He should be 4 1/2. Hes good in bant and control. Very underrated. One of the best legends out of the block.
Posted By:
GrimGorgonBC
(7/24/2009 12:04:39 PM)
if this guy had a pet i'm preaty shure it would be the Arachnus Spinner. here is the link to Arachnus Web to make you lives easy.
Posted By:
KnexWiz
(3/21/2012 1:21:53 PM)
I'm trying him out as a 3-of in my U/B/W mill deck (along with Wall of Denial) and it's actually not going too badly.
I have enough counters to protect him most of the time, the draw effect when I bribe a creature ties in with the Milling strategy, and it gives me a way to survive mid-game when I'm getting overrun with more creatures then I have PtE's and Doomblades for.
Posted By:
MightyMortox
(9/14/2009 8:26:51 AM)
Oh yes, this guy is a Commander general for me. Every UW control combos I enjoyusing, all under the command of a guy who can fire Pacifisms left and right. All without a single counterspell in the deck. Imo, it doesn't get better than that.
Posted By:
esperlord987
(2/9/2011 9:07:07 PM)
Continuous Pacifisms? How do I not own this!?
Posted By:
ExplodingZombieWeeds
(5/7/2011 5:05:48 PM)
I'm surprised no one mentioned this.
Gwafa is not a control card.
He is a multiplayer politics card. I wouldn't run him as a general in EDH, but I'll definitely run him in any deck that abuses politics. Note that you can keep loading up one creature with counters. "Ok Jeff, I'm gonna immobilize this creature here, but so long as you play nice with me, I'll give you cards."
Politics are better than any card you could ever play in multiplayer, friends. I'd much rather consistently come in second than get blown out before anyone else. Plus, you get to use him to turn off people's attacking creatures, but they don't always necessarily come after you because you gave them a card for it.
Posted By:
PolskiSuzeren
(5/25/2011 1:57:25 AM)
I just don't buy into this guy:
-Since he doesn't get rid of the creature he's useless against utility creatures
-Since he doesn't get rid of them BUT gives your opponent card advantage they could easily draw removal and you've only helped them (by not only losing 5 mana, but getting essentially 2-for-1'd)
-Since he's legendary he's terrible against swarm armies, and in colors that are also not very good against swarms most of the time
-Since he's a 2/2 for 3 he's not very good on the attack and thus very poor against decks who aren't reliant on attacking creatures as their win-con
He's even SUPER weak to flicker effects, (as they can flicker him off, attack, and then when he comes back it's too late to help out) bounce cards, stifle/void slime, or effects that cause you to lose your abilities such as snakeform. You could say this about many creatures but many creatures aren't the Dam between a flood of damage and you. Literally almost any card that interacts with creatures screws th... (see all)
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(5/29/2011 1:56:39 PM)
I'll suggest rolling this in a proliferation heavy deck for kicks and giggles.
Edit: Wait...Duh. I feel silly now
Posted By:
DavidLopes
(3/14/2012 4:36:08 PM)
use on its self for protection from lust for war and curse of the wild hunt
Posted By:
HellkatOverlord
(10/6/2012 8:33:26 PM)
while not in a category of cards i like to play, Gwafa does come in handy, expecially if you can untap him.
one of the zendikar taps can actually be forced on an opponent with this if you use the ability right before their combat phase
Posted By:
darkfury
(9/26/2009 4:52:15 PM)