Midnight Guard!!!!
Posted By:
Valyant
(1/28/2012 3:12:00 PM)
Aaron’s Random Card Comment of the Day #55, 1/11/11
We almost talk ourselves out of cool stuff a lot.
When Shadowmoor was in design, and the “Q” mechanic (the untap symbol--see Pili-Pala for an example) was being run through its paces, the team theorized that the mechanic would be balanced in limited provided we didn’t put any cards in the set that granted “
” abilities to creatures, as that would be too easy/good.
The thing is, that’s exactly what you want to do with Q creatures. As the lead developer, I was willing to challenge the assumption that such interactions would be “too good” with the hope that they would instead be merely “good” in addition to being fun and feeling powerful.
As you can see, the set ended up with this card as well as Power of Fire and Presence of Gond. The untap costs of the Q creatures all involve mana payments, preventing them from “going infinite” with these Auras (... (see all)
Posted By:
Aaron_Forsythe
(1/11/2011 11:46:22 PM)
Surely there's lots of combo potential here. Primal Forcemage comes to mind. And don't forget about Pandemonium.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(9/22/2009 10:15:51 PM)
Black Carriage anyone?
Posted By:
Seveah
(10/17/2010 2:48:23 PM)
Works also nice with Intruder Alarm, which is blue, but cheaper than the Hamletback Goliath and can win the game on turn four already when you play this card.
Because of the big amount of creatures this card can create, it should work great with cip/etb effects in general.
And as gourd stated, this card is just great for providing a big base for sacrifice effects.
Devour is just one great possibility, but there are certainly other useful cards that combine with that one.
You could possibly create an uncommon type of Smokestack deck with this one.
Posted By:
Mode
(8/7/2009 5:04:49 PM)
Combos infinitely with Altar Golem
But this also works great with devour, say Predator Dragon or even hellion eruption. Also, if the enchanted creature is an artifact you can untap it with voltaic key and retap it spawning double the tokens. You could even use claws of valukut to boost the creatures power for even more craziness. :)
Posted By:
RowanKeltizar
(6/4/2011 7:35:56 PM)
I love this card. Ive got it in my devour deck and it is amazing, drop it on a 4/4 or more and the rest of your devour creatures will never go hungry again
Posted By:
gourd
(5/19/2009 5:41:29 PM)
Play with In the Web of War.
Posted By:
igniteice
(3/29/2011 2:31:05 PM)
Dear Mr. Forsythe-
you missed something huge and simple that makes the same 'don't stifle fun' point. I'm mildly interested in all that rulesy stuff you just said, because I'll read anything that talks about a card that MAKES YOU EMPEROR PALPATINE!
If you cast this spell, you must say 'Something Something Something Dark Side. Something Something Something Complete' or 'Feel the Power of the Dark Side' or something else similarly appropriate.
That's a rule.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/1/2011 2:03:23 AM)
Put this card on Hamletback Goliath and go nuts.
Posted By:
chumpblocked
(8/3/2009 2:21:50 PM)