Team this up with Fetch Lands or Tectonic Edge and a Sun Titan. Declare your attack and pull back a land, switch his power and toughness and swing. Less Card Advantage than Sea Gate Oracle but still nice.
Posted By:
jhunter46
(8/8/2010 12:52:14 PM)
Can you attach an equipment card to this, like Adventuring Gear?
Posted By:
TongueSlicer
(8/23/2010 1:28:16 AM)
@TongueSlicer: No, you can't. Equipping a card to a creature is an activated ability of the Equipment, hence making Calcite Snapper an illegal target due to its Shroud.
Posted By:
Keiya
(9/30/2010 9:49:47 PM)
Annoying, in a good way though I guess. If you want to make a budget, casual control deck, here's a good place to start.
Posted By:
Troutz
(11/10/2010 9:16:34 PM)
Hard to see at first, but when you really consider the applications of the card it really comes to down to the basic fundamentals of magic. First off, mana advantage. its toughness is higher than its mana cost, you are getting a good deal. secondly, shroud. Shroud is a ridiculous ability, especially in standard, a format where the control decks are taking over. Basically, this guy is not going anywhere. Third, his second ability allows you to do significant damage with him. He is very versatile, acting as both a defensive creature and as an offensive creature and a guy who is not going to leave the battlefield for a while
Posted By:
TheSwarm
(5/24/2011 3:12:48 PM)
i think turtles deserve some more awesome cards like this. right now, you can't play a turtle tribal deck! this is an outrage! they should print a Turtle planeswalker in M12!
Posted By:
Antares2
(6/4/2011 9:13:10 AM)
TheSwarm: "Mana advantage"? Really? This card is a great casual card but your reasoning for it isn't great. You can get a Kraken Hatchling with 1 less power and a mana cost of one. Having toughness higher than your mana cost is not special at all. This card is a good casual card because it has shroud, is a 1/4 blocker, and a 4/1 attacker, not because of this imaginary "mana advantage" of having 4 toughness for 3 mana.
Posted By:
Henrietta
(7/1/2011 10:56:57 PM)
Only just realised what the P/T switching mechanic represents *facepalm*
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(7/13/2011 3:16:32 AM)
Played 4 of these in a counter-burn deck amongst friends today. This is is a fantastic casual card, especially paired with cards like Snakeform and Diminish.
TURTLED!
However, what this is best at, and what makes it really good, is creating laughs around the table.
Posted By:
djflo
(7/17/2011 8:30:53 PM)
Very clever design. Your turn when you need to attack (assuming you played a land) its a 4/1 and when you need to block during your opponent's turn its a 1/4.
Posted By:
JFM2796
(7/29/2011 12:08:17 AM)