overcosted?
one must understand that he was designed to be played in an environment where+1/+1 counters whiz around the table every time a creature hits your side.
with a simic guildmage in play its even worse.
considering that the cost is quite balanced.
Posted By:
TrazocW
(8/12/2011 12:02:54 AM)
Momir! Come back to us! Your guild is falling apart. They have this cool new mechanic called Evolve. That is good and all but they are losing the science. They live in holes in the ground! They don't stand for anything! They worship fish! It is all; the lock ness monster in a swimming pool and merfolk not wearing enough clothes!!! We need the beakers, the research notes, the mutations and the cytoplasm back. Make your guild different from the boring semi-ritualistic growth cult fatties!
Edit: I just saw Experiment One in Rosewater's (?) column. Fear not science fans! Simic is back baby!
Posted By:
Stinga
(1/4/2013 11:03:14 AM)
I forgot I put this guy in my Sliver deck. Helped me get my overlord out as soon as I had the mana to play him, and he went and found another sliver for me!
Posted By:
Moleland
(3/18/2011 11:52:23 AM)
I'm adding it to my Intet, the Dreamer EDH deck, since: a) it's mostly composed of creatures and lands, so playing a creature each turn shouldn't be much of a problem and b) it supposedly has a lot of sinergy with a lot of cards in it, such as Intet himself (it nets you a lot of value just for casting your commander, plus it combos fantastically with his ability), Djinn of Wishes, Garruk's Horde...
Other than those, it also turns any U/G creature into a tutor/draw spell (and there are quite few great U/G creatures: Coiling Oracle, Trigon Predator, Simic Sky Swallower, Nulltread Gargantuan...) AND gives you card advantage against counterspells. Pretty solid, as long as you've got the means to protect him (because, honestly, he's a little fragile for a 5 drop - but worry not, you can always run counterspells or, even better, Mystic S... (see all)
Posted By:
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
(2/26/2012 7:29:37 AM)
Quite possibly my most effective EDH General, and that surprised me a bit.
If I get him out with Fable of Wolf and Owl
(which is not too hard since the latter tends to be a low-priority target... at first),
things start getting out of control *very* quickly.
I'll cast something like Slippery Bogle, Vig fetches a Murkfiend Liege,
I cast the Liege and Vig fetches a Mystic Snake.
After countering a spell with Snake, I have 3 3/3 Wolf Tokens, 3 2/2 Flying Bird Tokens,
a 3/3 Hexproof Bogle, a 4/4 Snake, a 4/4 Liege, and a 4/4 Momir Vig.
And I *probably* fetched a Vedalken Mastermind to further abuse Mystic Snake.
This may sound far-fetched, but it's happened before.
Momir Vig is *not* to be underestimated!
Posted By:
drpvfx
(2/29/2012 10:07:04 AM)
I have a g/b deck that revolves around creature cycling. This card combined with Magus of the Future makes me want to puke. Throw in a few Nulltread Gargantuans, Lorescale Coatls, Llanowar Elves, a Simic Sky Swallower, Assault Zeppelids, some winged Coatls, and a Centaur Omen Reader. And then whatever other big greenies you want with trample make a sick creature cycling deck. I love this card.
Posted By:
cadenblade
(8/25/2009 11:04:29 PM)
Its alive.... ALIVE!!!
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(7/25/2010 5:21:07 AM)
overcosted. should cost 1GU max.
Posted By:
Guest742242900
(7/25/2011 10:49:50 AM)
He may be an okay card in the game, but in the story, his guild isn't that good. His Boros Legion autocard multiverse... (see all)
Posted By:
Swag_Crow
(1/14/2014 6:17:17 AM)
So if you all would like to see my simic abomination, follow my link. I run this deck all the time and it's absolutely ruthless. http://www.mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/407720
Posted By:
celticwarrior2010
(3/11/2012 10:56:27 PM)