A lot of the old cards had some really cool artwork, this is one of the key examples.
Posted By:
FragNutMK1
(3/22/2010 3:18:43 AM)
Tavaritz, you just wasted a whole lot of typing to prove how ignorant you are of how Magic works.
When Animate dead comes back from being exiled, it's returned to its original state. Same as playing it. Which means you can RE target the Worldgorger Dragon again, ad finitum. If this wasn't true, they never would've banned the Dragon from EDH in the first place. Granted, it's only banned in Legacy now, but for the same reason.
Posted By:
endersblade
(10/25/2011 12:56:55 PM)
@tavaritz
Looks like you forget that when Animate Dead returns it can choose Worldgorger to bring back and repeat the cycle. One of the reasons Worldgorger Dragon is on the Ban lists for Legacy and Commander.
Posted By:
Kael_Hate
(8/25/2011 4:35:46 PM)
Even after all these years, the wordings still don't exactly match the intent of Animate Dead. Granted, it's alot closer (but wordier), and people sort of understand the function of the card regardless. Also to note: this card responsible for a handful of cards banned in Legacy.
Posted By:
SuperHeroR
(11/8/2011 7:51:02 PM)
This card in Alpha is one of the most MAGIC-History Defining cards of all time:
It along with Regrowth first gave us the subtle suggestions to use the Graveyard as a RESOURCE not a Discard Pile. That effects so many things it's insane, and MOST Magic decks nowadays are either Built Around using the Graveyard or Life as a Resource, or IN RESPONSE to decks that do that.
Necropotence and Animate Dead together come very close to straight up Defining what MAGIC is for many people. o.o Those two....and...Lightning Bolt, Serra Angel and Counterspell. Yeah. Pretty much That Is Magic.
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(3/30/2013 12:41:38 PM)
One of the few Alpha cards where the Oracle text is wordier than the original.
Posted By:
Ibn_Shisha
(6/9/2013 3:00:17 PM)
One of the most convoluted cards ever printed, forms a broken combo with Worldgorger Dragon. It remains a decent reanimator card, especially since it's a cheap card...
Posted By:
Guest57443454
(7/1/2009 9:54:01 AM)
I really like the type-line name of "Enchant Dead Creature."
Posted By:
Mr_Hendry
(7/18/2009 7:00:29 PM)
Very effective reanimation with not much of a draw back. Combos well with putrid imp to get your big creatures to the graveyard fast.
Posted By:
Silverware
(8/4/2010 2:12:28 PM)
I'm just going to assume the Worldgorger Dragon does work because it was an actual deck at one point and I can't imagine that leages of top-level DCI judges would know less about rules than random comments here.
Anyway, still a good reanimation option destipe it complex wording.
Posted By:
Kurraga
(10/29/2012 6:47:47 AM)