Wizards has some strange sort of humor, but i had a good laugh nonetheless.
Did they need some really awkward cards for drafting? Or were they in fact just like printing junk aside from the fact that Zendikar has lots of greatly playable black Vampire cards. Wait that's it, i guess they wanted to emphasize the huge contrast single-black colored and a double-black colored cards can have. If that's the case - awesome job! :D Whatever the reason of making such a card was, this card takes in a new place in my "worst-cards-ever-collection". Definitely a good pick for a Chimney Imp deck.
True_Mumin
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(12 votes)
WHAT THE F***
pumaman83
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(8 votes)
How could they possibly justify this card?
All I can think of is that maybe they have some other card in the upcoming set that makes thus suck less. Like a vampire that lets you play mindless null for free or something. Heck, I am grasping at straws here.
dgregory
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(7 votes)
bwahaha! Scathe zombies is eliminated from the core set then we get this gem. Or should I say, turd. oh well, as WoTC frequently says, not every card can be the best card.
SocialExperiment
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
I'm usually the guy that says "oh, I'm sure there's a use for it..." but this time I have to say that I have found a truly useless card. Was Wizards trying to prove that I was wrong when I said everything could be potentially useful?
DeviousPie
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(8 votes)
No where near as funny as Chimney Imp, though it's rivaling Crazed Goblin.
RobinHood3000
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(10 votes)
If every card were at least decent, decent would be the new crap. Bad cards are just a necessary part of the card economy, nothing to be done about it.
Fade_To_Black
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
..... good one, Wizards... Print a card even MARO said was bad.
darkfury
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(5 votes)
i dont think Zendikar really has a good range of cards
Wow, and here I thought Wizards was done printing horrible, horrible cards... I was wrong.
InfernoTowel
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Sure, bad cards are necessary, but do they have to be THIS bad? I think not.
Vinifera7
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Flavor-wise, this seems very cool, but what does this card actually do?
brunsbr103
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
flavor, mabye?
MrPink343
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(6 votes)
It's like an apology for the fact that vampires are so utterly dominant otherwise.
Omniance
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
I understand that not every card can be the best card, but I don't understand why every card can't at least be a decent card. Cards like this seem to just be a waste of ink, paper, and plastic.
EDIT: Every card being decent wouldn't automatically make decent "the new crap". Just because something is normal or average doesn't mean it's automatically terrible. As long as a card has a use at an acceptable mana cost, it's going to be played by someone. This card is only going to see play in Limited, and even then most players will probably just add or draft an additional land rather then running the risk of drawing this. Especially in Zendikar.
OutlawD1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(11 votes)
why wizards why? this card is so OBVIOUSLY below any curve that there really is no excuse.
I love how they tried to justify the existence of this card. "After seeing the public's reaction" they knew they made the right decision......? What the hell is in the wizard kool-aid? The public's response has been nothing but disgust. Why make crap cards that will only be picked in limited AND ONLY if there is absolutely nothing else to pick. All it does is take up space in a pack, increasing the need to buy more packs in order to get at least some cards that are not completely worthless. I think I just answered the question.
Rainyday2012
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(19 votes)
From Mark Rosewater's Making Magic column Monday, October 19, 2009:
"The original version of this card was as you see it except for . The card was created by Ken during the vampire design. Ken turned over his card designs to Henry (Stern) to put into the set. Henry typed the card in incorrectly as instead of . When the mistake was noticed, most of R&D found it funny and the card was kept as is."
Good advice for new players - if you don't have any sweet vampires, attack!
VwllssWndr
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(9 votes)
My biggest disappointment with this card is that it didn't receive the Relentless Ratss treatment that would allow you to build a deck of 35 Mindless Nulls and 25 Swamps.
Duffey
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(5 votes)
this is sad atleast it would be decent if it had something like life link but 3 for a 2/2 that cant even block wow truely epicly crap
NecroArTeest
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
i cant believe the only reason they printed it for 3 mana instead of 2 like they were originally supposed to is cause they found it "funny". cmon wizards this card actually could've been useful for vampire players and now its useless. a nantuko husk will always replace this. i hope they take their job a little more seriously next time. or we might see an 8/8 for 1 mana, with no drawback, cause it made them giggle.
