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War Mammoth

Multiverse ID: 183

War Mammoth

Comments (9)

Guest841448893
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Hes not great but hes still better than dross crocodile!
Guest57443454
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
An efficient creature in Green, the only better 4-drop creature in Alpha is the Roc of Kher Ridges...
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
"An efficient creature in Green, the only better 4-drop creature in Alpha is the Roc of Kher Ridges..."

Phantom Monster feels unloved.
tasteful
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
why didnt he think a war mammoth was better than a war horse though.
TimCrockett
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In his later years, Snuffleupagus left Sesame Street and dedicated himself to growing a sweet pair of tusks and using them to impale people. It was his way of proving once and for all that he was neither imaginary nor a friend.
blackmetalbear
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There once was a War Mammoth
Whose tusks were white and red
He wished for those people to get out of his way
And now they are all dead
Guest392185251
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A mammoth walks down the street
He says why am I errata'd in the middle now
Why am I errata'd in the middle
Of the creature type of my card
I need an Adaptive Automaton
And I'm no Uncle Istvan
Don't want to end up an elephant
In an Elephant Graveyard
Boneknitter Boneknitter
Heals Hollow Dogs in the moonlight
Farrel's Zealot lost his zeal
Mistform Ultimus and Fire-belly
Said get this mammoth away from me
You know I don't find this Brushwagg amusing anymore

Chorus:
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost mount
I can call you Vetty
And Vetty when you call me
You can call Mi'cha

A dwarf walks down the street
He says why am I short of enlistments
Got a short little list of enlistments
Wo Shadowmoor's nights are so long
Where's my Matron and incendiaries
What if we mine here
Who will fetch my rutabagas
Now that my rutabaga fetchers are gone, gone
They ducked back down the digestive tract
Of some roly-poly little Femeref pestridder
All along along
There were battle cries and avalanches
There were slaves and emancipations

Chorus
Flute solo


A mammoth walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world
Maybe it's the Un-World
Or maybe it's his first time online
He doesn't speak the language
He holds no rarity
He sees a foreign card
He is surrounded by nouns, nouns
"Creature" on the type line
Enchantment hyphen aura
He looks around, around
He sees addictive ink in the R&D's Lair
Reflecting to infinity
He says Amen and Hallelujah

Chorus

If you be my bodyguard.
I can call you Vetty.
Fade Away

Excerpt from the Wikipedia entry:
In You Can Call Mi'cha, Paul Simon touches on the theme of the emammothculation faced by middle-aged Magic players. The first verse reflects the titular character's frustration with wanting to keep his unique identity instead of being lumped in with other pachyderms.
In the chorus, he finds solace in sharing his experience with another alpha card.
The second verse describes Dwarven Recruiter's frustration with how Dwarves never got the support that Goblins did, appearing briefly as recently as Shadowmoor block only to never be heard from again. The highlights of the Dwarves glorious history are touched on briefly.
Finally, we return to the titular character in a modern magic environment. Although he is confused at first, he finds salvation upon discovering the "combo" of R&D's Secret Lair and Infinite Reflections, allowing him to maintain his mammoth-hood and meet others just like him!
weasel_fierce
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
People rating this down because better creatures exist 20 years later makes me a bit sad. He was a solid stomper back then and well, its a giant mammoth and it tramples. It does exactly what you think it does.