"Herald and Kumano go to White Castle." This is that castle.
bram-s-wallace
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
5/5 just for the flavor text.
Dischade
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Meh
Econael
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Works extremely well with vigilance.
psyklone
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Dude, thats a wall.
Its not called the Great Castle of China.
darkcider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
no im afraid vigilence is a no the oracle text says: your untapped creatures gain+0+2 attacking creatures do not get this bonus.
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Attacking creatures get the bonus now. They actually changed what the card does after 5th edition. Don't see why they didn't just rename it. This is the only case I can think of where it wasn't just a matter of clarification, but an overruling of an intentional effect explicitly stated on a card. Of course, it doesn't really matter, since it brought the card up from completely useless to marginally useless.
Zuxen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Attacking causes a card to "TAP" so attacking creatures wont get the bonus.. I like this card for defense. i dont own a Wall of anykind for White, so this is right up my alley. I´ll use 2x serra's blessing and 1 To arms! I haven't played to much, but i think it will save me someday.
allmighty_abacus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
odd... on this edition the oracle text doesn't state that attacking creatures don't get the bonus...
VegaSecureA
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is there an updated card version cause it doesn't say attacking creatures just untapped creatures.
Guest1162619373
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@darkcider & @Zuxen : Only creatures that are tapped and attacking won't get the bonus. Any creature that is untapped while attacking (due to vigilance or some effect that untaps them) will get the bonus.
They simplified this due to the newer wording of the enchantment and the "Who plays Castle anyway" concept.
Ideatog
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
"Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another Castle!"
KitaFer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
In my oppinion, this card is awesome if you have lots of creatures in play, or just a few with vigilance. Who needs walls when you can toughen your defending creatures?
ikihi
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think its a decent card when you have alot of creatures out. If I designed this card it would give all creatures 0/+4 and give them defender. I think that would be more like a castle.
Powercat
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Cool, a functional pre-print of Builder's Blessing.
TheArchive
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Why didn't they reprint this??? Builder's Blessing could have been a much cooler design space.
somegeek
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems like this would play well in an exalted deck to boost for defense.
Comments (19)
Its not called the Great Castle of China.
I like this card for defense. i dont own a Wall of anykind for White, so this is right up my alley.
I´ll use 2x serra's blessing and 1 To arms!
I haven't played to much, but i think it will save me someday.
They simplified this due to the newer wording of the enchantment and the "Who plays Castle anyway" concept.
Akrasan Squire