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Did they have a stroke when they made this card?
Nickkom
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(12 votes)
Makes more sense that it was supposed to be 1B. Amazing how one mana makes the difference between being average/usable to being just plain junk. Every card should be useful in *some* way. I'm glad R&D find it "funny." I don't know how amused everyone else is. It's not so funny when I open a pack and get this card when I could be getting a plated geopede, kor skyfisher, or goblin bushwacker. It's not funny to waste people's money, even 25 cents of it.
Mumba
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
I prefer Rod of Ruin.
windwaker
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Way too overpowered. Clearly there was a typo.
Matanui3
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
I like how Wizards FINALLY stopped printing the useless scathe zombies in every core set and replaced it with something better, and then next set we get THIS, a card inferior to scathe zombies in every way... I didn't think it was possible for WotC to print a card strictly worse than scathe in every situation... but I guess nothing is impossible if the developers agree.
TheTraitorKing
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Discard fodder.
kittyspit
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(7 votes)
man, Warpath Ghoul never looked better.
Gomorrah
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
What are you talking about, this does have a use!
It proves that Pillarfield Ox isn't the worst card in the set!
SwordSkill
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(5 votes)
At last! A magic card-toiler paper!
A 2/2 with drawback for ! It's the first time in my life that I don't care if something happens to this card whitch is currently at my toilet.
Even for Scathe Zombies I would have been worried!
Thanks Wizards for the relief!
PS: One question only: Why did they even bother putting a "Rullings" for this card?
Silverware
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
@ SocialExperiment
Actully there is a use for this card that Scathe Zombies does not have.
I kept looking at this card when I first opened it, unable to figure out what the angle was on it... then I realized that is definitely not good, lol.
The only thing that saves this guy from being a .5 is the artwork and the fact that it is a zombie.
1/5
EnV
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
This is one of the worst cards I have ever seen in my life.
zombietomb
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Thats real great Wizards R&D found this card funny. It's not so funny when I pull one in a booster, actually makes me kind of hateful. Thanks guys.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Quiet, all of you. I can barely hear Warping Wurm mumbling how we need bad creatures.
Gear61
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!
That is all.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(8 votes)
If this is a joke, then the title refers to people who buy boosters.
True_Smog
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
WHY !?
PaladinOfSunhome
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This has to be one of the worse cards I have ever seen. Why would we pay 2B for a 2/2 that can't block without a Vampire on our side when we would mostly pay for a plain 2/2 for 1B anyway?
0.5
tantallum99
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
this guy gives chimney imp a run for his money, eh?
spicayd
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Could you imagine a Mindless Null riding a Chimney Imp?
Pure destruction there.
Asinine-Ultimatum
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Not funny Wizards!
Colossus_of_Darkstee
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
oh my gosh......so.....powerful........
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(20 votes)
This card would've been terrible even by Homelands standards. It's actually kind of nostalgic to see awful underpowered creatures like this. Makes me long for my first games of Magic, where we'd just take the huge box of junk cards someone's older brother gave us, each take all the cards of a single color, and proceed to hammer at each other with Gray Ogre and Silver Erne.
One difference I've noticed aside from the power level is that for a long time there seemed to be a pretty clear formula for how much total power/toughness you get for your mana: 2 for 1, 4 for 2, 5 for 3, 6-7 for 4, 8-9 for 5, 10-11 for 6. Special abilities like flying, first strike, or trample were worth 1 power or toughness point. If you wanted to print a creature that was stronger than its mana cost would allow, you gave it drawbacks, which made players think hard about how to minimize those drawbacks or even turn them into advantages. Now, there doesn't seem to be any clear formula - sometimes you still get something like this, sometimes you get like a 4/4 for 4, and sometimes you get something like a Baneslayer Angel for 5. For 6 mana or greater, they seem to have decided that creatures can be as big as you want with no drawback. Obviously I wouldn't want a return to the days of horribly underpowered creatures, but I still think some consistency would be nice.
greenandblack
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
not happy pulling this....
