For those saying he does easily to bolt, read up on your rules. You can't a planeswalker as soon as it comes into play. The active player has to pass priority to the other player before they can play instants, and since +2 loyalty counters is part of the cost of Venser's first ability, Venser will have 5 loyalty before any bolts may be cast by an opponent.
And to those saying he's in the wrong colors, guess again. Try building U/W control with this guy, Sun Titan, Frost Titan, and Wall of Omens, and then tell me he's in the wrong colors. The unblockable ability is just icing on the cake, and can win when your opponent has an army of blockers, is at 12 and you have 2 titans. It's been done.
The point of this guy is to blink your permanents. Blink Sun Titan, play Day of Judgment, EoT get back Sun Titan and Wall of Omens and draw a card. It's pretty good.
And yes, the text says "target permanent you own." So after your opponent plays Volition Reins on your Jace, you can Venser ... (see all)
Posted By:
Shaunafaman
(10/24/2010 12:37:16 AM)
Oh boy, reality acid plus venser will be fun.lol
Posted By:
jumpenrun
(9/24/2010 8:16:08 AM)
No one saw that with the first ability, you can return to your control a creature that your opponent took control of before? Since it says "a permanent you own", that stolen creature becomes a legal choice :D
Posted By:
Daikoru
(9/27/2010 6:56:03 AM)
This guy's under Gideon Jura's tutelage in Sideburnomancy. Great for saving your creatures from infect. Or use this on Corpse Cur to keep getting your dead infectors back. Hell this guy might as well be Phyrexian for all the pro-infect powers he has! I mean if you make everything unblockable and infect the hell out of the opponent so easily with his second ability which is just so.... *shudders in pleasure*
Posted By:
hugemanatee
(9/26/2010 4:45:58 AM)
Venser + Mnemonic Wall + Silence = lockdown
Posted By:
SloanMcgee
(11/11/2010 6:50:02 PM)
Dies to himself, apparently.
Posted By:
JaFaR_Ironclad
(5/4/2011 4:48:02 PM)
I just realized that he can flicker himself too. Not sure what the point of that would be, but there you go.
Posted By:
Vinifera7
(5/28/2011 5:44:35 AM)
I played Venser in my myr deck and managed to get his emblem down. Next that turn i cast five myr, exiling all of my opponent's big cards, then overran him with the -1 ability next turn.
Yep, Venser's essentially a god among men. The fact that he looks like David Tennant doesn't hurt
Posted By:
RacoonJones
(5/28/2011 10:42:32 PM)
OK, quick question- If I manage to accumulat enough loyalty to use his -8 ability a second time (not too hard if youve got the board control and are exiling stuff and proliferating), do I get a second Emblem? Would that second Emblem trigger as well each time I cast a spell, meaning I'd be exiling 2 permanents per spell?
Posted By:
HandofBobb
(1/10/2011 5:15:40 PM)
No, actually master of etherium you're not. No matter what you say it's always the worst comment ever because every word is capitalized.
Posted By:
Htoth3izzO
(9/25/2010 5:40:48 PM)