Kinda clunky with the new Oracle text, and the use is drastically limited by not being able to kill creatures with it. If this card were reprinted today without the "can't kill things" clause, I bet it would cost 1 more, but it would be a much more interesting card. As it is right now, 2.5/5.
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
MISPRINT!!! With R&D's Secret Lair, you can give multiple creatures +4/-4!!!
Guest57443454
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
If I recall correctly, this card was mostly used as a combat trick on the offensive, not as a defensive tool...The misprint is kind of funny however and would raised the usefulness of this card...
littlebeast
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Looks like just regular lust to me...
EvilCleavage
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Actually, this could work alright on your own creatures if they are all 1/1's or if you're playing a weenie deck with it. W/R weenie?? eh ok
Baconradar
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Belongs in a first strike heavy deck. Enough said.
Lateralis0ne
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I use it on my Boros Swiftblade for 10 damage on turn 3 in my {W}{R} weenie deck, as Bacon said. It works rather well, actually.
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Ball Lightning's best friend back in the day. It's always nice to use it just for creatures with tiny bit of defense to begin with, or those with irrelevant defense.
Besides the misprint, this is a sort of red Giant Growth for attack, and red is an aggressive color. The 1-toughness limit allows you to cast it on your weenie for an early 5 damage attack. Not bad.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The more attention to pay to the card art, the less sense it makes. Did she fall asleep in the Maze of Ith?
Todris052
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seriously, just use Fists of the Anvil. As this can't kill anyway, unless you're trying to weaken a creature so you can Shock it or something, this IS strictly worse.
elhajjaj
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Back in the day... When you did what the card said it did instead of what the oracle said the card did, this Legends card worked brilliantly with Pestilence. Today, all of the usefullness of this card has been tinkered out of it.
Cactuar_Of_Evil_Intent
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I use it with Bushi Tenderfoot as a way to lower an opponent's creature's toughness to 1, then give my Bushi protection or something. It's pretty rare that they'll see it coming. It's pretty sweet with a flipped Kenzo too.
The_Erudite_Idiot
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Really fun card. Can make your munchkin a fatty or turn your enemy's fatty into a munchkin.
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Besides the misprint, this is a sort of red Giant Growth for attack, and red is an aggressive color. The 1-toughness limit allows you to cast it on your weenie for an early 5 damage attack. Not bad.