@kothsapprentice: Did you even read the card?? *rolls eyes*
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(2/15/2011 5:14:46 AM)
Why is this being played in sideboard? I play 2 main deck 2 in side. If you're playing a mono color deck especially without any fetch lands automatically there you have alone a whole bunch of fetch lands your opponent might play you could name. Even first turn casting this and having no idea what they're about to play and naming Umezawa's Jitte is not a bad play. A fetch land does not have a mana ability - it adds no mana - you could name it and they won't be able to fetch with that fetch land. Combine this with Wasteland on other non basic lands and it will make it difficult for your opponent to play the game for sure.. In fact why not throw 4 in a deck you think it wont get 4 targets throughout a game?
Posted By:
Hovercraft
(1/4/2011 9:43:55 AM)
@Trublivia
Err why? I guess it'd be nice if your opponent had that card to stop him from using that ability, but it's not exactly a very major one.
Using this on your own pridemage would simply cause his activated ability to not work at all. It's not a mana producing activated ability, so the whole ability is negated (sans the Exalted part obviously).
This card stops ALL activated abilities, except ones that produce mana. That's what "mana abilities" means, apparently. Not abilities that cost mana to activate. And even if it did, the "sacrafice" part of the pridemage would still kick into effect since it would fall under that whole ability.
Posted By:
KorJax
(3/3/2011 1:12:06 PM)
This card will deal with Jace, the Mind Sculptor.
If they put that bar-steward in m12, they'd better put this in.
Posted By:
Spideredd
(4/2/2011 9:53:31 AM)
Jace, the Mind Sculptor.
Posted By:
Feralsymphony
(5/18/2011 3:06:36 PM)
@kothsapprentice
good move, you just wasted one Pithing Needle, you can waste the other 3 by naming Plains, Island, Mountain or Forest
Posted By:
Zacklar
(7/31/2011 10:27:56 PM)
Plays well with Meddling Mage, curves right into it.
We have the makings of a deck that is no fun to play with or against!
Posted By:
NoobOfLore
(10/17/2011 12:10:15 PM)
Besides for the cmc and creature vs. non-creature, this has some important differences from Phyrexian Revoker. While this cannot hit mana dorks, it can hit fetchlands, which can be very important depending on the format (Legacy, I'm looking at you). However, I personally prefer the Revoker, because my playgroup doesn't run fetchlands, but it all depends on the metagame
Posted By:
Superllama12
(12/4/2011 9:35:11 AM)
That was hilarious Totema
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(7/30/2012 10:26:31 AM)
@ Eliteninjasauce Actually, that is EXACTLY the kind of thing you should pick! Congratulations, you just turned what was probably your opponent's favorite evil little creature into a vanilla 4/3, AND as a bonus, he's really regretting saccing all those creatures with sweet activated abilities!
Here's how the thing works: You pick a card. That card can no longer use activated(non-mana) abilities. That's it! I don't see why there's so much confusion on the rulings here, as it seems pretty obvious to me!
Also, here's a bit of trivia for you: Pithing is the act of destroying part of the brain/brainstem, usually by the use of a needle or small rod inserted into the base of the skull, resulting in paralysis and/or brain death. As you can see, this fits the art, as well as the flavor, of the card...
Posted By:
LegoLeonidas
(8/11/2012 10:07:48 PM)