@Tavaritz
Then that could be abused with Magosi, The Waterveil, or worse Chronatog
It's just a broken card. Wasn't meant to be, but new mechanics just made it unfair. Simple as that. Besides, completely rewording cards to make them work better with modern cards just ruins the Block format.
Posted By:
OmegaSerris
(7/12/2011 7:27:28 PM)
yes, its very easy to break it indeed..
voltaic key is probably the obvious..
there's probably a lot more if researched..
how about mind over matter? (at the top of my head..)
Posted By:
zenitramleirdag
(7/28/2011 3:55:55 AM)
They should add something like "Time Vault cannot be untapped by any other spell or ability." to the end of the untap ability. Shroud would make it harder to destroy, and still leave it open to untap effects that don't target. Like Unwinding Clock.
Posted By:
UncreativeNameMaker
(9/15/2011 9:31:35 PM)
So broken. Pop it Master Transmuter, and you've got infinite turns.
Posted By:
Gwyain
(10/2/2011 8:46:54 PM)
Better than Shroud. Time Vault can't be the target of spells or abilities you control.
...Of course, still could be broken in team formats...
Posted By:
ax_morph
(10/8/2011 1:55:00 AM)
Some Voltaic Keys, Icy Manipulators, these and some Mana Vaults, something to draw cards and some kind of finisher.
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(10/10/2011 1:03:37 PM)
Aphetto Alchemist or Fatestitcher ftw
Posted By:
raptorman333
(11/3/2011 4:36:03 PM)
Holy crap. Even without any shenanigans with untap it's like a better Time Walk that fits in every deck, and TIME WALK IS A MEMBER OF THE POWER NINE ALREADY!
Infinite turns for one mana with Voltaic Key? That's so broken it's not even funny!
The only way to make this not broken is by removing the "doesn't untap" effect and make it "take an extra turn after this one. On their next turn, every opponent takes an extra turn after that one."
Posted By:
Arachnos
(6/24/2012 11:06:22 PM)
@amberbock ...until someone abused that "fix" in order to skip multiple turns. The opponent was in some bind, dealing with painful upkeep shenanigans and lost to it. Whatever fix they do, it would still be abused. They should never have printed this card.
If this gets to be a broken card, better be old broken card than new broken card. At least it's honorable to the card.
Posted By:
Iasonas
(7/17/2012 2:19:29 PM)
It was a neat concept, back when cards didn't really untap other cards. Now, it's really easy to untap another card. If only they could have forseen this, and printed it with a rule like "Cannot be untapped by any other card or ability" on it.
Posted By:
Zetan
(12/22/2012 9:32:45 AM)