I put 4 of these with 4 llanowar elves and birds of paradise in my deck... If the luck of the draw is there she is out at turn 2. Which means by turn 3 I am placing down Ioana, shield of wrath and/or Darksteel Colossus. (granted they too are in my hand.)
I have won by turn 5.
So far I have won 5 out of the 6 games I played using my Colossus Piper deck. Could it be a tournament first placer? Probably not...Sure as hell kicks the crap outta my friend's decks though.
Posted By:
Booly
(12/17/2009 9:25:29 AM)
can we say darksteel collosus
Posted By:
gotsanity
(9/16/2009 8:51:12 PM)
can we use the ability in between declare attackers and declare blockers to summon a surprise blocker?
Posted By:
CheloniaMania
(9/26/2009 10:49:24 AM)
great! even better than master transmuter!
Posted By:
GengilOrbios
(5/7/2010 12:16:24 PM)
I just realized that this card isnt completely screwed to removal as you can tap it on the stack if they try to kill it, therefore you must kill in response to it tapping.
Posted By:
mlanier131
(5/3/2010 7:23:26 AM)
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn - 15/15 flyer, annihilator 6, prot for colored spells and another turn on turn 5 or sooner !
Posted By:
SnakeThing
(4/4/2010 1:54:11 PM)
...Why, Wizards? Why would you ever reprint something like this?
Was it just to get Rebecca Guay to do some more art? 'Cause if that was the reason, I can accept that. But I refuse to accept that you thought this card wouldn't cause problems.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(3/15/2012 5:49:25 AM)
I've given this card a rating of one because it is ridiculously broken, possibly one of the most broken cards I have ever seen. It's sickening that you could get out something like Emrakul by turn 5, and earlier if you have anything that can get you more mana, like Llanowar Elves. Most of the people who defend this card from accusations of "broken-ness" say things like "it's four mana for a 1/1, so it's super easy to kill" or "in order to use it, you need to have it on your side of the field for a whole turn, and then you need one green mana". First of all, it is only "super easy to kill" if on the turn after it's played you have something that can kill it, remove it from play or prevent it from tapping. Keep in mind that the opponent is unlikely to use it as a blocker. A red or blue deck may not have a problem with that, (though they would still have to harbor and waste cards like lightning or cancel to stop it) but for any other deck it's practically impossible. After t... (see all)
Posted By:
InquisitorKryptman
(8/27/2010 11:29:05 AM)
And another common mistake with this card is playing it in a mana-accel, aggro mono green deck. In terms of 4 drops, you want to be playing a blastoderm or vengevine, not this somewhat clunky creature caster. Take advantage of the fact that the piper can help play devastating non-green cards with its ability. This thing is not for aggro, as it wastes a valuable mid-game turn.
Posted By:
sancrosact
(6/16/2010 7:25:35 AM)