Whatever you do, do NOT play this card against dredge or reanimator. Chances are, the other guy will shake your hand and kiss you on the cheek as they bring back iona/ inkwell leviathan or play a gazillion zombie tokens led by a flame-kin zealot.
Not a bad sword, strictly speaking, but it really does pale in comparison to the other 2 swords. And no, protection from "Tarmogoyf" really isn't that awesome, as there are a million ways to knock that monster out of the ballpark.
Posted By:
iaiji
(12/28/2010 6:58:39 AM)
Great card, I used this with Whispersilk cloak and put it on my Indomitable Archangel, guess who won
Almost forgot to add I had Tempered Steel out too. :3
Posted By:
Juwanplusox
(1/11/2011 4:41:57 PM)
Use with Grave Titan! up to 3 tokens per swing :D
Posted By:
iSlapTrees
(3/21/2011 11:30:35 AM)
This and Sword of Feast and Famine have made it near impossible to play green in tournaments. Don't get me wrong these cards are powerful, but magic is starting to degenerate into whoever has the cash has the win in tournaments and it's annoying.
Posted By:
ninjaboy05
(4/16/2011 12:15:52 AM)
The reason this sword is disparaged is because as far as protection colors go, green and blue are hands-down the least relevant colors to be protected from of the five. There's certainly things it's worth protecting from in both colors; but nothing near the value of protection from any of the three removal-heavy colors.
Getting a dude from the damage trigger is easily the top effect of this sword. And while it's great in a vacuum, it just doesn't measure up to the power of its other four brethren. The only one it can really contend with is Light & Shadow; L&S's damage trigger is probably worse, but its protection colors are vastly superior, especially in the formats it sees play in (Legacy/Vintage).
Posted By:
Magnor_Criol
(5/20/2011 10:51:25 PM)
I once got milled in a one-on-one EDH just because of this sword. It was rather humiliating. I wasn't even playing the colors it was protecting against!
Posted By:
Artan
(5/23/2011 5:18:33 PM)
What I never got about this sword is...why does "body" imply wolf creatures?
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(6/18/2011 11:08:13 AM)
I have a sudden urge to put this on my Grave Titan.
Posted By:
Endomarru
(7/12/2011 10:25:26 PM)
wasn't exactly sure what deck to put it in, until i tried it out in my mono-blue mill deck.
put it on Surveilling Sprite and it destroyed my opponent's deck in seconds.
it's a Glimpse the Unthinkable every turn, for an initial investment of 5 (plus the creature). so say, 5 glimpses for a win, normally 10 cmc, but i got it got 7. beast
Posted By:
CrowJonSnow
(8/11/2011 5:27:33 PM)