@SarcasmElemental
What's wrong with A3Kitsune's comment? He's right; in Alpha, Wizards mistakenly only printed 4 of the 5 CoP's. Along with a few other mistakes, it really does show that Wizards messed up a lot towards the beginning. (They still do make a few mistakes every now and again, but small errors like on Walking Atlas and Wit's End aren't nearly as bad as omitting cards.)
Unless your comment was being sarcastic, that is.
Edit:
I'm sorry, but I don't see how he's being "hyper critical." He's simply stating the facts: Wizards did not have their act together. Even if you do have a small point, saying that A3Kitsune's comment is the worst on all of Gatherer is far from correct.
Posted By:
marmaris74
(10/27/2012 8:09:57 PM)
Left out of Alpha. Just another bit of proof WotC didn't have their act together during the early days.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(2/15/2010 1:47:19 AM)
I've read a lot of comments, A3kitsune, and if I had the option to delete just one comment on the entire gatherer site it would be yours right here.
AT marmaris76, He is being hyper critical of a fledgling company which hadn't found it's footing and yet still brought us the wonderful game we have today. Omitting this card effected the game for two months until they corrected with Beta. I don't know how many games were lost during those two months because of the absence of the card but the printing error has since built more character into the set and the history of magic itself.
Posted By:
SarcasmElemental
(9/4/2012 12:21:34 AM)
Not one of the best as this couldn't handle Pestilence.
Posted By:
tavaritz
(6/21/2011 2:59:34 PM)
Wow, way to overreact, SarcasmElemental. A3Kitsune is right. There were genuine oversights like this one one, and there were things like Black Lotus and Time Walk and Ancestral Recall. WotC should have done a lot more playtesting and correcting before turning Alpha loose, but then we wouldn't have pieces of cardboard that cost more than a used car.
Posted By:
Trygon_Predator
(11/16/2012 4:29:46 PM)
@tavaritz
True, but it was helpful for both sides when Lord of the Pit hit the table.
Posted By:
Ibn_Shisha
(6/10/2013 8:26:58 AM)
I don't understand how this is a bad card. It can only be used against black but it would prevent any source of black damage such as giant creatures.
Posted By:
gunnerman211
(3/21/2014 11:13:18 PM)