There's gonna be a lot of people using this card to drop a big fat Eldrazi....
Posted By:
superstalker75
(4/11/2010 2:23:56 PM)
Blue is getting stronger with the release of Mana Leak into standard... It will be interesting to see how many of these make it into decks now.
Posted By:
roqbthepirate
(7/23/2010 9:51:35 AM)
With mana leak running rampant its a good idea to through this into a deck and make the opponent work for you
Posted By:
TheSwarm
(8/19/2010 11:18:54 AM)
Unlike the other traps, the alternate cost is just icing on the cake. Most of the time this is going to be used to grab some game ending fatty at instant speed for 6 in a ramp deck.
Posted By:
Baconradar
(8/23/2010 4:39:39 AM)
This one of the most powerful green spells in the entire game if not in all of the colors. You can play anything for free against a blue deck or something unmeasurably powerful for 6 on their turn or yours.
Posted By:
TheEmeraldTide
(8/24/2010 10:24:28 PM)
This is perhaps the most frustrating card to play with, or against. If you play with it, you'll inevitably 'whiff' now and then (unless Summ Trap is your only noncreature, which is doubtful), and it'll drive you mad - especially if you've set it up so that your opponent needs to counter your threat, and then follow it up with just as big a threat.
When you're playing against it, it's frustrating because you effectively need two counters - one for the creature, then one for the trap. Nothing worse than holding counter mana up and still having it prove useless.
A great card, but frustrating as heck!
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(10/23/2010 5:08:17 AM)
I played this deck once. It was a what I thought was a standard green deck, then I heard "summoning trap" on turn three, then "emrakul the aeons torn" and I was washed. Unbelievable card if you have a bit of luck and skill in deck building. All you need is a green mana ramp deck with emrakul, ulamog, kozilek, or any big creature and you could play summoning trap hard on turn three like he did and annihilate your foes with eldrazi before they have enough permanents to sack.
Posted By:
Leonidus7784
(11/23/2010 11:30:55 PM)
what a cheap way to get the most impossable creatures into play such as progenitus maybe
Posted By:
soto_zachary
(12/27/2010 8:35:53 PM)
Can't really complain about what you get if you play it for free after a countered creature: having any creature in play for free is better than nothing.
Posted By:
themlsna
(1/15/2011 4:05:21 PM)
With noted differences, Reincarnation (graveyard), Natural Order (sac/color limiting), Green Suns Zenith (color limiting), Lure of Prey (hand), Tooth and Nail (expensive) and Defense of the Heart (time delay) are all alternatives that may serve you better than the Summoning Trap (top 7 only). Tooth and Nail has the fewest drawbacks, but costs the most. Maybe you get what you pay for. Certainly any/all can be built around for maximum effect.
Posted By:
markarmor
(1/31/2011 11:13:51 PM)