Now that there are so many cards with unearth and persist I think the value of this card has gone up. Love the artwork.
Ajani_is_da_man
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
bob
jugglingguy
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
My older brother had a mono-black deck a long time ago, and this card was the star. We still have it today.
GruesomeGoo
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(6 votes)
OM NOM NOM NOM
NeoMint
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
Hatin' the functional errata on the card.
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
The errata doesn't seem fair to this card. I mean, he could have so much more going for him. I guess you can run him with Opposition or something but still...
If they're going to reprint this guy (hopefully with an Errata that's closer to the original card text), i'd love them keeping this old artwork. Really badass. Not sure what kind of animals Jesper Myrfors intensively crossed to create this guy, but it looks something like a Lion Rabbit Dragon Mantis Bear Bull Bat Beetle or something. Overall like a Demon actually. With a pair of extra eyes between his shoulders and his abs.
Missile_Penguin
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I don't understand how this card skates by with its current functional errata. On the card it clearly states (with minor translation for modern wording): "0: Exile target creature card from any graveyard. Untap Eater of the Dead."
Now, if the concern was that this essentially gave him vigilance, this worry is defeated by modern wording using "target;" if there are no creature cards you wish to remove, you can declare no targets for the ability and Eater can't untap. The way its Oracle wording is, you can only activate this if he is tapped which is not implied in the base card. Perhaps this is considered too strong, but that's what old cards were. If you don't like its wording, print a new card with this new wording.
Asmodi0000
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think I'd be more frightened of an Eater of the Living.
dlgn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Summon-Eater.
Never gets old, hehe.
Sasky
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I wouldn't want to be near him when he belches.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Poor errata, my moneys on they didn't spend to much time on it.
marmaris74
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card doesn't have functional errata. You were never able to use the ability if it was untapped.
It IS functional errata because Wizard's policy is that the ability should do as it reads now, not as it originally did. Look to Phyrexian Dreadnought for an example; there was a time when you weren't allowed to respond to the trigger because it was too powerful.
Errata for original functionality should not exist unless they reprint the card. Since they aren't going to and it's hardly going to be breaking formats, it should work the way it reads by *today's* rules; old functionality be damned.
RAT666
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
to the comment: This card doesn't have functional errata. You were never able to use the ability if it was untapped.
Which is exactly the point; I've played Karona, false god and my response to the opponent is "but you don't gain control of her unless I attack!" to whom which they reply "it has haste" well "SHE has haste *** and if I don't attack she doesn't tap so *** you and wait till the gods reign and the dragons breathe their last breath of fire while She cast the last dragon's flame!!!" of which by the way is +3+3 to creatures of the chosen type "dragons"
IceMetalPunk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This guy with the spoiled Phenax from Born of the Gods: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=151414&d=1390280595
As long as there are creatures in the opponent's graveyard and you keep milling creatures, it's a 2-card instant-win. Tap, mill, exile, untap, repeat. It even works in multiplayer because you can change the target each time you mill or exile.
DaLucaray
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Laguz
I'd like you to meet my friend Phenax, God of Deception. Phenax, Laguz. Laguz, Phenax. I'm sure you have someone you'd like him to meet...
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I guess you can run him with Opposition or something but still...
I've been saying that for 15 years now, but it's bound to happen!
Really badass. Not sure what kind of animals Jesper Myrfors intensively crossed to create this guy, but it looks something like a Lion Rabbit Dragon Mantis Bear Bull Bat Beetle or something. Overall like a Demon actually.
With a pair of extra eyes between his shoulders and his abs.
"0: Exile target creature card from any graveyard. Untap Eater of the Dead."
Now, if the concern was that this essentially gave him vigilance, this worry is defeated by modern wording using "target;" if there are no creature cards you wish to remove, you can declare no targets for the ability and Eater can't untap. The way its Oracle wording is, you can only activate this if he is tapped which is not implied in the base card. Perhaps this is considered too strong, but that's what old cards were. If you don't like its wording, print a new card with this new wording.
Never gets old, hehe.
Proof: http://tabakrules.tumblr.com/post/50106354597/isnt-that-eater-of-dead-functional-errata-which
Errata for original functionality should not exist unless they reprint the card. Since they aren't going to and it's hardly going to be breaking formats, it should work the way it reads by *today's* rules; old functionality be damned.
This card doesn't have functional errata. You were never able to use the ability if it was untapped.
Proof: http://tabakrules.tumblr.com/post/50106354597/isnt-that-eater-of-dead-functional-errata-which
Which is exactly the point; I've played Karona, false god and my response to the opponent is "but you don't gain control of her unless I attack!" to whom which they reply "it has haste" well "SHE has haste *** and if I don't attack she doesn't tap so *** you and wait till the gods reign and the dragons breathe their last breath of fire while She cast the last dragon's flame!!!" of which by the way is +3+3 to creatures of the chosen type "dragons"
As long as there are creatures in the opponent's graveyard and you keep milling creatures, it's a 2-card instant-win. Tap, mill, exile, untap, repeat. It even works in multiplayer because you can change the target each time you mill or exile.
I'd like you to meet my friend Phenax, God of Deception. Phenax, Laguz. Laguz, Phenax. I'm sure you have someone you'd like him to meet...