lol. Play Mistform Ultimus in your EDH deck as your general, then use one of every creature type you can come up with, and Coat of Arms becomes "Mistform Ultimus gains +1/+1 for each other creature in play"
Posted By:
themlsna
(1/25/2011 9:04:24 AM)
@bloodbunny
"Doesn't this also mean it's a wall, thus is unable to attack?"
The original printing explicitly stated that Mistform can attack as though it was not a wall, back when the "can't attack" rule was written into the creature type. Wizards later decided to separate the rules text from creature type, and gave existing walls the ability "defender."
While most walls have defender for flavor reasons, gaining the creature type "wall" does not automatically add the defender ability. Since Mistform lacks defender, it has no restrictions on attacking.
Posted By:
Mooby
(5/24/2013 3:14:45 PM)
Mistform Ultimus is all creature types at all times in all zones even if you Snakeform it. Its ability is a characteristic-defining ability and is applied before effects that remove abilities are. So it will be all creature types but it won't have the ability "Mistform Ultimus is every creature type"
EDIT: Durr, Snakeform would overwrite the creature types. Humble, however, would not. And @ratchet1215? You're a moron. Not only would Ultimus retain its creature types AND get +2/+2 from Murganda Petroglyphs, but the effect would wear off at end of turn. The beginning of the end step is when abilities trigger. Don't act like a rules guru when you're clearly not.
Posted By:
theelk801
(4/12/2010 4:42:25 PM)
The right way to use him for your EDH general is to back him up with all of the blue Lords and Slivers.
Posted By:
Atali
(11/8/2011 11:52:38 PM)
*** everything else.
It's also The Nastiest Donkey Gamer Beeble Ever (Thanks for letting me borrow your creature types, B.F.M)
Not to mention a Mime Waiter Lord.
What about a Child Ship or a Mummy Designer?
Posted By:
Jibz
(3/8/2013 10:28:53 PM)
I've actually built an EDH of this guy, and man is it entertaining sometimes!
''Tap Mishra's Factory to pump Ultimus. He's an Assembly-Worker, you know''
''Tap Swarmyard to regenerate Ultimus. He's an Insect-Rat-Spider-Squirrel, you know''
''Ultimus dies and returns because he was equipped with Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho. After all, he's a samurai''
''You can't block Ultimus, I've got a Shadow Sliver, and he's a sliver!''
''I cast Ultimus and put a counter on my Door of Destinies, which I picked 'lammasu' for!''
Man, I could go on forever!
Posted By:
VarteDod
(5/22/2013 4:26:50 PM)
Now all of you pro's can rest easy that you have a Blue Hill Giant that's actually a Giant...
Hur... Hurray?
Posted By:
Ferlord
(6/16/2013 10:55:59 AM)
With Theros, the ultimus is now a God as well.
THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING...
Posted By:
muggtonp
(8/27/2013 5:41:47 AM)
If you make it lose its abilities until End Of Turn, since they define specific average creature characteristics, hen next turn will it be considered to have "no abilities" be Muraganda Petroglyphs?
Posted By:
mirrorman95
(3/12/2009 10:54:06 PM)
Correct, Mirrorman95. Anything written in a permanent's text box is an ability. Whenever you have a spell or ability that says "target permanent loses all abilities," you basically wipe its text box clean.
Therefore, if you made Mistform Ultimus lose all abilities, he would simply become a 3/3 Legendary Illusion with nothing in his text box; that means he would get the Muraganda Petroglyphs bonus. However, at the beginning of the end step, he would gain his I'm-every-creature-type-at-once ability back and lose the Petroglyphs bonus.
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(9/16/2009 4:57:51 PM)