I can understand how can be Cavaclaw Reaches rated as worst and this one as best...
Posted By:
Neutralion
(2/24/2010 8:21:18 AM)
In order to attack with lands you need to activate the ability before the untap phase right?
Or does it not matter.
Blocking part is easy to understand though.
Posted By:
steelpommel
(2/10/2010 1:45:31 PM)
Someone help me out. I want to run this in a Vigor based deck...If I blocked with this, would it keep it's +1/+1 counters when it turns back into a land? Is there a rule that says a land can't have +1/+1 counters?
Posted By:
Telltalereaper
(8/18/2010 7:21:55 AM)
@Telltalereaper: It will keep its counters.
Also, as many others have said, this is great at defense
Posted By:
Qazior
(8/23/2010 4:20:08 AM)
Honestly, this card is a lot better than people give it credit for.
It's the most efficient manland of the cycle.
It's great for taking down cheap fliers.
It's really meant to be a defensive land.
It doesn't die to lightning bolt.
What more could you ask for?
Posted By:
LordAlvon
(9/30/2010 5:49:29 PM)
Kind of annoying my favorite color combination got such an underwhelming dual manland. Yes, it's not bad, it's just not nearly as interesting as all the others. It could have had higher toughness to compensate for its lack of offensive capability and only mediocre defensive capability.
Posted By:
Nagoragama
(10/6/2010 1:22:47 PM)
Definitely the best animating land. As with all of the animated lands, great combo with Terra Eternal which otherwise is more of a situational card. I run four of these in my G/W deck.
Posted By:
DarrellJordan
(10/19/2010 8:49:15 PM)
Oh cruel fate, that this card would be perfectly positioned to block a Squadron Hawk
equipped with a Sword of Feast and Famine or a Sword of Body and Mind. (For those of us who don't know, it's quite a popular tactic.) Yet when it animates, it becomes green, and therefore unable to block said equipped bird. Being white, it couldn't even stop Sword of War and Peace, the one to complete the cycle, being released in New Phyrexia. Oh how I wish it was a colorless creature. Still none too bad a card, but it would've been much better without the color.
Posted By:
turbler
(4/16/2011 9:45:34 AM)
Sure, it's not completely insane *cough* Creeping Tar Pit *cough* but it's decent, and it's pretty safe from removal. Plus, you can use it as a flashable high-toughnes reach creature on your opponent's turn during their combat step.
Posted By:
dlgn
(6/4/2012 8:05:48 AM)
I love how this is often a surprise blocker. I really need one for my Ghave EDH; that deck suffers against flyers sometimes. Plus, it's a dual land!
Posted By:
ParishInquisitor
(2/15/2013 6:41:25 PM)