Honestly this card should have been uncommon. Rare at most. Mythic? Not good.
But on another note...
This, Perilous Forays and Rampaging Baloths = put out all lands in your deck.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(11/5/2012 9:10:34 AM)
Even in Vintage, the Cobra is probably going to cause quite a shakeup.
Turn 2: Lotus Cobra
Turn 3: Play Fetchland, add 1 mana, fetch a land, add 1 mana, tap the 3 lands you have, you have 5 mana.
What I can think of right now is a BG suicide deck with
Verdant Catacombs, Dark Confidant, Lotus Cobra, Tarmogoyf and maybe Nantuko Shade
Posted By:
makochman
(9/27/2009 1:44:04 AM)
Crap. Boring. The worst designed Mythic. Let's hope WotC learned a lesson from the one time they decided to print a utility card as a Mythic from here on out.
Posted By:
Troutz
(8/25/2010 10:46:14 AM)
Still worse than Birds of Birds of Paradise
With Birds, you get a mana every turn. You can't say with this card.
Posted By:
gromgrom777
(1/16/2010 3:05:02 PM)
I hate the comment board here more than any other Mythic Rare.
Please, all of you. Go shut up, put on your Indiana Jones hats, (Zendikar was Indiana Jones meets MTG you know), and do some history.
This is NOT a Utility Card. It. Is. Not. A DUAL Land is a Utility Card. BLACK LOTUS on a stick* is not something that needs to be in every players deck to compete. For nearly every normal deck, Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves, Noble Hierarch, and other limited color-limited quantity 'mana dork' is already going to be utility enough to be doing rampy enough things in the first place, and you CAN compete even in Zendikar Standard without Lotus Cobras.
Black Lotus is the most powerful card in the game, and anything with 'Lotus' in the name needs to be a Mythic. Wizards loves printing callbacks to the Lotus and Mox cards. Of all the 'staple' effects in magic history, Mana Generation and Card Draw are special. Because even though ... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(2/17/2012 10:59:05 AM)
Ok so, Lotus Cobra, mythic. Utility? Yes. Flavorful? YES. Lotus has always been the essense of pure mana in magic, and this card producing mana just makes sense. It came out in Zendikar, so why not use the new Landfall mechanic? Im sorry, I think you all are just mad. If you dont like cards being cheated in...then just play Mana leak? Seriously, quit being so butthurt.
Posted By:
NeoSin
(1/21/2011 1:12:20 PM)
WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS MYTHIC RARE?
WIZARDS, ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TRYING TO DRIVE AWAY ALL YOUR NEW PLAYERS AFTER JUST HAVING MADE NEW RULES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET SOME?
I GET $5 A WEEK. THAT'S MY ALLOWANCE. THIS THING IS GOING TO BE $20 EACH. THE REASON I ALWAYS LOSE THIS GAME IS BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE CARDS NEEDED TO MAKE GOOD CARDS WORK.
I hope you're all so proud you're spoiling the aristocracy, Wizards.
If you print more mythic rare utility cards in the extensions of Zendikar, I'm quitting this game.
Posted By:
UltimaCenturion
(10/1/2009 8:29:33 PM)
Lotus cobra looks like a good card. Not overpowered just good like Bloodbraid elf for example. If I don't specificaly need 3 mana on turn 2 I would play this over Birds of Paradise in any deck that can use it. Simply because it can attack and produce any colour of mana at the same time. Sometimes you can even have those good draws that produce a third turn Baneslayer Angel. Other times it will just get killed by a Path to Exile or Lightning bolt but still drawing a kill spell away for stronger offensive threats.
I don’t think this card should be mythic though. It doesn’t have the flavour or story that should be attached to a mythic. It certainly doesn’t seem like a limited bomb. Looks more like a rare to me. But this isn’t a must have card for a budget player to compete with a non budget opponent. As I said a simple lightning bolt, Path to exile or even the new Burst Li... (see all)
Posted By:
Milliardo_MV
(10/9/2009 2:41:42 AM)
Lotus Cobras are endangered and every time WOTC puts one of these on cardboard that's one less in the wild. Don't complain it's mythic, you're lucky to be getting the card at all.
Here's hoping it's reprinted in Modern Masters. I'm cool with less snakes in the wild.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(5/5/2013 9:05:05 PM)
Not as good as people are saying, but good.
Posted By:
InfernoTowel
(10/3/2009 12:12:51 PM)