I am disappointed. Not by this card, but by all if you. You spikes look at this and say "this won't work in my Johnny combo, EDH whatever." A true Johnny would find a combo! Nivmagus Elemental gets huge! Quirion Dryad gets huge and works with green spells! Go main deck four of these and then think of the rest of your deck!
Posted By:
SquareWhale
(4/27/2013 5:40:36 PM)
It can turn Gods from creatures back into non-creature enchantments. 5/5
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(9/2/2013 1:51:30 PM)
NOW I CAN FARSEEK FOR A FOREST! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted By:
ThePinkBaron
(4/23/2013 11:30:08 PM)
Color hosing can only do stuff its an instant. This does nothing. Its a shame mind bend had so many uses.
Posted By:
Mindbend
(4/24/2013 1:45:28 AM)
How many cards in this set is this worth playing on? Zero? One? Awesome...
Not to mention that cipher is absolutely useless on this card. How many permanents do you want to cast this on? And then you ain't even able to cast it on instants, to mess up spells such as "destroy target non-black creature" or whatever. It's just another generic boring filler that has no useful interaction with the rest of the set.
Posted By:
majinara
(4/24/2013 2:26:09 AM)
While this card is definitely bad in limited, it isn't without its uses. For example, this offers mana fixing in blue. However, you either have to wait a turn for the fixing, or miss your "X-drop on turn X". Yeah, this card is bad.
Now, if you get into casual...
Teysa, Orzhov Scion. Change black to white. Exile as many creatures as you want for free (assuming you have 3 white creatures to sacrifice to get the combo going). And if you can Cipher this onto an evasive creature you control first, it effectively turns into "exile as many creatures as you want, and get a 1/1 Spirit. Activate this only on your turn, after combat."
As it is, though, very narrow scope and absolutely abhorrent in any non-casual format. This card is only good for making you think of zany combos that just might work.
Posted By:
CaptainNinJoe
(4/24/2013 5:37:28 AM)
Hidden Strings literally POOPS on this card.
Posted By:
FaceClaimer
(5/28/2013 11:03:06 PM)
What a god awful crock. This isn't even worthy of being a common. I'd rather open a pack and find a card from Homelands in the back than have this as my rare.
Posted By:
TooDarkPark
(6/12/2013 9:06:05 AM)
Devotion!!!!!
Posted By:
hippoman23
(9/1/2013 12:17:40 PM)
1 Star? I am so disappointed in people's lack of understanding.
Any "whenever you cast an instant or sorcery" or heroic creatures love this card. Lowest cost cypher, leaving mana open for other stuff like counter spell's or spells to ensure you hit, and has no negative effect on your heroic creatures pre-combat phase, like hidden strings might.
Nivmagus Elemental loves eating this (the copies guys, not the original, the copies) especially after you target a heroic creature (say... Triton Fortune Hunter) with it. The heroic effect WILL go off even if Nivmagus eats the copy, turning any hit with a Trait cyphered creature into something scary.
What else?
Chained to the Rocks removal (especially if they have multiple things chained to one mountain <3)
Potentially multiple Blister Coil untaps a turn, wonderful with Retraction Helix.
Mind Sparker, creatures with protection or land walk.
Mana fixing.
Pressuring your opponent. Say you attempt to Trait Doctor their only plains. Do they respo... (see all)
Posted By:
Fawxkitteh
(4/14/2014 3:03:30 PM)