Nah not for me. I feel there are better ways of doing what it does, most are blue, agreed, but there's no suprise about it, its gonna sit on the board and your opponent won't play creatures or leave mana tapped out. You have 4 out to play the thing, its likely your opponent has a similar amount of mana out.
Posted By:
JacksonRex
(8/14/2010 3:42:23 PM)
Unless you tap out, this is a great way to dodge removal. It also combos really, really well with control card classics like Propaganda and Icy Manipulator.
Posted By:
TwentyFifthBaam
(10/24/2012 1:32:59 AM)
Goes great with: cards of yours that have "when this card enters the battlefield" and tapped out opponents.
Posted By:
themicronaut
(12/10/2012 12:29:27 AM)
Interesting card. It seems worthless at first glance if you let yourself be fooled by the "unless its controller pays 1" clause and take it to be an offensive ability. Not at all - the offensive applications of it are just a bonus over the real purpose - protecting your own creatures and abusing "enters play" abilities.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(2/5/2014 11:46:06 AM)
Best used to bounce your own things back. Save creatures from removal or re-abuse ETB effects. The fact that it can seriously annoy your tapped out opponents is just icing on the already wonderful cake.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(5/15/2014 5:51:50 PM)