5 bucks is expensive?
Posted By:
Deadpyrowalking
(1/12/2011 8:49:33 AM)
Hawyood0909: "I'd own one of these if they weren't so expensive." I used to get anxious about buying cards that were just $2, but I found that you need a real special playgroup to survive long enough to have fun with such a low budget. Unfortunately it's an aspect of the game I don't enjoy, but Magic is a trading card game at its roots, and it'll stay that way. I can tell you that I have no regrets buying this card, as it makes my games enjoyable every time I cast it.
This card is always at the top of my list of criminally underplayed cards in Commander. You don't need to run self-mill or dredge; if your opponents are playing multiplayer right, the number of Wrath of God effects they'll use to calm the board state down will put the 4 cards in your graveyard for you. Of course, if you're also running sacrifice effects, this thing just becomes a beast. I doubt it'd get reprinted, though; I think it's just slightly overpowered at only 2 CMC to make the cut into Stand... (see all)
Posted By:
sarroth
(12/16/2011 6:07:11 PM)
Works with self-mill if you're willing to go tri-color. If you do, you'll be able to retrieve those Splinterfrights and Boneyard Wurms that you've accidentally milled, and you'll gain access to powerhouse Lord of Extinction and Sewer Nemesis, not to mention more efficient removal spells. Best part of the card is definitely the "may" clause, with which you don't necessarily have to net a card from your graveyard and thus not lowering your creatures' power & toughness :3
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(1/7/2012 6:09:21 PM)
A 2-mana investment that becomes card neutral after one turn (or immediately, if countered or destroyed), and thereafter pulls you ahead by +1 card advantage every single subsequent turn for no additional mana cost whatsoever.
Posted By:
fibonacci112358
(5/23/2012 5:01:14 AM)
Begging for a reprint
Posted By:
pedrodyl
(7/5/2012 6:30:15 PM)
This card has the potential to provide constant card advantage at a very low price.
The condition however takes some time to be met.
But you can also reduce this time with the right cards.
Dredge or stuff like Hedron Crab is one way to mill yourself enough creatures.
I also thought Squadron Hawk could somehow get involved into this.
Street Wraith is a nice pick for thinning the deck all while getting closer to triggering the cemetry's effect.
Cycling creatures with this seems like a good idea in general. Krosan Tusker even gets you a basic land and another card this way.
I feel like this could be really cool with AEther Rift as well - maybe throw this in a creature-heavy hellbent deck, and eventually you'll get to reanimate your creature of choice each turn unless your opponent pays 5 life.
But you could also simply rely on creatures that you'll want... (see all)
Posted By:
Mode
(8/27/2012 7:01:25 AM)
Sounds awesome with buried alive, getting a fleshbag marauder in the yard for some repeatable removal.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(7/5/2013 10:47:37 AM)
This has to be one of the greatest black cards of all time.
Free creature recursion? And it powers up Persist and Undying creatures? And it can be used with Corpse Connoisseur/Buried Alive shenanigans? And can be splashed because it is not limited to what color those creatures are? Totally awesome!
And those are just features I thought of off the top of my head. I'm sure you can do much better if you sit down and think about just how much of an enabler this card can be =)
Posted By:
MechaKraken
(9/8/2013 11:49:10 PM)
With Phantasmal Image, this reads: "Troll target Sigarda deck ad infinitum."
EDIT: New Legend Rule, new shenanigans. Copy your opponent's hard-to-kill and hard-to-beat legends (like Geist of Saint Traft, Sigarda, Host of Herons, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Sheoldred, Whispering One) with your favorite Clone effects (like Stolen Identity) and let things turn into a Mexican Standoff!
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(12/31/2013 12:21:09 PM)
Using with Fleshbag Marauder and Shriekmaw is a good start.
Pretty dang good with Korlash :D
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(5/6/2014 3:28:28 PM)