Makes absolutely 0 sense but gets 5/5 for flavor alone.
ScissorsLizard
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This is weird, weird art.
Guest57443454
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(4 votes)
A decent card, although I would rather just use Flashfires on their plains for the same CMC...This does have great flavor and art though...
Zeun
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The Oracle wording for this card should be updated! It doesn't work as printed. The neat interaction with Hungry Hungry Heifer is gone! :D My proposal:
"T: Put a drill counter on target Plains. If that land is tapped for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of white mana."
Kefra
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
LOL at "Use counters."
Kind of reminds me of those posters they used to put up at bus stops, train depots etc. with nothing but a picture of a grave-looking teenage girl and under it two words, "Use condoms."
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(7 votes)
"Use counters."
They're good for protecting a combopiece or controlling the board.
ZombieSnail
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Use counters, lol Derp counters ...Terrible
Tahazzar
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(7 votes)
To this day this is the only nonartifact Gnome creature in MTG.
slann01
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
The "USE COUNTERS" ability and the art just made my day.
GainsBanding
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Agreed, the oracle text does not match up with the original intent of the card. It clearly says "use counters." Very clearly. I can't believe people aren't up in arms about this change in functionality.
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Of course, every card in Legends that created a permanent change suggested you "use counters to mark the change". Like Aisling Leprechaun.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
$4 for a near mint?! How could this have gotten to that level?!
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You could combo this with PROLIFERATE!!! Then, you could put MULTIPLE COUNTERS ON EACH PLAINS!!!! This card is just so comborific!
Deepfried-Owls
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you "use counters," couldn't one proliferate them onto other plains?
Templar314
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Zeun: Who needs Oracle wording when you have R&D's Secret Lair?
Tynansdtm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Random, very specific, not very good colour hate. But I suppose it has its uses. +1 for art. And for flavour text that appears (at least to me) to be a battle report in poetry form.
JWolps
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
USE COUNTERS.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just plain strange!
voyager1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card has become infamous in my playgroup, and is the inspiration for an old running joke. Whenever someone asks a question about the rules or the game state, we refer them back to the sagely advice on Quarum Trench Gnomes.
"How much life do you have left?"
"Twelve. Use counters."
"Who's turn is it?"
"Steve's. Use counters."
"When Steve leaves the game, do I get my Reanimated creature back, or is it exiled?"
"I don't know; you should check the comprehensive rules... Use counters."
It has seriously improved the group's attentiveness towards the game. Thank you, Trench Gnomes!
Mr.Wimples
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I didn't know Dr. Seuss also went by Dan Frazier...
Nice effect but i'm expecting a little more if i'm paying 4 for a 1/1.
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Look how happy that gnome is. He's living the dream. The dream of making your lands generate useless mana.
Aquillion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Deepfried-Owls: No, because proliferate doesn't move counters between permanents, it just adds more to the same permanents.
But more importantly, the text doesn't tie the ability to the counters -- even if you "use counters", they don't do anything, so removing them with eg. Vampire Hexmage doesn't make the land return to normal.
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"T: Put a drill counter on target Plains. If that land is tapped for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of white mana."
Kind of reminds me of those posters they used to put up at bus stops, train depots etc. with nothing but a picture of a grave-looking teenage girl and under it two words, "Use condoms."
They're good for protecting a combopiece or controlling the board.
Derp counters
...Terrible
"How much life do you have left?"
"Twelve. Use counters."
"Who's turn is it?"
"Steve's. Use counters."
"When Steve leaves the game, do I get my Reanimated creature back, or is it exiled?"
"I don't know; you should check the comprehensive rules... Use counters."
It has seriously improved the group's attentiveness towards the game. Thank you, Trench Gnomes!
Just Plains? Strange!
But more importantly, the text doesn't tie the ability to the counters -- even if you "use counters", they don't do anything, so removing them with eg. Vampire Hexmage doesn't make the land return to normal.