Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.
This card is referencing Preacher with Evangelize literally and figuratively representing the idea of religion leading away a member of your opponent's flock.
Posted By:
Missile_Penguin
(3/28/2012 11:05:56 PM)
Can take creatures with troll-shroud, if it's the only creature your opponent controls.
Posted By:
gongshowninja
(5/6/2010 10:07:58 AM)
Wratch of God and next turn take their Darksteel Colossus
Posted By:
OpenSeasonNoobs
(3/10/2010 9:29:49 PM)
The buyback on this card is absolutely worthless. It's basically 6WWW to get a saproling every turn.
Posted By:
sweetestsadist
(3/6/2009 12:39:56 PM)
So... Why is this rare again? I would barely think it could be printed as a common...
Posted By:
Omniance
(3/13/2010 4:07:33 AM)
Yeah.... janky.
Posted By:
Omenchild
(4/17/2010 10:49:56 PM)
This doesn't circumvent troll-shroud. If your opponent has a Slippery Boggle and you cast this, picking them as the opponent, this is not a spell the controller of Slippery boggle controls, and as such, can't target the Boggle.
Long story short, this card does very little that, say, Blatant Thievery cannot, and is about as limited as it appears.
Posted By:
izzet_guild_mage
(9/13/2010 4:44:08 PM)
This could be very nice in a format like EDH, where there are frequent board wipes that leave behind only a few indestructible/whatever creatures. Also nice that it can get around both an opponent with shroud and a creature with hexproof (there are conflicting opinions about that in other comments, but read the rulings).
In other slow formats, I'd probably pass on it more often than not. It's still useable though, provided you support it with a varied suite of removal to make sure you won't be getting a 1/1 token or something similarly underwhelming.
Posted By:
nemokara
(3/15/2012 1:58:16 PM)
It would be really good if it didn't have the "opponent's choice" clause. As is, it's pretty meh... I'm sure some deck could find use for it though
Posted By:
tcollins
(5/24/2014 6:18:44 AM)