From what I can tell, this cycle was SUPPOSED to be the justification for such otherwise (and potentially still, despite the initial scheme) low-wattage legends as The Lady of the Mountain and Tobias Andrion. Andrion's advantage over Serra Angel and Air Elemental was that once you got the Cathedral of Serra and/or Seafarers' Quay out, he'd have banding, every turn (not every other turn like with Helm of Chatzuk, not to mention the banding would be for more than just one creature). Very selective banding, yes, but it WAS within the adventurers' party (q.v. D&D personal campaign inspirations); the Cathedral & Co. were where the adventurers met and formed that party. In fact, extrapolating from the whole situation with Andrion, I think the original intent was that you were EXPECTED to use these lands to create the adventuring party, and thus bring the legends to their intended potentia... (see all)
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(5/13/2011 7:59:52 PM)
One day banding will come back with tons of support and this card will be revered among the Power 16 along with its brothers and shelkin brownie.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(11/22/2010 11:15:36 PM)
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my least favorite Citadel in the store.
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(7/25/2012 10:38:44 AM)
What a waste of a good name.I like the art tho
Posted By:
Arthindole
(4/3/2010 2:53:00 PM)
I'm sure that art was on a death metal album. Waste of perfectly good art and name.
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(7/10/2012 6:30:34 PM)
Gaaaahhhh. Banding...should've been so cool and elegant, ends up being a convoluted mess of rules idiosyncracies and reminder text.
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(8/27/2009 9:58:26 AM)
Perfect for a Dethklok themed deck!
Posted By:
Keino
(6/1/2011 5:38:04 PM)
You would think with a name like "Unholy Citadel", it'd actually do something badass, or even remotely useful. But that is simply not the case.
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(8/30/2012 1:24:27 AM)
"Bands". . . Nuff Said
Posted By:
liir007
(8/17/2009 10:03:29 PM)
Should have been "All Black Creatures gain banding with other Black creatures" and still had a mana ability. Then this card would have truly been worthy of its name.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(7/3/2012 12:48:53 PM)