Pricey, but if you can get it off, no spell is beyond your reach.
Posted By:
Totema
(4/11/2012 2:00:41 PM)
Honestly, one of my favorite cards ever, I run it in so many diff decks
Posted By:
Promethial
(6/3/2012 12:13:36 AM)
I think it's cute that the caged sun in the art is the green sun, the color for mana ramping and the color that probably needs it the least.
Posted By:
WarioMan
(6/30/2012 12:39:59 AM)
Combos with March of the Machines, Life and Limb, and Conspiracy.
Posted By:
Saelon
(10/6/2012 9:04:01 PM)
Great art on a great card. i use it in a mono-
EDH deck with Gauntlet of Power and Crypt Ghast. The deck usually has more than enough mana.
Posted By:
ParishInquisitor
(3/14/2013 11:40:21 AM)
http://nicolascage.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Teletubbies-Sun.jpg
Phyrexia was definitely here.
The real caged sun
Posted By:
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
(10/5/2013 6:50:09 AM)
Someone took a Conjurer's Bauble to the next level.......
Posted By:
Goatllama
(10/15/2013 7:34:04 AM)
First I want to say this: Hell yes, this card is awesome, and will probably be the answer for my troubles of creating a functioning dragon deck. A bit expensive though; could have been 5 mana, but I guess the price-tag would have sky-rocketed then...
That said, let's think about this freaking megadothos-sized cage:
Some of you refer to it as being "only" 2 - 3 times the size of the sun. But that is not true. It is waaaaaaaay larger if it is to appear like that on the sky.
1) Light scatters and is spread, so the actual sun is much smaller than what we can see with our eyes. Think of a bright lamp; it looks very bright and big, but actually the tungsten that is the actual light source is very, very small. Same applies for the sun.
2) If the cage was close to the sun it was surrounding, like in the picture, it would be drowned in Contre-jour (look wiki) and the cage would be black, and most probably not be wisible due to the strong light from the sun. So for this cage to be visible an... (see all)
Posted By:
MortisAngelus
(2/7/2014 4:56:24 PM)
Sizes: The "suns" of Mirrodin are an almost complete misnomer. The Suns are balls of mana ejected from the Lacunae of the planet. The Lacunae sometimes eject mana at other times, creating a Beacon effect, as seen in the Beacon cycle. As you can see in the Beacon of Tomorrows, https://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/ftl/ftl75_beaconSplash.jpg, the blue lacuna is small. Easily small enough for someone to say, fire an arrow across the Lacuna.
Repeat:
Mirran Suns = Balls of glowing mana
Mirran suns came out of Lacunae.
Lacunae are of varying size, but the Blue one isn't even on a geographic scale, let alone astronomic.
I'm not able to estimate the sizes of the other ones, but a Caged Blue Sun could be as small as a couple hundred feet across.
Also, this card has no interaction with Suncrusher. Something feels off about that.
Posted By:
Silver-Paladin
(3/1/2014 6:33:57 PM)