This is how you punish people who play Baneslayer Angel after you Doom Blade it. And if they kill it, exile it with Death-Mask Duplicant to add insult to injury.
Posted By:
NARFNra
(12/13/2010 5:36:53 PM)
Most of the comments on this card disappoint me. It's a pretty clearly worded card - if it says it, it has it; and if not, don't ask. The card does not say Annihilator, Wither, Infect, ect. It gives you a pretty clear list, and if you have any decent magic experience, you should know already that you CANT ASSUME ANYTHING.
It's pretty commonly known (though I admit a little more confusing) that if an ability is conditional(if a card gains it through any means, including flipping, level-up, ect), it doesn't count, even if (in most cases) the conditions are met anyway - especially when dealing with cards in the grave, where the conditions for the abilities it lists can't be met anyway.
I hope this clears things up (again, I know) for any future comments; sorry if I got a bit ranty. All in all, he's a pretty interesting card. Best friends with Necrotic Ooze for all sorts of graveyard ability fun.
Posted By:
Dr.Pingas
(12/25/2011 1:07:24 AM)
I love this ugly little fella, especially in multi-player, where he is a little more likely to get cool powers.
I use him with The Mimeoplasm , and he rarely disappoints.
Posted By:
indestructiblefox
(1/20/2012 9:46:04 PM)
I use this guy in a Lazav, Dimir Mastermind EDH.
Today I managed to make him a 4/4 flying, first strike, haste, lifelink, protection from red, protection from black, protection from demons, protection from dragons, trample, vigilance. Good things happen when you Traumatize the guy playing the Radiant, Archangel deck.
Posted By:
Madarakita
(10/25/2013 5:40:45 PM)
If you want to play a dedicated deck with this card, try Buried Alive to bury this, Giant Solifuge, and Drogskol Reaver. Reanimate or Animate Dead for an early 4/4 with Haste, Flying, Lifelink, Double Strike, Trample, and Shroud! With Dark Ritual you can even play him on the second turn. It's not the most powerful play in a Reanimator deck, but it's fun to build your own creature.
Simply playing this in the lategame is also a good time. I love going through each player's graveyard to figure out exactly what abilities he has.
Posted By:
Chamale
(1/16/2013 6:44:14 PM)
@godwar, nogoodnamesleft
If you have a Goblin King in the graveyard, do your goblins get +1/+1? No. He has an ability "other goblin creatures get +1/+1," but being in the graveyard, it has no effect. Same with slivers. The Winged Sliver doesn't have flying; he has an ability "All sliver creatures have flying". Because it says "all" and not "other" he gives himself flying when his ability is in effect. His ability is not in effect while he's in the graveyard. He does not have the flying static ability. If he's the only thing in the graveyard, your Cairn Wanderer doesn't get flying.
Posted By:
longwinded
(3/17/2011 7:06:11 PM)
My friend has a deck based around this.
Funny, once he had protection from red, blue, black, CMC 3+, lifelink and double strike all at the same time on this. I Celestial Purge'd it.
Posted By:
AlphaNumerical
(8/14/2009 4:48:54 AM)
lulz, discard Akroma
Posted By:
Aun
(5/19/2010 3:39:21 PM)
MisterAction's Theory of Fulfillment: the longer it takes to say the list of a creature's keyword abilities, the more fun you are having.
Compare: "I attack with my 20/20 unblockable."
To: "I attack with my 4/4 flying lifelink deathtouch first strike shroud islandwalk swampwalk double strike protection from black and green and colors and creatures vigilance trample haste."
Posted By:
MisterAction
(7/8/2012 3:42:31 AM)
This is one of those cards that in a few years is going to look weird. We've already had fear replaced with intimidate, and shroud seems to have been replaced with hexproof. I expect new evergreen words will be added and this guy's just going to look bizarre out of context.
Posted By:
Demento_Recraves
(7/8/2012 3:21:12 PM)