Demonic Hordes or Minion of Leshrac, and some way to skip or undo draws...
Posted By:
HuntingDrake
(6/15/2011 3:44:36 PM)
Especially great with cards that have drawbacks beside their activated abilities that she won't 'learn'!
E.g. Puppet Conjurer, Ovinomancer, Musician. Yeah, weird examples. Merieke beats these ;)
I mentioned Wizards since I'd consider playing her in a tribal deck.
Obstinate Familiar, Sylvan Library, Information Dealer and Sensei's Divining Top keep your desired card on top.
Survivor of the Unseen allows putting a card in your hand on top.
(Also nice with Maralen)
You can then protect her with Sylvan Safekeeper, Sighted-Caste Sorcerer, Cephalid Inkshrouder (and make her unblockable) or... Morphling :D
Cryptic Gateway, Azami, Patron Wiza... (see all)
Posted By:
Mode
(7/18/2011 6:40:38 AM)
Anyone notice the art mismatch? This is an artifact creature with a very Esper-ish ability, but the art is clearly of a Bantian. She's even doing Green magic, bringing forth a vine. I think WotC got their wires crossed on this one!
Posted By:
Irandrura
(1/1/2012 6:16:13 AM)
correct me if im wrong but cant u combo skill borrower with stoneforge mystic and/or squadron hawk considering skill borrower abillity activates instantly allowing u to reveal stoneforge and since u just cast it to the battle feild wouldnt it allow u to use stoneforges abillity to grab an equipment for just entering play and the same go's for squadron hawk.in other words creatures with abillitys that are activated by being played from the hand would skill borrower be able to use them considering its abillity activates as soon as u play it allowing u to have stoneforges or squadron hawks abillity to activate from skill borrower just being played? i would really like to know becuase it is pretty good card if u can use creatures abillitys that are activated from being casted from the hand.
Posted By:
Reaper420
(5/16/2012 9:54:47 AM)
@Reaper420: Unfortunately not. An activated ability is an ability that follows the layout : . So, for example, Master Transmuter has an activated ability, while Squadron Hawk doesn't. Stoneforge Mystic *does* have an activated ability, but it's the second ability only that Skill Borrower could use.
For what it's worth, Squadron Hawk's ability and Stoneforge Mystic's first ability are called *triggered* abilites, as they take place when something else happens (or triggers them :P). This includes any ability that says "When enters the battlefield/comes into play" etc. There's a final kind of ability called replacement , but generally, if you treat them like triggered, you won't go too far wrong.
tl;dr? If it has "Cost" "Colon" "Effect" then it's activated, otherwise Skill Borrower is SOOL.
Posted By:
Apollo_8089
(8/3/2012 2:48:56 PM)
The obvious combo I can see is with Solitary Confinement and something like Godsire already on top of your library. Or Words of Waste or any of that cycle (in play, not on top!)
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(8/28/2012 8:27:37 PM)
If they reprint this card, I DEMAND that the art be a guy and look like MacGyver.
Posted By:
EGarrett01
(2/7/2013 1:13:56 PM)
This card is NOT best friends with Vess or any other planeswalker, because they are planeswalkers, not artifacts or creatures!
Unless they ever make an artifact planeswalker. I could see Tezzeret going that direction.
Posted By:
RunedServitor
(2/14/2013 3:09:15 PM)
@RunedServitor: It works with Liliana. The card she tutors up is put on top of your library so you can get whatever ability you need.
Posted By:
XepherXero
(3/7/2013 11:38:10 PM)
@ Irandrura "Anyone notice the art mismatch? "
There's no art mismatch. She's summoning a vine, because she's a Skill Borrower. She's borrowing that skill from a bantian. Wizard's didn't get their wires crossed, they executed flavor brilliantly.
That aside, look closely, she's definitely partial etherium, look at right shoulder and left wrist in paticular.
Posted By:
AeroSigma
(4/4/2013 4:24:49 PM)