EtotheK
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Possibly if they come out with a vampire card with an awesome ability that requires a sacrifice on your end and you don't want to sacrifice anything good, this could be useful.
NeoSin
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Someone rated this above .5?
Spideredd
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(15 votes)
What can I say? I can have this for , or i can have Vampire Nighthawk for I know which one I want. Four Mindless Null's please I like underpowered cards. Bah, who am I kidding.
Neutralion
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I like it because of flavor, I hate it because of playability. And if I think what this could be for ...
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
My god, a none vampire that cannot block unless you control a vampire, WTF!!!
I don't want none vamps in my vamp deck, especially not 3 mana 2/2's with draw backs!
Shame on you wizards!
Although they make up by having this guy underpowered and nighthawk overpowered, so it balances out ^^
spectermonger
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is broken--just swap them with your opponent's Vampire Nighthawks and the game will be all but won.
RafiqTheMiststalker
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Wizards is so funny! Of course this would have been playable as a black bear with a crappy drawback! Wut. The card design blew either way. Phooey to Ken. It's not Henry Stern's fault it sucks. It just sucks either way.
It's kind of lame that i have to instantly go to the rare in my pack to make sure I didn't just waste money. Cuz most commons sure as hell aren't worth my $4.33.
Johnald
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Is anyone else upset that wizards didn't have Kalastria Highborn do what we expected? She could've made the nulls cheaper to throw out, She could've allowed you to use as many nulls in the deck as you wanted, done something to create them every turn by sapping life out of you or some other creature. Something. It could've been kinda cool but instead we get an unplayable zombie made worse by the fact they did nothing to make it useful.
Tiggurix
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(5 votes)
It's not that bad. No matter what people say, I can't convince myself that Scathe Zombies is a bad card, and this version of it could make a flavourful addtion to a Vampire deck.
TheSuperbloop
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Very funny joke, Wizards. So funny nobody is laughing...
This is a card so TERRIBLE that MULTIPLE sucky vanilla cards are strictly better than it: Warpath Ghoul, Scathe Zombies...not to mention cards with beneficial abilitites.
Not even worthy of being a bookmark.
Revelation666
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(9 votes)
I'm usually a guy that looks at sub-par cards and goes "hey, this could be cool in this deck", or "well it sucks but I'm gonna use it anyway because of the flavor", but come on.. this is one of the worst cards ever printed, period. Completely useless.
Enchantment_Removal
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
This card makes fun of certain players that "can't play the game unless they control stupid Vampires".
This almost makes me want to build a deck around Bazaar Trader, based on giving my opponent horrible creatures just to mock them.
qaq456
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
i hate this card but i love it everyone starts talking about REALLY bad cards its too bad to even become storm crow or chimney imp status oh well, at least they didn't put in a intro pack
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(9 votes)
ZOMPIRES!
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
BLATANT POWERCREEP.
DespisedIcon
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Strictly worse to Scathe Zombies, a stinker by itself. So figure it out x_x
Goatllama
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is so freakin good, it'll probably replace baneslayer I'm surprised no one has caught on to it's hidden ability
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Hey, if you put it in your Vampire deck, you can block! Hell yeah! OR, splash vamps into your zombie deck and you can block!
Your.Chubby.Buddy
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Man when I opened this pack one at a draft it was an easy windmill slam. I literally ***ed my pants in happiness, then I read the card, and pooped my pants in awe of the awesome ability (causing the players next to me to leave the table) I mean who doesnt want a first pick that already puts you in an archtype! And even in constructed! If you have a vampire in play, then this beast can actually BLOCK one of the most format defining cards ever printed, (I of course speak ofRaging Goblin) Plus it survives removal (assuming you have a counterspell, or instant speed protection backup) Easy 5 stars!
ChampionofSquee
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
i complained that scathe zombies was a vanilla... this isn't what i had in mind
mrd8888
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(5 votes)
For those of you that had a Warpath Ghoul and thought, "Damn! This is broken. I just wish it couldn't block..."
GrimjawxRULES
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Radagast: aww come on, at least this card can attack... if you want booster filler, look at Razor Boomerang.
