I love this card. It gives you so many options it's just incredible. Well worth the 6 mana! It's hard to lose the game if this stays on your side. It really makes that dramatic comeback way more possible. :)
Posted By:
True_Mumin
(7/12/2009 6:30:06 AM)
look, i think you are overlooking it's other HUGE effects. even though the blue effect is weak, the white effect is one of the most amazing around, giving you 25% of your original life for just 2, and the green effect alone is worth 6, giving a monster +4/+4 each turn. the black effect is weak, but usefull, powering down bigger monsters so that they can be killed and the red effect, you can use that to slowly wear your opponent down if they throw up a block to your monsters.
Edit: right after i posted this i realized that the red effect couldn't target monsters... but SO what, most red cards are envious of doing 3 damage for 2 every turn. and for all you controll deck players who use this card as a win condition, consider looking into filigree sages as your back-up. Filigree has a nice effect of being able to untap cards for mana... and with the etherium sculptor on the feild it makes for a nice little boost in being able to use it. consider being able to use any of its effects twi... (see all)
Posted By:
BrimandVormay
(6/23/2009 8:33:54 AM)
I don't see what you are all raving about, it costs 6 mana, and remember it has to TAP to use any of those abilities, meaning once a turn. There are cards that can do any of those things once a turn already and don't cost 6 mana to do it. What this card does do is save space in a deck if you want to fit two of the affects in and don't have enough room for 2 cards.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(9/17/2009 4:34:36 PM)
it's really the fear factor that makes this card good. When this card's out, you can be sure your opponent will be nervous
Posted By:
brunsbr103
(5/8/2009 6:52:00 PM)
One of the things I like the most about this card is the synergy it has with Exotic Orchard . I'm planning on trying it out in a white/black deck based around Sanguine Bond. Getting the extra choice from my opponent's mana types makes for a fun time.
Posted By:
Vandelan
(8/4/2009 10:14:24 PM)
The red ability can only target players, BrimandVormay.
The real downside to this card is that you can only use one ability per turn. If it let you untap it for 2 colorless, it would be a lot more impressive. It should also only cost 5, both to be more usable and for flavor purposes - 1 colorless for each color it represents.
Posted By:
Tagonte
(3/29/2009 4:12:26 PM)
Well the blue effect is weak, but only without help... There are tons of blue cards that untap permanents as well as artifacts, so the blue ability becomes more useful the more clever ur deck is, plus blue has the potential to make the obelisk cheaper altogether with the etherium sculpter... Esper prob get the advantage with this card playing exotic orchard and Sen Triplets as well, the possibilites are endless...
Posted By:
Mprime818
(6/6/2009 10:14:23 AM)
I have two of these and it's a real fun thing to gain ten life per turn.
Posted By:
movie_cultist
(6/22/2009 9:51:56 AM)
There are just too many other, cheaper, ways to activate the blue effect. If only blue had a better ability. Overall, it has a great number of cool tricks though. I'm just disjointed by it.
It's meant to show off all of Alara and yet it has no fun flavor text, no cool picture, and its blue power is sub par.
Overall:
Base rating: ***
great powers: +**
Subpar blue: -*
Posted By:
Zoah
(2/8/2010 4:49:03 PM)
by the time this kicks in you will be overrun by any good deck...
Posted By:
Imperialstonedragon
(1/3/2012 6:06:51 PM)