When I leave for a Legacy tournament, I'm expecting to see this card. Just like I'm expecting to see reanimator, burn, and 43 land. It would be 5/5 if it were tricky, but b/c I will see it, it gets a 4.5. My sideboard knows you're on the way Tarmy : )
Posted By:
Khias
(3/19/2011 10:31:51 AM)
Future Sight came out before Lorwyn yet the card references planeswalker as a card type.
neato
Posted By:
The_Sturm
(3/19/2011 11:25:13 PM)
True, it dies to doom blade. But, doomblade costs two, and how much does this cost? two.
in my view this card should be banned from legacy, simply because it is too efficient.
As someone else said, it may be a dumb beater that dies easily enough, but it costs two mana and can ramp up to 5/6 easily enough.
does vengevine end the game by itself? no.
did frantic search end the game by itself? no.
did Black Lotus end the game by itself? no.
it is not because they are awesome game enders, its is because they are ridiculously efficient
efficient enough for G to be splashed into top 8 legacy Fish decks, thats right, UG merfolk with the only green card being tarmogoyf
Posted By:
stille_nacht
(3/24/2011 7:55:03 PM)
This costs more than Force of Will, people.
Posted By:
Polychromatic
(3/30/2011 2:57:11 PM)
@ Hyroko
That's not a great example to make your point. Something like Kiln Fiend with rites of flame would actually be better.
That said, it was just a poor example, this is an extremely solid card
Posted By:
stop-whining
(4/27/2011 12:09:30 PM)
Its true, this card is only above average but when you are playing a tournament, you need the biggest creatures you can get for your mana. Thats why its so expensive. Its can quickly become a 3/4 or 4/5 without even trying to feed it. It does die too easily but thats why this is used only in control decks. Its quite good even with all the graveyard hate and spell snares.
Posted By:
BattleFish
(5/1/2011 6:18:29 AM)
though i doubt this card will ever become rerinted, it was still a look into the future because back then planeswalkers didn't exist.
Posted By:
marwinshieldscale
(7/8/2011 6:26:20 PM)
Forgive me for being retarded but if this guy is worth $140.00 why isconsuming aberration only a few dollars$ is 3 mana worth over $130.00?!?!
Posted By:
DimirOverlord
(9/5/2013 11:07:17 AM)
I like the idea behind the card, but it's a little overpowered in Legacy. Not saying it should be banned, just really annoying when 2/3 of the competitive decks of the format run 4 of these guys. As long as it's not printed with shroud, it shouldn't and wont be banned.
Posted By:
rbwdeck
(3/6/2010 8:15:33 PM)
yup, because of this guy, I run creature removal galore. Luckily, w/ Tombstalker, I can shave off the unnecessary parts of my graveyard so that the goyf won't get pumped on my account. It still makes it frightening to dredge a life from the loam, just knowing that you might be making this into a giant. I main-deck putrefies, just b/c every other legacy deck seems to be running this and jitte--two cards, that if you leave on the board for more than a couple turns, will end you. This might even make me SB bojuka bog...in LEGACY.
Posted By:
spectermonger
(5/4/2010 8:06:16 PM)