One of the few good cards from The Dark. Exile some weenies early on, and you've got a good source of colorless mana.
bhunji42
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Use creature control like Preacher and remove your opponents stuff. :)
kitsunewarlock
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Overall just a beast of a card. Great with colorless token generation...or those myr that retrieve one another.
boneclub
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Let it be noted that the charge counters remain on City of Shadows, even if you use it's 2nd ability.
Xancharmos
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I use this with Manipulation Chamber. I block their attacks with their own creatures and exile them before EOT.
My_Name_Is_Kaz
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Current oracle wording eliminates the word "sacrifice" for no good reason. Other cards (Dragon Appeasement, Savra, Queen of the Golgari, & Furnace Celebration) do care if you sacrifice creatures, so this represents a functional change to the card akin to the power level errata of yesteryear that is anathema to modern policy.
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Useful in various nutty decks, and funny when you eat opposing creatures that have been stolen.
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is absolutely a masterpiece of flavor (name, abilities, artwork). With proliferate is really really amazing. Nice combo with Chamber of Manipulation, but it costs discarding a card. The exile clause prevents crazy combos with Nether Traitor, Endless ***roaches or similar, and is a drawback; however, the fact that counters remain on the land after use makes it powreful!
deggdegg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow... randomly traded for this today for my Maelstrom Wanderer EDH deck because I thought it looked cool. Just played my deck, and the ability to pop my general back to the command zone at will (and ramp while doing it is insane).
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I block their attacks with their own creatures and exile them before EOT.
With proliferate is really really amazing.
Nice combo with Chamber of Manipulation, but it costs discarding a card.
The exile clause prevents crazy combos with Nether Traitor, Endless ***roaches or similar, and is a drawback; however, the fact that counters remain on the land after use makes it powreful!
I use this card with my commander, Rubinia Soulsinger. Steal and sac their creature to steal another.