i wonder what would happen if the guy on force of will burnt this down.
Posted By:
Hydrogoose
(3/15/2009 6:41:04 AM)
This is the 10th card in the Power 9. I dont' know why some people think this isn't great, even Richard Garfield himself said that this was the most broken card they ever made. A Land that can't be countered and can draw you cards? Amazing.
Long Live the Cheating Device!
Just a heads up:
The reason this is Un-common, is because Arabian Nights has no Rares. I saw someone point out how it's an un-common and thought it was interesting, but there is a reason. There just simply are no Rares in that set. I remember buying my first Arabian Nights booster thinking "That's odd, no Rares at all" but that's how they did it.
If you want something REALLY interesting, Ancesral Recall, and Time Walk, were both Commons before Alpha was released. The set "Gamma" which was a playtest version, had Ancestral Recall and Time Walk as a common, and THAT is the version of Time Walk that says "Opponent Loses next turn". Just a clarify :)
Posted By:
SlackWareWolf
(3/12/2010 12:01:41 PM)
Hey, can someone explain to me why this card's so great?
Posted By:
murder100
(1/21/2010 5:10:31 PM)
Despite the card's obvious power, I sort of suspect if it were reprinted today it would see only limited use in Standard and probably only in decks that didn't really need it to win, but instead tossed it in as a tribute to the past. Admittedly, it does provide colorless mana, so it won't mess up mulligans, so there's no good reason not to play... I'd still like to see this mechanic revisited in a non-broken way.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/3/2011 7:52:15 PM)
alright, ya gotta forgive me here, but how exactly is this THAT good? After the first couple turns, how are you supposed to get seven cards in hand again?
Posted By:
LuckyMonkey2367
(8/5/2009 12:44:06 AM)
The round-by-round summary of the 1994 World's finals really demonstrate the power of this card very well.
On the first round, Lestree was able to race Zak Dolan's slower control deck, but on games 2 and 3, the massive card advantage gained by a first turn library really shows.
https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/226zakdiary
Posted By:
JovianHomarid
(7/23/2013 1:44:49 AM)
By the Emperor, I just realized its possible, albeit minute, to get both this and Bazaar in a booster pack...
The card itself is insane, and I wish I knew how to get one without a loan
5/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(8/2/2013 9:34:11 AM)
Obviously broken. One sided howling mine on a land that also taps for mana.
.5/5 for being broken.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(8/9/2013 9:36:25 AM)
You can't really tell, but the "or" was totally sarcastic.
Posted By:
car2n
(6/1/2014 12:37:00 AM)