This lost a lot in the M10 rules change.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(10/28/2010 7:53:29 PM)
You can mana burn your opponent.
Also, very good in 2 / 3 headed giant games.
Posted By:
Twigster
(5/20/2009 11:08:08 AM)
Darksteel Ingot is strictly better than this. But i guess this guy is oriented to 'two headed giant' format.
Posted By:
BelloAbril
(11/1/2009 4:07:18 PM)
I wonder why they didn't reprint this in Commander.
Posted By:
E-n-S
(12/5/2011 7:56:55 AM)
This card was a 4/5 when mana burn was a thing, now it's just a Manalith with some implications in team play. I gave it a 2, but Darksteel Ingot is the gold standard here
Posted By:
Shoe2
(1/27/2012 9:39:09 AM)
Aw, hexagonal nuts! Vividice beat me to it!
(The same comic store I bought many of these from also gave away Green Lantern rings as part of 2 different promotions. I always kept one when playing a deck with these.)
Better than Manalith when playing in multiplayer and EDH/Commander games.
Jon_hill987 is right, which is why I added one (foil) to my Political Puppets deck. (That and Droning Bureaucrats.) Plus it gave me a reason to "charge up" my Blackest Night Green ring.
Posted By:
Cybertronian
(4/24/2012 5:55:20 PM)
Strictly better than Manalith! Wheee.
Great fun in multiplayer, you can hand out mana grants so people can drop things early on the condition they don't hit you with them!
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(8/25/2012 6:22:24 PM)
Um, guys... this doesn't target. It wouldn't technically be a "mana ability" otherwise. That said, another 3 mana color fixer. Pretty sweet one, actually. gotta go with 3.5/5.
Posted By:
pyrotempestwing
(4/16/2013 10:24:53 AM)
"This is NOT strictly worse than the ingot simply because of the multiplayer thing. You just have to remember it can do that:Lost a 2HG game because my partner was short a land and I forgot it says 'Target player'" -- Dragon_Nut
It does not say "target player" actually, the ability is untargeted.
This means it works even on someone wearing an Ivory Mask, which is advantageous in general since you can use it on you or your teammate even then. Would have been better against your opponent as well when Mana Burn still existed.
I wish it was targeted though, since it would work very nicely with Dormant Gomazoa then.
Posted By:
Mode
(9/25/2013 4:21:39 AM)
A very nice card for a "friends" multiplayer or commander deck. The amount of political influence you can get from this can be quite amusing. Play with Seedborn Muse or Unwinding Clock for extra friendship :D
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(11/7/2013 9:15:12 PM)