That being said, Mindless Null should've at least been a 3/2 to make up for the drawback, don't you agree?
dragonking987
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
this card made me quit magic to overpowered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! half a star for being to broken! Do you rember the days when baneslayer angel was good then this came and ruined magic for ever. When a new player asks me about the power creep this is the card I point at WWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
Raznaak
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
... bad... the flavour is really nice, but... imagine: {1}{B} and this would be correct. {B} and this would be in ANY vampire decks. now, this is just Über crap
Test-Subject_217601
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Don't worry little guy, I'll give you a 5. You deserve it after all the suffering you've been though.
You know everyone, this combos AMAZING with Mirrorweave. It makes all creatures a copy of one. cast this on mindless null, no one can block, unleash your attack as they can't defend!
Maybe they wanted to ensure vampire decks could get enough creatures in draft by printing one that no other deck would ever use? Just my guess.
luca_barelli
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
not the worst creature in the game, but close.
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Takes one to play one -- amiright?
RedAtrocitus
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Why did a 2/2 for 3 need a drawback again?
Axelle
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
How the hell did WotC find this funny enough to keep?
dberry02
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Cards like these are printed to humiliate your opponents when you kill them with it. Got them in a Chimney Imp lock? Drop this baby for a 10 turn win!
Flop_It_Out
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Ok I can kinda see the humour in this card but this is seriously the most unplayable card printed since viashino skeleton, possibly even more unplayable than it.
I can see that scathe zombies was too broken, but this?!?! Really Wizards?!?! Some people think you ripped them off out of their boosters. Even though it is a common, its not even worth being a firestarter. Its that bad
Nagoragama
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
A 2/2 for 3 with a drawback? What.
Crag-Hack
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
If you really hate blocking so much, just play Bloodghast .
Superllama12
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'll sell anyone my playset of these and double playset of Fissure Vent...hell, I'll PAY you, just get this crapp out of my hands!!!!
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I hate this card for making fun of one of my favorite cards - scathe zombies.
ICEFANG13
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Its so funny, lets waste a slot in players boosters!
Grumman
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I like the character it adds to the Zendikar vampires. Or rather, the character it would add if it was playable enough that people would ever see it.
Tapir
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I've never looked closely at a Zendikar booster pack, but I imagine that the fine print legally has to warn you that you might get this card.
Anathame
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
*** yeah Mindless Null
JFM2796
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Strictly worse than being stabbed... repeatedly.
Also, Innistrad is finally giving Black a vanilla "bear". Walking Corpse.
P.S. Who the HELL is not rating this card 0.5? Its too late for the Chimney Imp treatment if that is what you are going for.
UncreativeNameMaker
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Even for 2 mana this would be underpowered. Vanilla 2/2s for {1}{Color} are pretty standard these days, and it's not unheard of to get a 2/2 with a minor ability for that price. If it cost {B} it would probably actually see play in vampire decks despite being a zombie.
Mickacabra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
0.5 / 5
occamsrazorwit
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(7 votes)
Props to Wizards for nailing the flavor of this card. The only people who would consider even playing this card are Mindless Nulls.
OmTheOmnipotent
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(9 votes)
On the upside, doesn't die to doomblade.
Radagast
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Insulting, worthless waste of paper. Booster filler just to annoy players. Very "funny." Try doing your jobs next, WotC - people actually paid money for this unplayable drek.
Shadoflaam
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(8 votes)
Will you people quit bitching? Zendikar was overpowered by ANY standard, and if it weren't for the possibility of things like this taking up common slots, every pack would have sold out in a week, just like the Innistrad incident. True, it is a mistake, and Wizards did think it was funny, but you know what? It was. Just like Chimney Imp, a card this awful in a set this amazing just highlights the good and bad parts of the set, and makes it easier for new players to know what to draft. 0.5/5, sure, hell 5x10^-42/5, but it's funny, and kind of necessary. I won't thank you, Mindless Null, but I will shake your hand and not be embarrassed. Goodbye, and don't ever, EVER come back.
Trygon_Predator
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This creature is at its absolute best in Mental Magic. At , it makes a fine Yawgmoth's Will.
