@D34D2R1T35
Not, broken, but still the dumbest big creature you can get with that mana. It is good because it's extremely easy to get the card types in today's modern and legacy formats:
-Almost every deck is running a lot of fetch lands. You or your opponent sacs your a for a dual: there's one card type
-Path to Exile, Bolt, Thoughtseize, Brainstorm, Swords to Plowshares, Chain Lightning, all give your a sorcery or instant card type in the graveyard for one mana, and are all highly played staples: there's two more easy types.
-Creatures die all the time. If you're playing zoo, your deck is full of one-drops that will probably stay on the field for one turn max. Also, if you bolt a creature, that's two card types in the graveyard with one spell.
just with these alone, you're getting a 4/5 for 1G. People used to think Ernham Djinn was good (and it was at the time). This is half as much to cast and has the added bonus of being able to grow even bigger once artifacts, enchan... (see all)
Posted By:
deadapult13
(1/10/2012 10:35:58 AM)
Honestly I think Ghoultree will be better than Tarmogoyf. Not in zoo but as a big creature that cares about the graveyard. On average Tarm will be a 3/4 for 2 and Ghoultree will be a 10/10 for 3 in a dedicated dredging deck (Dredging being any kind of self-mill, not just Narcobridge.) Plus I doubt Ghoultree will be a $90 card, as it is a precon rare. Sorry Tarm but you've outstayed your welcome.
Posted By:
Rikiaz
(1/12/2012 1:03:16 PM)
@justicarphaeton:
Necropotence does win you the game the second it hits the table. If you want to be really nit-picky then technically you win the game on the next turn, since you don't actually get the cards until then. But you are still guaranteed a win.
Posted By:
buddy2
(1/22/2012 5:39:05 PM)
So in the unliked situation that all card types have landed in your graveyard the biggest he'll get is 11/12?
Realistically you'll normally see him around the range of 5/6 - 6/7, which is still scary enough.
Posted By:
BloodDragon
(1/23/2012 9:02:45 AM)
I was one of those players that had respected 'Goyfs potential to be way above the curve at 2 mana, but had never actually used him. "I just haven't made the right deck for him yet", I thought.
So I eventually made a GB deck with him and Lord of Extinction, simply designed to be beefy - and try to do so by getting the various card types in the bin (for example, going with Executioner's Capsule over an instant or sorcery to force an artifact in there).
Having now experienced him first hand, I can just say "wow". It's totally different actually using him. It's remarkably easy to get 3+ card types in the grave (land, creature, instant/sorcery - the contents of most decks), and then as a 3/4 he's well worth the 2 mana cost. Get into the late game with the 7 predominant card types in there (tribal cards aren't all that common compared to the other card types), and you're still swinging with a 7/8 for 2 mana. Awesome saucesome.
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(2/27/2012 5:55:45 PM)
Thoughtseize or Inquisition of Kozilek
then
Surgical Extraction and Extirpate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GL6LH6ufhM
Posted By:
Whiteyzz
(3/2/2012 12:41:52 PM)
Just one word, "Rebonculous".
Posted By:
whitekurama
(3/3/2012 2:10:00 PM)
So, chances of them actually reprinting this as the Futureshift would suggest? None, or none?
Posted By:
SeasideMessenger
(3/5/2012 1:13:12 PM)
This is a really good card. The reason it isn't banned is because its power is proportional to the relative power level of the format you're in. In the formats where this card is a 4/5 early game to 8/9 late game for 
, Green really needs a boost to be able to keep up with Blue and Black. As for other decks splashing Green to run this? Well, GG I guess. ^^
Posted By:
gman92
(3/30/2012 8:25:46 AM)
idk what the big deal is, this card is aweful.... a vanilla 1/2, 2/3, 3/4,etc... to 8/9 for 2 is trash... but all jokes aside this card should not be 100 dollars.... its embarrassing.
Posted By:
flyersfan9191
(5/7/2012 2:25:35 PM)