@raptorman333 & @Belz_, this is not a "may" ability, at the beginning of your upkeep, you must put a creature from a graveyard into play under your control. That means if there is only one creature in all of the available graveyards, you must put that creature into play (forced, no choice), if an opponent can get Phage the Untouchable into the graveyard as the only creature in any graveyard, you will have to play it, and you will then lose the game. Y3roc42 was correct in his statement.
Posted By:
MightyMortox
(8/9/2010 8:52:29 AM)
combo's with the abyss.
you get your creatures back, and if you like one of their creatures better, you can get that one instead.
*** hell I bought this card and every time I have drawn it so far I've won the game.
BUT I NEVER PLAYED THIS DAMN CARD!!!
IT JUST SAT IN MY HAND DOING NOTHING!
TWICE I HAD ENOUGH MANA TO PLAY IT BUT INSTEAD I PLAYED SOMETHING ELSE THAT WON ME THE GAME THAT VERY SAME TURN!!!!!!!
I want to play this card so bad but I can't bring myself to play it in those do or die situations that tend to come up late game when it's a choice between sacing all my creatures to ashnods alter and unearthing my corpse conesore and extractor demon and equiping the corpse connesoir with nim deathmantle and attacking for 10 sweet unblockable damage winning me the game, or saccing all me creatures to ashnods alter and playing this and gravedigger... leaving me open to my opponents 6 unblockable damage next turn, also enough to kill me.
I think I'm going to replace thi... (see all)
Posted By:
supershawn
(3/14/2011 11:05:58 AM)
Casual fun, and that's it. Too expensive to see competitive play in any format it's legal in.
Posted By:
Powereslave
(12/27/2009 2:25:25 PM)
Same issue as supershawn with this card, I'm sorry to say. I play a 
casual Reanimator, and couldn't have been happier to have opened a single copy of this beautiful card.
That was a while ago, and since then I've used it just one time, and the same turn I placed it on the battlefield, I was swinging for a win anyway after playing Living Death the turn before with a HUGE graveyard thanks to a couple Buried Alive. I almost wanted to show mercy for a single turn and let this card finally do something for me, but after 8 or so turns, the game was just too close... and I needed a win.
This situation will likely arise again, and this card will sadly prove useless to me. I don't get it... It's so color affordable, but thats just not enough I'm afraid. I love everything else about it - art, flavor and a great ability, but that god damned mana cost...
Its a shame that I might need to replace this with something a lot ... (see all)
Posted By:
Hayw00d0909
(4/11/2011 9:32:58 PM)
@y3roc42: You, sir, are one of those folks who don't know how to read cards.
Posted By:
Belz_
(7/25/2010 12:46:18 PM)
you, my friend, are awesome.
Posted By:
LuckyMonkey2367
(8/10/2009 1:18:52 AM)
Kinda funny when you force the person to play a phage from the graveyard, still, 4.5/5 but only that low because I save the 5/5 for broken cards
Posted By:
y3roc42
(10/28/2009 8:30:55 AM)
This card has kicked my a**. 3 Duo Color mana & 4 Colorless is a very cheap cost for what it's capable of!!!
Posted By:
AXER
(12/18/2009 2:05:46 AM)
MTGfreak- if you control the enchantment, you can not make your opponent summon phage to their side of the field, it would be summoned on your side of the field... So raptor was right in thinking you don't force your opponent to do anything
pretty cool card, although I find by the time turn 7 rolls around the victor has usually been decided already... And if you cast it it won't save you until the next turn... But still good, and really fun
Posted By:
Jinx585
(1/21/2010 3:53:36 PM)
paradox haze.
Posted By:
no_body
(3/9/2010 5:42:40 AM)