Since it doesn't produce normal mana, this card will be forever doomed to be sideboard material. Pretty good one at that, though. I kind of like these narrow, very focused cards, really. 4/5
It now weeps as Cavern of Souls is making it look very bad.
Posted By:
Fenix.
(4/27/2012 2:59:14 AM)
It got out shined by Cavern of Souls.
Posted By:
DavidLopes
(4/27/2012 10:04:08 AM)
Run with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth to enable tapping for black mana if you don't want to use Boseiju's own ability :3
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(11/2/2011 9:33:47 AM)
Vintage worthy.
Posted By:
Gilgamesh3000
(7/27/2009 3:17:11 PM)
You can use this card with Mycosynth Lattice (or even North Star) to make Temporal Extortion uncounterable.
The extra mana from Trace of Abundance does not protect your spells from being countered.
Posted By:
temporicide
(10/28/2010 10:42:05 PM)
@ ely_bob: It says "can't be countered by spells or abilities" for exactly a case like that one you exemplified.
So you have a counterspell that can't be countered (by spells or abilities) which targets a Banefire which cannot be countered (by spells or abilities).
Once the counterspell tries to counter Banefire, it will "fizzle" since Banefire is immune to getting countered. The "fizzle" which causes that counterspell to get countered is caused by a game-based effect, therefore neither a spell nor an ability.
So in the end, the counterspell will get removed from the stack, and Banefire will resolve.
Regarding the card itself: I would even reconsider putting it into a sideboard of an instant/sorcery heavy deck (like a burn deck or another control deck, for instance) since it enters tapped, which slows you down a lot (especially in eternal formats). Additionally, 2 life for a single use are quite costy, and there is no alternate mana abi... (see all)
Posted By:
Mode
(12/12/2009 4:30:54 AM)
great card... if used to cast Ajani Goldmane or any other life gaining cards, this will really help you against control decks
Posted By:
fullbringer
(2/13/2011 2:38:21 AM)
for the Temporal Extortion combo, I would think that it is possible when something like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is on your opponent's side of the field.
or may be something that just increase black spell's cost by 1
Posted By:
iSlapTrees
(12/20/2010 10:00:26 AM)
You can use Initiates of the Ebon Hand to turn colorless mana into black mana.
Posted By:
nammertime
(12/26/2009 8:20:22 AM)