And if you add {u}{u}, you can do it two more times! (Echo Mage)
Posted By:
divine_exodus
(5/23/2011 4:23:50 PM)
Perhaps not as powerful as Cruel Ultimatum,
but it's fun to imprint this on a Panoptic Mirror,
and Vindicate 3 permanents per turn without worrying about mana color.
It's not as omnipotent as Time Walk in the Mirror,
but it's oh-so-fun to erode your opponent's standing by three permanents per turn.
Awesome art, too.
Posted By:
drpvfx
(1/27/2012 2:12:13 PM)
Definitely not terrible given that it targets any 3 permanents (if Vindicate's effect is awesome you can't deny that this effect is awesome) - but at 7 mana, a 3-for-1 just doesn't sit well.
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(3/8/2012 11:25:09 PM)
I think out of all the Ultimatums, this is the one that benefits the most from being cast before turn 7.
Posted By:
GracefulInferno
(6/10/2012 8:22:45 PM)
Fucked me over in limited once, not rly a competitive card tho bc o the restrictve mana cost and popularity of shroud and hexproof mechanics. See Maelstrom pulse for king of removal in this block.
Posted By:
patronofthesound
(12/7/2012 11:26:42 AM)
Expensive? Yes.
Worth it? Oh hells yes. This spell gives you major advantage over an opponent. Troublesome creature? Dead. Nearly fully charged planeswalker? Dead. Just feel like reducing their lands to rubble? Dead.
Hell, if you were some sorta idiot, you could scrape the pacifisms off of your creatures! Now that's versatility.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(2/18/2013 5:55:41 PM)
Between Garruk Wildspeaker, a mana creature, and dual lands of various kinds, you can get to this T4 without much trouble. If you do; you probably just won.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(5/28/2013 2:07:23 PM)
@Drpvfx: It sounds like you're trying to make a haiku but you haven't a clue how to do it and it comes out really badly.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(6/27/2013 4:58:46 PM)
alas!
this is ONLY a three for one, and therefore merely on the level of Ancestral Recall (that's a Power Nine btw, mkay? :P ) if you cast it without paying its mana cost. (Good Advice for getting Good at Magic quickly: Go right now and find 10 ways to do that in Gatherer without asking for help. I'd start with Red and Blue :) ...)
CRUEL Ultimatum, however is a ........o.o
|+3| of your cards
|-3| of their cards
|+1| your creature
|-1| their creature
and then how many cards do you think a 10-pt. life swing is worth? 3 Lightning Bolts? 1 Drain Life? 1 Black Spell and 1 White Spell? 4 cards because it can be so swingy, taking you from Losing the Game badly to Winning it badly?
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Let's say it's approximately between a 10-for-1 and a 12-for-1.
Even at 9 for 1, that is 3 times better. XD
Ancestral Recall might be better in Vin... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/26/2013 11:28:14 AM)
t1 Forest, Arbor Elf
t2 Mountain, tap the lands for Fertile Ground enchanting the forest, which you then untap with Arbor Elf, playing another Fertile Ground
t3 Swamp, This card
Posted By:
Belgarath123
(11/9/2013 5:08:17 AM)