Uncle Istvan

jumpingjacked 2009-10-12

★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0) (10 votes)

I wanna be just like this guy when I grow up.

spacechaser0001 2009-11-09

★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (5 votes)

jumpingjacked you wanna be the most BA creature Magic the Gathering has ever seen?!?
good choice kudo's

kitsunewarlock 2010-02-26

★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (9 votes)

Most amazing card ever. 5/5 stars. So cool he doesn't even die to the legendary rule. Uncle Istvan owns face.

Joseph_Leito 2010-04-04

★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0) (2 votes)

I'm slightly confused about the new deathtouch rules, would this survive a deathtouchy attack?

Tiggurix 2010-06-12

★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (3 votes)

@Joseph_Leito: Yes, it would. The Deathtouching creature would have to deal damage to Istvan, which it can't.

Kirbster 2010-06-27

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (16 votes)

"Creature - Uncle Istvan"

...tribal deck, here I come.

Test-Subject_217601 2010-08-29

★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (8 votes)

Uncle Istvan: One of the few awesome things to come out of The Dark.

ZeroSheep 2010-11-18

★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0) (3 votes)

So are changelings technically also Uncle Istvans because of this card?

djflo 2010-11-30

★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (3 votes)

@ZeroSheep: yep, they're also 'Ali from Cairo's

machtung7 2010-12-23

★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (7 votes)

@djflo and ZeroSheep: Because the oracle text now calls him a Creature-Human, changelings aren't Creature-Uncle Istvans. It'd be really cool, but wizards had to go and ruin our fun. The best thing about changelings to me though is that I can use my goatnapper on them =D

Drewsel 2011-06-02

★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (5 votes)

I am not joking. Not even a little bit. This is my dad. Down. To. A. Tee.

luca_barelli 2011-07-22

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)

Strictly cooler than the Timeshifted version.

jfre81 2011-08-03

★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (7 votes)

With Leyline of Punishment on the board, deathtouch would indeed kill Magic's favorite uncle.
Anyway, why does Nicol Bolas get a planeswalker card but not Uncle Istvan? Bolas is some lame dragon. But Uncle Istvan is Uncle-freakin'-Istvan! Abilities: +1: You win the game!

Lateralis0ne 2011-09-12

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (7 votes)

..It would be pretty sweet to see him again in Innistrad.

Horror trope, amirite? ol' batshit Uncle here has that in spades.

Definitely before his time. And a good card even, mechanics-wise.

Why can't we have more cards like this?

Hunter06 2013-02-03

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)

That center bone is in a hilarious position...
5/5 Stars

SirLibraryEater 2013-06-05

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)

Just to mess with people, they need to reprint this and have an entire set based around the "Uncle Istvan" creature type.

DarthParallax 2013-10-29

★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)

Ali from Cairo, Uncle Istvan, Al-Hajjaj, Abu-Jafar-- can anyone name all the cards in MAGIC that would almost certainly be considered Legendary Creatures except they were printed before Ice Age made sure to be consistent in what was Legendary and what wasn't?

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