The argument for huge expensive game ending creatures is that if you get that much mana and yet live, you deserve a card that basically says "I win, let's play again." This works until you make it so you can cheat it in that's easy and inexpensive (mana wise). It's like cheating a Baneslayer in on turn 1.
Trample with Infect I expect to see on cards I can't hope to play till turn 5 unless I forego the first 3 turns doing nothing but manaramping. I did not expect to see them together on a card that can be cheated in and deliver the lethal poison counters on its own by turn 3, turn 2 with any card that gives haste.
Posted By:
mattblack04
(10/1/2011 11:19:20 PM)
So, a question (though I think I already know the answer)-
With this guy and all the other graveyard-dodgers,
what happens if they are turned over by a Helm of Obedience?
I'd like to think I get mah blightsteel bukkit,
but I have a feeling that, due to the same loophole that synergizes with Leyline of the Void,
the BS hits the graveyard, triggering both the Colossus' shuffle in,
*and* the sacrifice of the Helm with no creature grabbed.
Is this correct?
Posted By:
drpvfx
(10/11/2011 10:22:43 PM)
Mind control. Need I say more. Stop complaining, yeah it's nasty but there are cards out there that will screw over anyone who plays this. For a very short list:
Mind control
Corrupted conscience
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Karn Liberated
Venser the Sojourner
not to mention simply forcing your opponent to re-cast it:
Vapor Snag
Cancel
Unsummon
etc.
This is not the cheapest card in the game and it can be dealt with easily if you don't just think in terms of destroying it.
@pedrodyl: True, but it only works once and it won't affect a cancellation spell.
"You can activate Spellskite's ability even if Spellskite wouldn't be a legal target for the spell or ability. However, the target of that spell or ability will remain unchanged."
Posted By:
The_Insaniac
(1/1/2012 3:08:01 PM)
That's why you have a Spellskite out.
Yes it can get cancelled, but so can everything else in the game. That's what makes the game fun. It's not like many people hardcast this anyway, so it shouldn't be that much of a tempo-loss. A personal favorite of mine is Fold into Aether on a Memnite, Searching both the memnite and the BS with Trinket Mages and Treasure Mages, respectively.
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(1/15/2012 3:37:23 PM)
more like "Rape Colossus"
Posted By:
KingCody77
(2/12/2011 6:55:44 PM)
Everyone seems to have their panties in a knot over this 12CMC trampling infectious beast of a card. So many simple solutions to this card. I will name one.
Claustrophobia. Problem solved for 3 mana.
Posted By:
TripleFisted
(11/26/2011 12:51:56 AM)
Alot of people are ***ing and moaning because this guy "obsoletes" DS colossus. That their most beloved creature of all time has been defiled.
Why would someone run DSC over this? Because they like DSC better.
Wizards may have made a shiny new toy, but that doesn't mean anyone is forcing anybody to play with it. DSC is still a house, it can still win games, and give warm, fuzzy Timmy feelings. It shouldn't matter whether you have a DSC or a BSC pointed at the opponent, because either way they don't have much longer to live.
Posted By:
Bandswithother
(2/26/2011 8:13:33 AM)
Hello Treasure Mage and Master Transmuter. I have a feeling we will be working closely together for a while...
Posted By:
jsttu
(1/28/2011 7:33:41 PM)
cryptoplasm, with or against.
Posted By:
roguepariah
(1/30/2011 6:25:04 AM)
Not only is there removal (Revoke Existence, Arrest...) there are also cards that turn him against you, such as Act of Treason and Metallic Mastery, outside of red, use Corrupted Conscience). Also, for {12} I'd much rather cast Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, although he is more susceptible to removal, if i lose him at least i get 3 cards out of the deal.
Posted By:
tcollins
(2/1/2011 5:12:46 PM)