Magister Sphinx 4WUB
Artifact Creature - Sphinx (R)
Flying
When Magister Sphinx comes into play, target player's life total becomes 10. "These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."
5/5
This card is mucho goodo. This is a two turn clock. That is pretty unique to esper cards, and this card is an artifact, meaning that it is searchable via everything that is searchable with artifacts. Also, you can use it to gain some life in a pinch. All and all a very rad card.
Playability: B+
Coolness: B+
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This card is mucho goodo. This is a two turn clock. That is pretty unique to esper cards, and this card is an artifact, meaning that it is searchable via everything that is searchable with artifacts. Also, you can use it to gain some life in a pinch. All and all a very rad card.
Playability: B+
Coolness: B+
This guy is pretty sweet for that and more. Late game, you both are at 5. You can reset your life to 10 and get that little extra. It can also be cheated in/resued with the transmuter. It might not break the world open, but its a solid card with a fun design. And I could even see it in a serious esper deck as a one or two of/finisher.
Interesting. A 5/5 tri color flyer for 7 is a touch below the curve but the ability is very nice turning large life totals back into a 2 turn clock and if necessary bringing you back from the edge of destruction. I particularly want to use it in some sort of EDH deck.
I'm excited about this card, as it has so many uses both in and out of casual (especially if you're up against one of those infini-life decks). In limited I can see this turning entire games around, not that 5/5 fliers don't usually do that anyhow.
I really like this card a lot, I don't know why though. Something about the timmy inside of me likes it. It's great for casual, since seven mana isn't that hard to get ahold of and I love second rite with this. Also I'm a huge control player, and sometimes when you've got somebody locked down and ready to be killed it's annoying to defeat them slowly with a teferi or some other fatty. This makes the job twice as fast if you are going in for the kill or saves you since control often has trouble against aggro assaults.
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I demanded a Manticore, and Wizards delivered. I now demand a Chimaera. The REAL one, not, Chimeric items. I also demand a new Gorgon. And more Manticores please.
If Wizards wants to make Sphinxes an iconic race, why do they keep making them interesting but ultimately useless? Either they cost too much (Sphinx Sovereign), or the ability is far too situational (this card). Setting someone's life total to 10 sounds neat, until you realize that by the time you get this guy out your opponent should be at that or less even in casual, and if you need to be using this guy to gain life regularly then you need to re-think your deck.
This is seriously overcosted. Even if once in a while you'll use it as a 9 point life gain. Actually maybe especially then.
I'm confused. What are 5/5 flyers with unique and sometimes game altering effects supposed to cost? Certainly can't be five mana. 6 mana? Is the card now fairly costed whereas at 7 it was WAY overcosted? C'mon lets be serious here, there weren't many options for the casting cost here. I also like how this card is so quintisential white (life gain) or black (life drain) depending on the situation. Nice design.
In casual 8-player free-for-all, there's almost always someone who manages to hit 50+ life, in some way or another. This would be great in that format.
I Like this one.
this would solve the problem I am having beating this one guy in EDH. I can't wait to pull shenanegans with this guy:
Turn 2 etherium sculptor
turn 3 Master transmuter
turn 4 bounce sculptor and play magister sphinx
I have been in many EDH situations where this would have been very swingy
also think about this with tinker!
instantly half your opponents life for :2mana::symu:.
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Trust me, multiplayer is going to love this thing. There's always one guy who decides to go nuts and run something like MartyrProc or a Test of Endurance deck or Life combo. This will bring that guy back down to Earth in a hurry, with the added bonus of scoring you a 5/5 flyer that can handle the other people around you.
Magister Sphinx 4WUB
Artifact Creature - Sphinx (R)
Flying
When Magister Sphinx comes into play, target player's life total becomes 10.
"These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."
5/5
Illus Steven Belledin 116/145
anyhow a FUN FUN FUN casual card!
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Playability: B+
Coolness: B+
Famliy Guy Emperor Says,
"Something, something something, DARK SIDE!
Something, something, something COMPLETE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiUitciuJ8
:symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw::symrw:
SPIKE GAYMER: not just a beatdown, a beatdown sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"!
This guy is pretty sweet for that and more. Late game, you both are at 5. You can reset your life to 10 and get that little extra. It can also be cheated in/resued with the transmuter. It might not break the world open, but its a solid card with a fun design. And I could even see it in a serious esper deck as a one or two of/finisher.
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Footsteps of the Goryo could make for an interesting reanimater/combo deck in casual.
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This is seriously overcosted. Even if once in a while you'll use it as a 9 point life gain. Actually maybe especially then.
My Martyr deck does NOT like this card. At all.
I think it's a neat little jank rare, that I will be glad to buy for cheap.
I collect: Vedalken Heretic, Lorescale Coatl, Reaper King, Worldslayer, Woodwraith Corrupter, Lorthos, the Tidemaker. Soon to collect Conquering Manticore.
I demanded a Manticore, and Wizards delivered. I now demand a Chimaera. The REAL one, not, Chimeric items. I also demand a new Gorgon. And more Manticores please.
And is abusable in the format...
I'm confused. What are 5/5 flyers with unique and sometimes game altering effects supposed to cost? Certainly can't be five mana. 6 mana? Is the card now fairly costed whereas at 7 it was WAY overcosted? C'mon lets be serious here, there weren't many options for the casting cost here. I also like how this card is so quintisential white (life gain) or black (life drain) depending on the situation. Nice design.
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this would solve the problem I am having beating this one guy in EDH. I can't wait to pull shenanegans with this guy:
Turn 2 etherium sculptor
turn 3 Master transmuter
turn 4 bounce sculptor and play magister sphinx
I have been in many EDH situations where this would have been very swingy
also think about this with tinker!
instantly half your opponents life for :2mana::symu:.
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as a casual card im thinking he is going to be fun, in two headed giant.