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Why is this allowed to live?!
Posted By:
Brandon_Chung
(5/30/2011 5:13:26 AM)
*grabs a pipe full of tabacco and sits down in a rocking chair* I remember back in the day when something like a 4 cmc 5/5 with trample had drawbacks, and we still played it!
Those were the days.
Posted By:
OrphanerDualscar
(2/18/2013 5:12:38 PM)
I hate cards like this. It's a classic example of a card that won't be anywhere near as good as it looks in competitive play where you can sideboard answers for it, but will cause a tremendous amount of frustration for casual players.
Posted By:
Arcos
(5/31/2011 3:32:14 PM)
Mythic seems to have become an excuse to print way too overpowered creatures. Don't give me that "dies to removal, so it's fair" phrase; By that logic, a 20/20 trample flying infect double strike creature at 3CMC would be fair, as long as it doesn't have shroud, indestruct, reg or pro.
Where is the drawback? When you print something so blatantly above the curve, it's supposed to have a drawback, not a huge advantage slapped on (4 black mana symbols doesn't justify this). I love black, powerful creatures, but this is just silly.
Posted By:
Sironos
(5/3/2011 1:59:33 PM)
this card is just ridiculous
it's like wizards is trying to revive mono-black or something lol..
Posted By:
raadface
(4/29/2011 11:50:59 PM)
I give it 4.5 stars for its undeniable power, but -0.5 stars because it's an overpowered piece of ****.
Posted By:
Blackworm_Bloodworm
(8/29/2012 11:23:02 PM)
It certainly has a powerful effect, but what it basically does is be a big unblockable creature, as most cases your opponent will not block it (alternately they won't attack you if it's untapped). Which makes trample kinda silly (though because it's obviously a callback to negator, they kept it anyway).
It's true that red and green have difficulty removing this guy, but it can still be played around. Red can put you at low life before you can even drop thsi guy, meaning you still need to be careful and obliterator can't just swing in all the time (he has to stay back and block). Green can just play creatures with more p/t, meaning that if you swing with obliterator, they'll swing back except do more damage.
Now keep in mind that...
- It dies to dismember, a removal spell every color has access to (and yes, I know a lot of things die to this spell) along with other spells like go for the throat
- It has no entering or leaving play triggers, meaning if it's removed ASAP no harm is don... (see all)
Posted By:
mdakw576
(5/15/2012 3:55:34 AM)
Emrakul: What makes you think we should hire you?
Phyrexian Obliterator: RAAAWWWWWRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kozilek: Interesting. What do you like most about our company?
Phyrexian Obliterator: RAAAWWWWWRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
Ulamog: Do you see yourself as looking at this as a career, one you might be promoted in?
Phyrexian Obliterator: RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(eats the Eldrazi, because they're taking too long and he's bored and wants to eat something)
Yawgmoth's Ghost: Damnit, I wish I'd thought of making one of those :(
also, if the Phyrexians have taken over the plane, why isnt this a common? (jk, lol limited would be a bit stupid o.O)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(5/26/2011 9:28:14 PM)
WHY IN GOD'S NAME DOES IT HAVE TRAMPLE? "Oh, yeah, uh, Bill, it's a great mythic, gonna be amazingly OP, but, y'know, it needs a keyword ability. I think, since it's, y'know, 5/-" "TRAMPLE" "Thanks."
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(5/8/2011 12:50:54 PM)
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I hate cards like this. It's a classic example of a card that won't be anywhere near as good as it looks in competitive play where you can sideboard answers for it, but will cause a tremendous amount of frustration for casual players.
Absolutely!
It was only a matter of time when R&D gives up to the "the newbies like to play black demons" stupidness and print a card like this. It's just a tradition to print a powerful creature like baneslayer angel to the currently weakest color just to rotate the cycle, so noone will notice how boringly stupid the whole thing is. Buy your own copy of the currently most powerful deck and go for it... And as usual, it's a creature with the corresponding destruction spells within the same set.
I wonder if the target audience for Magic is really that stupid. If they really like the game as it is today... And I wonder if MaRo is really behind this, it would simply reduce my respect.
Of course you could add the response card f... (see all)
Posted By:
Cheza
(6/2/2011 7:34:55 AM)