I got two of these in the Prerelease, lol
3.5/5 Stars
Posted By:
Hunter06
(1/26/2013 5:23:04 PM)
Holy crap was this thing a house in 2HG sealed today. We were only able to stop it by using an Assault Griffin with Holy Mantle as a chump blocker for many turns while it got up to 45/45.
Posted By:
grynning
(1/26/2013 9:01:32 PM)
I saw one of these hit 30/30 tonight at the THG... I also then saw it get hit with Grisly Spectacle. Priceless.
Posted By:
Twylyght
(1/26/2013 10:42:20 PM)
Played Dimir in the prerelease and this guy can help win the game for you, but in a really fast format (Boros and Grull are really dominant), you'll really need to find a way to stall 'em out while this happens, which is going to be tough when there's a dearth of removal, board wipes, and walls in black/blue.
Posted By:
Toquinha1977
(1/26/2013 10:53:26 PM)
So, looking at Cipher's wording a little more closely, I just realized the way it works is by re-casting the cipher spell every time that guy hits an opponent. That means every cipher triggers this guy's ability again.
Won me the game every single time I got him out in pre-release. He's your best friend alongside Duskmantle Guildmage.
Posted By:
SRSFACE
(1/26/2013 11:16:42 PM)
Absolutely hilarious with 2x Faerie Impostor.
Posted By:
WiNGSPANTT
(1/27/2013 1:39:38 PM)
This card was crazy at the prerelease. Opponents groaned when ever it hit the table. Some cursed. I actually had to face one. It was 18/18. I casted Diluvian Primordial and used his Grisly Spectacle. He lost his creature and then milled himself out.
Posted By:
Bundy_MVP
(1/27/2013 2:53:02 PM)
This guy plus Gift of Orzhova wrecked at the prerelease. He was always at least a 6/6 for five, and giving him evasion could push that easily to 9/9 or 10/10. Swinging with just a single creature while you build board presence was also good in the format considering that the most played sweeper was Aetherize, and it isn't as playable on a single attacker.
Posted By:
Taudisban
(1/28/2013 1:28:47 PM)
A crushing monster.
In one pre-release game, I cast it, and it was like 4/4 initially. The following turn, I cast Death's Approach, killing a blocker and triggering CA, then followed with Balustrade Spy, milling, and triggering milling again - then went to town with a 17/17, and my opponent had 17 life...
On the other hand, in a second game, it got to like 25/25, but was useless due to having no evasion, my opponent (also Dimir) having Mortus Strider... And luckily, he never got his second black mana, or he would have made a Grisly Spectacle out of my library...
Posted By:
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
(1/28/2013 2:26:29 PM)
This card will be good in any format.
Posted By:
wholelottalove
(1/29/2013 8:13:14 AM)