This card is reminiscent of Spiritmonger. Like Spiritmonger, it costs and has the potential to be huge. Also like Spiritmonger, it's not as good as it looks, and for one simple reason: no evasion. In this case, it's especially disappointing since the art looks like it should have flying or trample. Or both. It'll still be interesting in casual, though, especially when someone uses it with Traumatize.
elflover2500
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(15 votes)
i think this card should have trample or something or atleast have another effect personaly i think it shouldent be a mithic rare since a 1/1 can block it or even a turmanate can easily kill it
SavageBrain89
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(7 votes)
This guy really needs an ability like trample, or regenerate, or shroud, or something. I mean Mortivore costs one less cheaper and is as strong as the number of creatures in graveyards, but at least it has regenerate.
ninetailedfox
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
combine with behemoth sledge for trample and lifelink. i did and i got it as big as a 30/30 with lifelink and trample. :D 15 cards in my gy and 15 in theres :D
Stuntman
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
This is a great Timmy card. I don't think that it should have any type of built in evasion. If it did, it would be too overpowered and can potentially kill with 1 attack. I like the fact that you have to do something extra in order to win with this creature.
DarkDerrik
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Just plain obnoxious in a Mill deck.
Though it is a shame he does't have Trample...or even Flying.
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
If this had trample, it would be a bit of an overkill. This guy's a beast!
bram-s-wallace
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy is great. Not only can he be a game-changer if you give him trample or lifelink as has been mentioned, but, he also kills when comboed with cascade.
MuseumCurator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
has anyone used Mayael's Aria in conjunction with this card?
SocialExperiment
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(13 votes)
Give him Whispersilk Cloak and laugh like the supervillain you have become.
Iiory
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
so what .all that he is is a "maybe" hight power and .....ooooooh come on mystic...are you kidding
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Absoloute Insane Artwork Plus This Guy Is Killer Run Maelstrom Pulse And Get Rid Of All Those 1/1s Duh Same Color Combos Too This Guy Is Fine On His Own And If You Can Even Mill A Little Or Throw Some Un Needed Lands In The Graveyard Then You WIN
coswin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card with Mage Slayer equipped and you've practically won
JacksJokeShop
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gift of the Deity turns this from awesome to overpowered. An X/X deathtouch that must be blocked by everything and every time he kills something it makes him bigger.
Love me some BG.
singaz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Would This guys power and toughness be a number whilst he is in the graveyard? If so their is some great potential. Self mill+Morbid Bloom to get something like 40 saps into play on turn 7 or so if you self traumatize using fog type effects and death touch Deadly Recluse to keep them out of your business
EnV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(4 votes)
elflover you are wrong. Terminate is a new burn introduced to kill all types on-non anti spell creatures like all fat creatures this one has a weakness. And you can't expect this to win the game for you all the time. Of course you could use this in a milling deck or a golgori. I favor milling though this card plus Nemesis of Reason or Memory Sluice or Traumatize or Traumatic Visions. Anyway cost 5 for a potential 9/9 or at least 7/7? Dude that is great with shroud. But not even the might Progenitus is the most powerful---just use Martial Coup by by all creatures except tokens.
ToidiDiPuts
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I drafted one of these. first pack :-)
that was a fun night.
PhyrexianLobbiest
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
My only issue with the card is that it's an elemental and not a lhurgoyf. Alara has a Hydra Avatar, why can't it have an Elemental Lhurgoyf?
darkfury
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
this dude loves the Nemesis of Reason. i attack with nemesis of reason, pump my Lord of extinction, and then kill everything of yourse
AgesofThunder
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
EnV- terminate isn't "new".
Donovan_Fabian
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Play a memory erosion to feed this guy in early game, then slap a diplomatic immunity on it. Almost nothing can remove or kill it after that. Lord of extinction in hand, electropotence in play, 8 mana is a great way to finish a game.. 20+ burn damage in one turn? Yes please!
Soul's fire also works for 20+ burn damage on one turn.
his00
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(4 votes)
you all need to stop complaining this thing is amazing the reason its a mythic is cause its outrageously powerful if u play it right i got a black green deck all death touch i got this thing up to 40/40 and with a gorgon flail on it a 40/40 deathtoucher that gets bigger if u block it now think for a seacond there such a thing as equipment and enchament to boost him out the rough now stop complaing and play him
coyotemoon722
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(16 votes)
@ People who say "I think he should have shroud or regen, or other things":
DO that; make a deck with cloaks, regens, and run 4 of this guy, and have a ball. It's annoying when people complain about a card not having invincibility when the whole point of the game is to design a deck to supplement/protect awesome cards.
