This card scares me.
Posted By:
LordAlvon
(9/30/2010 5:56:57 PM)
Why print this? Actually take a moment and think of how many cards/abilities this takes care of, and you should begin to understand why this shouldn't have been made.
Posted By:
surewhynot
(10/24/2010 12:56:47 PM)
who is not rating this 5 stars? Best removal card next to vindicate, I actually prefer this.
Posted By:
Sironos
(5/15/2011 10:10:16 AM)
Perfect for taking out the tokens spawned by Dragon Broodmother, Godsire, Luminarch Ascension, Mycoloth, Jade Mage, Myr Turbine, Throne of Empires, Skittering Invasion, and the new Innistrad and Dark Ascension cards that give 1/1 Spirit tokens. Also useful for swatting a whole group of Squadron Hawks or Relentless Rats.
Posted By:
dragonhat
(2/29/2012 7:25:34 PM)
Considering you can't target wall of denial (it has shroud), it's not important. Now, assuming the wall of denial lost shroud somehow and other walls of denial in play didn't. then yes, they would all die becuase the 2nd part of maelstrom pulse does not target. A better way to think about this would be to think of there being 10 goblin tokens in play, one of which is enchanted with something giving it shroud. What does shard do? It prevents the permanent from being targeted by any spells or abilities. If you target any one of the other 9 goblins, is anything malestrom pulse's 2nd ability does targeting the goblin with shroud? No, it's simply looking for a characteristic of a card, in this case, it's name. Shroud does nothing against pulse's 2nd effect.
Just think if name as being just like any other characteristic. It you played a card that said "destroy all 1/1 creatures," would shroud on the goblin token save it? No, it wouldn't because there is no targeting going on. Sa... (see all)
Posted By:
asmallcat
(6/18/2009 11:08:25 AM)
And Putrefy was already amazing. Theoretically, this could have a drawback when you try to play it on your opponent playing a similar deck type to you...but it's going to be very, very useful far more often than not.
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(5/9/2009 1:53:52 PM)
Since there are already ways to deal with token decks, I like how this card can target just about anything, sort of a catch all. In the same way however, I wouldn't include more than a few in a deck because the times where it acts as more than a doomblade are situational. Unless you get one of these in a booster they are also very expensive to buy as singles, vs. a jund charm for token removal. I run a number of singletons as I don't need a specific creature for my win condition, so to my decks maelstrom pulse exchanges 1 card per 1 card, its the board sweepers that I care more about.
A fun trick, mirrorweave + maelstrom pulse, destroy all creatures in play.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(12/1/2009 1:52:43 PM)
Mirrorweave anyone? Not sure if it'll work, but it'd be hilarious to watch everything die.
Posted By:
Imura
(11/16/2009 8:33:31 AM)
This card totally destroys my token deck. Insanely powerful, and its flavor is amazing.
Posted By:
vsasntore
(8/19/2010 12:29:36 PM)
Rarely do I meet a GB card I don't like.
Posted By:
lufia22
(7/17/2010 6:21:49 AM)