Aah, the original 187 creature. This was the first playable CIP creature, so the California penal code for murder stuck thereafter because of him.
And @dfeyder, back in the day when creature removal wasn't as cheap and abundant as nowadays, this was more than appropiately costed, especially when you take the card advantage into account.
Posted By:
DespisedIcon
(8/15/2010 9:23:13 PM)
He would be a terror to be around!
Posted By:
zeyette
(1/8/2010 1:22:02 AM)
A NEKRATAAL DOES CAN KILL
Posted By:
MrPink343
(3/2/2010 10:26:40 PM)
Ah, the one they were all named for, "187 creatures" aka Momentary Blink's best friends. First introduced in Visions, where it's set number was 187, which, by pure coincidence, is the code for murder in Los Angeles Police Dept. Those who did not know about the origin of the term started calling all "comes into play" creatures like this, and so it stays up to our days.
Old art's been iconic, but to the new one I can only applaud. A whole story is there - without the help of flavour text!
Considered a bit costy nowdays, Nekrataal is still a force to reckon with. Card advantage stays being card advantage.
Posted By:
Helianthus
(8/25/2009 10:19:57 AM)
I was playing the online version of mtg on the xbox. My friend was playing the blue deck and there were two other kids playing green and white. I was playing black. This single, beast of a card, destroyed 2 duskdale worms, verdant force, molimo, purity, baneslayer, and a few others with the help of a few boomerangs and unsummons. Finally, the white deck, who was really ***ed, played wrath of god on the poor guy. Next turn I got raise dead and he quit.
4/5, even after his effect, he's a 2/1 with first strike so he's not dead weight.
Posted By:
VoidedNote
(7/29/2010 5:51:54 PM)
dark banishing... 2/1, for 4; if it were 3 that would rule. but 4 is to much.
Posted By:
dfeyder
(5/19/2009 10:09:20 AM)
Dis Boy Rapes GO BLACK
Posted By:
MasterOfEtherium
(7/13/2009 10:55:31 PM)
c'mon , Wizards, bring this guy back in M13!
Posted By:
luca_barelli
(10/30/2011 6:50:48 PM)
@dfeyder: What are you talking about? This isn't a dark banishing, it is a terror and a Coiled Tinviper combined into 1 (!) card, it gives you board control and a body to hit/ defend, totally worth his costs.
Posted By:
Buderus
(6/28/2012 6:43:58 AM)
I generally prefer Gatekeeper of Malakir .
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(1/12/2013 3:30:05 AM)