"OK, R&D, we need a rare card for Dimir. You know, the guild that everybody loves, but it really sucked in Gatecrash, co we can fix it now. Any suggestions for Dragon's Maze?"
"Well, we could give them a nice piece of removal"
"Nah, we already gave that to Golgari, you know, they only got the best removal in Abrubt Decay, they need Putrefy too."
"Well, what about giving them some good counterspell?"
"No, Azorius need the cool counterspell more, you know, they don't have any powerful instants whatsoever. I mean, who cares about life and cards?"
"I know! Let's give them an effect that nobody cares about, but they can do it EVERY TURN!"
"Yes, YES!!! THIS IS PERFECT!"
I wish my favourite guild was not Dimir, I really do :(
Posted By:
Mightyass
(4/28/2013 7:43:05 AM)
First thing I thought of was Magical Hack, which is an instant and can target any spell, not just permanents, and lasts indefinitely when played on a permanent, which in most ways makes it a strictly worse version (can't even be imprinted on Isochron Scepter). Still, with a LOT of work, the card can have its use...
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Posted By:
Toquinha1977
(4/28/2013 1:47:13 PM)
Magic hack that trades speed for cipher. I'm for it. It feels like an upgrade minus the fact that you can't put it on an isochron scepter. Especially in a set with the aforementioned Nivmagus Elemental.
Posted By:
raptorman333
(4/29/2013 3:07:51 PM)
It doesn't combo with Woodlot Crawler very well. You can cast it once to make a forest for the Crawler to get through, but then the cipher is useless. It only triggers after combat. :( I guess Nivmagus Elemental is the only use for it. Or Legacy/Casual. (Other commenters have brought up Quirion Dryad and extort, which slipped my mind.)
Posted By:
JimmyNoobPlayer
(4/30/2013 2:16:07 AM)
The only way this card could have been useful is if it was either an instant (still not rare-worthy) or if it was permanent (maybe rare-worthy then). The only reason I gave it a 1 star vice a 1/2 is because I love the idea of changing card text. Even though it's rarely very usefull.
Posted By:
CrimsonVoid
(4/30/2013 9:19:28 AM)
Could be used for mana fixing, to have one of your basic or shock lands produce mana of your choice until the EoT.
Use with Crypt Ghast and Gem of Becoming to ramp a mostly blue deck with a pure Island mana base.
Use with Grave Betrayal to make green zombies. Don't ask me why.
It has a lot of uses, just none of them very common. Or useful...
Posted By:
Cyber_Squirrel
(4/30/2013 11:09:11 AM)
wouldn't this pair up decently well with creatures like Sage's Row Denizen, and Shadow Alley Denizen? I'm a noob.
Posted By:
doobideedoo
(4/30/2013 4:15:46 PM)
Couldn't it at least have been an instant?
Posted By:
Havrekjex
(5/1/2013 12:36:19 AM)
I know it shouldn't be possible for a card to be rated lower than 0.5 with this rating system, but come on, Community; with a slow variant of a Moonlace effect, anything should be possible.
(sarcasm) Now I can finally make that blue Valakut deck I always wanted! (/sarcasm)
Posted By:
Curlie-Joe
(5/3/2013 8:58:18 AM)
I could see it useful if you splashed ___ color and have on the splashed color in your hand and you desperately need to play it but don't have a mana source. changing one of your own lands to said splashed color.
Posted By:
johnnyinabucket
(5/5/2013 10:34:31 AM)