i missed the part of the card that says "i'm worth 6 freaken mana"
Guest57443454
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This is just as bad as the Obelisk of Undoing...Why this needed to returned to your hand is beyond me...
Weretarrasque
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Antiquities is one of my least favorite sets; this card proves it. Henceforth, when I comment on a card, I will keep Rakalite in mind, and think, "Well, it's better than Rakalite, at least."
Auteur
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
OK, this is just sheer, irredeemably bad. Did the other colors really need damage reduction this badly? Not the worst card ever, but maybe the absolute dregs of this set.
Kurhan
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
It's terrible...until you flip over Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant and have 100+ mana! then...its okay, but you better be winning fast with 100 mana so...
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
8 mana to prevent 1 lousy damage? oh no wait right, i underestimated the card - if you waste your sixth turn to cast this and use your seventh turn to active it for further 6 mana, you can prevent 3 incredible points of damage! way to go!
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
One of the least valuable cards in Magic TG history. Even back in the day, this was pretty awful. Hell, even Animate Artifact had better targets.
Terrible, even for its time. Never saw play and basically worthless.
jfre81
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
lol "poly artifact" - except in the terms of the day's verbiage it was more like a "mono artifact" since it could only be used one turn before leaving the board. You can activate its ability however many times you can pay for it, though. All considered, this just might be the most useless artifact printed. If it was 0-1 to cast, then maybe you might have something worth playing, even if it was more for artifact ETB trigger effects more than anything. Darksteel Relic can at least get turned into a 5/5 indestructible by Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, be an endless "ante" permanent for Capricious Efreet and costs zero mana so it can be a third of a metalcraft trio right away.
So, yes, this is strictly worse than an artifact that does nothing at all.
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☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh man.
Ohhhh man.
This... this is actually worse than Razor Boomerang. What the fuck...
It actually is like a reverse rocket launcher in the sense that playing it will increase your chance to win about as much as shooting yourself in the face with a rocket launcher.
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oh no wait right, i underestimated the card - if you waste your sixth turn to cast this and use your seventh turn to active it for further 6 mana, you can prevent 3 incredible points of damage! way to go!
.5/5
All considered, this just might be the most useless artifact printed. If it was 0-1 to cast, then maybe you might have something worth playing, even if it was more for artifact ETB trigger effects more than anything.
Darksteel Relic can at least get turned into a 5/5 indestructible by Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, be an endless "ante" permanent for Capricious Efreet and costs zero mana so it can be a third of a metalcraft trio right away.
So, yes, this is strictly worse than an artifact that does nothing at all.
Ohhhh man.
This... this is actually worse than Razor Boomerang. What the fuck...
It actually is like a reverse rocket launcher in the sense that playing it will increase your chance to win about as much as shooting yourself in the face with a rocket launcher.