Embarrassing printing issue aside, this is pretty cheap and efficient permanent mana acceleration in colorless, with the main drawback being intense fragility. If you can keep it alive it's good even before taking into account landfall.
Posted By:
Tanaka348
(1/31/2010 1:04:38 PM)
Majinara, you might want to take his colorlessness into consideration; he can give mana accel to colors that don't have Ramp growths!
Posted By:
Fordin
(2/9/2010 5:57:03 AM)
@Majinara:
You do realize that Rampant Growth isn't the only "search for a land" card in the game, right? I did a search and counted 27 cards that only let you put cards from your library into your hand; wouldn't the ability to play that extra land without having to wait a turn be good, especially since it won't be tapped like most of the "put it onto the battlefield" effects would do?
Posted By:
Diachronos
(3/2/2010 4:24:44 AM)
This could be interesting with Voltaic Key. Then again, many artifacts get more interesting with Voltaic Key.
Posted By:
Splenivore
(7/13/2010 1:41:56 PM)
@Majinara Just think of him with Valakut, being able to lightning bolt your opponent without actually having to use Lightning bolt? Its a great card, you just have to use it right.
Posted By:
NeoSin
(3/15/2010 1:10:58 AM)
I hope they reprint this in core sets. That also might make the worldwake misprints worth something (doubt it)
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(2/21/2010 7:56:41 PM)
Goes really well with pretty much any moonfolk.
Posted By:
DocGodin
(3/31/2011 8:05:36 PM)
The first Eldrazi.
Posted By:
ax_morph
(10/1/2011 5:34:53 AM)
@majinara
After seeing some of your posts, I am beginning to question if you actually play Magic.
Rampant Growth is 1G, grabbing any basic from your deck to play tapped.
This guys is 2 colorless, comes with a 1/1 body (equipment, overrun), is an artifact (metalcraft, affinity), and puts any number of lands from your hand into play.
Your statement would ring true if there weren't a reliable way of getting cards to your hand. This guy would be useful if things like any of the following existed (in no particular order):
Drawing cards:
Ancestral Recall
Thoughtcast
Meditate
Necropotence
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Treasure Hunt
Getting cards back from the graveyard:
Praetor's Grasp
Grim Discovery
Fetching lands from the library to hand:
Sprouting Vines
... (see all)
Posted By:
strider24seven
(5/23/2013 11:40:13 AM)
better than skyshroud ranger because with landfall abilities you can you use them in defense and any colour better than rampant growth because its any land and you can do twice etc
Posted By:
qaq456
(2/24/2010 11:03:18 PM)