I've never understood just what was so great about this card. So, situationally, you could have an 8/9 for 1G. Yes, it's very, very good. It's still very much vulnerable to...
Terror
Boomerang
Remove Soul
Deathmark
Counterspell
Wrath of God
Vengeance or whatever the new black reprint of it is.
In other words, it's good against anything that isn't blue or black, since those two really don't give a crap how big your creatures are. If it had Shroud, it would be gawd and would have to be illegal. As it is... It's a very good card that sees way too much use in my opinion.
Posted By:
Joseph_Leito
(8/6/2009 7:09:42 AM)
It never lives up to the overhype.
It's a great card, don't get me wrong - but you need 3 card types in the graveyard by turn two to make it better than watchwolf, at least in aggro terms. It shines as a control finisher, but $50 a pop? It's worth a tenth of that max, especially with the ugly future sight card face.
Great creature, but nowhere near broken and certainly not on the level of auto-win cards like jitte.
Posted By:
Laguz
(12/24/2009 12:51:47 AM)
Broken? Not so sure.. To me, a broken card needs to be able to win the game when it hits the table, this guy isn't broken. He is fantastic, a card that grows with the game for 2 splashable mana provides an excellent early game aggro card and late game powerhouse but you neeeeeed to support him with other cards, by himself he isn't a game finisher or win condition by any means.
Posted By:
TheSwarm
(8/30/2010 4:08:50 PM)
I don't get it. I know this guy is supposed to be bomb and I could see that later in the game he could be. At best, he's a 14/15 for 2 (which is amazing) but I would rather have already won by that point. I just think there are better and cheaper cards out there. Call me a noob or whatever but I wouldn't waste the $$ or the space in my deck for this guy
Posted By:
Smoke_Stack
(2/26/2013 2:50:52 PM)
This is a great card. However the one thing that keeps it from being better than Baneslayer Angel is a little thing called situational greatness. The Goyf is only good if the graveyards are well stocked. If you get hit by a Ravenous Trap, Haunting Echoes, or a Planar Void has been in play since early game, then Goyf is a dead draw compared to a pre-set P/T card like Baneslayer Angel. That being said, it is still a card you have to pack hate or extra removal for.
It's like Dredge... When it's good, it's great... when it's not... it's horrible.
Posted By:
ong312
(10/26/2009 12:25:06 AM)
mongoose and mongrel are still better.
Posted By:
Th3_Dark_On3
(1/2/2010 10:12:42 PM)
Hate this card. It's a b****.
Posted By:
Master_Yumyums
(4/19/2009 6:40:22 PM)
To be truthful I don't get why this card is good.
Posted By:
ion1000
(6/13/2010 8:24:28 AM)
Planeswalkers came out after this I thought.
..? Future Sight seems like it was a fun pack :)
Posted By:
RafiqTheMiststalker
(5/9/2010 8:42:36 AM)
Call me a Noob, but I do not understand why this card is worth so much money. (around 70€!!) %-(
What do you have to play first turn to turn this into a monster? Tome Scour?
Of course I see that this is a very good card but it costs around twice as the new Jace and he is still in the actual tournament format.
I never played with or against the Tarmoghoyf so maybe that's the reason why I do not understand why this card is often considered as broken.
Posted By:
Ameisenmeister
(4/25/2010 9:17:24 AM)