This card really is as strong as when you first glance at it. Seer is crazy. Look at the discussion on Dark Confidant. Many times, it is said that if you are running Bob in a deck with cards that are more than 3 cmc, you are either running heavy deck manipulation or you're an idiot.
With Duskmantle Seer, you are forcing that situation on your opponent. Midrange decks are the norm now, so many cards being heavily used in Standard are above the 3 cmc line. Assuming you build your deck around Seer (with most if not all 3-cmc-and-less spells), Omnibob should burn your opponent a LOT more than he burns you. Not to mention the information gleaned from the opponent's reveal is always useful.
He's hard to "turn off." But at 4-cmc, you're not trying to stick him early. By the time it hits the board, you should be stabilized, or it should stabilize you. And if you cast it when an aggro/burn deck has you down to 3-4 life, that's your prerogative. But yo... (see all)
Posted By:
ThinkOriginal
(2/17/2013 10:42:02 AM)
For people saying he doesn't fit discard, you're silly. The fact they get to draw a card and potentially damage themselves with it, and then you can force them to discard it (with something like, say, Mental Vapors). Easily done, and you get to maintain your hand advantage.
Utilize him alongside the Crypt Ghast/Realmwright combo and then it actually makes sense to bring spells like Killing Glare and Syncopate over Murder and Dissipate. Chances are you won't be hurting for mana at that point, and the lower CMC on the cards means you're less likely to ping yourself for anything substantial. The way I see this deck working, you don't have anything with CMC over 4 anyway. Crypt Ghast's extort should keep you afloat from any damage Grumpycat Seer does to you.
Posted By:
SRSFACE
(2/17/2013 11:35:51 PM)
One of those cards where everyone is like "ZOMG ITS SOOO GOOD" and then you play a copy, draw something nasty like a Consuming Aberration and hit yourself for tons of damage. Definitely a card to play with cheaper CMC cards.
Posted By:
Smoke_Stack
(2/26/2013 2:32:24 PM)
Incredibly powerful combined with Dimir Charm, manupulate the top of their deck for max dmg or the top of yours for minimum damage. Throw in a few Nightveil Specter s, some counters, kills and draws, and you have yourself a viable UB Control deck.
Posted By:
EternalPhi
(3/1/2013 10:32:19 PM)
I never understood why anyone would run Dark Confidant over Phyrexian Arena. But I would run this over Phyrexian Arena in a deck I made to survive this any day. In the right deck it will kill your opponent much faster than it kills you.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(3/14/2013 12:39:13 PM)
Bob with wings ? Sign me up.
Posted By:
Pipikako
(4/16/2013 9:39:23 AM)
After using this card in my standard death fed, I can say the loss of life is not too big of a deal for me. Once this guy hits the battlefield, the game is very close to ending (every time I play him, I win about 2 turns later), simply because he gets you what you may need at the time and he also helps you deal damage to them in the air as well as from their library. I also love it because I get to see exactly what they have drawn, so I can prepare myself on my turn for the counter spell / bomb / board wipe they might have ready for their turn!
In short, this guy is INCREDIBLE! (So long as you can get more damage on them than you are being dealt by your grumpy little guy)
5/5: For being a game changer and also for the grumpy cat reference (intentional or not)
Posted By:
XxCrimsonSunxX
(5/9/2013 8:42:25 AM)
Might be weird.... but I think he fits well with Sire of Insanity. Why??
This card let each player draw at the beginning Your turn....
Sire of Insanity forces everyone to discard at the end of Each endstep...
In other words, you get to draw two cards at the beginning of your turn...while your opponent doesn't... Pretty good combo...
Posted By:
Ike38
(5/16/2013 6:57:03 PM)
Too bad this doesn't combo with notion thief. Make your opponents' lose and then draw a bunch of cards as well as see what they are drawing. In order for that to work this would have to be worded 'each player reveals the top card of their library, loses life equal to its mana cost, then draws a card'. Would have been a funny combo.
I like Ike38's combo with sire of insanity. Seems pretty good.
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/18/2013 7:48:40 AM)
Noxious Revival and a discard shell make this guys ability suddenly not so big of a downside...
Posted By:
MindAblaze
(7/15/2013 11:01:56 AM)