Man, as awesome as this dude is, it's just so frustrating to open him in a draft....since, you know, a flashy mythic is so hard to pass up, and trying to play it in a deck is so very tempting, even though it NEVER works out. Still, opening a rare that pays for your next draft makes it sorta ok ^_^
Posted By:
MrBarrelRoll
(7/30/2011 3:40:59 PM)
@Khavrion: That doesn't work. If you block and then give the blocker to your opponent, it gets removed from combat. The 5/5 trampler that's blocked, but not by anything in particular anymore, proceeds to smash face as though it weren't blocked at all.
Speaking as a strictly casual player, I'd say that cards like this are a good object lesson in adjusting decks to the metagame. Admittedly this mostly applies if you have a consistent playgroup, but if someone shows up with a deck that has a few of these, and by your next session you aren't packing answers at least in your sideboard, you're doing it wrong.
Admittedly it's awkward for red and green decks in particular, but green has Beast Within and either color can board in Wall of Tanglecord. There's also Brittle Effigy, but I don't generally approve of expecting people to have specific rares as answers.
Red also has Act of Treason and sacrifice effect... (see all)
Posted By:
Artscrafter
(8/2/2011 3:35:52 PM)
Just the art freaks me out...
If the controller of this plays say lightning bolt, and I redirect it to this guy, who sacs the permanents?
Posted By:
PcvsApple
(8/22/2011 11:38:56 PM)
I think Kaizeisch Is probably talking about Quicksilver Amulet! Ive been using them to cast Eldrazi while I can!!!
Posted By:
Fatspasm
(9/22/2011 10:55:09 AM)
This card. Is pure evil.
Posted By:
jetzine
(10/1/2011 12:11:54 PM)
If you're considering having access to dark ritual and complaining about this card, this is by no means broken in that environment. Reanimation has been putting out fatties turn 2 for quite a whiile. It's not even hard too.
T1: go on the draw, don't play anything, discard fatty
T2: swamp, dark ritual, reanimate dead
Bam there you go.
I think of it as new phyrexia's platinum angel. It teaches you to run removal. It's not like we just got one of the best removal spells ever.
Posted By:
starfox444
(10/3/2011 8:07:11 AM)
Pass the Purge.
Posted By:
ax_morph
(10/9/2011 7:43:19 PM)
My friend has had two of these in packs. I bought him one of those packs as a farewell gift. I even joked "Even if there's an Obliterator in there, it's yours."
I have never opened one (actually, I've never opened a NPH mythic). What did I do to deserve this.
Posted By:
TherealphatMatt
(10/10/2011 11:55:48 AM)
Oh how I'd love to Redirect something at this guy.
Posted By:
Anggul
(10/15/2011 2:51:22 PM)
It isn't strictly better than anything, as if your opponent plays Kiku's Shadow you basically lose the game.
Posted By:
non1337
(11/11/2011 3:29:51 AM)