It's an 8/8 that Islandwalks, makes all lands on the field count as Islands and their original type, and stops anything that can't fly or Islandwalk from attacking. For 5UUU.
8/8 is extremely powerful for a creature, especially a blue creature. There are creatures that have both a higher CMC and lower P/T.
Islandwalking is kinda "meh" normally, but when Stormtide makes every Land on the field into an Island, it's another way of saying "Nobody can block my s#it."
Making it so only Islandwalkers and Flyers can attack? Doesn't that mean that you've effectively shut down any deck that relies on attacking with creatures that don't have either of those abilities?
And people think he's "too expensive" at 8CMC?
Posted By:
Diachronos
(9/11/2010 2:51:21 PM)
An 8/8 catfish?
Posted By:
land_comment
(3/25/2011 2:53:51 PM)
Saves you from ground attacks, not so much from air attacks. At first I thought his second ability made all lands islands only, so when I read it more closely I was like :(
Still a good card 4/5
Posted By:
WaffleCop
(7/18/2010 5:33:06 PM)
Holy crap...A giant catfish.
Posted By:
jumpenrun
(7/9/2010 8:28:34 AM)
"If Stormtide Leviathan loses its abilities, all lands on the battlefield (including those that enter the battlefield later on) will still be Islands in addition to their other types and will still be able to tap to produce {U}. The way continuous effects work, Stormtide Leviathan's type-changing ability is applied before the effect that removes that ability is applied."
Don't really know if I agree with that ruling, I mean as far as his ability's effect on the game, what's the difference between doom blading it and lignifying it? It seems pretty dumb to me.
On to the card, I hate it. My friend has 3 of them, and they're always a bane to me. They demand an answer and don't care if you don't have one at the moment, they'll swim all over your life total and wont think twice. And none of my green decks have any kind of answer, the only thing I can do against them is put it some street savvy in before game 2. I'm sure this thing has cause... (see all)
Posted By:
IshubarashI
(11/20/2010 12:35:36 AM)
I liked this card until I realized that thing on the cliff wasn't a person, it was a LIGHTHOUSE.
Now I love it.
Posted By:
Kaizeischi
(6/27/2011 12:00:46 AM)
Synergizes with stormcrow!
I wants one. (Not the stormcrow. This.)
EDIT: Yes, this card is fair. There are plenty of ways to sneak it out and hello people ITS A LEVIATHIN THAT IS ACTUALLY FAIR COSTED so stop whining about its cost. Wizards isn't here to print low cost cards so that games go so fast in standard that you spend more time shuffling between games then playing.
AND YOU HAVE ULA'S TEMPLE. WHO CARES ABOUT THE MANA COST. And yes, this actually wants to cost 9.
Posted By:
UltimaCenturion
(7/14/2010 10:09:55 AM)
Sure he's expensive but if you can get him out, he's amazing. Strictly better than Tidal Kraken haha.
Posted By:
Revelation666
(7/8/2010 9:00:05 PM)
May I say that this is one of the most powerful blue cards ever made and the most powerful blue cards in Magic 2011 next to Frost Titan?
Posted By:
made4ipod
(1/31/2011 2:23:20 PM)
Oh God, this card is so amazing.
8/8 unblockable lockdown for 8 mana? This is especially overpowered in a mono-blue deck. The only card I have I like more than this is my Eldrazi Con***ion
Posted By:
Condor_96
(2/21/2011 6:27:42 PM)