He only costs 5 to drop. Which means you could either have a cloak on the board and cast him for 7 with cloak equip, OR, cast him for 7 with Negate. Maybe have some sniper regen spells ready. This an amazing game-winner and very cheap at 5 CMC.
Has to be one of the absolute coolest multicolor cards eva! Kinda wish I had a couple of sets instead of just one lol...
@his00 (11/28/2009 2:49:58 AM)
As a 40/40 (or anywhere over '20') don't you think Death Touch is a bit of an over kill and kinda pointless?? I mean, death touch is useless against indestructables and creatures with protection from green or black EVADE the damage so the death touch factor doesn't/ wont matter, so with this in mind the death touch doesn't add anything to it cause the few creatures it can't kill via damage it can't even kill via it's death touch either....
britany_the_dinosaur
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I rate this card a 5/5. I find it amazing. While just sitting at home, and thinking about a cool deck idea. I thought,
"Hey, why not Lord of Extinction in a dredge deck?"
It works well. Got him up to a 54/54, and then cloned him.
:
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This plus carnage altar??
jlowther
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just used this guy in a 3-way game last night. Used Diabolic Tutor to pull his arse out and Deathless Angel to keep him alive through a Wrath of God. Needless to say, I won. :)
Gilder_Bairn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
RUN WITH DREDGE!!!!!!
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Absolutely disgusting, and simply monstrous. A filter-feeder the size of a small moon. "What killed the dinosaurs?" 'ME!"
niallcmurray86
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best variation of Lhurgoyf EVER. No stipulations and black/green is like graveyard miracle grow so he is most likely huge if ya use him right. So many useful applications with this guy.
JudoThai
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
xathrid demon + lord of extinction + rise from the grave(or something similar and less expensive) = an easy 40+ damage to your opponent
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
at His00, gorgon flail was kind of pointless, like really pointless... How about whispersilk cloak? for 1 more mana you give him shroud (Somethin hes gonna need) and makes him freakin unbolckable, so instead of "When you block him he gets bigger" its "You cant block him, you can't terminate him, you die."
qaq456
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
very good in multiplayer too bad when you kill them it gets weaker any ideas?(need 4) edit: love the flavor text
RareCardHunter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Use this with 4 copies of Tome Scour to get 20 Power and 20 Toughness for cheap alongside cards already in the Graveyards. Also, equip this with Sword of Vengeance to make matters worse.
Baconradar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A timmy card with a great power level and something for johnny too.
Good design, good card, not ridiculously powerful, but definitely top tier. He's particularly interesting because of the various instants that can have a big impact on him. Even a simple giant growth gives him +4+4.
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the few multiplayer cards that people fear.
But there was one time I kicked a Rite of Replication on a lord of extinction... fun times.
its a petty that is not for black and blew mana other wise it would be a nice little toy for mill decks as it is it is really not all that good.
Wolcorpse33
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hahaha imagine mind controlling that thing. hahahaha "oh you think you've got a fatty, now it's mine' hahahahaha. i'd love to do that to someone someday.
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Can't believe he's not legendary.
Redmartian
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Just bought this guy for my "Commander" deck. Can't wait for him to come out in a four player game.
ExoM7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh my god, I want to splash green in my UB deck now :(
Ratoly
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Absurdly powerful for his cost. The lack of evasion just means you have to give him Dragon Fangs or something. I use this guy with a deck that literally mills itself to scraps. It's hard to deal with a 53/52 Flying, Trampling, Vigilant, Hasty dude on turn four. Especially when they tap out for Jace.
armogohma
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Apparently, we have here a hammerhead basking shark with spindly little arms. Marvelous.
Great_North
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(13 votes)
According to some flavor text, Scion of the Wild has it out for this guy.
And I'm getting annoyed at hearing people complain about Cancel. Its getting pretty old.
Serev
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Use this baby in a dredge deck with Dread Return and Bloodghasts. It can come out pretty early for practically no cost that way.
