I think wizards finally understood what trolling means, and they wanted to test it out on the comment section of this card, specifically.
Posted By:
KoFFreaK
(5/13/2011 1:57:24 AM)
Its an alright late pick in a draft. Just barely though. I actually used one of these DEFENSIVELY on my own creature, just to stave off recieving that 10'th poison counter.
Posted By:
SoulShatterer
(5/14/2011 10:29:41 PM)
Going in my main deck with Untaidake. Sweet combo.
Posted By:
Youlose20life
(5/16/2011 9:45:28 AM)
Almost as bad as f*ing Mudhole.
Posted By:
Feralsymphony
(5/16/2011 1:31:22 PM)
The flavor text is very accurate.
Posted By:
Necrokeryx
(5/16/2011 6:51:16 PM)
I... I might draft a basic land in front of this.
Why isn't it an Instant if it only grants -1/+1?
If it's an enchantment, why isn't the effect more drastic to at least make it GIL?
Why does this make Disorient look like a good card?
Why?
Posted By:
WokeUpDead
(6/11/2011 10:49:10 PM)
This was designed to be a bad card. Tom LaPile explains why in the link below (sub periods for the "(dot)"s ):
http://www(dot)wizards(dot)com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/164
"...Limited play needs to remain fun over time, and to achieve that, we would like the power levels of each color in each format to be balanced.
This often leads to some conversations in meetings that would look strange to outsiders. We had several of these during New Phyrexia development. In particular, there was a meeting when both blue and black were doing much better than we wanted in our playtests. Lead developer Aaron Forsythe decreed that we needed a weak blue card and a weak black card. None of us came up with a blue card that was weak enough, so Aaron created Defensive Stance to fill the hole...
I wouldn't be surprised if you drafted full Scars of Mirrodin block several times without having played either Evil Presence or Defensive Stance, but I guarantee that those cards being the right po... (see all)
Posted By:
kiseki
(10/14/2011 1:13:00 AM)
It's a simple solution to many small problems. I think 0 manacost and uncommon would have been cooler though. It's also good to have when you're forced to discard something.
Posted By:
Melanchior
(11/9/2011 1:09:38 PM)
A bit of a reach even, but it has a bit of synergy Aura Gnarlid in 
. Defensive Stance on their blocker(s) could both pump up the Gnarlid and make a creature unable to block it. Even that's not worth the space in your deck.
Posted By:
jfre81
(11/13/2011 2:11:14 PM)
When would I want this? WHY would I want this? To make it so that when I block something, instead of them both dying, they just negate each other out? This card is like paying to elongate the problem, just so you don't ever lose your precious creature, rather than just saying "*** it man, just kill the bastard. Do whatever it takes!"
Posted By:
Dolorosa
(1/12/2012 9:29:38 AM)