Ninjacat
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Diregraf Ghoul Walking Corpse Bog Raiders Scathe Zombies and now this.. This is an extremly HORRIBLY card!
StinkyFeet
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(16 votes)
You know a cards bad when you'd be better off playing a face down morph creature.
Hilarious card just look at all the whining here. 5/5
Vvengyr
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
When I played DotP, I used to think that vampire deck is overpovered: it had Vampire Nighthawk and such. But I didn't see this card, that made THE DECK mediocre.
Jerec_Onyx
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
These seagull bones will make a fine raft.
Ferlord
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
You know what? This is a well-built card, flavourfully.
As the flavour text says, this zombie is a product of weaker vampires. They turned some poor sap into this brainless thing: unable to think for itself, unable to understand basic motor functions. The weaker vampires don't have the skill to make it any better, so that's why it can't block.
I mean, it's worthless inside limited, but at least it makes sense why it is worthless.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
There are way worse cards in this game and this doesn't deserve as low of a rating as it has. It can still attack guys. WotC has printed things like 1/1s for 5 that are rated higher than this.
The reason it has such a low rating is that more newer players paid attention to it, and they're used to the power creep.
The card is strictly worse then actual Grey Ogre. Most grey ogre cards have upside this one is all downside. Not even good in limited. :\
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Just imagine if this card cost . Would have a solid 2.5 rating at least. People make mistakes, it happens.
Ratazana
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actual garbage can be recycled!
Lifegainwithbite
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
Should cost
blurrymadness
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This was the 4th worst creature in the game according to the ratings; and that cannot be true. It's a 2/2 for 3, which is pretty standard.
Yeah it's bad, not it's not *razor boomerang* bad. In limited this can still punch someone to death, and frankly, while it's bad, it can still do ok in a casual game or something. It's an easy 1.5
Arachnos
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This would have been a great card had it costed {B}.
Haywood
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I'd say keep the flavor and reduce the cost but don't make it good. The flavor makes up for it. I'd make it and change the ability to "Mindless Null can't attack unless you control a Vampire", which makes a lot more sense to me. If it can't think for itself it would still defend itself if prodded into harm's way but it wouldn't take the initiative.
Brakken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
He's worthless, but he's also priceless. Anything with that many eyes is priceless to the swarm.
talcumpowder0046
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
2/2s for 3 are broken.
OstravaBoletaria
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A 2/2 for 3 with a drawback? Really?
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I still like that you have to put him in a vampire deck for him to be useful. Because, the thing you want in your vampire deck is to play a zombie.
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yep, this indeed was going to cost , which would have at least made it mostly better than Spineless Thug. As it is, envying Scathe Zombies is not a good place to be.
Comments (124)
Did they need some really awkward cards for drafting?
Or were they in fact just like printing junk aside from the fact that Zendikar has lots of greatly playable black Vampire cards. Wait that's it, i guess they wanted to emphasize the huge contrast single-black colored and a double-black colored cards can have. If that's the case - awesome job! :D
Whatever the reason of making such a card was, this card takes in a new place in my "worst-cards-ever-collection".
Definitely a good pick for a Chimney Imp deck.
All I can think of is that maybe they have some other card in the upcoming set that makes thus suck less. Like a vampire that lets you play mindless null for free or something. Heck, I am grasping at straws here.
just crap and game manipulators
EDIT: Every card being decent wouldn't automatically make decent "the new crap". Just because something is normal or average doesn't mean it's automatically terrible. As long as a card has a use at an acceptable mana cost, it's going to be played by someone. This card is only going to see play in Limited, and even then most players will probably just add or draft an additional land rather then running the risk of drawing this. Especially in Zendikar.
this card is so OBVIOUSLY below any curve that there really is no excuse.
I love how they tried to justify the existence of this card. "After seeing the public's reaction" they knew they made the right decision......? What the hell is in the wizard kool-aid? The public's response has been nothing but disgust. Why make crap cards that will only be picked in limited AND ONLY if there is absolutely nothing else to pick. All it does is take up space in a pack, increasing the need to buy more packs in order to get at least some cards that are not completely worthless. I think I just answered the question.
