I love this card so much... To see the look on my fellow players' faces when they witness all of their work being destroyed is priceless =D
Osmodius
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
This card is great in an artifact deck with Darksteel Forge and lands such as Great Furnace and Darksteel Citadel.
granpappybelcher
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(11 votes)
I won an EDH game on the back of this card once, but everyone was mad at me for doing so. Cards that make you lose friends are no good.
Mumba
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Gogo Land Tax!
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(13 votes)
Actually Guest13294823942394823894389283, I think that mass destruction spells wipe out EVERYTHING. Even stuff that's indestructible. If anyone else can put a word on this would be cool.
Razbot
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
@EvilCleavage Indestructible stuff wouldn't be wiped out. Almost all mass removal is a "destroy" effect, which indestructibility promptly ignores
nibelheim_valesti
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Not a bad follow up to Form of the Dragon. Not that it's ever a bad card to have.
DespisedIcon
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This being your last card in hand + The Cheese Stands Alone in play, or the Future Sight tournament-legal reprint (i don't remember its name >_<) = GAME
Gabriel422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I want this reprint. Increase the cost by 2 even, I still want it.
Seriously? They were mad at you for wiping the board in an EDH game? That kind of stuff should be expected in the format. It's their own or their deck's fault if they couldn't come up with an answer.
But yeah, this is awesome for that purpose.
TheLibertinistic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@EvilCleavage: I have bad news for you about the interaction between "indestructible" and the word "destroy."
SolidSoldier
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
For those wondering:
Jokulhaups, noun: the flood of water etc that occurs when a volcano erupts underneath a glacier. Etymology: Icelandic.
*The More You Know*
Phoenix1901
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Jokulhaups+Land Tax + Seismic assault
gasimakos1
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
DESTROY THEM ALL
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@EvilCleavage: I suppose you're referring to Apocalypse?
@Gelzo: The best reason to hate this card would probably be the land destruction. Spells that whipe the board of non-land permanents are common in EDH, and you should expect them if anyone at the table is playing white. However, mass land destruction is probably more rare, and let's be honest, one of the most hated things in the game is no doubt land destruction.
On the bright side, if your deck can handle the land destruction, this card is incredibly powerful. It doesn't even have to be EDH - running this with Greater Gargadon in casual is definitely possible.
Crag-Hack
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Works well with most enchantments, not just ones that win you the game when this spell resolves. I wonder if there are any enchantments that produce mana. I'm pretty sure there aren't, but if one was printed, it would work well with this card :D
Bab4m
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Lost today because of this + Hivemind + Pact of the Titan in a multiplayer game.
It was AWESOME
JFM2796
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It destroys lands? Thats just brutal.
Alsebra
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Bab4m - I was wondering why that would be game over...then I realised...that's EVIL!
Hakege
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Here me out on this and correct me if i'm wrong. If you tap some lands or use any other kind of mana generation card, it stays in your pool even if you destroy the lands right ? So if i were to get 12 mana and cast Worldgorger Dragon It removes from the game all the permanents i control. That card costs 6 mana (3c3r). Then with the 6 other mana left, i would cast Jokulhaups to destroy everyone elses artifacts, creatures and lands. Yes my Worldgorger Dragon would get destroyed as well, but i would get all my permanents back while every other players would have nothing left since when the dragon leaves play it brings back my cards at the same time.
These cards are wonderful. They provide a foil to many different strategies, are tricky to use effectively, and encourage creative deck building. The Johnny in me sees this card and is excited that enchantments, planeswalkers, and indestructible permanents escape. Not to mention the fact that suspend works wonders here. Cards that I love in my Jokulhaups decks: Darksteel Sentinel, Darksteel Ingot Spiteful Visions, Manabarbs Greater Gargadon, Search for Tomorrow Chandra Nalaar, Ajani Vengant
DirtyElf
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@ MizukiAyu: You're not looking at your card close enough. That expansion set mark is not silver, it's plain black and white. Please look at the 5th Edition card and you'll see that there is no mark at all. Ice Age and 5th Edition sets were printed before Wizards decided to add rarity markers.
alphagprime
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
@ DespisedIcon Barren Glory =)
@ kiseki Half the things you mentioned didn't even exist when this card was created. I agree that this card does encourage creative deck building thought maybe not necessarily in the way you have implied. None of the work arounds you mentioned (save possibly enchantments) existed during the print of this card. Indestructible wasn't introduced until the (I believe) Darksteel set. Planeswalkers weren't introduced (as cards) until much later, during Lorwyn actually, which was even before the creation of the "Mythic Rare" type rarity.
