Pointed Discussion

Interesting that this would tap legends when you play Arena.

Joking aside, it makes sense that this would be printed in a set based around legends. Still, it's not much use today, nor can I see it ever having bee particularly useful.

just think EDH. keeping commanders tapped is simply awesome.

This card has no flavor whatsoever.
This card is not very good.
This card is rare.
-Wait, what?!

This card is relatively useless, although unlike other artifacts in this set this is actually reasonably costed...

Oh man the glares you get in EDH XD

I think this would have been an interesting thing to reprint in Kamigawa.

There are so many legends today that I think that this should be dug up from the moth balls. Also I'd like to know why Oracled versions mentions only legendary creatures when the original mentions legends, which IMHO count also the lands.

@Sooku: Of course Arena taps all legends because they are too busy to mock fight each other there.

I like the idea of the art, but it seems... unfinished. What is a shaded orange background doing there?

Tavaritz, Legend used to be a creature type, so it wouldn't tap lands.
Also, this has plenty of flavor. The Legends are busy fighting eachother, so they can't do anything for you.

Pretty good in commander decks build around being a jerk to everyone else.
Nekusar comes to mind...

Wow, the people complaining about this card have obviously never played EDH. For 3 mana, you can instantly douse any Voltron deck, or where commanders need to tap to use abilities, and at the very least, hamper any EDH deck's plans. Krenko, Mob Boss? Heartless Hidetsugu? Jaya Ballard, Task Mage? Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker? Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind? Marrow-Gnawer? Visara the Dreadful? Zirilan of the Claw? Need I share more generals that you can completely douse?

Take general damage winning out of the question. Put it in a lifegain deck, and your opponent has got to mill you. Then chuck in a Elixir of immortality and laugh in their face. Don't forget to chuck in a Darksteel Forge to keep your Arena around, mind you. Then they've got to exile it.

And what about your own general? It's an artifact, so it'll fit in any deck. Tap your opponent's generals, then play your own. If they're not affected by tapping, all the better! Geth, Lord of the Vault, Grimgrin, Corpse-Born, Memnarch, Oona, Queen of the Fae, Sliver Queen, Zedruu the Greathearted. All these generals either aren't affected by tapping, or can easily be untapped.

And what abut some combos? Quest for Renewal? Leyline of Singularity? Urabrask the Hidden? Amulet of Vigor? Honestly, if you're still calling this card bad, and don't think that keeping your opponent's legendaries tapped for THREE COLOURLESS is one of the most OP abilities EVER, then you don't know how to play Magic.