Love this card, I randomly flashback it with shimmering grotto in my white blue deck.
Posted By:
iDrunky
(10/2/2011 10:09:15 PM)
This guy is obviously researching human transmutation...
Posted By:
Villainous1
(11/2/2011 3:27:59 PM)
Standard is going to have a lot of fun with this, I think; a couple cards that obviously synergize well are Skaab Ruinator and Unburial Rites. (I know I'd certainly love to resurrect Sheoldred, Whispering One or Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur on my fourth turn.) It's also got some synergy with Visions of Beyond, if self-milling gets just a bit more popular.
Modern is going to have some fun with this, I think. Vengevine, anyone? And I guess Tarmogoyf is just going to keep getting better and better. :P
It's interesting to compare this to older cards, like Impulse and Intuition, as well as Thirst for Knowledge and Compulsive Research. They all seem to have their different uses, and those rare occasions when Forbidden Alchemy can be f... (see all)
Posted By:
Ragamander
(11/14/2011 1:35:28 AM)
Snapcaster's best friend. I don't like pay 7 so I'll pay 3 again!
Posted By:
Philosophy
(11/15/2011 2:55:44 PM)
Even without flashback, this would be a fine card. The effect is better in most cases than Impulse, because its easier to mess with your graveyard than the bottom of your library (especially in a set with flashback). Impulse is a pretty good card, so being able to pay 1 more for a slightly better effect is certainly usable.
The flashback is like the flashback on Firebolt. Yeah it's expensive, but it's more like icing on the case for when you have nothing better to spend your mana on rather than the main draw of the card.
Posted By:
Saikuba
(11/16/2011 9:03:57 PM)
I got a foil of this and traded it for The Mimeoplasm. I thought I'd done well, but the guy at the game store said I'd been ripped off. When I got home, I saw a foil of this is, for wathever reason I can't begin to understand, worth around US$10 on the internet. Meh.
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(11/18/2011 5:14:38 PM)
why hasn't anyone noticed this for a Splinterfright deck? Use this to grab another and chuck some creatures in the grave while your at it.. boneyard warm + splinter fright + maybe a couple Mulch's or Mindshriekers and you've got yourself a WC..
Posted By:
AngelicOverthrow
(1/6/2012 6:56:15 PM)
@ .Blaze.: Completely. My favorite standard common by far.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(1/13/2012 7:00:18 PM)
This card is great in U/B Control, and usually the games end up going for so long that you can use the flash back, and seal off the game by finding that extra land or bomb.
Posted By:
Mattmedia
(3/8/2012 1:56:27 PM)
So, the card that has sparked many-a-standard deck and adds such a ridiculous amount of consistency to blue, isn't even a 4.0.... what???
Posted By:
Megapossum
(6/9/2012 4:55:01 PM)