From the days when color enmity was one of THE big concerns. At the very least, today a 4UUU creature would have at LEAST flying...
Guest57443454
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Agreed, and it wouldn't have such a restrictive upkeep...Also the art looks like only coral to me, doesn't look too dangerous...
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Because red does a lot of blocking.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Seriously, what is that thing? An ejaculating coral reef?
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Looks like the shit that it is.
tavaritz
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
LIke you say: this might be some aftermath of Arabian Nights, but who knows for sure.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Were they afraid that pumped Shivan Dragon and Mijae Djinn would rough this up? Interestingly enough it is not immune to red burn, which seems more likely in most situations than attempting to block him to death.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Stunningly bad. If you really want to get around red creatures, just play an Air Elemental, or a Djinn of various flavors, or anything other than this terrible card. It was bad for its time, but Legends did see a drop in creature power across the board, which is rather surprising since creatures in the early years of Magic were generally awful (with a few exceptions for the classics of each color and some Djinns from Arabian Nights.) If this thing had Protection from Red, it would have at least been interesting.
CuriousThing
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Welcome back to Spawn-hood, Elder Spawn. Then again, we never really missed you.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This thing has no love? Challenge accepted. I always thought the Eldrazi should have been Blue-Black-Red anyway. This is going into my Emrakul Deck. If you have a problem with it, I will Annihilate you.
Everyone trying to evaluate this card based on its text box is way off. The point is: OH WOW LOOK AT THAT! what IS that?! It's an ELDER SPAWN. Sounds neat! Back when everyone was a Timmy-Vorthos....the good ol' days...
Corey_bayoudragonfly
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Should be changed to have the 'elder' subtype.
Pongdok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
If they made a card that gave you genital herpes and then ran over your dog with its truck, it would still be better than Elder Spawn. I would give it a zero if I could. I don't hate this card (since nobody would ever use it), though it is somewhat unfortunate that trees had to die in order to print it. Maybe if your kitchen table has a bit of a wiggle you can give Elder Spawn a worthy and noble purpose. 0.5/5
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Everyone trying to evaluate this card based on its text box is way off. The point is: OH WOW LOOK AT THAT! what IS that?! It's an ELDER SPAWN. Sounds neat! Back when everyone was a Timmy-Vorthos....the good ol' days...