A decent card when it was in standard, with a plethora of combo potential. Mabye not strong enough for extended but its downright amazing in EDH.
Tommy9898
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(7 votes)
No actually, it is a pretty bad card. Costs a lot of mana to use and dies to disenchant spells and black can't reanimate enchantments back.
themlsna
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I'm just amazed to see an enchantment that taps!
PolskiSuzeren
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
It's repeatable black removal that can hit black creatures. Solid in my book.
OMFGrhombus
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(9 votes)
Yes. Cards suck because they die to removal. :\
That's why I just play all-land decks. Land removal is hardly ever worth it for the cost.
NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Man, I hope we get to find out what the flavor text is mentioning. Whenever the Overmother with her gelatinous hand and serrated feet comes in, I'm sure it's going to be very interesting. Especially since it'll give us this card in standard again.
ExiledSacredSoul
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Love the art and good in edh and did i mention i like the art ^^
Test-Subject_217601
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
TAPPING ENCHANTMENTS!
ROBRAM89
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I smell Innistrad.
TPmanW
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
You think the tap cost would keep this from getting reprinted in a set? I mean it's pretty unusual and maybe it's smething they'd want to hold off on until they're ready to go all in on it. I would find it hilarious if they visited this setting in the future but decided not to reprint the card. @ROBRAM89: Maybe the Lilianna Vess comic mentioned "skin witches" which sounds like it fits. On the otherhand though lots of people are thinking Innistrad takes place in Ulgortha and skin witches might not fit in there.
Can hit non-black creatures and is reusable removal, furthermore as an enchantment there are less cards out there that can deal with this than say, Royal Assassin. I think the biggest drawback (and sometimes potential gain) is that opponent's will often see this coming, and may block differently because of it. That said, if you know your opponent is going to block you could cast it post-combat phase essentially as a {4}{B}{B} kill spell that sticks around for later turns. Also could be fun with abilities that deal damage before other creatures such as first strike and double strike...although neither are seen too often in {B}
yyukichigai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with Burst of Energy, mostly because it makes Burst of Energy in some remote way useful.
There are a bunch of other cards that can untap permanents though. Interesting to see which say "permanent" versus "artifact, creature, or land".
Anyway, the "tapping enchantment" mechanic seems kind of wasted here. You'd have to have and two damaged creatures for it to matter.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card has relative combo potential with pingers, but the note worthy part about this card is the fact that it's an enchantment with an activated ability which requires tapping it, which is pretty rare. This is why I love Future Sight, innovation at it's finest.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Curse this card and its ambiguity. I have wondered what a "gelatinous hand" would look like for years. (This was sort-of answered by Experiment One.)
Finally, today, I realize it's talking about the gelatinous grip on the handle of a knife, which also happens to have a serrated blade. Which is sort of like a heel, I guess.
Pigglebee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Starting in Theros, this enchantment doesn't feel so lonely anymore having a tap ability...
Kirbster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh, boy. It's enchantments that tap. Now THAT'S thinking outside the box. I sincerely hope that this is one of the future's we're not visiting. "Enchantments! But with a twist - they tap!" is not really a selling point.
Vicarus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The name and the effect remind me of "Justice", the stand of Enya Geil in JoJo's Bizarre adventure. Like this card, it's a mist which makes the smallest wounds open up into huge injuries.
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That's why I just play all-land decks. Land removal is hardly ever worth it for the cost.
@ROBRAM89: Maybe the Lilianna Vess comic mentioned "skin witches" which sounds like it fits. On the otherhand though lots of people are thinking Innistrad takes place in Ulgortha and skin witches might not fit in there.
There are a bunch of other cards that can untap permanents though. Interesting to see which say "permanent" versus "artifact, creature, or land".
Anyway, the "tapping enchantment" mechanic seems kind of wasted here. You'd have to have
Finally, today, I realize it's talking about the gelatinous grip on the handle of a knife, which also happens to have a serrated blade. Which is sort of like a heel, I guess.