Due to this version reading like an activated ability, the first time I saw this I thought it was an Enchantment. I nearly crapped my pants. Then I realized it was a Sorcery and it went from "HOW THE *** IS THIS NOT BANNED IN LEGACY AND COMMANDER, RESTRICTED IN VINTAGE AND ALMOST POWER NINE STATUS FAMOUS?" to "Oh, that's an extremely broken Legacy staple with some splashy possibilities in Commander, might even be Tier 2 Vintage playable."
Posted By:
NissasChosen
(11/3/2013 9:06:13 PM)
Found a German version of this in my local card shop's box of random cards for 20 cents. :D
This thing is amazing in EDH by the way. Turn 1 Magus of the Vineyard into this on turn two feels amazing.
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(11/13/2013 5:53:22 PM)
I always imagine the flavor text as the end of a story.
Yes... and what a fine story too. Asmira was probably an elf, and Mangara was probably a Craterhoof Behemoth.
Posted By:
Kragash
(11/25/2013 5:49:42 PM)
TIL WE FIND OUR WAY
ON THE PATH UNWINDING
IN THE CIRCLE
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
Posted By:
RocketLobster
(1/8/2014 7:32:10 PM)
Actually, the flavor text is the end of the story which is begun in Relic Ward's flavor text. Read together, they form the following sentence:
"Asmira's prayers alone should have freed Mangara from the amber prison . . . but the price of Mangara's freedom was Asmira's life."
The described scene is a central event in the Mirage block storyline. Mangara came to rule Zhalfir, Femeref, and Suq'Ata after bringing peace to Jumaraa. However, he was betrayed by Kaervek, who trapped him in the Amber Prison. Asmira eventually freed Mangara from the prison, but was slain by Purraj, an ally of Kaervek, in the process. Mangara defeated Kaervek by trapping him in the prison afterward.
Posted By:
Zeofar
(3/15/2014 8:09:51 PM)
...The irony is that Mangara will never be fetched by this card without the assistance of his Painter's Servant or some Mind Bending shenanigans.
And really, what's the chance of that?
Posted By:
Selena_HK
(4/11/2014 9:18:22 PM)
$35 now. Guess being an old man has some advantages after all.
Posted By:
Mainstay
(4/22/2014 12:31:30 PM)