Pointed Discussion

Faidite 2009-10-12

★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (6 votes)

Fun against mono-black, if you can get it out early in the game or if you can make it unblockable.

ObsessedAddict 2009-10-16

★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (6 votes)

Well by default if you're playing this against a monoblack its unblockable.

AbyssalManZero 2009-12-26

★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (6 votes)

Pretty awesome as far as green creatures go!
Love the art!

Tommy9898 2010-02-23

★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0) (4 votes)

Still not sure what a dervish is or why they whirl.

achilleselbow 2010-07-12

★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (5 votes)

"The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with Dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sema. The Sema is only one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed to try to reach religious ecstasy."

SleetFox 2010-08-29

★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (4 votes)

A dervish is something that whirls, so the name is fairly redundant.

Either that or a specific type of Muslim, from where the word comes. But that kind of goes against the setting philosophy of Magic.

Hayw00d0909 2011-01-02

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0) (6 votes)

By today's standards, this card is rubbish.

DacenOctavio 2011-01-26

★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)

This thing is awesome. Unless you either chump block it early or burn it (assuming you're not the unlucky mono black player), it's going to rape some face pretty quickly.

divine_exodus 2011-02-24

★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)

Good combo with unstable mutation...

scumbling1 2011-04-21

★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0) (5 votes)

"'The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with Dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sema. The Sema is only one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed to try to reach religious ecstasy.'"

They have a pill for that now.

Wulfsten 2011-06-07

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0) (5 votes)

This really highlights how bad power creep is... I remember this card tearing up the tournament scene back in its day. Now it's not even mediocre, it's actively bad. If this concept were reprised today, it would be a 2/3 for that casting cost, it would get 2 +1/+1 counters per hit, and it would be mythic rare.

It would also be called "Flamespin Wrackfang Dervish" or something.

NoobOfLore 2012-02-09

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Ancient slith.

nemokara 2012-03-22

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)

" If this concept were reprised today, it would be a 2/3 for that casting cost, it would get 2 +1/+1 counters per hit, and it would be mythic rare"

Actually, it would be a 2/1, would only get one counter per hit, and would be a common red creature that has to attack every turn. Yes, power creep is a problem. But try not to overstate it.

FoxxyEDarko 2012-05-28

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)

Because what doesn't combo with Painter's servant?

Duskpriest 2012-07-03

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)

It actually fits my casual Pestilence deck, he goes solo on the table doing his job.

psychichobo 2012-10-23

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Why is everyone saying this is bad nowadays? It's quite clearly freaking awesome. Protection from a relevant colour, a means of pumping itself... this thing can be left to do it's own thing.

Also, is fun for Human Tribal decks from Innistrad.

Goatllama 2012-12-07

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Vampire dervish? (because he gets +1s?)

patronofthesound 2013-06-23

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)

Don't think it's so safe from monoblack. mutilate infest massacre and the like will kill it in a jiff. Not to mention barter & chainer's

Also, foxxye's comment reminds me--here is a list of cards no one shall ever mention as potential combo material to any card, since they are exceedingly obvious and combo with everything, and if i hear them one more time im going to shoot you in the foot:

1 training grounds
2 voltaic key
3 painter's servant
4 torpor orb
5 sundial of the infinite

yesennes 2014-05-03

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Mono black says gg
I says "yes, I paid for it"