finally got to use this as a response, god it felt good:P
tricky as a standard draw tho, since opponent tends to destroy your fatty in the turn it comes in and youre likely to be tapped out.
i use a single one in my green fatty tho. shooting my treetop village can break a standstill.
Posted By:
rawsugar
(3/30/2011 3:40:17 AM)
mmmmmm........eldarazi kebabs
Posted By:
rinoh20
(5/5/2011 5:46:50 PM)
Why do people worry about the casting cost? If any color can have 4 mana ready to play this thing, it's Green. And Green can do this spell early, and it can cast it on a huge creature early. Turn 1: Llanowar Elves, Turn 2: Leatherback Baloth, Turn 3: attack, and possibly Momentous Fall if the opponent tries to destroy it. Otherwise you swing every turn until they deal with your creature, while you sit on an INSTANT card draw for Green. Being an instant makes this card insane, you use it when you know it'll be successfully cast. This is one of the best card draw spells I've ever seen, and the cmc is perfectly suited for Green, as you should never have a problem ramping into this spell with a big creature for the payoff. 5/5
Posted By:
BonniePrinceCharlie
(5/9/2011 6:43:57 PM)
Good with Mitotic Slime or Wurmcoil Engine, as neither really care about dying a mere once.
@ Ching: That's a complex question, but I believe the answer is: you'd end up with no lands untapped, so you're screwed. Why? The Bear Umbra ability is triggered by your attack and goes on the stack, but the Path to Exile your opponent plays in response (NOT the O-ring as that cannot be played by an opponent on your turn; it's an enchantment!) resolves first and removes your creature. While your lands will still untap from the ability resolving, your Aura Gnarlid will be dead by this point and so you won't be able to sacrifice it.
Of course, if you had 4 lands open and didn't need the Umbra's untapping effects to afford Momentous Fall, you could play it in response to your opponent's Path to Exile. This way, you'd gain cards and life with the Aura Gnarlid's last known power and toughness before it went to the graveyard - good news for you, as that's a lot. Their Path to Exile then resolves and... (see all)
Posted By:
mike_stubbs1
(5/10/2011 3:03:18 PM)
Combo with phyrexian dreadnought. Sac him in response to his trigger.
Posted By:
marmaris74
(6/29/2011 5:07:59 PM)
I pulled a foil one out of a Rise of the Eldrazi Fat Pack. Only good thing out of that whole box (Except a couple of Deprives).
Posted By:
JFM2796
(8/1/2011 10:51:42 AM)
One of my favourite card, great in lategame in response to one of you fatties getting killed. even if used to sac a 3/3, it´s definitely worth the mana.
Posted By:
Player_000
(8/20/2011 4:48:38 AM)
Kresh the Bloodbraided loves this guy. Either sacrifice him and draw loads, or get rid of somsone else and make the sac give +1/+1 counters :D
Posted By:
Raszero
(8/27/2011 1:14:37 PM)
This pairs well with Phyrexian Dreadnought.
The Dreadnought's sacrifice drawback is a triggered ability, so you can cast this immediately after casting Dreadnought while the sacrifice drawback is still on the stack, drawing twelve cards and gaining twelve life. Not bad!
Posted By:
Salient
(8/31/2011 12:55:46 PM)
like a worse version on garruk primal hunter without life gain
and what the hell do you need to draw 20 cards for draw like 10 at most unless you need a specific card or you lose
Posted By:
nope.avi
(10/17/2011 2:22:21 PM)