The art is very nice and has a delightful macabre feeling to it, but it doesn't make much sense, story-wise.... Takara is Volrath in disguise, so... I'm not sure why it's showing Volrath being unmasked to reveal Takara beneath. It's all backwards.
Also, free discard alongside your one-drop can never be bad.
Posted By:
Kirbster
(11/28/2010 4:36:11 PM)
Wonderful representation of the unmasking action.
Posted By:
otan
(7/27/2009 4:45:27 AM)
Hmm. Decent. Doesn't work on a reanimator since the card is exiled.
Posted By:
Sugga
(7/6/2010 4:07:34 AM)
Pitch spells are good. Hand-neutering spells are good, especially early. The ability to force a discard of any card on turn 1 is great, especially when you're facing combo.
As for the art, it's a great storyline piece: This is the card that reveals that "Takara" is actually Volrath in disguise! For all the flaws of the attempt, I did like how the story was told on the cards in Tempest and Masques sometimes.
Posted By:
Tevish_Szat
(10/15/2010 1:56:19 PM)
SlickDragon:
The thing this, this potentially nets you control first turn on the play, while leaving your land to cast spells as well. Maybe it's just me, but I'd much rather be able to dump a card to this, grab the opponent's Force, and be able to still use my land drop to ramp out into a turn one or (if unavoidable) turn two Tendrils win. Which was the last use I saw for this card.
Posted By:
Lateralis0ne
(8/4/2011 7:29:19 PM)
Huh. I like this card. Unmask:Castigate as Force of Will:Counterspell.
If a card has an alternate cost that allows you to play it for free, it probably has a strong enough effect to justify its high default mana cost. I've gotten value off of the Coldsnap cycle of pitch cards. A Commandeer can be backbreaking vs. Cruel Ultimatum. With enough black card draw, Soul Spike is a win condition.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(9/7/2011 11:59:37 PM)
Dear Wizards,
Please bring back alternate cost cards.
Posted By:
MRK1
(3/25/2013 12:46:27 PM)
Reasonable in a Reanimator if you need something in your graveyard in a hurry. Got a fatty in your hand first turn and have the resources to get it from graveyard to play, but not enough to get something from your library to graveyard to play?
Or, you know, use it like how it was supposed to be used. The cantrip bit was cool enough to work in my reanimator deck, card advantage seems less important to me for a deck like that, who's main goal is to get a beat stick out as fast as possible, damn the consequences.
I'll give it a good 4 for the flexibility of it.
@Sugga
You exile a chump card like a festering goblin, then target yourself with the discard ability to get a fatty in your grave. Admittedly this hurts you on card advantage, but the point of reanimator is to get a big threat out fast enough the opponent cant deal with it.
Posted By:
Guest1381794618
(7/6/2010 4:04:05 PM)
Decent in its time I am sure, but these days cards like Thoughtseize put it to shame. Id rather pay a single black mana, then get -1 card disadvantage.
Posted By:
SlickDragon
(4/25/2010 1:01:15 AM)
Free discard is good.
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(10/6/2012 10:58:58 AM)