'Whats that? Your swinging at me for 50 damage that I can block? Did you even read this card I had out?"
Posted By:
Boakes2047
(3/20/2011 5:13:29 PM)
I'd tack on an extra power for him, but 5 cmc is completely acceptable for this guy.
Posted By:
Dragon23
(11/30/2010 8:09:49 AM)
Magus of the Arena
@ achilleselbow
wow... you're right. Oh the nostalgia...
Posted By:
Flyheight
(9/30/2010 11:18:36 AM)
Darksteel Plate
Posted By:
The_Sturm
(3/10/2011 1:33:47 AM)
I see a few comments here about it being useless or overpriced for what you are getting. That's just wrong. This card has basically made my standard mono-blue mill deck unstoppable among my friends (to the point that some friends even refuse to play against it).
Simply put, if you have four in your deck, by turn five (or four if you have some sort of mana ramping) you are putting down a 2/5 blocker that brutally punishes the opponent for trying to hit you. At one point, I had a friend beef up a creature to throw down 13 damage in one turn. I simply sacrificed the Belltower Sphinx and immediately the next turn played another Belltower Sphinx.
As for removal over actually killing it, that's why ever blue deck should run some Cancels/Negates/Essence Scatter/Mana Leak cards that prevent that sort of problem. Even better, is keeping 1 mana open for an unsummon. Now unsummons can be used for the first three or four turns to keep the battlefield shuffling well you set up a few Jace's Erasu... (see all)
Posted By:
DocBernard
(12/18/2011 6:05:06 PM)
Ugh..I hope WOTC doesn't use the average joe on the street as a playtester. This guy's fine at five mana.
Posted By:
NeoMint
(10/21/2010 12:04:25 AM)
Just what mill needs, blockers.
Posted By:
Forgeling
(8/25/2009 4:38:05 PM)
Anyone else think he looks like Goliath from Gargoyles?
Posted By:
achilleselbow
(6/24/2010 8:09:44 AM)
Martyrdom or Pariah
Posted By:
Etregan
(11/25/2009 9:32:04 AM)
Regeneration and Shivan Meteor.
...to mill yourself for 13.
Posted By:
McThor
(8/12/2010 5:02:44 PM)