Have you seen this art before?
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/208
Posted By:
Michael_Bender
(8/4/2012 9:45:47 AM)
metalvolence is correct in the flavor being wrong here. I love the card, I really do, but it has its problems. First off, how does infinite awareness and universal knowledge mean you don't need fuel for your spells? Omniscience sounds more like it would be an enchantment version of Richard Garfield, Ph.D.. Then the flavor text, while interesting, doesn't make him sound omniscient, as someone who is omniscient would be able to fathom what lies in their future. This is a great card, but the name and flavor text don't really match what they're supposed to represent.
That said, I love expensive and splashy enchantments. I wouldn't mind seeing this played against me, because it's bound to be interesting.
Posted By:
sarroth
(7/6/2012 10:49:52 AM)
Flavor trainwreck. Art, name, and text box are all doing disparate things.
Posted By:
metalevolence
(8/8/2012 7:58:18 PM)
Omniscience means infinite knowledge. Omnipotence means infinite power.
In blue's flavor, it's always been implied that drawing cards represents gaining knowledge - Thirst for Knowledge, Rush of Knowledge, and Brainstorm are all blue card drawing spells.
Tapping resources for mana and paying that mana to cast spells, however, represents the magical power of the planeswalker/player- Power Sink, Power Leak, and Drain Power are all blue spells that make opponents pay additional costs or otherwise hinder their mana production.
Meanwhile the card Omniscience allows you to cast spells without paying for them, and Arcanis the Omnipotent draws lots of cards. So someone has the flavor reversed. For me, Omniscience would be a blue Praetor's Council with "your graveyard" replac... (see all)
Posted By:
Wanderer25
(7/6/2012 12:23:35 PM)
This with Taimyo 's emblem!
Posted By:
SgtSwaggr
(7/5/2012 6:06:54 PM)
Combine with recycle. :)
Posted By:
majinara
(7/6/2012 8:25:20 AM)
Why cheat it out when you can just ramp, ramp, ramp? All you need is a Gilded Lotus or three Islands and get to seven other lands using land tutors and other things.
EDIT: In Modern, what about Hideaway Lands?
Posted By:
WarioMan
(7/7/2012 11:35:13 PM)
Awesome card. Pretty much the only card of the "Timmy Rare" M13 cycle that could really be useful.
It's a bit redundant though that people want to cheat out a card so they can cheat out other cards. :P
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(7/10/2012 10:52:34 PM)
Dreams Halls has competition. I still like Dream Halls just a bit more since it allows more crazyness than this.
Posted By:
Samhain01
(7/11/2012 11:52:55 AM)
"So, what's the most ridiculously overpowered card we can get away with as long as it has a huge mana cost??"
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(7/5/2012 7:46:29 PM)