You can get so many free wins with this its not even funny. Good thing that I play a playset of them on my own
5/5
Posted By:
Galerion
(1/9/2014 3:59:04 PM)
@ pudginamancer That's a whole lot of cards that don't appear in RtR draft you got there, pilgrim. Standard has answers. Standard *needed* to have answers. Draft... well it's a rare, so there won't be that many. You might not face him. If you do?
"FIRE THE TORPEDOES! FIRE THE PHASERS! FIRE EVERYTHING!"
Posted By:
deworde2510
(3/6/2014 9:18:40 AM)
Nothing breaks the monoblack players heart more than when you spark-jolt his T2 pack rat.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(3/9/2014 10:05:07 PM)
FUÇK THIS CARD.
Posted By:
kor6sic6
(3/14/2014 9:28:32 PM)
Combos with Cryptoplasm (and not just as another pack rat). Look closely at cryptoplasm's and pack rat's abilities, you'll have a card like this;
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Pack Rat {1}{B}
Creature -- Rat
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have Pack Rat become a copy of another target creature. If you do, Pack Rat gains this ability.
Pack Rat's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Rats you control.
{2}{B}, Discard a card: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of Pack Rat.
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You'll end up having not only another pack rat, but a fallback in case an opponent plays something like Blightsteel Colossus (Next upkeep you'll have like twelve of them as you change them all into your opponent's creature).
Just in case you doubt my magnificence, here's an excerpt from the comprehensive rulebook.
201.4. Text th... (see all)
Posted By:
Legendxp
(3/21/2014 5:14:22 PM)
Tribal goblins, elves, and merfolk were good in thier heyday (and are still good in modern), but now imagine that every card you draw for the rest of the game is a +1/+1 creature and is uncounterable.
If your opponent untaps with this, the game is over unless you have a sweeper AND don't miss your fourth land drop, because on your turn 5, your dead. Alternatively, you have a 1-mana or 2-mana counter (the latter only if you go first), or a 2-mana removal spell. The only problem with any of these strategies is that your mono-black opponent is also running 4x thoughtseize, so an opening hand with 3 lands, a pack rat, and a thoughtseize, which is not that difficult to get, is essentially unbeatable. The fact that this costs 2 is criminal. So incredibly unbalanced. Unconditionally dominates Standard right now.
Posted By:
hypa_dude
(5/1/2014 8:44:49 PM)
I love how this card changed over time
At first people thought it was garbage, then people realized it was a bomb in limited but not playable in constructed
...And then Theros.
Nice to see a little bulk rare that was considered to be pack filler become a major win condition in a top tier Archetype.
Posted By:
Drewskithelegend
(5/5/2014 8:43:27 PM)
I have championed this card since the moment I pulled one, despite the naysayers.
What most people miss is that this card is a great way to load your deck with more situation-dependent bombs and not get punished for it late game. A lot of decks have to balance that with aggro. You get both.
Have you ever, playing black, drawn one of the following:
Super-efficient discard when your opponent's hand is empty?
Super-efficient removal when they have no threats on the board?
Super-efficient dig or tutor when you have the pieces you need?
Super-efficient creatures that are mostly good early game?
And that's just how this card helps you win faster when you are ahead. When you're behind he turns:
chump blocks into creatures tokens that trade
cards into a boardwide +1/+1 to your tokens AT INSTANT SPEED
cards into surprise blockers (more than one if you got the cards and mana)
spells that would be countered into creatures that need a stifle to stop them
Add in the fact that all the copies a... (see all)
Posted By:
HubbCapp5
(5/6/2014 4:42:09 PM)
Then all of a sudden you're just like " Woah, Pack Rat and Champion of Lost Souls deck? Aww yiss"
Posted By:
HappyMana
(5/25/2014 1:23:44 PM)