I want to make a blue/green deck involving this guy and Drowner Initiate. With the Servant, all spells are blue, so I'll use green's mana-ramping to be able to mill every time someone plays a spell.
And of course, since the deck's purpose is mill, I'll include Grindstone. Because why not.
Posted By:
CrazyLou
(8/10/2010 6:51:33 PM)
I like this card, even outside the normal brokenness. I would like to use it in a few decks just because I think it would just make things that much more interesting. In a scarecrow deck it'd be great for the obvious giving your scarecrows abilities, in an Eldrazi deck, 2 of these and a Dragon Arch = 2 mana Eldrazi, combined with Urza Land you can possibly get a turn 3 Eldrazi. Yes the grindstone combo is the most apparent, but other such funs as the avatar aura's from shadowmoor block, and a number of other cards from Ravnica and Alara makes it a good card for someone who really likes the abilities from those blocks. I play a g/w deck almost completely from Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, Shards of Alara, and Ravnica and I am really thinking about using this card just for some of the fun little special abilities of my creatures, including convoke and the Naya Hushblade's abilities. Nothing too big, but just all the more of a fun little flavor quickener. Though I am going to tell my roommate... (see all)
Posted By:
DjDym
(8/21/2010 9:55:58 AM)
2 mana for all that shizzle?? Completely undercosted.
Posted By:
DespisedIcon
(8/21/2010 11:02:01 PM)
How can you ask for the official ruling on this card when it clashes with the card Ghostfire ? The bigger question for me: What happens to my Ghostflame Sliver ?
Posted By:
Stuffyodd
(9/18/2010 7:45:18 PM)
For the love of god! How bout a little fire scarecrow?!? Kill on sight. Theres no reason you should ever let this live if you have a way to kill it.
Posted By:
XTwistedsoulX
(9/24/2010 8:38:58 AM)
Green Sun Zenith for some fun!
Posted By:
Richard_Hawk
(2/8/2011 10:41:35 AM)
Requires Imperial Recruiter to be consistent. I like liquimetal coating better since it isn't as ridiculous. Playing ridiculous cards makes MTG not so fun.
Posted By:
StampedingRhino
(2/24/2011 6:09:14 PM)
This + Dream Halls Makes me wish Dream Halls wasn't banned in most formats. I would Play an All blue Lock down deck and beat people up with cards like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Llawan, Cephalid Empress, and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir. And I would make sure I had Mana excel such as Apprentice Wizard and Silver Myr. Now if only I had the money for all that...
Posted By:
Yozuk
(4/29/2011 6:09:07 AM)
Color changing effect apply in layer 5
Ability removal from Humility apply in layer 6
So are colors changed when both cards are out in the field?
I've heard it both ways from Judges.
Posted By:
NinjaGodKing
(6/30/2011 9:25:21 AM)
I can't believe they printed this card. They KNEW it was going to be crazy comboriffic. It puzzles me that they made it SO powerful. If it just turned critters something, it'd be good. But it turns ALL permanents into a color, one of the few ways to give lands color; then it gives all SPELLS a color, which is otherwise really hard to do before they actually cast the spell, and then it's the only thing to give all cards NOT IN PLAY a color.
It's like they said, "you know, we've tried to make color hate a viable strategy forever and it's never been done... Screw it, we're going nuclear."
Posted By:
BegleOne
(9/1/2011 9:16:31 PM)