"The original version of this card was as you see it except for
It's not even that rare with cards this hilariously bad. Viashino Skeleton, Bog Hoodlums, Frazzle and Chimney Imp are some examples from more recent years.
I didn't think it was possible for WotC to print a card strictly worse than scathe in every situation... but I guess nothing is impossible if the developers agree.
It proves that Pillarfield Ox isn't the worst card in the set!
A 2/2 with drawback for
Even for Scathe Zombies I would have been worried!
Thanks Wizards for the relief!
PS: One question only: Why did they even bother putting a "Rullings" for this card?
Actully there is a use for this card that Scathe Zombies does not have.
Mindless Null is imune to lure.
But honestly...Terrible card.
The only thing that saves this guy from being a .5 is the artwork and the fact that it is a zombie.
1/5
That is all.
0.5
Pure destruction there.
One difference I've noticed aside from the power level is that for a long time there seemed to be a pretty clear formula for how much total power/toughness you get for your mana: 2 for 1, 4 for 2, 5 for 3, 6-7 for 4, 8-9 for 5, 10-11 for 6. Special abilities like flying, first strike, or trample were worth 1 power or toughness point. If you wanted to print a creature that was stronger than its mana cost would allow, you gave it drawbacks, which made players think hard about how to minimize those drawbacks or even turn them into advantages. Now, there doesn't seem to be any clear formula - sometimes you still get something like this, sometimes you get like a 4/4 for 4, and sometimes you get something like a Baneslayer Angel for 5. For 6 mana or greater, they seem to have decided that creatures can be as big as you want with no drawback. Obviously I wouldn't want a return to the days of horribly underpowered creatures, but I still think some consistency would be nice.
I can have this for
I know which one I want.
Four Mindless Null's please I like underpowered cards.
Bah, who am I kidding.
I don't want none vamps in my vamp deck, especially not 3 mana 2/2's with draw backs!
Shame on you wizards!
Although they make up by having this guy underpowered and nighthawk overpowered, so it balances out ^^
Wut. The card design blew either way.
Phooey to Ken. It's not Henry Stern's fault it sucks. It just sucks either way.
It's kind of lame that i have to instantly go to the rare in my pack to make sure I didn't just waste money. Cuz most commons sure as hell aren't worth my $4.33.
This is a card so TERRIBLE that MULTIPLE sucky vanilla cards are strictly better than it: Warpath Ghoul, Scathe Zombies...not to mention cards with beneficial abilitites.
Not even worthy of being a bookmark.
This almost makes me want to build a deck around Bazaar Trader, based on giving my opponent horrible creatures just to mock them.
OR, splash vamps into your zombie deck and you can block!
That being said, Mindless Null should've at least been a 3/2 to make up for the drawback, don't you agree?
I FOUND USE FOR THIS CARD!
Got them in a Chimney Imp lock? Drop this baby for a 10 turn win!
I can see that scathe zombies was too broken, but this?!?! Really Wizards?!?! Some people think you ripped them off out of their boosters. Even though it is a common, its not even worth being a firestarter. Its that bad
Also, Innistrad is finally giving Black a vanilla "bear". Walking Corpse.
P.S. Who the HELL is not rating this card 0.5? Its too late for the Chimney Imp treatment if that is what you are going for.
Walking Corpse
Bog Raiders
Scathe Zombies
and now this..
This is an extremly HORRIBLY card!
0.5/5
Why can't I rate it less!? Dammit!
I threw a Grixis Battlemage at him.
As the flavour text says, this zombie is a product of weaker vampires. They turned some poor sap into this brainless thing: unable to think for itself, unable to understand basic motor functions. The weaker vampires don't have the skill to make it any better, so that's why it can't block.
I mean, it's worthless inside limited, but at least it makes sense why it is worthless.
The reason it has such a low rating is that more newer players paid attention to it, and they're used to the power creep.
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Yeah it's bad, not it's not *razor boomerang* bad. In limited this can still punch someone to death, and frankly, while it's bad, it can still do ok in a casual game or something. It's an easy 1.5