Each Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.
This card references Time Walk in both ability and art.
Posted By:
Missile_Penguin
(12/2/2012 2:22:56 AM)
The ability to buyback this is worth the extra 1 colourless over Time Warp in my opinion. At least for EDH.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(5/16/2013 1:37:38 PM)
A devastating card if used properly, and solid on its own - and the artwork is a dark tribute to Time Walk. What more can a Magic player want?
Posted By:
Radagast
(12/30/2012 11:07:13 AM)
"Hey! Johnny, let's remake Time Walk!"
"Cool! What's the art?"
"Umm... Aha! We'll make the 3 meat clad skeletons push a giant axe from the sky with moons at the side! "
"Cool! But how are we going to balance the card?"
"(Evil Laughter) I know just the trick..."
Posted By:
-TheFlameReaper-
(5/6/2013 12:05:09 AM)
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Life from the Loam.
8 mana + this.
= Infinite turns, which your dredging your life from the loam out so you dont see any new cards in hand, but your yard fills up. I am sure a win can come out of that somewhere.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(7/12/2013 2:18:14 PM)
What's that Asuza? You wanna Walk the Aeons with a Crucible? Be my guest.
Posted By:
SilentOppressor
(8/3/2013 1:48:57 PM)
I practically cried at this art, just because it is exactly right.
They managed to take the finesse and meticulous detail that is employed in modern magic card art and still preserve the style and feel of old classics. They conveyed the theme of the card so perfectly, in such a way that it referenced an amazing and iconic card while, itself, becoming iconic to the whole set.
The fantastic art also fits beautifully with both the name, which was excellent in itself, and the function. It managed to also convey how monumentally powerful something as mundane sounding as taking an extra turn is. Conveying it as something cosmic in scope is just right flavor-wise.
Function-wise, it managed to fit very well with the flavor of the set (the whole block, really) buyback being second only to suspend in my mind as iconic Time Spiral mechanics. It says a lot that you can triple the cost of Time Walk and still have it be absurdly powerful.
Posted By:
Hepatizon
(10/7/2013 8:55:45 PM)
That art is cool. I got this card for that reason alone.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(10/30/2010 9:59:21 PM)
I give this card a 4.5 completely and only on flavor. This card is THE tribute to Time Walk, and the art is just amazing! It has a dark feel to it. Definitely a Nostalgic card for those of us who were around in the early years. I was 8 but I was around!
Posted By:
EvilCleavage
(10/28/2010 7:11:48 PM)
love the surrealist artwork. I mean, its Magic so everything is surrealist in a way, but this is different.
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(1/23/2011 2:08:13 AM)