Zhur-Taa Ancient
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best friend with eldrazi and especialy Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, just get out 8 lands, 3 spawns and a non-land permanents that can give you red and green mana, then pay this guy with the spawns and (for example) pentad prism giving you 16 mana to spend on emrakul and a extra turn after that to spend another 16 mana.
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Posted By: Wortcov (7/17/2013 4:58:55 AM)
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@ majinara
That's true. I had an empty board and acces of only 3 mana. After my opponent played this guy, I was able to play another land to produce 8 mana, which I used on a Falkenrath Aristocrat and a Mark of Mutiny targeting this guy.
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Posted By: Jaroon (8/8/2013 2:12:43 AM)
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Cast this late game. Opponent laughs at you that you play with such a bad card, and forgets that he only has 30 cards in his library and Sphinx's Revelation for 31. 5/5
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Posted By: sweetgab (8/24/2013 7:59:39 PM)
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I was so sad when I pulled this card out of a pack. I kind of felt cheated, lol. I will never use it, and It's not worth enough to sell. I give this a half star...
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Posted By: Deadling (9/1/2013 6:53:55 PM)
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This can be a dream if you cast in in 2HG, as it can fuel stupidly powerful stuff your team-mate has.

A team-mate cast this while had a Debt to the Deathless in my hand.

The game didn't last long...
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Posted By: Selerox (9/13/2013 7:19:22 AM)
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Don't run it against mono-black control. You might end up facing a new Desecration Demon and Liliana of the Dark Realms, then losing it to a Doom Blade, on turn six after your opponent missed a land drop.

I guess it might be good if you protect it with Alpha Authority or use Savage Summoning, but it's dangerous. You can't just throw it in any old Variable Colorless-cost RedGreen deck like I did.
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Posted By: JimmyNoobPlayer (9/15/2013 11:06:29 PM)
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Combos with Prophet of Kruphix...
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Posted By: Svartben (9/29/2013 11:23:45 AM)
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Sneak it into play at the end of your opponent's turn with Savage Summoning.
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Posted By: Simirror (11/8/2013 2:00:05 PM)
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After playing with this in Commander a few times, I've decided to take it out of my beast deck. The fact that your opponents get to use its benefit before you do is what makes it terrible, and every time I played it, the next player powered out a bunch of costly spells and killed the Ancient at the end of their turn. For this sort of drawback, a vanilla 7/5 just doesn't cut it.

What would make this better? Perhaps a couple of keywords - haste and trample are both very Gruul, for instance. A Manabarbs or Overabundance effect would also fit the theme.
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Posted By: Trygon_Predator (11/25/2013 9:15:53 AM)
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@thisissakon there is a drawback: your opponent gets extra mana, too
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Posted By: orzhov20 (11/26/2013 5:57:02 PM)
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