Why do planeswalkers fear Zendikar? Is it the volatile terrain, blood-thirsty vampires, or ancient traps? Nope. It's the Fungus Beasts. Planeswalkers HATE fungus beasts.
LeafWheels
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This thing is awesome utility! It even destroy's targeted Planeswalkers (or artifacts, enchantments, LANDS). I think it's funny that it's a fungus. I don't know why.
Volcre
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Perhaps the kicker should have been G or its CMC should have been one less. But its still a really solid green card with all the useful enchantments people tend to play in Zendikar. And even when someone doesn't have an enchantment, artifact or planeswalker you can still take out a useful land...
Dingo777
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
good spot removal, eliminate the splash land they have, and it is still a solid 3/3 body, at 6 mana it is costly, but think of all the things you could end up killing then, whats that, you are gonna chandra's last ability next turn for game, sorry, mold shambler, kicked, you are gonna have to think of something more creative then recycled spells
Reins
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I think WOT messed up the flavour of this card. It looks like it was intended to be a Creeping Mold + Beast creature package, but done in a lazy manner. No logical reason it should be destroying mighty planeswalkers too.
littlebeast
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(6 votes)
Yeah, I think they just didn't think enough about it to realize it could destroy planeswalkers. Artifacts, enchantments, lands make sense. But planeswalkers?
Oh well. Flavor aside, it's a good utility beast.
klaff
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
They realized that it could destroy planeswalkers. Green needed something that could as it really didn't have any options (same thing with black) they gave them both a solution in Zendikar, green with this and black has the Hexmage.
The game is about rules and balance as much as it is about flavour.
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Solid creature with a great flex ability, I love it. Really cool artwork and flavor as well, this guy would be right at home with other plants like the Fungusaur or the Golgari Rotwurm.
As many others have mentioned, wasting a Planeswalker is a nice option.
He also does a fine job of taking out those pesky artifacts and enchantments. In a pinch, use him to take out a strong land like Crypt of Agadeem.
Flexibility is nice. It also combos well with Garruk's Packleader to give you cards as you blow stuff up.
fuzzyvision
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I am loving this card lately. Great for land destruction and he eats Jace the Mind Sculptor for breakfast.
AnelDerys
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I know almost nobody will read this as it's months after this card released. I just wanted to point out a couple things about this card:
1. This is the creature pictured on the enchantment Electropotence 2. "This is strictly worse than Acidic Slime" is a criminally punishable statement, as this kills planeswalkers & therefore is incomparable to ^^ 3. I'm putting this in my GW Sun Titan Control Deck in place of Acidic Slime because I feel like bruising Gideon Jura's ego a little since that jerk tries to actually swing at me *gasps* from out of the recently developed Caw-Go deck. (btw, I stomp that deck, but I hate Gideon because he's a _____!)
Nighthawk42
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Closest alternative is Acidic Slime. Slime is effectively 1 less to cast and has deathtouch, but can't kill planeswalkers.
lordofthekithkins
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Kills Jace the Mind Sculptor
Steinhauser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You've served me well these many months, but alas, you're outmoded. Brutalizer Exarch may not be a hippo, but he does the same job for the same cost, with the bonus option to tutor up something scary. (Which beats Mold Shambler's bonus option of being a Hill Giant.)
I prefer Nantuko Vigilante. For 1 mana less (and not all at once) you can destroy an enchantment or artifact at instant speed. This may have an extra 1 toughness and a little more flexibility, but that it only offers sorcery-speed destruction and you have to pay all the mana at once.
Mirrordin_Pure
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He seems like a fun guy....beast.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Good for limited, good for casual
Wizards was desperate for Walker-balance in other colors while not wanting to print Hurricane cards; especially green based direct damage in a LAND block.
Honestly, in Zendikar and casual it's not that hard to get him out T3 with a ramped start. T1 - Joraga Treespeaker T2 - Level Treespeaker, play any other ramp card that costs 2 mana T3 - This guy kicked
If you instead wait to T4, the treespeaker does it by himself. Ramping has never been easier :D
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Oh well. Flavor aside, it's a good utility beast.
The game is about rules and balance as much as it is about flavour.
As many others have mentioned, wasting a Planeswalker is a nice option.
He also does a fine job of taking out those pesky artifacts and enchantments. In a pinch, use him to take out a strong land like Crypt of Agadeem.
4/5
I just wanted to point out a couple things about this card:
1. This is the creature pictured on the enchantment Electropotence
2. "This is strictly worse than Acidic Slime" is a criminally punishable statement, as this kills planeswalkers & therefore is incomparable to ^^
3. I'm putting this in my GW Sun Titan Control Deck in place of Acidic Slime because I feel like bruising Gideon Jura's ego a little since that jerk tries to actually swing at me *gasps* from out of the recently developed Caw-Go deck. (btw, I stomp that deck, but I hate Gideon because he's a _____!)
Opponent: Nicol Bolas attack!
You: Tetsuo Umezawa
Opponent: Ouch!
Now:
Opponent: I play Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker!
You: Mold Shambler
Opponent: Ouch!
Wizards was desperate for Walker-balance in other colors while not wanting to print Hurricane cards; especially green based direct damage in a LAND block.
Honestly, in Zendikar and casual it's not that hard to get him out T3 with a ramped start.
T1 - Joraga Treespeaker
T2 - Level Treespeaker, play any other ramp card that costs 2 mana
T3 - This guy kicked
If you instead wait to T4, the treespeaker does it by himself. Ramping has never been easier :D