From here on out, I'm automatically .5/5'ing any Doubling Season comment I come across. Yes, it is a good card that takes no skill beyond looking for the token/counter keyword in the text, congrats on your expert find genius. There is a reason it has yet to be reprinted and costs $30.
Posted By:
DlCK
(7/8/2011 3:16:05 PM)
Best reprint in a core set for a while. Shame it had to come after Scars or Mirrodin...
Posted By:
kanguilla
(7/7/2011 4:21:54 PM)
random reprint is random
Posted By:
alucard311
(7/7/2011 6:11:48 PM)
If the game is coming down to critter combat, as it almost always does in limited and often does in constructed, this is a one-card army. It can make four tokens, block four critters, sacrifice them before damage is dealt and then attack for five next turn. If they nail it with a spell, you can at least get a 5-token swarm out of it. If you combine it with proliferation or doubling effects, it's even better. Exceptionally good card.
It takes a lot of mana to operate, though; it doesn't do much good to cheat it out, curving it out naturally leaves you the mana to run it. Therefore it'll find best use in a limited deck or in green decks with Doubling Season.
Even without combat damage using the stack, this is amongst the most powerful cards in M12 draft. I hate going against it.
Posted By:
BegleOne
(8/22/2011 6:22:27 AM)
Try playing this with Doubling Season . Every time you make a pentavite you make 2, everytime you put a counter you put 2. A lot better then those adaptative combos.
Posted By:
D3nt3
(10/17/2011 10:28:05 AM)
Why on earth would anyone use this? For seven mana?
Posted By:
Deco_y
(7/7/2011 9:04:41 PM)
So much less effective with the combat damage rule change, but whatever. It's still good. He's a limited bomb and a decent constructed card because of all the combat tricks you can do.
And hey, throw a Doubling Season out there, and you'll be amazed at how big he can get.
Posted By:
PeabodyET
(7/8/2011 11:07:02 AM)
Yes! We now have Pentavite token cards! I've been wanting those.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(7/11/2011 10:43:09 PM)
Remind anyone else of a certain Guru that came out in the Commander release? With a very few minor exceptions, the wording is almost exactly the same as Ghave, Guru of Spores. Also a non-vampire that can effectively wield Blade of the Bloodchief.
Posted By:
repete
(7/12/2011 5:51:31 AM)
It makes Stapler tokens.
Posted By:
The_Trendkill
(7/16/2011 12:49:28 PM)