A great card on its own, but even more deadly in the simic guild. Even if your run out of counters from your graft creatures, Experiment Kraj can see to it that you always have a healthy supply. If you have spare mana, the Vigean Graftmage can be used to steal multiple creatures each turn. Lastly, with Shielding Plax you can make this card near invulnerable to cards that don't hit everything on the field.
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Magnificent card. Most control spells require that you wait until turn five or six before being able to steal one creature. The Manipulator can do it turn after turn after turn, forcing the opponent's entire army to your side, granted that you have plenty of graft creatures in play. As for removal threat; counter spell cards and Privileged Position are always good ways to keep that from happening, so that your opponent can only watch in horror as all of his creatures get stolen from him.
cadenblade
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Sheltering Ancient with this makes for good synergy and powerful creatures that you gain control of.
Alqatrkapa
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Love playing these with Vigean Hydropon. As for Experiment Kraj and Vigean Graftmage, that just makes this a game-winner. Wish I had more than just 1.
It's technicly simic, but it's strategy itsn't, more anti-simic. Well, it does work well with other simic cards, but only if you play in a non-simic way to suit it. Yeah you all know that, but still. I need a simic deck all based on this, I need 4. On it's own it goes well U/B, or
Primal Cocoon will make sure she will keep getting bigger every turn.
Sandro95
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I went to buy two of these at my local store. When I got there it turned out they only had one in store so I bought it. Then I bought a couple of boosters and got a foil version! Later my friend got one and I traded it. It's a really awesome card that fit's very nicely into my simic deck. It's a combo card that's really affective against pretty much any deck with creatures in it. In the right deck it's a 5/5. :D
Remember spikes from the Tempest block? Like Spike Colony? They have interesting uses with this thing. Basically anything does that can give an opponent's creature a +1/+1 counter, which normally would be looked upon as a drawback e.g. Erithizon. Fun combo card here.
Crackmore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
best art ever 5/5
leomistico
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In a strange sealed I made with a friend, he opened 2xRavnica and 4xDissension and build a heavy Graft deck, but the one that played the manipulator was me... Every time that I played this one he was in such amount of trouble that the trouble-o-sense exploded! Until once he dropped Simic Guilmage...
Beside this, I like this card very much! A repeteable source of creature stealing is worth a casting cost of ! This card doesn't even need a deck dedicated to it: actually even "normal" cards like Vigean Hydropon or Dragon Blood (or to remain in-guild, Evolution Vat...) do the job quite well...
Most of the time, this card just prevents your opponent from casting any creatures until she's removed. However, she really shines when their also running creatures that generate +1/+1 counters.
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Remember spikes from the Tempest block? Like Spike Colony? They have interesting uses with this thing. Basically anything does that can give an opponent's creature a +1/+1 counter, which normally would be looked upon as a drawback e.g. Erithizon. Fun combo card here.
Beside this, I like this card very much! A repeteable source of creature stealing is worth a casting cost of
5/5
Most of the time, this card just prevents your opponent from casting any creatures until she's removed. However, she really shines when their also running creatures that generate +1/+1 counters.
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