I can't imagine that this would be too powerful if the life gain were free. Check out Painsmith. She gives a creature +2/+0 and deathtouch with no additional mana investment.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(6/5/2011 4:28:53 PM)
This is actually decent in limited, against non-infect decks of course. It really screws up fast white/red metalcraft.
Posted By:
TDL
(10/31/2010 2:15:18 PM)
This guy is actually pretty awesome, given that his effect is an anti-bolt for any color of mana, but as is the case with many cards in larger cycles like this, this particular piece suffers from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In casual or eternal it can be a fantastic piece of Green/Artificer decks, in Standard/Double Standard Extended he doesn't get a whole lot of love though.
Posted By:
Wynzerman
(7/16/2011 6:09:32 AM)
If you could repeat this ability to your hearts content for every artifact you cast this guy would be awesome.
Posted By:
desolation_masticore
(12/28/2010 2:54:10 AM)
Was working on it but it took a different turn. Feel free to discuss :)
http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/25909345/Soul_SisterZero_WeenieLifesmith_mishmash_shenanigans?sdb=1&post_num=15#467479781
Posted By:
Freyjann
(9/24/2010 7:32:28 AM)
I'm the sort of guy who bends over backwards trying to find a use for every single card - but good grief is this an awful one. This poor sod (hahahah it's funny because he's a druid lawl - okay I'll stop now), he's giving away life in a set where far and away the most dangerous and aggressively costed mechanic is a way to kill someone without their life total mattering at all, and he has the nerve to charge mana for it? This card and Trigon of Mending are both horrible wastes of space in this set, all because MaRo somehow entirely incorrectly fixated on the idea that incurability was poison's primary shtick, and so tried to make up for the fact that poison can't be cured by making it as hard as possible for non-poison creatures to kill a player - except that all this lifegain is still not enough to turn back RDW or WW or most other powerful beatdowns, AND it's utterly useless against infect.dec so nobody in their right mind will even try it.
Posted By:
willpell
(10/17/2010 5:03:01 AM)
Well, you might be able to get away with it in a G/B deck if you put in Sanguine Bond. Otherwise, pray to Serra that your opponent is running a non-infect deck.
Posted By:
count_dorku
(10/21/2010 9:08:26 PM)
Should have done something useful, like removed a poison counter or something. :\
Posted By:
CeremonialBathory
(9/30/2010 10:45:44 PM)
Worst one of the cycle. +3 life is weaker then almost anything. And bear is tougher than this 'smith.
Posted By:
Gavrilo
(9/28/2010 12:50:56 AM)
Soul sisters anyone? Maybe splash in a few artifacts?
Posted By:
Doom_Lich
(9/24/2010 6:53:37 AM)