It is so criminal that this has a higher rating than an actually playable card like Misty Rainforest. No self-respecting player will ever let you untap with this in play unless they had a bad draw and didn't draw any removal. Piper dies to literally everything, so if you are getting killed by it, then it is likely your fault because you weren't packing any Doom Blades. Imagine this scenario: You play a piper. They lightning bolt it before you can use it. Now you're stuck with a hand full of uncastable cards that you were planning to cheat out with piper, then you die because you likely can't do anything.
If you want an incredibly unfair way to cheat out emrakuls and progenetisuses early, then look to cascade spells like violent outburstand hypergenesis. Since hypergenesis has a converted mana cost of 0, you can play it off of cascade without the suspend, allowing you to dump your w... (see all)
Posted By:
Shiny_Espeon
(4/9/2011 12:01:23 AM)
Can you imagine a blue/green deck with Master Transmuter and Elvish Piper? One of them is sure to get your fatty into the game successfully, no matter how much removal is coming your way. Go blonde babes!
Posted By:
robinhood15
(4/4/2010 12:03:16 AM)
btw, did i happen to mention how EPICLY CHEAP this card is when you DON'T happen to have removal on hand and your getting bounced all over the field by 10/10s?? i hate green so much
Posted By:
kittyspit
(11/12/2009 12:28:53 PM)
GOD, that's powerful...I'm thinkin' Autochthon Wurm or somethin'...^^
Posted By:
Schlappi
(7/22/2009 5:18:50 PM)
Got Krosan Cloudscraper out with this.
Posted By:
Duskdale_Wurm
(6/7/2010 7:35:29 PM)
@sarroth
T1: swamp, dark ritual, lotus petal, tap for {g} Elvish Piper
T2: Forest, tap elvish piper, forest, play krosan cloudscraper.
they see me winning, they hatin'
Posted By:
RPJesuzz
(5/12/2011 5:59:38 PM)
Oh yeah, this card is a perfect fit in my Adun Oakenshield EDH deck. Drop a big ETB effect card, sac it to one of my outlets, bring it back for GRB, and drop it again for G. And if someone kills off the Piper...well, easy enough to bring it back again too!
Posted By:
Crash21
(10/18/2011 9:17:47 AM)
Every time you play Progenitus using this card, a MTG championship winner hangs himself.
@siddecutte You're saying that something that requires more mana from you in the long run is better? Granted, creatures have more removal towards them but put something like diplomatic immunity or ascetisism and you've got a severely difficult-to-kill creature.
Posted By:
atemu1234
(7/16/2012 3:19:23 PM)
YOU.
IT'S YOU.
YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.
Seriously, this card is one of those that just annoys people more than anything. No-one likes the guy who thinks he's the world's biggest genius by throwing down some mahusive creature with this. I don't care that you made it 4cmc, green does mana ramp and Lightning Greaves/autocard are a thing. You can't enjoy a game with this thing on the table.
Posted By:
psychichobo
(11/14/2012 4:29:38 PM)
Honestly its overrated. Yeah it may look brutal, but it dies to everything. If you build your deck around this thing, well it will get destroyed leaving you with a handful of creatures you cannot cast.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(4/9/2012 10:52:07 AM)