Another card in a long line of over-priced, under-sized blue monsters. The merfolk are nice to have, but the shroud seems pointless. Flying? Island walk? Self-bounce? Almost anything other "blue" ability would have been fine.
Donovan_Fabian
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Actually I like that it technically gives vigilance for tapping two creatures that with the merfolk enchant are just going to get untapped anyways. Although for 7 I kind of expected something more amazing, like it has shroud, and tap 2 creatures and anything you have is unblockable, for example.
mflanaga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
By itself, it's not that great. Playing it in a Merfolk/Counterspell deck with lullmage mentor makes it better though
EternalLurker
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Now you can put Splinter Twin on it for infinite tokens AND Benthicores. What fun. Still not great, but fun.
caldur06
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I think it's perfect for what it does. It gives free chump blockers that remain on the field regardless of whatever happens to it, and yeah- exactly. You're playing blue- bouncing this guy on your own should be no hard feat. He's a big hitter regardless of what they have and with the extra creatures and the ability to save him from removal (for free) is just fantastic. a very solid 3/5, exactly where he should be.
endersblade
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I put this guy in my merfolk EDH deck, along with Venser, the Sojourner. Gives me something to bounce, and I get more merfolk out of it every turn. Very handy.
In non-EDH decks, I can't see the point in running this guy, even in casual. He's just too expensive, and doesn't do a whole lot.
sincleanser
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
You Momentary Blink this thing one time and you have 9 power and toughness spread out over five creatures for 9 mana. You know how freaking efficient that is!?
nope.avi
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
not at all bad you have 3 relevant tribes all included on one card
Tynansdtm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@EternalLurker: Infinite Benthicores? Definitely not. That's not how it works.
magicpablo666
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@ Tynansdtm: Of course it is. But Deceiver Exarch and Pestermite are both better than this cutie-pie.
Radiant_Phoenix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Tynansdtm:
It works like this: * Tap first benthicore to splinter twin, get new benthicore with haste and 2 merfolk * Tap new merfolk to untap first benthicore * Repeat a billion times * Swing with a billion and one benthicore tokens
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In non-EDH decks, I can't see the point in running this guy, even in casual. He's just too expensive, and doesn't do a whole lot.
It works like this:
* Tap first benthicore to splinter twin, get new benthicore with haste and 2 merfolk
* Tap new merfolk to untap first benthicore
* Repeat a billion times
* Swing with a billion and one benthicore tokens