more viability if it had Snapcaster.

Blue didn't even need snapcaster, it already has delver and a bunch of other ridiculousness. Plus counterspells. Blue didn't need any help getting better!

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Posted By: yousquiddinme (8/13/2012 9:09:20 AM)

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