DutchSanta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Some versions of Cephalid Breakfast run him
http404error
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Deserves something flashier for mythic status.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Amazing art, amazing concept, amazing power, one of my all time faves
42/5, although I still can't understand exactly what he/she is, maybe a giant glowing green eyeball? Also, thank goodness for not being legendary
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was introduced to magic with Lor/Sha, while Alara was the newest set.
This was the first card I HAD to have. (I was playing G/B)
To this day this guy inspires awe in me that I can't describe, simply because he is such the awesome creature bomb for B/G.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lord of Lhurgoyfs
Psuedonaut
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I run him in my 600 card deck. Kinda wish I had Traumatize, use it on myself and then profit.
Blackwatch_00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A force not to be takin lightly.... One of the best "Ground Game" creatures made so far.... 5cmc, Has mass power,great artwork,.. but like every creature can be easily taken out for lunch..lol.. (Threaten) or destroyed(Go for the throat).... 5/5
bijart_dauth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
almost striktly worse than Mortivore, i hate reverse power creep. *cough *cough, cancel
oops, my bad, missed the creature only clause. And at Great_North, I admit that counter spell was a bit too powerfull, but you have to admit that cancle is quite the step down, even with only one more mana.
Dreampanda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sword of Body and Mind.
Studoku
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a card with potential to become massive, especially in multiplayer. It also attracts every removal spell on the table- especially in multiplayer.
What is it and cards with the word extinction in them and having terrifying flavor texts?
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
One time, I asked a guy 'why do people think this is good?'
an endless stream of pain and suffering later, and I knew how to play Magic. :P
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is probably the best creature in the entire game of Magic to use as Doomgape food.
It's even more fun with a Brawn in the graveyard. A 41/41 trampler? Yes please.
axiobeta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Extinctions needed a lord wut.
Gabriel422
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a creature that's potentially very huge, but it's unreliable in not one way but two; the usual "dies to removal", but also a risk that it will come into play as a 3/3 or smaller. Which can happen often if your deck is slow and you have to cast it turn five or die. This is the explanation I can give as to why I always ended up running Bloodbraid Elves and Broodmate Dragon while this thing got cut. But then, these cards set a high bar, themselves being the best cards in the best deck of the time (Jund).
tarvofthemudhole
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
brought him out as a 51/51 in EDH last week! another solid work of art by Izzy too!
This creature is one of the genuinely few example in magic where the art is as genuinely intimidating as the creature. Seriously. It's huge, because when it arrives, it WILL BE HUGE.
HappyJackington
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This big guy is the finisher for my multiplayer dredge deck. Alongside Jarad Golgari Lich Lord and Golgari Thug I will always be able to kill everybody in a single turn. One of the most fun times I had with this deck was when my friend was playing a sac deck and had a Sangromancer out, so in response to me sacrificing this 34/34 monster he killed his whole field and lived with 12 life. After me raging for a moment Jarad swooped in for the kill.
RiftenBlack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Why would someone use this over Mortivore? I don't understand what the fuss is about. It's the same card, minus the regeneration. So it seems worse to me. Since this card is a mythic rare, it's even worse.
when a animal eats someone named saffi-lhurgoyf when a lhurgoyf eats another lhurgoyf-tarmogoyf and when a tarmogoyf eats another tarmogoyf- lord of extinction. cant get better than a train of cannabalism 5/5 for being another amazing golgari beast.
@SnackyNorph: Mention a graveyard-based card that doesn't die to Rest in Peace. It's just as bad an argument as "dies to Doomblade."
This card is amazing. Using it in my Mimeoplasm edh with cards like Traumatize and Mirror-Mad Phantasm to great effect.
Dark_Raider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yeah.... still really looking for one for my Jarad EDH deck :)
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just one glimpse the unthinkable and he is a 10/10 for 5 mana. Superpower card that gets quite ridiculous in multiplayer.
Mr.Freshness-Timmy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Guys, look at the Golgari colours. Now look at the dredge mechanic. Now look at this guy.
Repeat the above as necessary, if erection lasts more than 4 hours call your doctor.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How is it I can chump block this thing with a kelp token? It must have a seriously poor attention span.
Petertracy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
http://seesic.deviantart.com/art/Lord-of-Extinction-319648569 How I feel every time this card hits the field.
Play this after a field wipe and watch everyone scramble to get rid of it. Hah!
SQUISHEEE
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy in EDH by himself -- Pretty cool.
