As stygimoloch said, there ARE ways to deal with this creature:
Terror/Dark Banishing
BURNBURNBURNBURN
Counter
Oh noez! Tarmy can be beat?
I killed 4 tarmogoyfs using 3 terrors and a dark banishing in the same game. Needless to say, my opponent was ***ED.
Posted By:
hunthell
(6/21/2009 9:17:41 PM)
Was there just no removal in standard while this was in it? Absolutely no protection or anything. A 2-drop fatty is really good, but its only so good when it dies to doom blade.
Posted By:
Scormio
(3/7/2012 11:37:15 PM)
Reminder text: (The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land,planeswalker, sorcery and tribal) Future sight =/= Plansewalker cards, guess it really was future sight
Posted By:
qwertycrap
(4/7/2012 8:19:55 PM)
In Modern, this guy is just solid. That is it. He comes down early enough to play as a wall against aggro decks (or to be an aggressor for them) and he beats face really well for attrition style midrange decks like Jund. He is the best option most of the time and, unlike a lot of cards in his price range, he is fun to play against. Not broken.
Here's the thing: His price range. It actually doesn't make sense. I'm not saying this as some poor player who just wants to have their very own tarmy (got all the goyfs I need already) but just comparing it to other creatures in realistic ways. Jace's Phantasm can be swinging for five before you even lay this guy down. Nivmagus Elemental and Blistercoil Weird fall into the same category. I know these cards require you to do things you weren't already going to do, whereas the goyf grows naturally. So does Quirion Dryad, and she's still no where near as costly.
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Posted By:
Taudisban
(3/29/2013 1:35:17 PM)
Well, since it's now out of standard, it isn't really overpowered elsewhere than in Block. In extended it might be interesting for green aggro, but that you don't see too often. In Vintage you have to have turn 2 win or White-Blue control anyway.
Posted By:
Aun
(4/30/2010 7:48:03 PM)
Broken is such a small word...
Posted By:
Sironos
(5/11/2010 1:21:26 PM)
a strong card but has plenty of counters, smother, doom blade, assassinate, etc. and if your opponent gives him shroud with canopy cover or some other means then play a bojuka bog in your sideboard or whatever, definitely not overpowered and I really doubt this is worth $50 dollars.
Posted By:
Carbunc
(2/24/2010 11:49:21 AM)
First of all, I can't believe I've read this entire thread.
I don't even know where to begin to try to bring some sanity to this overpriced and overrated card.
Is it good? Sure, it's good. But it's too situational. You're depending on your opponent either playing a deck with many card types or playing one yourself with many means of getting cards into your graveyard. And if you're doing that, then you're not putting cards onto the battlefield to defend yourself.
If I were to play this card and IF I were crazy enough to pay $60 a pop for it (that's pretty much the going rate on Ebay right now) I would probably play this in a black deck running Liliana's Caress and a ton of card removal spells. Then hope my opponent isn't playing just creatures and lands. But unless you have some way of getting cards into the graveyard quickly, this card is above average at best.
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Posted By:
landboysteve
(3/23/2011 4:28:07 PM)
Dies to Doom Blade.
Posted By:
Guest742242900
(7/29/2011 6:51:52 AM)
Anyone saying this card is overrated hasn't played it. Unfortunately those people probably also can't afford the legacy decks he belongs in.
Posted By:
derpderpderp
(3/24/2011 5:29:11 PM)