@Arachnos
Lord of Atlantis says "other merfolk" which can benefit your opponent's merfolk as well as your own, while Master of the Pearl Trident says "other merfolk creatures you control" which only boosts your own. That's why it's strictly better.
Posted By:
Baal_Planeswalker
(1/8/2013 11:45:17 PM)
Compared to TimmyForever, I'm starting to actually like MasterOfEtherium...
Anyway, would have been cool if it was +1/+1 and gave itself the bonus.
Why? No idea. I've just always thought it was rather strange that lords usually don't give themselves their type bonus (at a reduced core power and toughness, of course). That's why I like the Warchiefs.
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(7/5/2012 7:52:07 PM)
Not strictly better than Lord of Atlantis actually.
Vedalken Shackles, a popular modern card in Delver decks, can take control of this guy and make his ability useless. Lord of Atlantis still buffs up your merfolk even when your opponent controls him.
So there are actually some occasions, in modern even, where you want the original lord.
Posted By:
Snarblo
(3/11/2013 10:37:17 PM)
Within the set, goes well with Scroll Thief.
Outside it... new merfolk staple?
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(7/5/2012 5:31:56 PM)
doesn't really work in standard right now, but now you can run 8x lord of atlantis in legacy! :D
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(7/5/2012 6:46:41 PM)
How many lords does it take to make a tribe good? How about how many 2 mana lords? Yea, Legacy Merfolk just got +4 friends.
Sadly, this needs a bunch of Merfolk in RTR to be decent in standard.
Posted By:
.Blaze.
(7/5/2012 6:06:58 PM)
Strictly better than Lord of Atlantis.
Posted By:
Kragash
(7/6/2012 9:44:55 AM)
At least MOE had some constructive things to say. TimmyForever is just a failure troll.
Posted By:
blindthrall
(7/8/2012 3:44:54 AM)
I am 99% sure Timmy IS MasterofEtherium.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(7/6/2012 1:58:45 PM)
Here he is in a nice WU modern merfolk deck:
http://bopmtg.net/blog/modern-merfolk
Posted By:
badmalloc
(12/21/2012 10:32:33 PM)