Guys, Blue/Red deck based around this card. Pandemonium and Fervor with this card? Keep a card in your hand and it's like eight damage a turn for your opponent every time. What about their blockers? Kill it with Pandemonium's effect. Then swing, only four that turn, sorry it's not eight damage that turn.
Posted By:
CornIsTasty
(5/23/2011 8:17:04 PM)
this + Grafted Skullcap. No cards would be in hand since the "upkeep" step occurs before the "draw step".
Ruling: The beginning phase is composed of three parts, or "steps." The first thing a player does is untap all cards he or she controls in the "untap step." Then, any abilities that trigger on the "upkeep step" happen. Then the player draws a card in the "draw step."
Just trying to make some kind of use out of this card lol.
Posted By:
jilting_joker
(12/4/2011 1:38:30 AM)
@ Tiggurix
This may not be as cute as the Urza's Saga version, but according to gatherer this is strictly better.
Posted By:
desolation_masticore
(2/4/2011 1:35:03 AM)
Wait, its bad card; so why the hell is it rare?
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(7/1/2009 6:49:40 PM)
I got this simply because of the badass art. Look at it! A little girl and a 4/4 illusion!
That aside, unfortunately, I have yet to find a deck to put this in, nor have I came up with a deck that this would fit nicely into. I'm really eager to try it out with different things, though, simply because I love this card so much.
Posted By:
Binaro
(8/24/2012 7:40:11 PM)
There are some strange strange cards in Urza block... Show and Tell?
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(5/21/2013 8:40:38 AM)
Bottled Cloister and stack your triggers correctly :)
Posted By:
Earthdawn
(6/7/2013 11:15:30 AM)
Whoa. I didn't know about this card; there is some way to use it; and I will find it.
Last Rites
Noxious Vapors
Rituals
Putrid Imp
Oona's Prowler
Blood Scrivener
Tombstalker
Deathrite Shaman
Sphere of resistance
You quickly destroy their hand and have enough mana for a 2 cost creature. You have bigger creatures than they should for the most part, you destroy their hand early, keep laying down threats each turn. For graveyard decks you switch over the discard to gravehate (depending) and for control decks you just need to side in some spell pierce to win an early counter-battle (which sphere also helps with.)
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/20/2013 10:04:28 AM)
@Earthdawn
Bottled Cloister is a great choice, but you don't need to worry about stacking triggers properly. Since Imaginary Pet's ability has an 'intervening if' clause, I don't believe it will even trigger unless Bottled Cloister has already resolved.
Posted By:
AeroSigma
(7/12/2013 1:45:18 PM)
This is one of those weird cards R&D thinks up every now and then just to give the Johnnies some sort of challenge. Like giving a zoo giving the monkeys a sealed box filled with rose petals to keep them occupied.
Posted By:
car2n
(2/21/2014 8:21:57 PM)