Wait, what? A 6 mana vanilla 4/3 that can at its best be a vanilla 5/4? Chimney Imp at least had flying...
psyklone
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Just did a search on cards with a rating of less than 0.6
There were 13
This was one of them
BongHippie
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
If I got a penny for everytime this card was useful in a deck. I would be pennyless
izzet_guild_mage
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
It's...so...bad...
ScissorsLizard
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@Psyklone: Now there are only 7. This is still one of them. In fact, it's tied with Break Open as the worst rated card on this site. The other losers are:
Actualy, now there are only 5 cards with a rating of less than .6, and this is the worst one.
Qazior
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Haha now only 4 and this is still worst.
sir_dwar
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
As of Saturday March 27 2010, this is the lowest rated magic card in the database. Ow.
bijart_dauth
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
this card hase the current loest rating in the entier game, wow, thats just sad.
brunsbr103
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
as of now there's only three with a rating of less than .6; this guy, the Brownies, and Jedit Ojanen
Entropic_Acolyte
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Absolutely terrible at its best. There is only one somewhat notable thing about this creature- it's a potential 5/4 black creature at common. Sadly, even in that category you could do better, though most 5-power black creatures don't show up until uncommon. If it were one mana less... then it would simply be bad.
Treima
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
The only thing good about this is the cool flavor text. Besides that, GARBAGE!
lXDarkSunXl
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I may love elementals but when I look at this card I die a little inside. As far as I'm concerned this card doesn't even exist!!!!
Duskdale_Wurm
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
What the heck is this ass?
Tiggurix
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Come on people! This card is bad, but it actually isn't even the worst in its own block. That dubious title belongs to Bog Hoodlums. I think this card should get at least 1/5.
That said, I find it quite hilarious how disproportionely bad this card is in comparison to the rest of its cycle.
Ballynock Cohort: The best of its cycle, this card is actually a solid creature in mono-white. 4/5
Briarberry Cohort: The second best of its cycle, this card is slightly better than Mudbrawler Cohort simply because it has flying. 3.5/4
Crabapple Cohort: The second worst of its cycle, this card is still far better than the last member of the cycle. 2.5/5
Ashenmoor Cohort: The worst member of the cycle by far, with a laughably disproportionate CMC/Power:Toughness ratio, in addition to a complete lack of a second ability to somehow make up for it. 1/5
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
There is no way this card is as bad as others that are around. Come on... would you rather have this or Wood Elemental? This is at least not going to hurt you in game, or destroy all your swamps, lol.
That having been said, terrible for its cost, obviously. 1/5
Blackworm_Bloodworm
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Funny. If this cost less it would actually be decent.
Baconradar
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This card shouldn't have such a low rating. I'm serious. Compare this with wood elemental, outcast of numai, face of fear. Those are /terrible/ creatures. This is better than them. Given that it's a black fatty, it has to be a bit more expensive. It has semi relevant creature types, unlike a lot of fatties. It's at common. It has decent art.
It's a 1.5 or 1/5, not a 0.5
I mean this is a card that you would be fine with topdecking sometimes.
It's a horrible card no doubt, thought not the worst by any means. This has a horrible mana/power ratio without a doubt, but being as sucky as it is, it still is just overcosted. We used it in my playing group the first week we played, when we didn't know what the standard for cards were, just as we used zombie goliath. We didn't know any better, and everybody had that kind of sucky cards, so it kinda evened out.
Even back then, we wouldn't have used something like wood elemental, which is much much worse than this. This card is horribly bad, no doubt about it, but giving it the lowest rating is unfair. I guess it's lowest rating is due to the fact that bad without being funny like wood elemental or chimney imp.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Urza's Incubators and this actually seems pretty good for an elemental or warrior deck. You don't get much beefier in those tribes
Eric1618
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Cmon, this is NOT the worst card in magic. The worst card in magic is most certainly Break Open.
Think about it this way- if you the option of just playing Ashenmoor Cohort for free with no drawbacks whatsoever, you'd do it, right? I mean, a 4/3 creature with a stupid ability is at least better than nothing.
If you had the option of playing Break Open for free though, there is NO WAY you would take that option. In 98% of games it would just do nothing. In the 2% of games in which it could actually target something, you STILL wouldn't want to play it because its obviously insane to turn a colorless, ability-less 2/2 into an Akroma, Angel of Wrath.
Kindulas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
once again, you're paying mana for something you must fulfill other requirements to attain. It's like most Bloodthirst cards, exept... even worse...
Demonic_Math_Tutor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why would you play this? Even if there was another black creature? Pointless, pointless card.
SpoonIsMe
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It has really cool flavour text...
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oh cmon, it's not THAT bad!! I mean, it's at least a 4/3 for 6 in black, and usually a 5/4! It's at least better than Bog Hoodlums
Shadoflaam
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
No longer worst
willpell
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
"The world knew silence before you were born. We can restore that peace quite easily, if you give us no reason to permit your noise." - Cinder proverb.
NeoKoda
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I don't think it's that bad, actually. I mean, there are better creatures, but it's not terrible. 2/5.
Part of a running super-cycle of terrible black commons that cost 5B or 4BB. Basically, if you see a common black creature that costs 6 mana, it'll probably be something horrible like this thing, Bog Hoodlums, Ashenmoor Cohort, etc.
PhantomDust
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"None will concede a place for us in their deck."
Smoke_Stack
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
not terrible but I can think of sooooo many cards for six mana that do way more dirt than this.
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This was one of them
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That said, I find it quite hilarious how disproportionely bad this card is in comparison to the rest of its cycle.
Ballynock Cohort: The best of its cycle, this card is actually a solid creature in mono-white. 4/5
Briarberry Cohort: The second best of its cycle, this card is slightly better than Mudbrawler Cohort simply because it has flying. 3.5/4
Mudbrawler Cohort: The third best of its cycle, it works well with another kind of cohort, namely Goblin Cohort. 3/5
Crabapple Cohort: The second worst of its cycle, this card is still far better than the last member of the cycle. 2.5/5
Ashenmoor Cohort: The worst member of the cycle by far, with a laughably disproportionate CMC/Power:Toughness ratio, in addition to a complete lack of a second ability to somehow make up for it. 1/5
That having been said, terrible for its cost, obviously. 1/5
It's a 1.5 or 1/5, not a 0.5
I mean this is a card that you would be fine with topdecking sometimes.
Even back then, we wouldn't have used something like wood elemental, which is much much worse than this. This card is horribly bad, no doubt about it, but giving it the lowest rating is unfair. I guess it's lowest rating is due to the fact that bad without being funny like wood elemental or chimney imp.
Think about it this way- if you the option of just playing Ashenmoor Cohort for free with no drawbacks whatsoever, you'd do it, right? I mean, a 4/3 creature with a stupid ability is at least better than nothing.
If you had the option of playing Break Open for free though, there is NO WAY you would take that option. In 98% of games it would just do nothing. In the 2% of games in which it could actually target something, you STILL wouldn't want to play it because its obviously insane to turn a colorless, ability-less 2/2 into an Akroma, Angel of Wrath.