First off, an amazing piece of card in foil. Wow. More onto the point, its a fun card that I wouldn't play competitively, but great on the kitchen table in my R/U take over themed deck. At worst, its pay 3 mana to see your next card and decide if you like it.
Haze01
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Sounds hilarious in multiplayer since you don't have to clash with the enchanted creature's owner. Could work quite well in a Donate deck, too. Fun stuff.
like my friend once said, this is like Hagrid's (from Harry Potter) parents backwards. He would destroy her with a thrust.
Kindulas
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
um, maybe for 1-2 mana
TheSwarm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This just screeeeeeams casual frolic and frivolity
Ideatog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Heeeey, lady. You sure am purrrdy...
Sadly, I know plenty of Magic players who could have modeled for this card (and no, not the faerie). As with any clash effect, run with top-of deck viewing/ modifying spells like Soothsaying or Spy Network.
blurrymadness
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Multiplayer! I'm fairly sure the way it's worded is that you can take over someone's creature by clashing with a different opponent! Let's say there's another blue control deck on the field who just putout a Stormtide or something. You could put this on the Stormtide but clash with the guy less likely to have deck manipulation.
Meh. 2.5/5
CLU10123
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I guess its kinda of a "I'll poke you and then you'll poke back" card. It has its upsides if you win the clash, but it has its drawbacks as well. This is a well balanced card, but I see nothing for it in competitive Magic. It's more of a multiplayer/casual card. I wouldn't order a playset, but if you are cracking open some Lorwyn packs, feel free to sneak it into a deck.
This would have been interesting if it had been either an aura for permanents or if it had a cost of instead, comparable to the aforementioned red 'unreliable Control Magic variants'.
armogohma
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
So what exactly is that guy? Is he a smallish giant? Ugly kithkin? Could he be one of those eyeblight elves I've heard about.
axiobeta
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It should cost , but it's still fun. Once you've won a clash just bounce it! You get to keep the creature indefinitely and you can try to pull it off once more. 3/5
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hylarious in multiplayer ("maybe I'm not getting you creature, but YOU SURE AREN'T EITHER!"), but, yeah, pretty much meh.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
GRAWP LIEK LITTLE LADY
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
This is a really cool take on Control Magic. I feel like clash is flavorful and very appropriate here- you should have to struggle in a dominance of wills to control a creature :)
Also, I think the mana cost of Control Magic is a bit much, considering there are lots of more important things you want at 4-cost: like fair and powerful counterspells, or your key Creature Finisher. No, as written Control Magic is right-ish, but as written Control Magic is a wrong and boring effect. There should always be some sort of catch to 'gain control of target creature', and that catch should either yield a 3 cost card if it's risky, or a 5 cost card if it's good.
However, I'm grateful to Control Magic for existing so that the rest of these better-designed cards could be inspired :)
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Note that in multiplayer, you can clash with someone other than the person who controls this.
Sootoo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lol - This card is rediculously under-rated!
For only 3 cmc it´s an awesome control aura, since you easily can clash with anyone, but the owner of the creature that gets on your nerves - This is especially good in edh, against a lot of creatures, like Bruna for example, where the owner has multiple ways to combo with it, but in other hands, it´s rather useless
It also fits perfectly in a faerie deck, since one of the best faerie cards, The Legendary Vendilion Clique, combos just as perfect as this with Tunnel Vision - And while the clique combo is already pretty known, nobody would expect to get Tunneled with this card, though
Tynansdtm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That's true... Whereas Mind Control is a static ability, this control change is triggered. Possible combo with Vedalken Mastermind?
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He would destroy her with a thrust.
Sadly, I know plenty of Magic players who could have modeled for this card (and no, not the faerie). As with any clash effect, run with top-of deck viewing/ modifying spells like Soothsaying or Spy Network.
Meh. 2.5/5
This would have been interesting if it had been either an aura for permanents or if it had a cost of
Also, I think the mana cost of Control Magic is a bit much, considering there are lots of more important things you want at 4-cost: like fair and powerful counterspells, or your key Creature Finisher. No, as written Control Magic is right-ish, but as written Control Magic is a wrong and boring effect. There should always be some sort of catch to 'gain control of target creature', and that catch should either yield a 3 cost card if it's risky, or a 5 cost card if it's good.
However, I'm grateful to Control Magic for existing so that the rest of these better-designed cards could be inspired :)
For only 3 cmc it´s an awesome control aura, since you easily can clash with anyone, but the owner of the creature that gets on your nerves - This is especially good in edh, against a lot of creatures, like Bruna for example, where the owner has multiple ways to combo with it, but in other hands, it´s rather useless
It also fits perfectly in a faerie deck, since one of the best faerie cards, The Legendary Vendilion Clique, combos just as perfect as this with Tunnel Vision - And while the clique combo is already pretty known, nobody would expect to get Tunneled with this card, though