Doesn't actually look that dangerous until you encounter it on turn two or three when playing against Dragon Stompy.
the.tunnel.children
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Cool flavour, I'd love to see more dragons associated with artifacts.
Ameisenmeister
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Would do a good job in M11. Right before Scars of Mirrodin will be released.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I always wondered why dragons want treasure, must be a bling issue, like that covetous bird.
Mattemeo
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Card ruined do the the forever "loved" Official Reprint Policy Reserved List. Gotta love it when Wizards ruins what could be great (ie. in M11 with Scars of Mirrodin)
DacenOctavio
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
I think this is where the idea for Phylactery Lich came from.
CovetousDragon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card reminds me of Kai Budde in 1999 :)
Kikke
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow a great dragon! In Urza's days they were a lot of good artifacts to play in any deck, Masticore, Karn, Voltaic Key, Monolit..so the sacrifice couldn't happen in a normal game
tavaritz
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Once again I ask: Why does this trigger during a resolution of a spell when Maro doesn't drigger during Wheel of Fortune?
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I covet your ROFLSTOMP.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Taravits This is a triggered ability, Maro's is a state-based ability. State-based abilities are checked as priority is given to players, triggered abilities go on the stack as soon as the event happens.
May have worded that slightly off, but that's the general idea.
I.E. -You have this and you Polymorph your artifact creature (your only artifact.) Polymorph starts resolving and destroys your last artifact, this guy's ability goes on the stack. You finish resolving Polymorph and then go to this guy's ability. Whether or not you found an artifact card is no longer relevant; this guy put the ability on the stack: "Sacrifice this creature." The ability is NOT "Sacrifice this creature if you have no artifacts", it's "When."
Because of all this you're stuck losing him if you EVER hit 0 artifacts.
aajjeee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i have this card with a diferent back side writen "magic the gathering cdi 1999 championship world championships tokyo august 1999" on the front, the sises are golden and there is an autograph
niallcmurray86
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Its Smaug! The first Dragon I ever got from a booster and still one of my favorites!
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@Continue: I don't think you realize how much of a difference that one red mana makes, especially splashing it into a green ramp deck and seeing a 6/5 flier on turn 3.
What I meant was that a single attack from the Tyrant ruins this guy's day.
EvilDarkVoid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Tavaritz: The difference is that Covetous Dragon has a triggered ability to tell you to sacrifice it, while Maro's ability merely changes its toughness. If I play Polymorph on an artifact creature when its the only one I control, then I temporarily control no artifacts and so the dragon's sacrifice trigger activates. I can get another artifact creature off of the Polymorph but it won't help since his sacrifice trigger is already on the stack. If I use a Wheel of Fortune effect while I have a Maro creature out, Maro's toughness would become 0 after I discard my hand but before I draw a new one. However, creatures don't get sent to the graveyard for having 0 toughness during the resolution of an effect, and by the time the Wheel of Fortune finishes resolving I have cards in my hand again so its toughness is greater than 0.
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This is a triggered ability, Maro's is a state-based ability. State-based abilities are checked as priority is given to players, triggered abilities go on the stack as soon as the event happens.
May have worded that slightly off, but that's the general idea.
I.E. -You have this and you Polymorph your artifact creature (your only artifact.) Polymorph starts resolving and destroys your last artifact, this guy's ability goes on the stack. You finish resolving Polymorph and then go to this guy's ability. Whether or not you found an artifact card is no longer relevant; this guy put the ability on the stack:
"Sacrifice this creature." The ability is NOT "Sacrifice this creature if you have no artifacts", it's "When."
Because of all this you're stuck losing him if you EVER hit 0 artifacts.
Also, @tavaritz: relevancy?
@raptorman333:
>>------the point------>
*your head*
What I meant was that a single attack from the Tyrant ruins this guy's day.