1 out of 5? Say what? Considering how many dual lands players have these days, this card has a good chance to hose many decks. Just cast it during their upkeep. Yes they can tap their dual lands for mana, however that mana disappears at the end of the upkeep step.
Against the right deck, this card reads: Until end of turn, target player can't cast colored spells or activate abilities with colored mana costs. Nowadays, this card would probably cost 
and/or cantrip, but still, far better than its current 1.169 rating.
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(2/16/2012 2:07:13 PM)
I've played against people for whom I could find use for this. Situational sideboard stuff for opponents who depend on nonbasic land for colored mana. They're certainly out there.
Posted By:
jfre81
(9/2/2012 9:38:56 PM)
Put that on a stick and your opponent can't play non-artifact spells. Then again, there are probably better things to put on a stick
Posted By:
s0phocles
(7/26/2009 7:47:51 PM)
Looking for another crappy card? Check out Ertai's Trickery!
(then post something like this with a different crap card; eventually all of them will be linked in one big crap-happy chain!)
Posted By:
Goatllama
(11/3/2011 9:23:31 PM)
This would be too overpowered if it was a sorcery, I'm glad they limited it by making it an instant.
Posted By:
Selite
(1/17/2014 5:28:50 PM)
Hey, at least its not a sorcery.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(6/20/2011 10:51:46 PM)
Well, this is close to a silence verse a deck with 0 basic lands.
But it might be the worst card ever designed, just because of the time it was made and how useless it was in its environment.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(12/27/2012 12:51:19 PM)
@JFM2796
Too bad that dosen't work, because you cant run blue in a colorless EDH deck :/
Good idea though
This card is pretty awful, I prefer my non-basics tap for something useful, but it could be a good card to play at the start of an opponents turn for a mono-blue silence.
1/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(4/24/2013 8:36:14 PM)
Re: Isochron Scepter.
Your deck doesn't need to be colorless. This only lasts for the turn you activate it, so just don't use it during yours.
It still sucks, though. There are much better things to put on an Isochron Scepter.
Posted By:
Aquillion
(5/6/2013 9:05:16 PM)
This card... is the worst card I've ever seen. It was released at a time when most nonbasic lands rarely gave mana OTHER than colorless and it's of limited use even today since it doesn't deny mana, just colored mana. Even with the modern proliferation of dual color lands it sucks because it has no lasting influence and shuts down YOUR dual color lands as well, thus preventing you from casting good counterspells. It was also released in the same block (and rarity slot) as Parallax Tide which works MUCH better as a land hoser. If it was an Enchantment or cantrip then it would be still be bad, but it would at least do SOMETHING. As it stands, the card may as well read "Wave goodbye to two mana".
Posted By:
RPGfan
(5/3/2014 11:42:57 AM)