In esper this is going to be a 2/2 for 1... thats actually very good... but there are so many other good cards, will you have room for this one?
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Master of Etherium combo, thats all I gotta say.
Mode
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@SavageBrain: That's not exactly a combo, i'd rather call it a synergy...a decent one, though. But aside from that it's still a great card and as stated by Atrues, effectively a 2/2 one-drop most of the time.
deadguyred
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yeah, someone will figure something crazy out with him and break it
Champion_Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Really easy to pull off by the combat phase on turn 2. Hey, Ancient Den!
Digit
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's rather unfortunate that this won't be around in Standard when Scars of Mirrodin comes out in the fall. I can only imagine how this would interact with the artifacts in that block.
Vampire96
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
2/2 at first turn, just drop an Ornithopter or similar card :P
Robface
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very easily a 2/2 one drop.
MasterOfEtherium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Tempered Steel!
feeble2002
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is a great 1 drop 2/2 for decks that play artifacts. Works well in legacy affinity or any artifact heavy deck. Just add a few artifact lands (ancient den etc.) and maybe Memnite, Ornithopter, or Mox Opal. He also contributes to affinity, being an artifact. With Mox Opal to provide the mana base he should see more play. Great stuff.
Anubisisking
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turn 1 Ancient Den + this guy?
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What's that, Ancient Den? Sorry, didn't see you there!
Both this and Ardent Recruit are really overachieving in the art department.
GraemeGunn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I would rather this card read "Court Homunculus gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
To me this card is telling me that he gets +1/+1 as long as you have an artifact besides him, just the one time. Two artifacts? Well, you still control an artifact that's not him, so he still only gets +1/+1.
Why is the effect cumulative? Would Tolarian Academy have made sense if it read "Add one blue mana to your mana pool as long as you control an artifact." No, it wouldn't have.
I think this card needs errata.
Reversed
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you're doing it right, he should be dropping as a 2/2 for W. Compare with Isamaru, Hound of Konda. This one isn't affected by the legends rule, and is an artifact creature. It evades some black removal, while being prone to artifact removal. But 2/2 for one mana is always good.
Here's the problem: If you're playing artifacts, there's simply more interesting things for you to be doing than dropping a 2/2 guy without any abilities, even if the price you paid is very low.
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But aside from that it's still a great card and as stated by Atrues, effectively a 2/2 one-drop most of the time.
To me this card is telling me that he gets +1/+1 as long as you have an artifact besides him, just the one time. Two artifacts? Well, you still control an artifact that's not him, so he still only gets +1/+1.
Why is the effect cumulative? Would Tolarian Academy have made sense if it read "Add one blue mana to your mana pool as long as you control an artifact." No, it wouldn't have.
I think this card needs errata.
Here's the problem: If you're playing artifacts, there's simply more interesting things for you to be doing than dropping a 2/2 guy without any abilities, even if the price you paid is very low.