banned for the same reasons as black lotus, its just ridiculously good
Posted By:
stille_nacht
(4/20/2010 6:39:56 PM)
This is a great card, clearly mandatory in any deck that uses blue and artifacts.
Posted By:
markarmor
(5/1/2010 12:06:57 PM)
Yeah, this WOULD be from Urza block.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(8/29/2010 7:31:20 PM)
My favorite play with this card is on turn one Tolarian Academy and three of the various assortments of the 0 CMC artifacts there are my personal favorite are the creatures that cost nothing, then you tinker and grab something big... which for me depending on my mood i normaly get Darksteel colossus or Memnarch
Posted By:
kelayth
(1/14/2011 5:33:11 PM)
The Timmy in me hates cards like this because they make the game unfair, but my inner Vorthos absolutely adores them. The fact that they are banned/restricted only makes them more appealing to me, like they are "too powerful to be allowed to exist" or something. Demonic Tutor is one example of a banned spell that plays an important role in the modern storyline.
Posted By:
Stray_Dog
(1/22/2011 5:13:55 AM)
why transmute for ONE indestructible artifact creature when you can tinker into darksteel forge, and make your ENTIRE ARMY indestructible.
Posted By:
Azrael1911
(2/2/2011 12:53:43 AM)
original artwork is much better.
Posted By:
Richard_Hawk
(2/8/2011 1:08:09 PM)
My first comment on gatherer made on my favorite card. Turns the Sol Ring used to help pay for it into a Blightsteel colossus. Utterly insane.
Posted By:
AlunJaceImpostor
(5/1/2011 7:20:52 AM)
An amazingly powerful card that single-handedly sculpts the Vintage metagame. If you manage to resolve it, you usually win.
Best Tinker targets as of this posting:
Blightsteel Colossus
Inkwell leviathan and Sphinx of the Steel Wind (Mostly due to Goblin Welder)
Time Vault, because I enjoy my infinity turns very much.
Posted By:
StuartHamilton
(5/14/2011 3:04:51 AM)
The ridiculous power level of this card has been highlighted. But what's more frustrating, to me, is that you can't respond to the spell except to counter it. It would have been much more balanced (still broken though) if you could at least kill the critter and fizzle the spell, ala Polymorph.
Posted By:
djflo
(4/9/2012 4:06:23 AM)