it's bad, but not bad enough to be funny, like wood elemental, nor is it playable at all. ugh, what a sad card...
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(8/19/2011 2:03:01 PM)
What moron gave this more than 0.5? Read Phantom_of_the_FNM's comment and then rerate this card.
Posted By:
Zetto1995
(8/8/2012 11:22:07 AM)
Hey, the rating on this card is exactly 1 star.
Sorry, guys.
Posted By:
greatspearman
(3/27/2013 8:34:38 PM)
How could they print this and Black Lotus in the same set? Honestly seems very useless and overpriced. Also, the art is terrible. (not that i'm dissing Amy Weber)
Posted By:
Fert12334
(1/19/2011 5:41:44 PM)
I didnt know this existed till i sorted magic cards from worst rating to best,
I remember when i had the 3 for a 1 T lens, and then i got the 2 for a 1 T lens,
and now prophetic prism which has draw a card
Posted By:
Ava_Adore
(2/10/2011 6:31:06 AM)
When they first made the game, they seriously overestimated the price for mana filtering. Even 
casting cost, and 
activation cost would be worse then allot of things.
Oddly enough, they put too much value on mana filtering, but not nearly enough on actually ramping your mana.
Also, worst Amy Weber art ever?
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(12/16/2012 1:59:28 PM)
Wow, we have come a long way haven't we? Compare this piece of crap to Prophetic Prism in Gatecrash. Not only is Prophetic cost 1 less to play and 1 less to activate, but the turn it comes into play you cantrip. I am so glad I wasn't playing when this card was still around. It just screams horrible card.
Posted By:
vantha
(2/1/2013 6:12:53 AM)
I wish people would remember that this card GREATLY predates any thought WotC might have had of the Spike demographic...They weren't expecting people to hoard dual lands or mox gems (or any other rare), remember? (What, you thought basic lands were strictly for beginners?) It was probably anticipated that anyone with more than two colors would need this sort of help...as long as they were willing to deal with the inherent tempo loss. It wasn't expected that games would be at breakneck speed, anyway--the whole Black Lotus/Channel/Mountain/Fireball|Disintegrate situation took them by surprise, I believe.
@Darth Parallax: Stalking Stones...? I think you meant Standing Stones...which doesn't really have meaning nowadays, except as a stepping stone towards Mana Prism. (No pun intended.)
Posted By:
SkyknightXi
(9/15/2013 10:36:03 PM)
Some of Amy Weber's other art is good but....
Based on this pic only, I would say that Amy Weber is in the wrong line of work.
Here's what she should be doing: http://www.1zoom.net/Celebrities/Amy_Weber/t2/1/
Posted By:
BigBoyBrian
(10/8/2013 7:48:01 PM)
@ DarthParallax - excellent points. I totally agree, we should have more respect for cards that inspired the creation of many others, even that card isn't a Spike kill-em-all card. And yep, I was being a jerk too. I'm not very popular around here. :-P
(Original post, where I was acting like a cantankerous cad)
@ Dolorosa, "5 mana for 1, huh?"
Yeah, if you're one of those strange people around here who have that house rule that says you have to pay a card's casting cost every turn. Or do you have some bizaare misprint of Celestial Prism that reads "5: add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool"?
The casting cost of Celestial Prism is 3 (three) colorless mana. I know this must be very hard for you to understand, but you only have to pay a casting cost once. The activation cost is 2 (two) colorless mana - it says so on the card, too in case you never noticed. After the turn in which you've cast Celestial Prism, you only need 2 (two) colorless mana forever more to activate it.
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Posted By:
DrJack
(12/4/2013 4:24:54 PM)