Go for the sure thing, dears. Extract is your true blue friend.
Posted By:
Kweane
(1/7/2010 9:44:40 AM)
Now that's a powerful milling card against decks that search a lot!! Mill decks should definitely play this card x4 if they can! But then again I hate milling and don't know anything about mill decks.
Posted By:
Shiduba
(9/27/2009 2:59:37 AM)
I love doing this when im playing two headed giant and one of my opponent is using green and uses something like rampart growth and i just toss two of these down, yes i litterally toss em on the table, and when his teammate finally stop laughing i tell him im targeting him then the guy with the green deck starts laughing and then i use the other two on him.....ah nothing like having two echo mages on the field at lv 4 and 4 untapped islands........
Posted By:
Saxican
(6/13/2011 4:29:32 PM)
can you use this card if they mulligan!
Posted By:
LordShrill
(12/4/2009 9:39:01 PM)
I hate mill, its such a wussy way of playing.
Posted By:
NeoSin
(4/5/2010 9:47:02 AM)
Opening hand:
1 Island
4 Archive Trap
1 Extract
1 bonus slot. (possible to mulligan into?)
Opening play
You have seven cards in hand and they have seven cards in hand. That leaves them with a 53 card deck.
You play your Island and cast Extract leaving them with 52 cards in hand.
They shuffle and in repsonse you cast all four Archive Traps for free thus milling them for 13 time 4 copies of the card which comes out to 52; The exact number of cards remaining in their deck. They then proceed to take their first draw of the turn and loose.
Posted By:
Vedalken_Arbiter
(10/12/2011 6:36:15 PM)
What I like about this is that it can be put in pretty much any deck, whether or not that deck has any Islands. I mean, sure, it's a little risky, but chances are your opponent is going to search his deck at some point while you've got this.
Posted By:
ayefightbears
(9/27/2009 5:30:57 PM)
Anyone else think the flavor totally busts in multi-player? "Hah, Jimmy just searched his deck for a land! Take that George!" As in, instead of "if target player does yadda yadda, this spell can be payed for 0, targetting that player," They've got, "as long as someone fits the requirements, anyone can fall in the trap." What?
Posted By:
FatCorgi
(9/28/2009 6:38:06 AM)
I'm a legacy / vintage player, but if I go standard I'd try some control / milling / vampire with this thing and Vampire Nighthawk.
Posted By:
LeoKula
(9/29/2009 12:32:40 PM)
Probably one of the best milling cards ever. If it gets some support in Worldwake, Standard milling may become a possible deck.
And I don't think the flavor is hurt in multiplayer. Anyone can trigger a trap. Ever play D&D? It isn't always the guy who triggers it who gets hurt by it.
Posted By:
Designer_Genes
(9/30/2009 9:28:30 AM)