Preemptively banned before it could even do any damage, this would have been an incredible, if excessively obvious, enabler in Urza Block, where every cycling cost was 2 generic; even with the wider variety of such costs that has since been introduced, this thing is a freakin' house.
ultratog1028, please fact-check your claims. This card was, uniquely in the history of Magic, banned in Standard before it was even released, specifically in April 1999. It's a very famous story that anyone who was playing at the time remembers. Don't go posting incorrect "corrections" without verifying your facts first.
Posted By:
jeff-heikkinen
(9/30/2010 2:48:40 AM)
This thing costs 2 colorless mana.
Turn 1: Plains.
Turn 2: Plains, Stoic Champion
Turn 3: Wheel of Sun and Moon
Turn 4: This, swing for infinininininininininity damage. And have whatever cards you want in your hand.
Posted By:
Psuedonaut
(4/9/2011 2:21:14 PM)
@ jeff: it wasn't banned.
@openseasonnoobs: yes. Tribal cycling, land cycling and regular cycling work off of this.
Posted By:
ultratog1028
(8/3/2010 11:09:19 AM)
Wizards banned it before even releasing this card?
Why did they even print it if they thought this is too powerful in Standard?
Also, this was not the only card banned before its release (I'm talking about you Time Spiral)
I swear, Wizards must have smoked something before designing Urza's Saga and Mirrodin.
Oh, these blocks clearly won't destroy the balance of this game.
Posted By:
Hoonster
(4/4/2011 8:52:30 PM)
Oh hey, Resounding Thunder. Are you suddenly a good burn spell?
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(8/16/2011 10:07:37 AM)
I want to summon atogs....... forever.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(1/4/2012 7:54:39 PM)
Great especially with cards that do things in addition to drawing a card when cycled, enchantments that trigger off of cycling, and cards with landcycling or creaturetypecycling abilitys.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(1/27/2010 3:01:51 AM)
See also: Stabilizer
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(9/9/2011 1:30:42 AM)
oh the good times we had back in the day. someone would say "i dont know why they ban this card?" and then out comes the dirtiest white deck ever.
fluctuator, 28 runes (rune of protection: white, green, red, black, blue, artifact, and land) replenish, and opalescence will give you 28 2/2 turn 5ish.
i know it doesnt seem all that crazy these days but back then it was nuts, seeing as you could pull it off in a format as limited as block.
Posted By:
RJStCroix
(5/29/2012 3:45:42 PM)