I love how this was printed to avoid poison back when it was never really a threat. While normally I'd agree, poison's power comes from it's ability to get through lifegain decks because they're irremovable, ALL infect did WAS make poison a separate, much smaller, much more easily exploitable life total.
The fact that ALL infect damage, not just combat damage, makes poison counters INSTEAD of loss-of-life, it relies on a card's (easily-pumpable) power to add that many counters, AND that cards like Hands of the Praetor and Ichor Rats do it WITHOUT DAMAGE, just makes giving people poison WAAAAAAAAY too easy for it to irremovable.
Also, this card does nothing if they have a 10+ power infect guy swinging at your face.
Posted By:
Dr.Pingas
(11/2/2010 6:36:28 PM)
Good only because if you are playing poison and your opponent neutralises all your poisonous creatures, you can use this spell to deal leathal damage to them.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(1/25/2010 8:32:09 PM)
Still wouldn't help you against the Flash/Hulk/bring out Slivers that deal poison counters combo.
Posted By:
GainsBanding
(8/27/2009 1:39:22 AM)
HairlessThoctar :: Someone should throw him a pity party as Poison has always been another life total to keep track of when someone is playing with those types of creatures regardless of the existence of Leeches. Someone must have used Leeches against his precious poison deck effectively.
Posted By:
Guest1162619373
(9/27/2010 4:10:11 PM)
I would think there would be more anti poison than this. Maybe something that just makes us flat out immune.
Posted By:
blindcansee
(12/7/2009 10:06:13 AM)
oh why this is not a standard legal, or at least reprint (i guess they should print a similar card but a better and modern spell in the scars of mirrodin)
as we know, with the release of many infect creatures in SOM, now in many games, we basically start playing with life=10. And there's no better way to deal with it.. people might use soul's fire to Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, and when he attack you or do it twice, you are done dude.. or even when he/she put Tainted Strike to his/her fatty.. no doctor can help you in standard.. life gainer doesn't help either.. man, they really should print something like this on the second set or third.
Posted By:
storophanthus
(10/1/2010 8:48:43 AM)
I love it. Most younger players probably don't even know this card exists. It is now one of the best cards in Magic, and the best from Homelands.
Posted By:
DocMock
(11/2/2010 5:42:12 PM)
@Maximilliani86:
Your words were marked. Your words were wrong.
It's ok though. I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing ways of removing poison counters.
Look, MaRo hating something doesn't mean squat. He may be the head of R&D, but if his bosses get a complaint that he's killing cards based on personal preference, he's no longer going to be the head of R&D.
Posted By:
ChaosFire
(1/28/2011 1:59:16 PM)
Was skittles really going for $50 bucks before scars released?
I play a forest and put two prey's vengence on this plague stinger and giant growth my other stinger. swing for 9 counters. you can go.
Tap 3, Leeches.
I give my stingers +2+2 each from my rebounds, I giant growth this one and swing for 9.
Tap 3, Leeches
oh *** you, tap two and hit you with two hornet stings, ***.
Posted By:
Bandswithother
(11/16/2010 2:41:37 PM)
Yeah, it still sucks. Not as bad, maybe second best in Homelands after Serrated Arrows, but still bad. 1.5/5.
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(7/10/2011 8:50:44 PM)