As with Lightning Bolt, wizard apparently had fun being self-mocking in the flavour text.
Although this card is quite useless right now, this appears to become a very playful card in future sets. I'm already content with the upcoming block using this mechanic. As already stated by other players, this will likely play on Mirrodin again. (Look at the goblin's body (especially his head), it seemingly has patches of metal growing on his skin.)
If this upcoming block has more contraption assemblement and less Ravager afffinity, even better.
Posted By:
Mode
(8/8/2009 10:47:19 AM)
I'm sad that they're not expanding on the contraption idea...
Also, I heard about some guy played this with Mirrorweave, LOL...
Posted By:
dberry02
(9/1/2010 5:56:21 PM)
Making a rigger set on MSE, codenamed "damn those riggers."
Here's the base card-
Steamflogger Flunkie {R}
Goblin Rigger 0/2 common
Haste
T: Steamflogger Flunkie assembles a contraption.
Contraptions are just like Emblems in that they aren't permanents and can't be targeted. They work like mana but they don't go away until you use them. How do you do that?
Steamflogger Trapper {2}{R}
Goblin Rigger 1/3 common
T: Steamflogger Trapper assembles a contraption.
T, Disassemble two contraptions: Put a Bear Trap artifact token into play. It has “T, Sacrifice this: Destroy target attacking creature without flying.”
And that's how I think "assemble" should work.
Melting Pot {1}
Tribal Artifact-Rigger
Disassemble three contraptions: add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R} to your mana pool.
Sure why not.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(3/17/2011 10:30:13 AM)
I think we will see this guy again when we return to Mirrodin because contraptions could have something to do with artifacts.
Golem Rigger, 2U
Creature - Vedalken Rigger
Assemble 2 (2, Sacrifice two artifacts: Put a contraption artifact token into play with power and toughness equal to the combined converted mana cost of the sacrificed artifacts.)
1/3
Just kidding...
Posted By:
holgir
(8/6/2009 7:28:45 AM)
Well, this card is terrible since it can't do anything because you can't "assemble" any "Contraptions" right now. I can't really rate this card untill the set that it's ment to be with comes into rotation. lol.
Posted By:
PaladinOfSunhome
(11/30/2009 9:00:11 AM)
The flavour text is funny I don't know what they built and no body else does ether.
Posted By:
Ace8792
(1/19/2010 4:23:09 PM)
Until we get 'Riggers' and 'assemble', I cannot vote this card as anything better then a 0.5. I'd bet that when 'Riggers' and 'assemble' become a thing, this card will be supa hawt, and hopefully that's why Wizards wasted a Rare slot on it.
Posted By:
WhiteRaven810
(9/9/2010 10:26:28 PM)
worst card to open ever in sealed =)
Edit: @Shiny_Umbreon: Yeah, but this is your rare. So instead of opening like, idk, a tarmogyf, you get a 4 mana 3/3.
Posted By:
channelblaze
(10/10/2010 10:24:04 AM)
waste of space.. at least so far... years later & still... it's like... oh....kay contraptions? yeahhh I know what you mean... you... assemble... them........ somehow
Posted By:
Shinigami-2099
(12/30/2010 1:11:38 AM)
It would suck to open this in a pack
Posted By:
Gahoojin
(3/24/2011 5:53:09 PM)