This card is FUNNY and its not half bad. Play with more Hippos.
Seriously though, this card is actually pretty fun in multiplayer when there is always SOMEONE who has mana open. Slap on a Loxodon Warhammer or a Favor of the Overbeing and have a good time.
Posted By:
Shoe2
(11/14/2008 12:17:56 PM)
3.5/5 for the ability, sounds very chaotic
8/5 for the look on your friend's face when you go, "I summon a hippopotamous." Or "Your hippo became Terrified and died"
Posted By:
Superllama12
(3/3/2011 6:02:52 PM)
And another card that turned from playable to total garbage thanks to the M10 rules change.
Before M10 your opponent had to choose: does he want to get mana burned or grant you mana instead? Now, the only thing this hippo does is tap all your opponents lands, since they can simply tap everything in response to this hippos ability. :(
From 4/5 down to 2/5.
Posted By:
majinara
(11/11/2009 8:16:56 AM)
what.....the hell.....
this the most fourth-wall breaking, Melvin-Spike, mana-screwing way to destroy land ever.
this is honestly a card to shit on The Grave of Timmy's and Vorthos' Hopes and Dreams with xD
There is nothing NEARLY so Opposite the basic concept of Alpha and M10 Design philosophy as this. x.x
I think it might be a cool thing to have in some other game, but this is the worst card in Magic for me because it is the least MAGIC of them all. MAGIC is different things to different people, but the things it usually is to most people....this isn't that.
Posted By:
ParallaxtheRevan
(3/21/2013 10:13:47 AM)
What is the ruling on cards like Cabal Coffers and Lake of the Dead?
Shouldn't this theoretically force an opponent to draw the maximum amount of mana they possibly can?
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/21/2013 10:21:52 AM)
This little guy can straight HOSE Omnath, Locus of Mana
Posted By:
lorendorky
(6/11/2011 10:31:33 AM)
@kronos539: Mana pools empty automatically when steps and phases end. So your opponent can arrange for their mana pool to empty before you get to steal all their mana. It's not total garbage, since it still means they won't have mana available during or after combat, but there are very few situations where you'll ever get to see any of that mana yourself.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(8/2/2011 7:19:54 PM)
Visions was like the zoo set or something. Monkeys, elephants, pygmy hippos...
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(4/9/2012 10:37:58 PM)
Apparently hippos are naturally-occurring mana sponges.
Posted By:
Mr.Wimples
(5/11/2012 11:37:29 AM)
Use this with Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger for ultimate dickeshness.
Posted By:
WarioMan
(9/8/2012 10:16:06 AM)