Wow, this seems really cool.
And the fact that your opponent doesn't get to know what's exiled until you play it makes it that much more interesting...
Too bad you would only be able to play colorless cards, though, unless you are against the right deck.
Would be a cool sideboard card.
4.5/5 from me
Edit: LOL Names_Suck! You managed to enter your comment exactly 16 seconds before mine...
Posted By:
Fert12334
(4/28/2011 3:32:50 PM)
Vintage just got a new Ritual. Most high-level vintage decks use Yawgmoth's Will and some tutors, so this is a good way to get that 1 restricted copy from your opponent's library.
In Standard, this will also see play. Just about any blue deck will have Jace, the Mind Sculptor, so expect this to become part of many UB control decks.
Posted By:
Chamale
(4/28/2011 4:15:49 PM)
If you didn't feel like getting to know your local metagame before, you better get to know it now.
Honestly, as many have said before, this is insane in vintage. You can steal their only win condition, allowing you to effectively slow-roll your opponent to death. Or, steal their ancestral/will/artifact acceleration to progress your own win faster.
The degenerate nature of vintage allows this card to both be a disruptor and an enabler. Plus, you can always learn a lot from search other decks.
Posted By:
zk3
(4/29/2011 10:46:41 PM)
Nowhere on the card does it say 'copy'. When you play the card from exile, you play it. That means it can be countered if it's a spell, and it goes into its owner's graveyard after it resolves, or, if it's a creature spell, is destroyed. Even if it's exiled again by some effect like Swords to Plowshares or Yawgmoth's Will, it will be in your opponent's exiled zone and won't be able to played again.
Posted By:
Henrietta
(6/15/2011 4:36:07 AM)
This card is going to shake up the meta-game. With all the great black cards in this set alone, and the countless great artifact and phyrexian mana spells you can play off this. Get your playset early, trust me. I can't wait to steal Karn and Phyrexian Obliterator!
Posted By:
guitargamer79
(4/30/2011 12:54:22 PM)
4/5 because it does something really cool :D
Extra points for being able to make sweet combos off your opponent's library. "Allow me to make better use of that."
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(5/1/2011 8:06:09 AM)
Yeah, this is definitely a haymaker in Legacy. It's a really neat card, so I hope it'll see some play in Standard and Extended, too.
Man, I love Black.
Posted By:
Polychromatic
(5/1/2011 5:21:44 PM)
@ToSGod Yes, because you should be putting the generals in different sleeves or keeping track of them somehow. The game has to know where the generals are at all times, and there's no way for the game to know without the players also knowing. A player always has the option to exile their general to the General Zone when it goes to the graveyard or RFG zone.
If you don't want to bother with that, I think it would be flavorful to Praetor's Grasp someone's general. There was a long, drawn out discussion about how it interacts with Jester's Scepter too.
EDIT: That was the way people used to do it. With the Commander decks' release, there's a new rule that requires players to reveal a general that becomes exiled face-down somehow.
Posted By:
auriscope
(5/22/2011 6:27:28 AM)
In EDH, I'll be abusing this with Sen Triplets.
Posted By:
QuietK
(5/2/2011 12:56:23 PM)
Hot Yuri action.
Posted By:
BaneSlayerKirby
(5/6/2011 10:21:17 AM)