Lethargy Trap's best (and only) friend. Oh, you've got a token army big enough to kill me so it doesn't matter if I bounce them? Doubt it. Yeah, creatures with haste or that would normally die would benifit, but Ball Lightning's not in Standard anyway, which is where I find this card really shines when I find myself being swarmed running mono-blue. With Kraken's Eye or Elixir of Life, I can absorb enough damage to stall out a typical weenie or token deck, and with the likes of Deprive or Unsummon I can slow down the bigger ones, and it meshes with mil/stall quite nicely.
It's no Energy Field, but it slows your opponent down, and that's all you need it to do. Awesome moment: Redirecting a Naturalize someone targeted at this card in frustration when they had a Steel Hellkite on th... (see all)
Posted By:
Zaneshift
(11/22/2010 7:16:32 PM)
Use with Warped Devotion
Posted By:
OboyOriginal
(4/28/2011 1:52:56 PM)
So people have mentioned that it's good AGAINST Liliana's Caress, but the second I got this it went into my deck where my Warped Devotion makes my LC a powerhouse. With all three down it's not worth it for them to do any damage less than 3 with a permanent, add another LC and they need to do 5. I know it's a fairly soft lock, and doesn't do jack against spells, but I find it super-duper useful. Also, Alluring Siren if you really wanna bounce something and don't just have an Unsummon.
Posted By:
poprockmonster
(5/13/2011 10:46:50 AM)
I really want to like this card, I just don't know how good it would be.
It seems like it would be great against any tokens, and possibly serve as anti-tempo against decks that rely heavily on speed to bring aggressive beats. It's interesting to note that it also slows down Valakut ramp and other red things that like to ping you, *ahem* Koth.
On the other hand, it's not so good against "enters the battlefield" abilities, creatures with haste, and Ball Lightning, Putrefax, et al.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(6/4/2011 11:14:29 AM)
This is such a blue thing to do. It just messes crap up. It stalls, and it frustrates.
So many red and black things that deal damage would get messed up by this. (For instance, it almost completely counters Enslave)
It's not an "I win" card, but then, what is? (Besides Emrakul and Blightsteel Collosus)
But I'd say it's almost GUARANTEED to make people annoyed. :D
Posted By:
Multihunter
(6/29/2011 6:03:23 AM)
No Mercy and Aurification are probably better
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(8/13/2011 12:52:35 PM)
This card WRECKS innistrad vampires.
Posted By:
Clamdiz
(10/20/2011 12:28:40 PM)
I like the mental Image I have of every attacking creature barely landing one blow on me and then getting forcibly dragged into the aether of the sky. Zooooooooop.
Eat it, Progenitus. The soul of the world has returned... to its owner's hand. Byebye now! >:D
Posted By:
Salient
(1/28/2012 9:27:38 PM)
one day a friend of mine had this and i dropped an Obsidian Fireheart
he wasn't happy that his lands started to bounce
Posted By:
Zacklar
(5/4/2012 10:55:52 AM)
Kara Vrist should have had her own card.
Posted By:
sixtyseconds
(10/4/2012 1:50:54 PM)