This guy in EDH (running BUG mill) with Phenax, God of Deception, Prophet of Kruphix, after you've played a Mind Funeral, Glimpse the Unthinkable, Traumatize, any other good U or U/B mill spells -- BE PREPARED TO LOSE YOURSELF SOME FRIENDS.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Phage the Untouchable and Blightsteel Colossus aren't the only one-shot creatures in the game.
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Though it is a shame he does't have Trample...or even Flying.
Love me some BG.
on turn 7 or so if you self traumatize
using fog type effects and death touch Deadly Recluse to keep them out of your business
that was a fun night.
Soul's fire also works for 20+ burn damage on one turn.
DO that; make a deck with cloaks, regens, and run 4 of this guy, and have a ball. It's annoying when people complain about a card not having invincibility when the whole point of the game is to design a deck to supplement/protect awesome cards.
He only costs 5 to drop. Which means you could either have a cloak on the board and cast him for 7 with cloak equip, OR, cast him for 7 with Negate. Maybe have some sniper regen spells ready. This an amazing game-winner and very cheap at 5 CMC.
@his00 (11/28/2009 2:49:58 AM)
As a 40/40 (or anywhere over '20') don't you think Death Touch is a bit of an over kill and kinda pointless?? I mean, death touch is useless against indestructables and creatures with protection from green or black EVADE the damage so the death touch factor doesn't/ wont matter, so with this in mind the death touch doesn't add anything to it cause the few creatures it can't kill via damage it can't even kill via it's death touch either....
"Hey, why not Lord of Extinction in a dredge deck?"
It works well. Got him up to a 54/54, and then cloned him.
:
"What killed the dinosaurs?"
'ME!"
edit: love the flavor text
Good design, good card, not ridiculously powerful, but definitely top tier. He's particularly interesting because of the various instants that can have a big impact on him. Even a simple giant growth gives him +4+4.
But there was one time I kicked a Rite of Replication on a lord of extinction... fun times.
And I'm getting annoyed at hearing people complain about Cancel. Its getting pretty old.
42/5, although I still can't understand exactly what he/she is, maybe a giant glowing green eyeball? Also, thank goodness for not being legendary
This was the first card I HAD to have. (I was playing G/B)
To this day this guy inspires awe in me that I can't describe, simply because he is such the awesome creature bomb for B/G.
oops, my bad, missed the creature only clause. And at Great_North, I admit that counter spell was a bit too powerfull, but you have to admit that cancle is quite the step down, even with only one more mana.
Morbid Bloom solves this problem.
Terravore.
Foster.
Awakening Zone.
Recipe for win.
an endless stream of pain and suffering later, and I knew how to play Magic. :P
It's even more fun with a Brawn in the graveyard. A 41/41 trampler? Yes please.
wut.
Step 2: Send this, Skittles the Blight Dragon, and Brawn to the graveyard.
Step 3: Hello, this is my friend Mimeoplasm!
Like the forlorn cries of the dead combined???
You just made my night with that comment. haha
I've always been a sucker for any card with */* power and toughness and this one sure doesn't disappoint.
Anyway, attack Lord Of Extinction, then if he get's unblocked, pull off a Ghost Quarter + Archive Trap combo for a devastating blow
This creature is one of the genuinely few example in magic where the art is as genuinely intimidating as the creature. Seriously. It's huge, because when it arrives, it WILL BE HUGE.
Mortivore counts dead creatures. Lord of Extinction counts dead everything.
He was a 59/59. One of my opponents tried to Terminate it.
In response, I Momentous Fall 'd the Lord. Mass hilarity ensued.
This is one of the cards in multiplayer Magic that paints an enormous target on your forehead, much like Luminarch Ascension, Seedborn Muse and/or Leyline of Anticipation.
This card is amazing. Using it in my Mimeoplasm edh with cards like Traumatize and Mirror-Mad Phantasm to great effect.
Now look at the dredge mechanic.
Now look at this guy.
Repeat the above as necessary, if erection lasts more than 4 hours call your doctor.
How I feel every time this card hits the field.
Play this after a field wipe and watch everyone scramble to get rid of it. Hah!
This guy in EDH (running BUG mill) with Phenax, God of Deception, Prophet of Kruphix, after you've played a Mind Funeral, Glimpse the Unthinkable, Traumatize, any other good U or U/B mill spells -- BE PREPARED TO LOSE YOURSELF SOME FRIENDS.