This was supposed to be the offensive equivalent of Earthlore: Earthlore basically lets you tap a land to Holy Strength a creature, while Forbidden Lore lets you tap a land to Unholy Strength a creature. Knowing that explains what they were going for, but doesn't really fix it, flavorwise :/
Posted By:
longwinded
(7/9/2010 5:03:05 PM)
"Okay, but only if I get to roll dice to see how much power and toughness you get!"
The early employees at Wizards were known Dungeon & Dragons players...
Posted By:
scumbling1
(3/29/2011 11:23:24 AM)
I love how random old cards could be at times. "Hey, we need a creature buffer!" "I know, why don't we make it an enchant land, that makes the land tap to buff a creature until end of turn! And it's about forbidden lore, because that makes flavor sense... right?" "Okay, but only if I get to roll dice to see how much power and toughness you get!"
Posted By:
Tanaka348
(11/30/2009 11:54:22 PM)
Follow her line of sight. She's not even reading the book!
Posted By:
Moxxy
(12/27/2013 2:07:31 PM)
why read forbidden lore if the effect is only temporary?
I guess this lady simply doesn't have that great a memory capacity...
-On a side note, combining with elvish guidance, and you can simply not lose mana! YAY :D
Posted By:
Burningsickle
(3/26/2014 4:52:03 PM)
At the time wild growth was used often with ley druid orjuniper order druid. This made tapping the land twice to pump up a trampler a new option for these land untapper types, especially when you didn't need the mana anymore. A 7/5 war mamoth was nothing to sneeze at back then.
Posted By:
DwarvenLieutenant
(5/28/2014 11:30:39 PM)