Only in Magic does no one point out the delightful oddity of the subtype "Elephant Wizard".
Posted By:
Polychromatic
(5/10/2011 8:39:44 AM)
Heh, imagine having multiples of it down, or with followed footsteps/rite of replication.
Posted By:
Tommy9898
(6/24/2010 5:46:28 PM)
Combine with Ghostly Prison and Mana Tithe for fun times :)
Posted By:
Mudbutt_on
(7/21/2010 1:00:13 PM)
Pain in the arse, especially when comboed with Augustin, and up to 4 Rhystic Studies...
Posted By:
Moleland
(4/21/2011 2:42:10 PM)
Oh god, their tax collector / IRS guy is an elephant? The critter most renowned for long memory?
Unique ability + unique subtype + unique art = uniquely deserving of a 5/5.
Outclassed a little by Chancellor of the Annex, though. A Storm-combo player might not care about the permanent sacrifice (tap all lands and mana producers in advance) but a Storm deck is stomped by the automatic Chancellor Daze effect.
I'd love to find a way to run both Chancellor and this guy.
Posted By:
Salient
(8/26/2011 6:41:40 AM)
This is a good "stall/stutter" card as i like to call them. Makes someone have to think a little extra before casting a spell. Also a few of these out and it's major pain in the butt. Only con is a tiny bit on spendy side, but 3/3 helps i guess.
Posted By:
EccOMyth
(1/24/2009 8:36:26 AM)
Having this in play means your opponent's lightning bolt will cost 1 more.
Posted By:
Bulhakas
(4/30/2011 5:44:35 PM)
By the time you're playing five-mana permanents, 'tithe' effects have since ceased to make much of a diiference. Perhaps they're tapping out for that game-ending bomb, but it's not troubling at that point to sacrifice a single tapped land to force it through.
I've had this thing played against me numerous times in multiplayer and EDH, and it's never done anything relevant.
Posted By:
scumbling1
(4/9/2011 7:10:08 AM)
the 3 toughness is nice as it puts it out of range of a lot of black and red removal, still a bit pricy for what it does though
Posted By:
asmallcat
(6/18/2009 9:01:17 AM)