He's how big? Um, I guess I'll play Rest In Peace, kthnxbye (or Supreme Verdict in a pinch).
Posted By:
surrealwebs
(1/6/2013 9:55:01 AM)
I guess the idea behind this card would be to build a mill deck and just start milling the hell out of your opponent and then use blue to start drawing a ton of cards so that you can discard them then play a few goyf and pummel your opponent.
Posted By:
RAT666
(5/29/2013 4:49:49 PM)
The only creature out there that can simultaneously win games, lose friends, and make your wallet cry.
Posted By:
Demonic_Math_Tutor
(6/10/2013 12:39:38 PM)
This card is way too overrated. Not bad, just overrated.
Posted By:
demonknight18
(7/12/2013 2:59:38 PM)
If you really want to know why Tarmogoyf is good, you should play modern/legacy.
Fetchlands, removal, disruption, efficient creatures...
Cards go to the graveyard by just playing.
Yeah, he's just a beater, and I don't think he "deserves" his price.
But cards aren't priced by their power.
And last, you don't need him for legacy/modern/anything.
Those formats have several competitive deck archetypes, and you can try any of them and just don't play Tarmogoyf.
I'll give this card 5/5 for efficiency.
Although I'll never buy one for such an insane price.
100 dollars... lol
Posted By:
Nyan
(10/28/2012 9:34:23 PM)
Overhyped, but not by much, here's why.
Turn two he comes down usually as a 2/3 (fetch, brainstorm turn one).
This is fair, compare with Nissa's Chosen.
What makes goyf so good is his annoying ability to grow with the game. While there aren't many (any?) matchups where he'll be a full 8/9, he is still way too efficiently costed at turn 3, if turn two is instead spend on something like faithless looting to make him even bigger then next turn, dumping an artifact and a creature.
So now turn three he comes down as a 5/6 for 2, which is way too good.
However, he has no evasion, so while he's huge, my 0/1 plant will champ him all day, and his abilities rely on graveyards to work. Any type of graveyard hate will decimate him.
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Posted By:
swords_to_exile
(10/30/2012 11:49:03 PM)
Rancor says what?
Posted By:
Xineombine
(12/6/2012 6:10:52 AM)
I hate this guy just for making Future Sight such a hard set to get ahold of. It's like what Jace, The Mind Sculptor did to Worldwake, grr.
Posted By:
psychichobo
(12/19/2012 3:37:06 PM)
Broken or not... can someone please explain me the artwork? I really don't see a lhurgoyf there
Posted By:
Mephy.
(1/18/2013 5:44:42 PM)
The biggest design flaws in Tarmogoyf is that it can get really big, really fast for a measly 
and is also a great counter for itself. This means many legacy/modern players mainboard or sideboard it to take advantage of enemy goyf strategy, counter other goyfs, or use it as some sort of wincon for themselves. This results in an increasingly boring meta.
Posted By:
Mr.Wimples
(1/22/2013 10:53:51 AM)