Would be a fun card to play if it werent so dang expensive for a copy. The white one is a lot cheaper.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(1/15/2010 7:24:13 PM)
A taste of honey... Tasting much sweeter than wiiiine...
Um, anyway...
Yes, Porphyry Nodes makes much more sense color-wise, but being off-color is a good thing, right? This lets green do what it really couldn't do anyway- creature destruction, more or less.
Also, as the booklet for Planar Chaos states, "Porphyry Nodes" is a near-anagram of "Drop of Honey"
Posted By:
Weretarrasque
(2/12/2010 5:15:09 AM)
I don't think it's off-color at all. Call it "Natural Selection" or something like that and you'll see how well it suits green. By the way, here's the story the card is based on:
"A certain hunter used to chase wild beasts in the wood, and one day he came upon a grotto in the mountains, where he found a hollow full of bees' honey. So he took somewhat thereof in a water-skin he had with him and, throwing it over his shoulder, carried it to the city, followed by a hunting dog which was dear to him. He stopped at the shop of an oilman and offered him the honey for sale and he bought it. Then he emptied it out of the skin, that he might see it, and in the act a drop fell to the ground, whereupon the flies flocked to it and a bird swooped down upon the flies. Now the oilman had a cat, which sprang upon the bird, and the huntsman's dog, seeing the cat, sprang upon it and slew it; whereupon the oilman sprang upon the dog and slew it, and the huntsman in turn sprang upon the oilman and slew h... (see all)
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(5/13/2010 3:44:14 PM)
So what's the deal now with the new ruling text? it does'nt target? we always played it like it did, it'd pick out the smallest creature and pop it off the table.
We'd play it with untargetable creatures.
Posted By:
Pontiac
(4/6/2011 3:15:25 PM)
A very odd card for the creature colour to have, but I guess the logic may have been that it's almost an alternative form of trample, clearing away the enemy weenies for your own big monster fatties?
Posted By:
stygimoloch
(12/2/2008 9:12:57 AM)
An interesting removal card...note that indestructibilty stop this ability...so you could presumably set a soft lock on weenie decks with this card...
Posted By:
Guest57443454
(7/1/2009 9:17:06 PM)
Similar cards include Porphyry Nodes and (less similarly) Culling Scales. The part of me that likes these cards is the one the that likes the board to be relatively clear and simple--so there's less to think about and deal with for both/all players.
Posted By:
HoboNumber4
(3/24/2011 5:56:18 AM)
Well stygimoloch, i don't really get how you think of trample when seeing this ability, but concerning the off-color effect i agree with you.
But for just that reason we got a planeshifted version of it in white ;)
Posted By:
Mode
(9/1/2009 1:59:11 PM)
@achilleselbow: Excelent comment. Really added to the flavor of the card just knowing that. but your wording is making me laugh
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(8/7/2010 2:24:37 PM)
should of been black
Posted By:
BobTheBuillder
(4/17/2010 4:45:43 PM)