The change is permanent. Defender isn't there to defend, it's to prevent it from attacking.
Posted By:
DaLucaray
(7/9/2013 3:53:53 PM)
Oh i see, it loses defender PERMANENTLY after you get attacked. I get it now.
Posted By:
Shadowcaster3975
(7/10/2013 3:41:51 AM)
Am I the only one who feels a compulsive need to get a Giant Soldier of Stone alter for this?
Posted By:
Shieldman
(7/11/2013 6:02:04 AM)
This is not a bad card, no, but it is less powerful than the seven drops any color has access to, and more importantly, its a really disappointing rare. I just opened one in my first pack of M14, that was disheartening. Back to buying individual cards for a while. :P
Big stompy things with drawbacks like thisused to be pretty common rares, but you just don't see it that much lately without being very undercosted, so this guy feels a bit out of place. Maybe he can be a good finisher in an artifact deck?
Posted By:
Enelysios
(8/2/2013 4:03:50 PM)
In a breathtaking turn of events, losing 
from the cost of a creature makes it less powerful!
Don't whine about artifact creatures being less obviously excellent than green creatures, that's how the game has *always* worked. I like this card, myself. Sometimes mind games are worth more than "strict" advantage, especially when it comes to multiplayer politics. Now, the card could have been a little bit fancier, but it's cool and fun as it is.
@lifegainwithbite: Wurmcoil engine is one of the most ridiculously stupid cards ever printed. Not every card should be Baneslayer Angel or Wurmcoil Engine. Baneslayer Angel and Wurmcoil engine shouldn't even even be themselves.
@SAUS3: Card power varies, and the rarity of cards is based on more than just pure power level. If power levels/mana were always uniform, the game, and limited in particular, would be incredibly boring.
Posted By:
NoobOfLore
(9/25/2013 2:11:22 AM)
Oddly reminiscent of Elder Land Wurm.
Posted By:
Bouchart
(7/10/2013 7:38:48 PM)
The big beater my Golem tribal has been aching for!
Posted By:
JRE47
(7/11/2013 10:02:56 PM)
A reason you might play this guy is he is the biggest creature around apart from Street Sweeper that can become completely free because of Rakdos, Lord of Riots ability. Apart from that it has cool art and does a decent job of holding down the fort even if that is just by preventing creatures from attacking you.
Posted By:
DritzD27
(7/25/2013 9:24:45 PM)
Epic art. Good card but not busted. If they aren't attacking you in multiplayer that could give you the time you need to assemble your plan. Yes there are better cards. The art makes me think of the statues in LOTR. I think this card should have had an extra ability like as long as it has defender it can block 2 creatures! Why doesn't it have Reach?! Combos with Maul Splicer
Posted By:
TowerDefender
(7/27/2013 11:29:02 AM)
Cool, a different Ageless Sentinels.
Posted By:
Anaxie1
(7/13/2013 12:30:31 PM)