Karakas! :D
Posted By:
stille_nacht
(7/22/2011 7:55:26 AM)
I woud love to build an EDH with him as the general. The only probems would be that he gets more and more expensive the more you use him, and the fact that there aren't a whole lot of ways to give him haste apart from Equipments and Thousand-Year Elixir.
Posted By:
Diachronos
(1/28/2011 2:56:52 PM)
5 stars because his name looks like something out Lord of the Rings.
6th star because it includes the phrase 'Exile target permanent'.
7th star because his ART looks like something from Lord of the Rings.
8th star because of (insert anagram here).
9th star because he's not $50.
there are so many non-strategy related awesome things about this card, it's pretty much the ultimate
"but wait, there's MORE" card.
But Wait! There's MORE!!!
He's also actually good in games. That's one might fine card right there, yep.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(9/14/2011 12:42:16 PM)
I love it when people say "Combo it with this card, duh!" and it turns out to be about a $50+ card like Karakas. Yeah, I'll to get right on that after I finish buying a playset of Bayous to mana fix my B/G creature sacrifice deck.
Posted By:
AssKickingBoots
(5/27/2012 7:13:04 AM)
The creature who activated doesn't need to still be in play by resolution unless the card asks so. Therefore, Mangara can be miles away by the time this hits. Needed haste I think, but works well with flicker stuff i guess.
Posted By:
Omenchild
(4/18/2010 12:07:10 AM)
I have a problem with this card and the rulings they put in, in regards to Flickerform. Here's the ruling "If Mangara of Corondor leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves, the targeted permanent will still be exiled."
Flickerform reads - 2WW: Exile enchanted creature and all Auras attached to it. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, return those Auras to the battlefield under their owners' control attached to that creature.
So my problem is this: When you use MC's ability, its on the stack, then you use Flickerform to remove him from the game, or "Exile" him, placing Flickerform on top of the stack. The Exile from Flickerform takes effect first, removing Mangara from the game, so why does his ability stay in play on the stack? Why doesnt Flickerform act as a counter to Mangara's ability since it takes effect first? I dont get why Mangara's ability still goes off when he isnt in play anymore AND he c... (see all)
Posted By:
Ephinophobia
(1/21/2010 3:55:36 AM)
It seems like a really great card, but it isn't as good as it looks. While removing any permanent is useful having to wait a turn to do so can be a bad idea. And considereing that its on a 1/1 body that can easily get killed from just about anything only limits its usefulness even further. Although I guess this does speak to whites philosophy; theres too much fairness for you and the opponent, theres no deception and it allows the opponent to anticipate.
Posted By:
SavageBrain89
(6/14/2009 6:33:19 PM)
two Mangara of Corondor + Aluren + Glen Elendra Pranksters = exile all targetable permanents an opponent controls.
Posted By:
Salient
(8/26/2011 1:15:58 AM)
In a B / W deck...
Turn one: Swamp. Dark ritual, Trinisphere
Turn two: Plains
Turn three: Plains, This
Turn four: It's time to exile some lands.
Just one of many ways to abuse Trinisphere (who's idea was it to reprint that thing seriously) and a use for making your opponents stay several mana below you.
Posted By:
BorosGeneral
(6/21/2012 1:20:54 AM)
@JL2736: If you're talking about giving Mangara shroud to protect him from exile, it won't work, since Mangara's ability doesn't target himself, giving him shroud won't prevent him from being exiled. You can, however, untap him using the aura, since exiling himself is part of the ability and not the cost, you can activate his ability, then untap him, and then activate, then untap...
Posted By:
adrian.malacoda
(7/7/2012 1:56:20 AM)