Strictly worse than obliterate. Though still fantastic. For Ice Age this thing was the balls.
The flavor text for this and Obliterate should just read "and everything was gone aside from the black eye his opponent gave him"
For some reason it won't let me rate. 4/5
TheMurderousKitten
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ale86: Apparently you don't understand the meaning of the term "strictly worse." That term suggests that Obliterate is better in every single way than this card. In other words, Obliterate would have to do everything this card does, only better or cheaper. Yes, Obliterate is uncounterable. But it also costs more to cast. A card with a higher mana cost cannot be strictly better, because it has a higher mana cost. It's not really that complicated.
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ITT: alphagprime writes a guide on how to point out irrelevant things.
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I scream this at people whenever I use any boardwiper. JOKULHAUPS!
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It would be really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really funny to run this in an enchantment-based deck.
Like, Sneak Attack and hold back a Mountain in hand. BAMWIPE.
Thanks Zoroaster85, you have a great name and that's just the list I needed for my Maelstrom Wanderer EDH. Nothing like wiping the board of everything then attacking with your commander.
Shredmonster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Drop this bomb with Omniscience and watch all your opponents scoop immediately! You can literally play anything in your hand as everyone else is just devastated. This card is bonkers!
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That'd be Barren Glory.
@granpappybelcher:
Seriously? They were mad at you for wiping the board in an EDH game? That kind of stuff should be expected in the format. It's their own or their deck's fault if they couldn't come up with an answer.
But yeah, this is awesome for that purpose.
Jokulhaups, noun: the flood of water etc that occurs when a volcano erupts underneath a glacier. Etymology: Icelandic.
*The More You Know*
@Gelzo: The best reason to hate this card would probably be the land destruction. Spells that whipe the board of non-land permanents are common in EDH, and you should expect them if anyone at the table is playing white. However, mass land destruction is probably more rare, and let's be honest, one of the most hated things in the game is no doubt land destruction.
On the bright side, if your deck can handle the land destruction, this card is incredibly powerful. It doesn't even have to be EDH - running this with Greater Gargadon in casual is definitely possible.
It was AWESOME
What do you guys think ? Is this possible to do ?
Thanks
Win target game.
These cards are wonderful. They provide a foil to many different strategies, are tricky to use effectively, and encourage creative deck building. The Johnny in me sees this card and is excited that enchantments, planeswalkers, and indestructible permanents escape. Not to mention the fact that suspend works wonders here.
Cards that I love in my Jokulhaups decks:
Darksteel Sentinel, Darksteel Ingot
Spiteful Visions, Manabarbs
Greater Gargadon, Search for Tomorrow
Chandra Nalaar, Ajani Vengant
Barren Glory =)
@ kiseki
Half the things you mentioned didn't even exist when this card was created. I agree that this card does encourage creative deck building thought maybe not necessarily in the way you have implied. None of the work arounds you mentioned (save possibly enchantments) existed during the print of this card. Indestructible wasn't introduced until the (I believe) Darksteel set. Planeswalkers weren't introduced (as cards) until much later, during Lorwyn actually, which was even before the creation of the "Mythic Rare" type rarity.
The flavor text for this and Obliterate should just read "and everything was gone aside from the black eye his opponent gave him"
For some reason it won't let me rate. 4/5
Apparently you don't understand the meaning of the term "strictly worse." That term suggests that Obliterate is better in every single way than this card. In other words, Obliterate would have to do everything this card does, only better or cheaper. Yes, Obliterate is uncounterable. But it also costs
JOKULHAUPS!
Like, Sneak Attack and hold back a Mountain in hand. BAMWIPE.