If you to take away 1 power from there 1 drop attacker this could be used for that. It does not get rid of their card, and you just spent a card to give them -1/+1
If you need an additional toughness this card will do that. Most game situations its irrelevant and unless you play with the same people over and over, its impossible to predict that you will need exactly 1 toughness at sorcery speed.
Overall i would say this card is extremely situational, and only a few situations would it even be somewhat viable, and theirs a ton of things way way better for those situations in standard. If they would have given it draw a card, then it would be allot better. It would just be a 1cmc cycling with minor combat flexibility.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(2/5/2012 7:17:07 AM)
Good call jfre81. I think you are right! They made this card to work with Aura Gnarlid. Still, what a lame card this is.
Posted By:
dalt7
(5/12/2012 2:31:18 PM)
Well, it is pretty useless, on the plus side, -1/+1 is much better if you're enchanting an opposing creature with infect in limited. Still though, terrible card for {U}
Posted By:
tcollins
(5/15/2012 7:18:09 PM)
You know a card is terrible when the first thing you think when you see it is "Well, I like the flavor."
Posted By:
yousquiddinme
(10/25/2012 6:57:36 PM)
how can that be of ANY help???
crap... 'nuff said!
Posted By:
lebou04
(1/13/2013 6:57:58 AM)
It's easy to overlook that this can enchant an opponent's creature to reduce its power. And in a block with infect, every point of power matters. That said, this could have been better. Being a defensive stance, it should probably have granted an ability similar to Fog Bank or Guard Gomazoa, ideally preventing combat damage dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature. But in that case, it would likely have become uncommon, messing up the rarity distribution. A larger stat adjustment like -3/+3 would probably have been preferable.
Posted By:
Manite
(5/13/2013 2:57:39 PM)
You know that awful feeling, when you open a booster back and this is in it... I was the next victim. But seriously, this is a very poor card. It's not even great at weakening your opponents creatures because it doesn't even have flash. If this was at instant speed with a cantrip, it may have just been forgivable.
Posted By:
breenm
(5/31/2013 8:11:40 AM)
"So I noticed that the Phyrexians have taken control of your plane. Since I'm such an outstanding fellow, I give you my secret weapon"
"Nicol Bolas, this doesn't really do anything."
"Oh really? That's strange. Maybe it only works on millennia-old dragons like me. Oh well, good luck with those praetors!"
Posted By:
Ferlord
(6/3/2013 6:37:14 AM)
Not even a cantrip. What a waste of a card.
Posted By:
Demonic_Math_Tutor
(6/25/2013 8:54:05 AM)
Apparently, the story behind this card's creation was that they thought blue had been too powerful in recent sets, and wanted to weaken it a bit; so when they saw there was an opening, they inserted a particularly weak blue card.
I think they overshot the mark, though. I can understand the need for weaker cards, but this is just so bad it's almost physically painful to look at it.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(7/7/2013 9:41:26 PM)