I would argue that this is one of the best Transmute cards, as the non-transmute aspect is actually playable.
If nothing else, there's a whole helluva lot of good 2cmc spells, and the art is amazing.
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(3/31/2010 7:28:04 AM)
In-color tutor for Thopter Foundry, Sword of the Meek, and Time Sieve.
Excellent.
Posted By:
gos
(7/1/2010 7:42:49 AM)
Really good card. I don't like running most graveyard hate in EDH because they're dead cards against some decks. With this card, you can swap it for something good if you don't need to exile a graveyard.
Posted By:
CharonSquared
(1/31/2011 12:29:33 AM)
I think this is suffering from cycling's reputation. I know a few people that won't even look at a card if it has a cycling ability. One of them flips out when I put the cycling land in my EDH decks. I like it throwing out cards that won't help my current situation in the game but his come back is "then put better cards in the deck" which is kind of short sighted because a land is a land, cycling or not. If I take them out, I draw less of them (usually early game when I need them.)
So anyways, this is so much better than that. How many two drops in black alone could save you turn 5? Shrivel and Marsh Casualties can save you from an Overrun of tokens next turn. A hard to kill fatty can get Cruel Edict'ed not to mention the 47 other "destroy" spells in black at that cost. Should you need a combo piece or some other win card, that costs other than two, you can always pull out Demonic Tutor/auto... (see all)
Posted By:
OmegaSerris
(8/24/2011 7:56:26 PM)
I think this might be good to run with Exhume - it can tutor for Exhume with the transmute ability, or assist Exhume by reducing its drawbacks.
Posted By:
JenBroness
(8/9/2010 11:48:15 PM)
@Dragejaegeren -
If you know your deck is built around a couple cards that cost exactly 3 CC, you'd go with something like Drift of Phantasms that could actually tutor for them. ;)
Now, if your deck has a bunch of 2 CMC cards on the other hand...
Posted By:
Magnor_Criol
(11/28/2010 6:20:32 PM)
As others have said this is an incredibly under rated card for its tutor ability with very powerful 2cc cards as well as the totally viable card itself. Great art is just icing on the cake.
Posted By:
Nukeleo
(8/20/2011 7:23:30 PM)
While you could call it removing the memory of a cast spell, on the other hand, a spell is usually considered to be memorized. Still, it's a mediocre anti-dredge spell, and everything's better with transmute.
Posted By:
sir_dwar
(2/10/2010 4:52:20 PM)
I was looking for a Modern answer to tutor for my Heartless Summoning deck... well, I kind of found it.
Either I'm looking for Summoning, or one of my few 2-cost creatures (Perilous Myr or Myr Superion).
And if, for some reason, that I'm playing against Dredge, Storm (with Past in Flames) or against Tarmogoyf.
Posted By:
Ferlord
(2/4/2013 2:56:58 PM)
I don't understand the low rating. I think this is a good sideboard card against reanimator and similar decks.
Posted By:
Belz_
(7/25/2010 12:35:44 PM)