Played a booster draft and drew a Mentor of the Meek and made a UW deck. Turns out this guy is a bit of a spanner in the works when you make removal spells impossible to use.
Had a Moorland Haunt thrown in for good measure too. I pity the fools who ran Black, Red, and Green decks.
Posted By:
Fenizrael
(10/12/2011 9:42:05 PM)
would go well with Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Posted By:
dontmess17
(10/2/2011 10:35:06 AM)
This, and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and suddenly you're spawning 3/3s, then sacrificing them and bringing them back as 4/4s. Trust me, it works.
Posted By:
BigPimpin
(12/2/2012 12:22:11 AM)
Fun cards to use this with include: Sage's Row Denizen, Simic Manipulator and Goldnight Commander.
Posted By:
Jhyrryl
(2/17/2013 2:20:07 AM)
@ leomistico the flavor is more of a reference to frankenstein, where frankestein's monster was created bigger then frankenstein himself, lookit the artwork, that eye is at least twice as big as the apprentice's one.
Posted By:
Bufzar
(2/25/2013 5:04:31 PM)
@dontmess17
Old comment, of course, but just so others thinking the same thing might avoid frustration:
This doesn't synergize with Grimgrin, Corpse-Born or any other card that requires a sacrifice as part of an ability. Sacrifice is not an ability that targets and then goes on the stack. The ability requiring you to sacrifice will be on the stack, but once it resolves there will be no time between your announcement of which creature you choose to sacrifice and you actually making the sac; they occur simultaneously. The same is true of Grimgrin's ability (only his sac is paid as a cost, rather than an effect, and thus never even goes on the stack at all). Regardless, he has little synergy with this card, as the Apprentice won't be able to replace the creature sac'd to Grimgrin.
Posted By:
Antsache
(3/23/2013 11:16:04 PM)
this is much better than it first appears. at worst, it can make itself a bear, at best its a removal deterrent (it's unlikely someone will want to use removal on a creature just to have it become a 2/2), it feeds your graveyard for Spider Spawnings, Skaab Ruinators etc., works well with Parallel Lives and triggers morbid! awesome card in draft, might be used in some casual decks as well.
Posted By:
OstravaBoletaria
(12/31/2013 5:50:19 AM)
Well, Oglor sure doesn't die to Deicide, so I guess Oglor's not a god.
Posted By:
OlvynChuru
(5/18/2014 4:53:47 PM)