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Just noticed this doesn't say 'Combat damage to a player', I used to think this was busted, guess its Wumbo...
5/5 Stars
Posted By: Hunter06 (5/21/2013 9:54:15 AM)
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This card is so damn strong. I wonder how much they play tested it (if at all).
Posted By: SAUS3 (6/7/2013 11:59:03 AM)
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At least modern is still protected against the tyranny of the most disgustingly, oppressively powerful equipment ever printed.
Posted By: bowlofgumbo (6/8/2013 12:13:52 PM)
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You have three options:
-You answer it
-You make sure no creature they have stays alive long enough to equip/swing
-You lose

And most don't like the third option; yet it's the one you often get stuck with. New legend rule also makes it even tougher to deal with.
Posted By: blurrymadness (7/30/2013 11:43:24 AM)
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@twiddleman12
He's never an artifact and a walker on the same card.
Posted By: CogMonocle (7/31/2013 6:42:50 AM)
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This card is simply broken. Fun in DotP 14 when you get to use it without losing friends, though!
Posted By: talcumpowder0046 (9/29/2013 11:46:08 AM)
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of course it's broken, we're talking about a weapon forged by the only family line who have known to defeat the dragon nicol bolas.
Posted By: tokenmage (12/29/2013 12:54:23 AM)
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They've learned a lot since the days of Umezawa's Jitte. Now they actually playtest their cards quite a bit before they release them to the public. Just look at how balanced Return to Ravnica block is! The latest card that I would call borderline broken was Snapcaster Mage, but he was only slightly overpowered and he is out of Standard.
Posted By: sweetgab (1/21/2014 12:43:49 AM)
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For those of you who are curious how the flavor works, Toshiro Umezawa is a Kanji mage and Hyozan reckoner, capable of crafting Kanji symbols that, when given fuel and activated, provide a variety of effects. The fuel is more often than not blood.
As for his Jittes, they work by giving him a medium through which he can craft more potent magic. The tips of the Jittes are spiked so they can more easily draw blood, hence the "when equipped creature deals combat damage" clause. After that he can draw any number of kanji that can mean any number of things. They can either increase his power, give him Final Fantasy style Buffs like Reflect, or harm and weaken his enemies more directly.
And yes, you read that right. Jittes. He has two. The one on the card here is his second Jitte, the more powerful of the two. It's made of an alloy of steel and silver and imbued with magic, turning it effectively into an amplifier. Any kanji he draws with this jitte is immensely more powe... (see all)
Posted By: ShatterPalm (3/9/2014 7:11:05 PM)
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There are cards that make any deck good, and there are cards that make certain types of decks good. Jitte falls for the latter, it makes any deck that utilizes creature powerful.

Which means Jitte is only one step below broken, one tiny step, enough to make anyone not wanting to play against you again.
Posted By: Cyberium (3/31/2014 2:36:15 AM)
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