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how many other creatures do you know that get stupid big for 2 mana? And do every single one of you have every single removal spell in your hand at every waking moment? how many removal spells does an average deck play? BTW maxxed out, he is an 8/9 not a 7/8...
plus, if you were to cast him on your second turn, here is a good play if you had the cards in hand.
first turn, no land in hand, cast land grant, thensearch for and play a taiga or a stomping grounds, and cast crop rotation for a dryad arbor. lay down a lotus petal, end turn,
second turn, sac the lotus petal for red and cast rite of flame, and cast tarmogoyf. then cast either raze to destroy their only land, along with your creature land, or use need for speed to sac your dryad arbor and give tarmogoyf haste.
in that instance yes, you would need all of those cards to get a large effect when the goyf enters play, but if you had all 4 ofs and had similar cards that did the same things, then you could easily pull it off.
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Posted By:
Hyroko
(2/27/2011 7:30:15 PM)
So how many people here slapped themselves when the price of this card went from $1 to $70?
Posted By:
scorpiolegend
(5/14/2011 7:57:59 AM)
I've played against this card VERY frequently. I know what I'm talking about.
To both parties:
1 - STFU virtually EVRYTHING dies to removal
2 - this IS NOT broken and SHOULD NOT be banned.
Why? Sure it's absolutely increadible as far as an efficient dumb beater goes. But that's all it is. It doesn't even have trample or any other evasion. Yes almost everything dies to removal, but this dies to almost all removal. It doesn't accelerate you in a broken way like black lotus, it doesn't give you broken card advantage like ancestral recall. It doesn't decimate your opponents board like balance. It just beats on them. I just wall it early and remove it late with plenty of answers to spare. And sometimes I'll let him be, I've outpaced my opponent. And this is with a $30 budget deck. And don't even try to tell me he can get to 8/9. When does that happen? He's usually between 3/4 and 5/6. For 1G? Yes very efficient, yes a great card. But I'll take him down with dust elemental/a... (see all)
Posted By:
BlackAlbino
(5/21/2011 9:29:02 AM)
They should make a "Shapeshifter" card type, meaning that the card is every card type...there would be a lot of rules wrangling, but it would be pretty balanced...not like some cards have obscene synergy with it...
@Kidrik: They use Norin the Wary
Posted By:
Superllama12
(5/30/2011 12:28:33 PM)
I bought a playset when it was $4, and I sold it for $40 apiece three months later. Today I'm regretting the decision.
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(8/22/2011 5:46:12 AM)
Reprint it or ban it in Modern.
What's the point of Modern if green still has a $400 (and rising) entry fee?
Jitte is banned and goyf got through???
There is a reason Jitte is $15 and Tarmogoyf is $100.
Posted By:
tanuki-mario
(8/31/2011 6:44:04 PM)
I was always wondering why tribal is a card type and not treated like legendary in that matter. They both work as adjectives to the card type and there are no tribal cards that do not have another card type. So for me tribal seems to be a supertype but isn't. This rule just makes tarmogyf stronger and nothing else.
Posted By:
lowman
(9/6/2011 11:45:13 AM)
I think that "tribal" counts as a card type because, unlike Legendary or Snow, it has subtypes associated with it.
Posted By:
sonorhC
(9/17/2011 2:33:54 PM)
The 100$ card. Yes that is right, the introduction of modern almost doubled the value of tarmogoyf.
Posted By:
theis999
(12/17/2011 4:47:37 PM)
I don't play magic everyday and havent played magic since BEFORE TIME BEGAN
Can someone please explain to me how this card is broken, the "card type" text makes it seems like it would be difficult to make this thing into a heavy beater without 2 or more extra cards
Seems like it would be nice for a multiplayer format though, maybe G/W with akroma's vengeance?
Posted By:
D34D2R1T35
(12/26/2011 11:54:42 AM)