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Posted By:
Yoktes
(2/28/2012 2:49:57 PM)
anyone ever thaught of playing it with counterbalance to counter anything your opponent plays?
Posted By:
ZirilanoftheClaw
(12/23/2010 9:18:02 AM)
Errata: Player using this owes opponent a cup of coffee
Posted By:
mononegator
(1/10/2012 2:20:47 PM)
I understood why they banned it not only is this card broken in Control decks it was also effective in other non control decks I used to run this card in my Nephilim deck and with it I would enable myself to get all the mana pull plus know I would have the colors necessary to play any nephilim long before turn 5 if the top stayed true like most of the time it did on turn 3 I would have all 5 colors on the field and at least 2 to 3 nephilims I could play like my Dune-Brood Nephilim or even my Glint-Eye Nephilim
Posted By:
rith_the_legend09
(2/14/2013 3:45:47 AM)
This hasn't been reprinted really, it's just in the special from the vault set. The reason the power nine are not reprinted is because of the agreement wizards made to not reprint a whole load of cards so they would keep their value.
There is no denying this is a cast iron 5/5 card. It isn't a card that 'breaks' the game in an obvious way, but it is a card that you could in basically every deck ever and it would improve them. It has a VERY powerful effect for a low low price. I mean it allows every deck one of the major strengths of blue,re-useable, for 1 colourless mana.
Posted By:
Baconradar
(9/7/2010 4:49:19 AM)
8$!? man I remember when this card came out I bout 8 of them for .14 cents each. Oh how times change (:
Posted By:
shocker300
(9/30/2010 3:55:47 AM)
It was good in standard/extended. It is utterly broken in eternal formats. Besides being the obvious engine to the Countertop lock in legacy:
You can tutor (or dig) for a Force of Will and draw it right away, and rearranging your next draw as well (use the stack).
You can keep your key card out of hand and out of Cabal Therapy/Duress range, but just within reach to stop the crucial opponent's Yawgmoth's Will
You can take the guesswork out of Dark Confidant - allowing no life loss or, at the very most, 1 life by tapping itself - as well as see one card deeper every time. T1 Top T2 Bob (or both T1 via via mana crypt/lotus) is card advantage that is hard to beat.
This card embodies control
Posted By:
zk3
(10/19/2010 10:35:38 AM)
More like vampire nocturnuses diving top
Posted By:
TheDonMega
(11/6/2010 5:05:13 PM)
this + vedalken archmage + tolarian academy + bunch of 0 mana artifacts = draw out your entire library or close to it in 1 turn.
Posted By:
stompfest
(12/3/2010 7:32:05 PM)
In a deck full of land search effects, this almost feels like repeatable tutors (that is, something along the lines of an activated Archmage Ascension). Instead of getting any card you get the best one out of four cards once per deck shuffle, but that's still a pretty good deal at just 1 mana per turn.
I would've destroyed a Top on sight if it weren't for the second ability, which makes it nearly unkillable. This caused me a lot of frustration, so I do believe this were costed too little, for how much it does and how persistent it is.
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(12/4/2010 9:26:17 AM)