Psst! Don't use it on mind controlled creatures! Bad times happen!
Posted By:
TwentyFifthBaam
(10/17/2012 7:34:44 PM)
The mill could be a drawback, but its fun to play around. Haunting Echoes or Rise from the Grave for example. If it said exile it would be allot stronger, but you couldn't really abuse it on your side.
This is a sword that you don't want to just slap into any deck with creatures, I mean you could if you wanted. Its more of a casual sword, and there is nothing wrong with that. As a result the price-tag is more affordable for casual players. Its still a sideboard option for the protection in competitive play, but I am happy with this sword.
4.5/5
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(11/2/2012 4:31:53 PM)
Hoes well with Wrexial, The Risen Deep and Mindcrank
Posted By:
Chogori27
(11/9/2012 2:14:41 AM)
I was very excited when I unlocked this card for Dream Puppets in Magic 2013. One of the upsides to the mill effect is that not very many permanents have the power to mill your opponent to the extent that this one does. Ten cards? You get the same thing for Jace, Memory Adept's 0 ability. Unlike Jace, however, this card is a lot harder to eliminate since you can't do things like declare attackers against Sword of Body and Mind. In Dimir decks, where many creatures are unblockable to begin with and may have Cipher spells like Paranoid Delusions or Mental Vapors encoded on them, the effects gained from dealing combat damage to your opponent can really mess up your opponent's game big time ("Okay, so I mill ten, then mill three, then mill three again, then discard a card, then sacrifice a creature, and you get a wolf and draw two cards? Your Tormented Soul is one evil bastard."). I wish I had a rea... (see all)
Posted By:
Stig1t2Me
(2/5/2013 8:23:31 PM)
That is some strange, strange flavor. "A magical sword that gave him protection from blue and green mages, summoned wolves whenever it was wielded and caused his opponents to forget their spells." That's what I would have enchanted my magical sword to do, too.
Posted By:
wideyes
(5/30/2013 2:31:39 AM)
Now that the other two swords have been reprinted, this one is the odd one out again in terms of art.
Why? The suns are on the same side as the blade of the same color. On all the other swords it's the opposite side.
Posted By:
Megadog
(6/6/2013 5:32:38 PM)
I don't really like the art on this one because the blue sun created a red sky. It really takes away from the colours on the card. Also, it's the only sword that has the blade colour on the side that its sun is on.
As for the card though, I think it is underrated. It may not give the biggest advantage, but it still gives a 2/2 each time you hit someone. It works perfectly in my Tajic deck I'm building because it will slowly enable battalion.
I also want to point out that protection doesn't always need to be protection against colours with high amounts of removal. Basically, all the swords give a tiny bit of protection from red with their increased toughness, and being an equipment means it doesn't even matter if they kill the creature using it. You can just re-equip it (FOR 2 MANA). The protection just adds more evasion to the creature. Not everyone plays white and black.
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/7/2013 11:34:24 AM)
@jilowther: A Szadek, Lord of Secrets EDH deck.
Posted By:
EvilDarkVoid
(6/18/2013 11:52:46 AM)
I've played against modern decks using this as an alternate win-con. The mill is a hell of a lot better than you think it is, let me just say that.
Posted By:
Biceps_inc
(7/8/2013 10:39:54 PM)
So I am surprised at the fact that there were no mentions of Geth, Lord of the Vault with this sword. I run a very fun and very scary Geth Commander deck and this card is awesome and does SO much work. Being mono-black, I designed the deck to be a 'big mana' deck with a lot of ramp: cabal coffers, caged sun, snow-covered swamps with Extraplanar Lens, Nirkana Revenant, Crypt Ghast, etc. I list all these out to show my commitment to making a lot of black mana. The problem is, in some games, I get an excess of ramp and have a lot of mana, but not a lot to do with it.
Here's my point - With Geth as my commander and either this sword getting naturally drawn or tutored out, Geth can start swinging early on either the open player or (nearly guaranteed) green player in the pod. The fact that its pro blue is a bonus as I hate blue. The milli... (see all)
Posted By:
Haneyphi
(8/7/2013 7:47:10 AM)