Pointed Discussion

The arguement against aura's generally is that when your creature is destroyed, you lose the aura with it. However, this card wants your creature to be destroyed, especially once its been around for a few turns. I could see this being the win condition in a control deck.

But, fiftyseven, that would imply a red control deck, or a control deck with red. Do you see those often? Not to say they don't exist, but.......well, yeah. :/

Grixis has plenty of control elements in red. burn is a viable way to remove creatures. It'd be really fun to toss this down on a creature that punishes them for dying, like child of alara. Oh, you don't want to kill him, you'll lose your board presence! a few turns later, he's sitting on 8 fuse counters and you played a furnace of rath.

I think this card provides good interactions, for just a red mana. 1) put in a small creature of yours, forcing opponent to use his creature destruction as soon as possible; 2) enchanting a big creature you control may be also good: when this is with 3 or more counters he will think better about destroying your big guy; 3) put into opponent's 1/* creature and block/finalize when convenient; 4) Force opponent use his disenchant like card and open way to other enchantments. Balanced and nice artwork too.

Formidable. I can see a blue/red deck featuring this and Gilder Bairn. And since I can, Paradise Mantle, Training Grounds, Lightning Bolt, Paradox Haze, and what the heck, some Cursecatchers. If that doesn't put the fear of... doing stuff into them, then I don't really care about them.

Strictly worse than Goblin Guide.

And now we have Proliferate.

@Woozly - you have no idea what "strictly" better or worse means.

If you watch Independence Day backwards, when the Prez gives his monologue, he just talks about this card.

Spiritmonger is strictly better too.