lol @ the hate rating on this card. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's a bad card.
There were other answers to the graveyard decks before this, and there was a lot of it.
Can someone please explain to me how there is that much of a difference between this and Nihil Spellbomb? (No like seriously, I don't get it)
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(1/27/2012 2:58:08 PM)
Gods control the wheel of life and death.
Radiant light shines from above.
As creation descends onto this plane, new ideas are formed.
Vicious deeds are done amongst one another.
Eventually, judgment must be administered to those most deserving.
Yea, though the perpetrators are gone, their ambition is not.
Anything is better than eternal condemnation.
Restlessness erupts from below.
Danger seeks to inhabit the common dwelling.
Has there been multiple paths to existence?
Are there no laws, no rule, to maintain balance?
Today, will there be order?
Eat your heart out, Karmic Guide, Saffi, Reveillark, and the rest of y'all!
... and you too, Genesis Wave!
Posted By:
Enchantment_Removal
(1/26/2012 3:50:59 PM)
Stops Tinker (for creatures), Bribery, Havengul Lich, Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and many other similar cards dead cold for just 1 mana
Johnny players be damned
Posted By:
Paladin85
(2/1/2012 6:57:28 AM)
@Swords_to_exile:
To be more precise, there are four cards that allow you to cast cards from libraries directly, those would be Future Sight and Magus of the future, along with Sunforger and Knowledge Exploitation. :P
As for this, considering Solar Flare and Pod seem to be fizzling a little bit due to Tempo, this seems less relevant to the format and will probably be useless a good portion of the time (I do understand that Tempo uses but he's less relevant when they just get past it by bouncing and countering it). I plan on running 2 in my sideboard despite now running an undying-based deck. Thalia was printed to hose Tempo (ineffectively unfortunately, always eats Mana Leaks unless you're on play :( ), just as this was printed to hose graveyard/"from the deck" based decks; most of which run some kind of artifact removal.
I will admit that this does pose a short term... (see all)
Posted By:
Snafinturtle
(2/14/2012 4:35:45 AM)
beats Birthing pod decks. period.
Posted By:
the_nonaffiliated
(2/12/2012 6:18:59 PM)
I'm rating this 0.5 out of spite.
It's obviously very powerful, but it's a bs card that ruins too many decks.
Wizards: "Here's a bunch of cool graveyard mechanics for you to explore, but oh wait your deck will never be competitive because any deck can easily shut it down for 1 mana trololol"
Posted By:
busdude
(1/26/2012 4:15:25 PM)
nerds
Posted By:
Purple_Shrimp
(1/28/2012 1:37:12 AM)
I like the line about not being able to cast cards from your library! There are what, 2 cards in existence that let you do that? (Future Sight and Magus of the Future) Was that line really necessary Wizards? Really? I understand the symmetry, but come on. When is that line ever going to be relevant?
Edit: @Mr Fluffy Thing. That isn't casting. That's searching. That's a different text line on the card.
Posted By:
swords_to_exile
(1/31/2012 9:19:06 AM)
3.7? hmmmm
I think this ACTUALLY might be a legit rating, not just a Haterator effect of Gatherer comments. It is a 1-mana artifact that is supposed to hose Dead Stuff Wins.dec (Reanimator, Dredge, or even just Flashback, Undying, Unearth, etc.)
But...it doesn't actually exile anything out of the graveyard.
Because of that, the really dangerous Dead Stuff Wins decks really have plenty of answers for it. Maybe it should be closer to 4.1, but I don't think it is worth more than 4.3 at the most-
The one type of hate that simply just can't really quite be pushed far enough is Graveyard Hate. If this cost 0 mana and had Tormod's Crypt's effect on top of it, I still think that Dredge and Reanimator as decks would survive. The power of the Graveyard based on already-existing cards is just too much at this point for any real hate to actually stop it.
This is even counterable by Mental Misstep!
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(2/7/2012 1:19:44 PM)
I'm a fan of anything that hoses Bribery.
Posted By:
StoicChampion
(1/27/2012 10:33:31 PM)