Anyone else used read Inquest? This might be a nod and wink?
Also, yes at Trygon_Predator. That was slick.
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(9/17/2013 5:15:23 PM)
When anyone counters an opponent's spell with this, it shall be known as giving them the bird.
Posted By:
Naradak
(9/17/2013 5:55:47 PM)
This is being underestimated, for sure. It will be feared.
Posted By:
LordOfTheFlies87
(9/18/2013 10:40:31 AM)
I'm interested to see how much play this card gets. I like playing Pyromancer Ascension in Modern and I think this card would be really good out of the sideboard. It's a hard counter for one mana to protect your combo, the 2/2 flyer isn't going to matter (usually) and it deals with a lot of disruption (it still misses cards like Chalice of the Void, but no card does everything).
Also, I don't think anyone has pointed out how AMAZINGLY AWESOME that art is.
Posted By:
Ogonomany
(9/19/2013 11:38:45 AM)
"Sorry, looks like your Heliod isn't going to resolve. But on the bright side, he's now off to seduce Leda..."
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(9/17/2013 2:54:23 PM)
It's almost like a single use of Dovescape.
Posted By:
UncreativeNameMaker
(9/17/2013 8:29:34 PM)
So between this, Dovescape, and Aven Mimeomancer, that's a least 3 cards based around turning stuff into birds.
....time to start constructing a REALLY fun casual deck
Posted By:
cardraptor6
(9/22/2013 2:38:25 PM)
@RAV0004: "Sorry I burned down your spell. Here's some bird."
I frequently encounter cards like Swan Song that force me to better understand the rules of the game. Here are some things I learned:
A spell or ability on the stack is always an illegal target for itself. (But that's not extremely relevant, since you'd need the Swan Song to resolve to get the token.) Yes, this is even true when the targets are changed by Redirect.
Uncounterable spells can still be targeted by counters, and the counter will still resolve, it just won't counter anything. I guess uncounterability is like indestructible for spells, not hexproof.
Posted By:
JimmyNoobPlayer
(2/21/2014 8:43:38 AM)
Combo players might use this (one or more of them) in response to an enchantment, instant or sorcery they have just cast themselves, giving themselves a 2/2 flyer for U (pretty sweet).
Candidates in Standard (as of this moment) include Savage Summoning, Abrupt Decay, Counterflux, Slaughter Games and Supreme Verdict.
In all these cases, the Swan Song does not counter the target spell, but the bird appears anyway, under control of the spell-caster.
Posted By:
Hadady
(12/10/2013 5:16:28 PM)
And here's the set's Legacy card.
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(9/17/2013 5:07:59 PM)