hmm, I played this with Cast Though Time and Echo Mage leveled up to 5; it was awesome! Played it 3 times, then 3 more times next turn.
Posted By:
Alicanto
(5/20/2010 8:57:06 PM)
Its great against creatureless decks, against anything else its hard to say, its like a mind control with a gamble attached to it. One thing that makes it more powerful however, is that you get to keep the creature without any enchantment on it, so they can't get their creature back just by destroying the enchantment like they can with mind control and confiscate. There are of course, several ways to make sure a creature is on top of the deck, but in general its great to mill a bunch of their removal between the top of their library and wherever their next creature is. Probably less effective against green color decks that rely on creatures, and most effective against blue, or black, that plays with more spells usually.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(10/26/2009 2:17:47 PM)
@LG: To be pedantic, cascade triggers when a spell is cast, not played. Only land cards are played; spells are cast.
But yes, you are right in that cacade does not trigger.
Posted By:
Ezenthar
(5/9/2010 2:29:54 PM)
Well that would certianly put the kai-bosh on my burn deck. It's got no creatures. And before you all start going "NO DUMMY" look at the rullings. It will anhililate a creatureless deck.
On another note, It was fun beating you down with your own Emrakul.
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(6/1/2010 12:50:10 AM)
All your deck are belong to us.
Posted By:
zpikduM
(12/15/2009 11:58:50 PM)
I really like this card. It's a nice combination of irritating control abilities, and can really mess up an opponent in several ways. It mills, which I've always been a fan of, and has the potential to mill a great deal, especially if it hits a mana pocket or if the deck is low on creatures, and of course, when it hits a creature, you become the proud owner. Given that a lot of the better decks tend to be heavy in spells and outstanding creatures, Telemin Performance can really hamper your opponent while netting you a decent creature.
Posted By:
Oleander
(3/6/2009 2:33:10 PM)
Somehow, I've only ever had terrible luck with this card. Like a Dragonsoul Knight I couldn't activate, a Wild Leotau I couldn't pay the upkeep cost for, and a Goblin Mountaineer from the top of the deck. C'est la vie, the lack of predictability makes gameplay more interesting, though.
Posted By:
RobinHood3000
(9/22/2009 8:35:16 AM)
To Vinifera7: Nice thought, but you can only target an opponent. This card is a little stronger in multi-player formats.
Posted By:
Plantboy81
(10/4/2009 2:50:48 AM)
Perfct for no creature burns or no creatures control/mill. My friend plays a creatureless red/blue control/mill, and this card will be the deck killer if I can get it out. For other decks, Use this with a Counterbore to knock out their creatures and leave an open path to mill up to 15 cards. Mana cost a little too high though.
Posted By:
Douchette
(8/9/2009 10:20:34 AM)
Goes great with Sadistic Sacrament. If you can get the kicker off, remove the creatures you don't want (by the time you've got 10 mana, they've at least gone through a few of their lesser creatures). Remove their small creatures, leave a few big things like Protogenitus in, and start milling until you hit them. Worst case scenario, you pay 5 mana to get control of an ~equal cost creature that they had topdeck and would've done bad things to you.
Posted By:
Xelopheris
(10/25/2009 6:36:50 PM)