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Taoist Mystic

Multiverse ID: 10733

Taoist Mystic

Comments (12)

ttian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (3 votes)
mystic from tao
Dalek9
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (6 votes)
taoism stops men on horseback?
Champion_Kitsune
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (4 votes)
So...it can't be blocked by creatures no one ever plays? Good to know. Just get some Bears and be done with it.
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Yes, a vanilla 2/2 for three mana. It's rare, too.

Finally green gets the powercreep it deserves! Take that, poopyhead blue mages!
supershawn
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
I almost want to play this card...
HA this one can't be blocked by horsemanship!
whats horsemanship?
I DON"T KNOW BUT IT CAN"T STOP ME NOW BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
wickedragon
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Was nice enough in its block. With a few green insta-pumps it thoroughly fucked certain decks.
Now though...I guess if you have weird friends...
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Possibly the Wizards designers had Taoism confused with Tae Kwon Do (which does offer one training in how to kick a horseback rider in the face, in the form of jump-front-kicks).
Hivis_of_the_Scale
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
"Ach Hans, run It's the Taoist Mystic"... wait WHAT?
Dracon.ao
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Yet another card that has succumbed to age. Horsemanship was quite strong along with flanking in it's day, but those keywords have been aged out.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hes actually worse than a 2/2 for 3 vanilla, hes not pumped by the glyphs.
1/5 Stars
Tiggurix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
@Dracon.ao: Horsemanship is much stronger now than it ever was in its heyday. Take a Horsemanship card to any setting where they are allowed, and they're pretty much unblockable, because no-one will ever be expecting them. The only problem, though, and perhaps part of the reason they're so rarely used, is the insane price of Portal: Three Kingdoms card, due to the set's very limited print run.

And Flanking is still as strong as ever.