Scars is an exceedingly weird set. Many of the key archetypes of every color are missing, perhaps because this is the first set to be preceded by two "Magic 20XX" sets and they wanted to avoid redundancy. Trying to build a deck from only the cards in Scars means going without a ton of very basic tools whose absence drives me entirely nuts - green has no Ramp, red has no way to give haste (there's an artifact there at least, but it's pricey), and black has no Zombify, with Geth here being practically the color's only stake in any graveyard! It's bizarre to not even have a Raise Dead variant, let alone an undercosted Zombify that doesn't work on artifacts like I would have designed.
Posted By:
willpell
(10/17/2010 7:28:51 AM)
Waitaminute, if the original Mirrans all poofed, what is this guy still doing there? :o
Posted By:
Luke_BPC
(10/18/2010 5:26:18 PM)
I have a few questions.
If you use his activated ability:
1. Do you have to put a creature / artifact onto the battlefield with converted mana X from their graveyard to make the opponent put X cards into their graveyard from their library? What if they have no creatures / artifacts in their graveyard?
2. Do you have to pay only the target creature's converted mana cost and no more, or can you pay, say 6 to take their creature with converted mana cost 3, but still make them put 6 cards into their graveyard from their library?
Posted By:
Huntowser
(11/4/2010 6:20:18 PM)
Having just come in first place at FNM largely thanks to Geth, I can now safely say that he is probably the best card for limited I have ever seen. ratchet1215 is absolutely correct. He is a NUCLEAR bomb. I played a game in which he milled my opponent's Steel Hellkite, resulting in my opponent conceding immediately.
So, uh, yeah. He's pretty good.
Posted By:
The_Trendkill
(11/5/2010 8:18:24 PM)
@TDL: You win a million internets.
Posted By:
SolidSoldier
(11/19/2010 1:53:18 PM)
He is my favorite card from scars, and one of my favorite cards period not only because he is good, but he is incredibly fun to use. The 5/5 evasion is a nice addition, but i barly pay attention to it as i'm too busy grabbing their cards. And, what's amazing is you don't have to have a lot of mill in you deck to use him because he is self sufficiant as far as making sure your opponents have graveyards. Of course, some milling alongside him is always nice.
I used to like Chainer, Dementia Master because he was the only guy who could sortof rise from the grave on a stick, but with the 3 life, low power and what happens when he is killed, Geth has blown him out of the water with no life cost, high power and, best of all, milling self sufficiency. yes i am being a little redundant but hey. I am.
I think he should have been the promo rather than Wurmcoil Engine, largly because alt art, while this art isn't bad, would be killer.
Posted By:
Kindulas
(11/21/2010 10:10:14 PM)
this + Mindslaver= much fun
Posted By:
Rakdos.Da.Purifier
(11/22/2010 4:34:33 PM)
quick question, do I HAVE to target a creature or artifact or can I at one point pay 20 for the x and mill my opponent for 20?
Posted By:
FugimSky
(12/6/2010 6:29:32 PM)
edh general
1st assemble infinite mana combo, then win, lol
Posted By:
mrqual
(1/5/2011 1:20:29 AM)
Dead or alive, you're coming with Geth.
Posted By:
GracefulInferno
(1/10/2011 6:22:27 AM)