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Posted By:
chemistry35
(7/19/2009 9:32:00 PM)
if one were to Stifle the triggered ability, would you not have to sac Standstill??
Posted By:
kronos539
(7/10/2010 3:17:47 AM)
I was browsing Target the other day and thought I'd check out their cards. They actually had Vintage 2-packs of cards for like ten bucks (which is a little steep but I drool when I can get my hands on older sets :P) of Odysset and Judgment. I bought three of them totalling six packs (3 of each set) and was amazed when I pulled a Cunning Wish, Burning Wish, and two Standstills! I'm being dead serious too I couldn't believe it! I never would buy these online due to the fact that they are pretty pricey, but it was such a rush and I can't wait to go see if they have any more! Something about that excitement when you pull good cards, it's almsot like a high haha. Anyways, this card is soo good though, and I play casual so we play with all cards. Even Isochron Scepter, Mana Vault, Flashfires, Boil, etc haha. Magic is the best game ever created!! T... (see all)
Posted By:
EvilCleavage
(1/8/2011 7:42:48 PM)
This card is really good, but not "broken" per se (unless you're going first and play it on turn 1).
@ Mightyass
This card is a Concentrate with an drawback that you don't draw the cards directly... and an additional risk factor, that you might even draw NO cards as all. That's clearly worth a reduced cost.
Your statements are incorrect. Basically, this card isn't just a threat, but can be a "proactive answer" to a wrath effect or similar. In a weenie deck that isn't the fastest - like merfolk - you always have to fear that your opponent plays Pyroclasm, Wrath of God or Damnation. Since you've nearly lost the game when this happens, you have to prepare yourself. And this is what Standstill does... It gives semi-fast decks the balance to win against slower control decks.
@ "Mightyass - 2)"
It NEVER makes the game long, since it's stupid to "play around" this card. As I've said, it's a C... (see all)
Posted By:
Cheza
(8/14/2011 5:39:05 AM)
Nope, Kronos, if you stifle the trigger, this thing still goes bye-bye, because it is sacrificed the second the spell is played, and then the trigger goes on the stack. Which is why most legacy decks pack stifle. Well, one of the many reasons, anyway.
Posted By:
sir_dwar
(7/20/2010 1:20:38 PM)
Talk about powerseep! back in the day we got this as a one mana interrupt (instant for all you new-fangled kidiggans out there). Yes sir, card drawing in Magic isn't what it used to be.
Posted By:
TPmanW
(5/25/2011 9:29:55 PM)
Sun Titan said hi thanks for giving me more cards.
Posted By:
bfellow
(11/17/2011 10:40:56 AM)
Really good with the new Werewolves.
Posted By:
dudecow
(9/25/2011 5:38:03 PM)
This card isn't overpowered... but it certainly is extremely powerful. If you play a manland on turn one then this on turn two, you're pretty much guaranteed to draw those three cards. In fact, if you have any advantage at all - even a 1/1 creature to your opponent's nothing - the cards should be yours. Plus, when your opponent plays a spell and you draw the three cards - if one of those was a counterspell, you can still use it to counter the spell that triggered Standstill. Brutal!
Posted By:
Kirbster
(12/10/2011 11:45:36 PM)
@ sir_dwar. It doesn't get sacrificed immediately. Sacrificing the card is not part of the trigger. Sacrificing it would go onto the stack then drawing three cards would come after.
So playing stifle would prevent it from being sacrificed, which would it trigger a second time in response to the stifle. There isn't anything you can play to stop this abillity, someone is getting 3 cards. The only way to counter this is with a premanent thats already on the board.
Posted By:
BattleFish
(3/28/2011 6:42:56 PM)