Why hello there. What are you doing in a core set my old friend?
Posted By:
TheManakinTransfer
(7/5/2012 10:54:38 PM)
Well I wasn't expecting this one, to say the least,
Posted By:
Totema
(7/6/2012 12:30:15 AM)
Nice build-around-me card
But it seems very odd to me to reprint this in a core set... ;-)
Posted By:
Hancocky
(7/6/2012 2:28:31 PM)
Pulled this during the prerelease. I laughed hard. Especially since before we started somebody asked if they would be allowed to use enough lands for a deck built on BoW. Suffice to say, I didn't use this, and I'm not sure I ever will, but the card is hilarious.
Posted By:
Wurmcaller
(7/13/2012 10:19:27 PM)
I just went to a local card shop.
Bought an M 13 pack and pulled this.
After a good 5 min laugh I proceeded to buy some single cards
All in all this card will stay in my binder as my first m 13 rare
Posted By:
SirGarry
(7/16/2012 4:32:18 PM)
True_Mumin exemplifies the reason I love being a Johnny. He sees this card and the others he mentioned as useless, unplayable junk.
I see them as requiring much more thought to be used effectively, rather than just throwing down a Baneslayer or a Time Vault infinite combo or anything paired with Doubling Season.
I can spend a long time having fun building weird decks using cards like these. Will they get you 1st place in a tournament? No. Do I have a blast making them and playing them in casual? Yes.
His loss I guess.
Posted By:
tankthebest
(7/17/2012 7:39:17 PM)
@ GlassJoetheChamp
He is indeed. At my prerelease a week back, no less.
Posted By:
HedronMyr
(7/18/2012 1:26:40 PM)
Wait, if I have a 201 card deck, exile this with Karn Liberated, restart the game and mulligan to one...
Posted By:
Hunted0Lesser
(7/22/2012 5:46:17 PM)
@True_Mumin ImagineOne with Nothing with Ghoultree, Battle of Wits in a tutor deck, or Moonlace in a combo with Doom Blade against Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. It's how you use the cards that determines their true value.
Posted By:
dlgn
(7/30/2012 9:35:17 AM)
Always pack a copy of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Occasionally you'll get someone who mills your library below 200 and gloats: wait 'till you see the look on their face when they mill this!
Related: Could some sort of self-mill Wits deck work? You'd need a hefty amount of 'yard recursion and something to shuffle your graveyard in...I'm thinking {U}/{G}, Quest for Ancient Secrets, Primal Command, Noxious Revival and similar, maybe Gaea's Blessing, possibly with Laboratory Maniac as a backup wincon? (Though not with blessing :p). Basically you'd be replacing the normal array of tutors for mill, then graveyard recovery. With the added bonus of observing your opponent's reaction to casting Traumatize on yourself in a Battle of Wits deck! As an added bonus, you can run Research to bump up your library size if necessary.
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(8/1/2012 3:18:26 PM)