Ever wonder why Dismember was printed?
Well, here you go.
Posted By:
Hayw00d0909
(10/25/2011 2:09:11 AM)
My new pet deck features this guy alongside my pet mono-black land-suite (basically, 4x Expedition Maps, 4x Cabal Coffers, 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and 1x Volrath's Stronghold), as well as a new addition - Arena!
Arena with Obliterator is just insane. At worst, you're getting 5 cards for one. At best, you're getting 1-3 cards for none, or 6+ cards for one. Pretty much the only creatures that get around the pain of the Oblit are 1 power deathtouchers, or 0 power/6+ toughness 'walls'.
My personal favourite play was barely hanging on against some elves with a Coat of Arms out. The next turn, I dropped the Oblit and activated Arena, and pretty much forced my opponent to sacrifice all their permanents. ^^
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(2/24/2012 12:14:21 PM)
Come to think of it, this would have been a great time for R&D to bring back Morph, in one fell swoop justifying every overcosted Morph card ever printed.
Posted By:
Lord_of_the_Real
(3/21/2012 11:52:52 PM)
This card and the New Phyrexia set as a whole got me back into Magic. 5/5
Posted By:
C-Rod358
(5/4/2012 3:43:37 PM)
The oblit with Prey Upon and WIld Defiance makes for some lovely rage
Posted By:
AgentOfTezzert
(5/20/2012 10:54:02 AM)
Possibly the most satisfying reason to say DENIED!
Posted By:
Majora_13
(3/12/2013 10:54:11 AM)
@GengilOrbios
In the spirit of unhinged, yes. If I was playing you, you would have to sac one half of a permanent.
If it was a land, it would tap for 1/2 of what ever color. A creature? Cut it's P/T in half. Also, if it had double strike, it becomes first strike. It's CMC is also cut in half. Oh, and you have to physically rip it in half, so part of it can be in the two different zones at once.
Don't like it? Then don't chump block my goddamn Obliterator with a goddamn Little Girl!
Posted By:
OmegaSerris
(11/10/2011 2:04:34 AM)
Has anybody noticed...
inquisitor's flail
Posted By:
ErectWizard
(5/11/2013 6:43:37 AM)
Incite finally has purpose!!! xD Make your opponent attack into Obliterator!!!
All jokes aside, I don't really think the Obliterator is that amazing. Good, but not really amazing. Your opponent is definitely not going to attack into it and I doubt your opponent will block into it either. 4 Black means you're either going to go for a mono-black deck or fill it with a lot of dual lands. Then again, if B/R vampires can do it, I'm sure someone else can too.
Posted By:
DragoKnight
(5/10/2011 11:20:24 AM)
This card poses so many problems.
- Should a red player simply absorb 5 a turn? Or risk losing 6 permanents by double Lightning Bolting it?
- Token-heavy decks cannot simply chump block it due to trample. Eldrazi tokens, with 0 power, may actually help stave off the sacrifice ability, but not the trample unless you throw 5 at it.
- Huge creatures cannot successfully block it their controller without sustaining serious economic sacrifice. This is the first creature in recent memory that punishes damage overkill.
- Guard Gomozoa, while a great defender, can only neutralize 3 of its damage due to trample, unless you somehow reduce its power.
- Ironically, black may have a hard time dealing with this due to its immunity to Terrors and Doom Blades if the user doesn't factor it in. Maybe Dismember will become more popular?
Posted By:
Equinox523
(5/10/2011 11:30:05 AM)