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The art is nice, but it's a little computer generated to fall in love with.
I think Mirari took away a little of the creativity, and this isn't off the wall, per se, since it was always a thought... I just always thought it would be done by an Instant.
I think this could see a lot of play, but it isn't very easy to pay for the {2}. Is this supposed to be a "give me" combo with the Planeswalkers?
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While netdecking and testing VileHorror i thought about Biorhythm. Sure its really expensive, off-color and crappy but still you're always the one with creatures while playing VH. That made me think.
I would have to assume it interacts with the Flamekin but it makes nice interactions with the Giant with Lifelink. I wonder if it has possiblities outside of standard?
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RnD during Time Spiral:
Rosewater: "Color Pie, WTF is that, If I want Black to be able to wrath, counter and have green creatures then I will damnit!"
Random RnD guy: "RED AKORMA! FTW!"
Gleemax: "Rosewater has broken out of my mind control!"
RnD after 2008:
MaRo: Hmm how do we fix the problems of pricing with cards like Tarmogoyf and Thoughtsieze
Random RnD Guy: OO lets make a new RED RARITY SYMBOL!
MARO: OMGWTFBBQ! Thats a great idea, we'll call it Mythic Rarity!
Gleemax: NOT AGAIN! CELEB
That looks incredibly fun. I cannot wait to get a playset of them and put them into my experimental Experiment Kraj deck full of counters and activated abilities. I love it.
Edit:Awwwww...too bad it only hits your abilities...
i love it, its like mirari, but for activated abilities! me likey, cuz it can makes my marytr of sands doubly awesome! 3 colorless mana for 24 or some life, how can you not love it!
Well, that makes PWs a lot better. I'm going to make a prediction right now. This is going to get banned at some point in the near future, since it's so breakable.
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This thing alongside the planeswalkers is going to make their abilities much more usable... Chandra to hit for a full 20 for 2 colorless more? Sweet.
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Is it thief, thug or whore? There's one at the door...
And there's room for one more till the end of creation. Neil Gaiman, Sandman #4 - A Hope in Hell
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Mer seriously, it's very interesting in a design space, something that was really only done with Mirari. At the moment Dranlu might come back and use this card, which is interesting. It's great with Urza's Factory. In all, I'm very impressed with the card. I'm hoping there will be more cards in Lorwyn that will abuse it.
I'm glad that this thing costs 3 (can't be tutored up with Tolria West and Trinket Mage). Hey, that makes me think, No Stick anyone (Pay 4 with a Lightening Helix on a stick?).
It's cool and creative, and I really like the art.
I'd like to note that Isamaru TOTALLY cheated on getting 'first', he posted the letter 'a'. *Hmphs* Just kidding.
Innnnteresting card. It's like a Mirari for activated abilities? I guess there are no infinite combos since it can't be repeated. Makes some activated abilities that require heavy costs pretty repeatably fun.
Wow. That's a nice little combo card. Casual play for sure, who knows for constructed, probably too early to tell depending on what else Lorwyn brings.
I'm guessing that this only got printed because they decided to put the Needle in Xth.
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Definitely a great card for Johnnies, but feels to me like one of those cards that seems good, but isn't quite ridiculous enough to build around competitively and not quite flexible enough to be dropped into a deck that's not warped to fit it. Probably fun for casual. It may eventually find a competitive deck, but it will probably take a while for anyone to figure out exactly how to best use this.
wow, this card is just looking to be broken. too bad it says "if it isn't a mana ability" otherwise grinning ignus would make this one of the stupidest card ever. could try this with arcanis, the omnipotent or the grandeur cycle Ohh, might work well with Brion stoutarm, double the mileage out of each fling.
I can think of a hundred uses for this card and then a hundred more. Most of my combo decks or wacky control decks are based around activated abilities and this adds fuel to the fire. Im picking up at least 2 playsets of this card I know Ill have at least that many uses for it
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Every rarity gets good cards. That means that some mythic rares will be tournament quality as will some commons, some uncommons and some rares. My promise wasn't that mythic rares wouldn't get good cards but that we wouldn't limit the good cards to only being mythic rare.
Bear this in mind the next time a powerful mythic rare is spoiled
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this is the best card i've seen wizards put out in a while...
it isn't broken... yet... i like it alot because when i think of what all i can do with it or where it can go i can't narrow it down
it's a very good ability on a very reasonable casting cost...
the 2 mana to copy will probley slow control down from using it but i think this helps envoke out a lot... (or is envoke a triggered ability?)
either way i like the combo feel and i just love the card in general and thank goodness they put non mana ability... YES!
I give this card a 5/5 on creativeness but not exactly sure how good it will be
it will get tested alot and probley fall into sideboards for many decks...
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I think Mirari took away a little of the creativity, and this isn't off the wall, per se, since it was always a thought... I just always thought it would be done by an Instant.
I think this could see a lot of play, but it isn't very easy to pay for the {2}. Is this supposed to be a "give me" combo with the Planeswalkers?
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Rosewater: "Color Pie, WTF is that, If I want Black to be able to wrath, counter and have green creatures then I will damnit!"
Random RnD guy: "RED AKORMA! FTW!"
Gleemax: "Rosewater has broken out of my mind control!"
RnD after 2008:
MaRo: Hmm how do we fix the problems of pricing with cards like Tarmogoyf and Thoughtsieze
Random RnD Guy: OO lets make a new RED RARITY SYMBOL!
MARO: OMGWTFBBQ! Thats a great idea, we'll call it Mythic Rarity!
Gleemax: NOT AGAIN!
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this + PWs = ownage
Edit: Looks like it, mentioned in article.
Edit: Oh, that's unfortunate. I thought it could be used to +2 loyalty, seems that's part of the cost of the ability.
Edit:Awwwww...too bad it only hits your abilities...
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BTW, stupid Pithing Needle, why'd they bring that back again?
And with this art, Lorwyn is now officially the Magic version of Lord of the Rings.
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Mer seriously, it's very interesting in a design space, something that was really only done with Mirari. At the moment Dranlu might come back and use this card, which is interesting. It's great with Urza's Factory. In all, I'm very impressed with the card. I'm hoping there will be more cards in Lorwyn that will abuse it.
I'm glad that this thing costs 3 (can't be tutored up with Tolria West and Trinket Mage). Hey, that makes me think, No Stick anyone (Pay 4 with a Lightening Helix on a stick?).
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I'd like to note that Isamaru TOTALLY cheated on getting 'first', he posted the letter 'a'. *Hmphs* Just kidding.
Innnnteresting card. It's like a Mirari for activated abilities? I guess there are no infinite combos since it can't be repeated. Makes some activated abilities that require heavy costs pretty repeatably fun.
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I'm guessing that this only got printed because they decided to put the Needle in Xth.
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it isn't broken... yet... i like it alot because when i think of what all i can do with it or where it can go i can't narrow it down
it's a very good ability on a very reasonable casting cost...
the 2 mana to copy will probley slow control down from using it but i think this helps envoke out a lot... (or is envoke a triggered ability?)
either way i like the combo feel and i just love the card in general and thank goodness they put non mana ability... YES!
I give this card a 5/5 on creativeness but not exactly sure how good it will be
it will get tested alot and probley fall into sideboards for many decks...