Nearly every card in Time Spiral was a throwback to at least one previously printed card.
This card references Lord of the Pit as is part of a rare cycle of creatures that use Morph in an interesting "gotcha" way; the others being Fortune Thief, Weathered Bodyguards, Thelonite Hermit, and Vesuvan Shapeshifter.
And yes, check out the insane art. Crying baby heads for a heart. Shivers.
Posted By:
Missile_Penguin
(7/10/2013 12:38:26 PM)
Pfft Reassembling Skeleton. Who needs other creatures? Drop a Vampiric Link and you're good to go.
Posted By:
Tynansdtm
(4/26/2012 2:04:01 AM)
Wheres the morph spider? Oh wait.. his mouth!
Haha not a heart, but three screaming baby heads.
Posted By:
Omenchild
(4/17/2010 11:44:17 PM)
@Zulp evidently he crapped his own guts out in sheer terror of himself.
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(1/23/2011 2:24:37 AM)
Alright, to clear out the newbs: Lord of the Pit was in *alpha*. Obviously anyone thinking it came out later than this is beyond wrong to the point of absurdity.
Second, you morph to play the card. You can't just morph now and then as you please. You play this card face down at 3 mana, and turn it up for 4 Black mana. I.E, Turn 4 lord of the pit without any trouble. It costs one more because it's easier to get early game and the shenanigans you can pull with it.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(10/24/2010 10:32:34 PM)
DarkMark3: That is exactly the opposite of how morph works. To morph a card, you pay 3 and put it onto the battlefield face-down, counting as a 2/2 creature. Then you can pay the listed cost to flip it face-up. This can be done pretty much whenever you like, since it doesn't use the stack.
Also, I think the word "ripoff" is poorly chosen, since Time Spiral was a nostalgia block, it was deliberately intended as an homage to the classic 7/7 demon.
Posted By:
count_dorku
(3/31/2011 11:28:04 PM)
This guy is actually almost strictly better than Lord of the Pit. Sure, the Liege has a nominal price tag of eight mana, but you can just use his morph ability to plunk him down for seven anyway if you've reached that point in the game. Only downside is that he's more color intensive, which isn't a downside at all since you should be playing mono-black anyway!
Posted By:
DarthMohawk1
(6/21/2011 7:51:00 PM)
Easily one of the best works of art on a Magic card. I mean, look at it. Imagine if you encountered such a thing. How fast would you crap your guts out in sheer terror.
Also, the low morph cost makes him easier to run in a monoblack deck than his Lordly counterpart, if you can keep him alive to flip him face up.
Posted By:
Zulp
(10/16/2009 9:55:04 PM)
@DarkMark3 : Way to not understand morph. You play it on turn THREE, morph it on turn FOUR and attack immediately for 7, so you don't have to sacrifice a creature until _after_ you've attacked with it. Clearly superior to Lord, in my opinon.
Posted By:
Belz_
(3/10/2011 12:11:38 PM)
Pyschokid - Lord of the Pit was first printed in Alpha waaaaaay before this.
Posted By:
Pontiac
(4/12/2011 12:59:33 PM)