Heh, it looks more like a circus than a construct.
Posted By:
FragNutMK1
(2/25/2010 1:32:33 AM)
Mode: As for the flavor abuse, I'm pretty sure tapped creatures didn't deal combat damage back in those days.
Posted By:
ZEvilMustache
(2/28/2010 7:54:53 PM)
R&D's Secret Lair lets you keep tapping the same merfolk for an infinitely large War Machine
Posted By:
C5r1a5z0y
(3/31/2011 12:07:48 PM)
art looks like a sunken Mishra's War Machine. Why has nobody noticed that yet?
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(5/22/2012 3:47:47 PM)
I think the activation costs are too expensive to be able to use this creature in an offensive way.
Although there might be some use when combined with Merfolk which have 
-abilities.
(These are Leech Bonder, Puresight Merrow and the less playable Merrow Grimeblotter and Merrow Wavebreakers.)
Very flavorful overall, especially regarding the last ability which was exclusively made for these reasons, but i'm actually glad that this drawback is normally omitted on cards these days.
Yet interesting is the fact that this can do a better job as blocker, because you can still tap Merfolk which have blocked to boost the War Machine. (This is also kind of flavor-breaking, since tapping the Merfolk represents getting in the machine, so how is that creature supposed to both block an opponent's attacker alone and another one within the machine when these are attacking simultaneously?)
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Posted By:
Mode
(12/13/2009 11:45:12 AM)
This is fun to combo with any of the Lorwyn merfolk with untap activated abilities.
Posted By:
iandustrial
(9/26/2009 2:10:03 PM)
I always loved the flavor to cards like this. The idea that you're filling the thing up with Merfolk and they're using it.
Posted By:
JanusAurelius
(5/6/2011 7:05:30 AM)
So, for the low price of 1UU, I can have a 0/4 creature that can, with the aid of TWO other Merfolk become an exciting 2/5 attacker?! Hey, if I toss in another Merfolk, it gets up to 4/6 - exciting! Oh, and if the Machine dies, all the Merfolk die, too? Sign me up!
This thing is horrible. It seems, back than, if a card had "Machine" in the title, you knew it was useless. This card, Mishra's War Machine, Diabolic Machine, etc.
Posted By:
Radagast
(11/5/2011 10:52:59 AM)
This is good with Stonybrook Schoolmaster and Intruder Alarm. Tap the Schoolmaster to the machine, it pops a Merfolk Wizard, and the Alarm untaps it. Do that a couple hundred times and you're good to go!
Posted By:
RunedServitor
(4/9/2012 6:59:50 AM)
"Finally! I have assembled my mighty merfolk army! Prepare to die!"
"Okay."
"Entering combat step! Declaring attackers! Tapping one merfolk to allow it to attack!"
"Alright."
"One! Two! Three! Four! It is now a mighty 8/8! Give up, yet?"
"Nah, keep going."
"Declare your blockers, fiend!"
"No blocks."
"MWAHAHAHA!!!"
"Terror."
"Hahahaha... :D :) :| :( :'( D':"
Posted By:
Lord_Ascapelion
(11/20/2012 3:28:30 PM)