True, the beast looks like a giant rat, but the card itself is really good.
DoctorKenneth
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Yeah, the artwork is kind of odd....they made an attempt at forced-perspective to emphasize it's size, and it sort of half-worked. Also, it looks like a giant naked mole rat. Terrifying.
But this is actually nice. Nothing fancy, just a big cheap fattie. This is what green does. It's probably the only colour that could pull off a 6-mana 8/8 with two abilities. This can never become the norm, of course, but nice once in a blue moon.
OutlawD1
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
the card is ridiculously good, probably a new gold standard for green fatties now.
but the art is ridiculously bad. a case of 'When bad art happens to good cards'
Laguz
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
An 8/8 for 6 would be good enough - especially in the lotus cobra set - but trample and cheese-screwing makes this guy solid.
I definitely like it...the artwork could be a whole lot better, but whatever. "Giant naked mole rat" sums it up perfectly. 4/5
BinarySpike
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(7 votes)
I played a Zendikar tournament today. I had 2 life left and my opponent had 13. I played Day of Judgment (Wrath of God except creatures can regenerate) Which killed my opponents 6 green token, 2 white flying token, 3 creatures, and my two flying 2/2s
I played this card, Terra Stomper, put a Trusty Machete on him for a nice 10/9 creatures. Game Over. The game was pretty epic ended up drawing 1-1 with the guy.
r-e-meatyard
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(14 votes)
Noo! They finally did it. They made a creature with Force of Nature's exact CMC and body with no drawback. The opposite, in fact. Green's hate on blue is extremely pronounced right now. Green has always been my favorite color, but even I'm ambivalent about the degree of imbalance. Oh hell- I still love this card!
Volcre
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
This is like Kalonian Behemoth that doesn't suck...
Donovan_Fabian
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
its uncounterable and really big with trample for 6, defintley not to shabby, good solid card. While everyones complaining about the art work I actually don't think much of it either way, looks fine. At worst I can make fun out of it by telling my opponents they are about to be trampled by my evil naked mole rat o' destruction. > : )
Nighthawk42
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
While spells have gotten weaker over time, creatures have definitely gotten better. This vs the old Force of Nature is a pretty amazing shift...and FoN was already pretty fearsome if you didn't have an answer immediately.
FogRaider
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Madformedusa, if you didn't notice, Naturalize doesn't remove creatures and Acidic slime is 5CMC and can be evaded or removed in regards to keeping creatures safe.
Although I don't want to jump to conclusions, I tend to agree the anti-blue aspect of this card is pretty crazy. What could blue answer this with?
With all the mana speed green has in zendikar, was this really necessary? an 8/8 for 6 cmc that can't be countered? -Khalani heart -Oracle of Mul Daya -Harrow -Lotus Cobra (did I even have to say it?) If this isn't the biggest middle finger to blue yet idk what it is. Besides Great Sable Stag
Lestat13
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(11 votes)
Formats where big dumb creatures are tier 1: 0
Draw go in blue: 91942
Not overpowered, need proof? Watch it not wreck the top tables.
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(26 votes)
What could blue answer this with, you ask?
"Why fight the body when you can dominate the mind that rules it?"
:)
klauth
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Another blue answer would be
"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends."
Daesik
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I think Baloth Woodcrasher is a better card in standard. You can build around the woodcrasher with crazy shenanigans like: Khalni Heart Expedition Fetchland Harrow Sac Khalni. That's 6 land drops, making a total of +24/+24. So you have a 28/28 Trampler. Then give him Vines.
I still think this is an awesome card though, pulling him out in Limited really rocks.
LeoKula
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Good bye, Avatar or Might.
Alex123321
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
6 for 8/8 is good enough but cant be coutered and trample just makes that card the only card that is positive sign for green in zendikar.
kittyspit
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(2 votes)
and i agree with Eggroll.
blue has been so shunned by wizards its frightening to think about what green might become next...
this is an awesome card...it's perfect...as a target for mind control.
U-caster
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I WANT IT.
Silverware
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card could have had a draw back such as "sacrifice a creature when Terra Stomper enters play" and still have been a great card. 6cmc for an 8/8 trampler that can't be countered that has generic mana in its cost is amazing.
ninetailedfox
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
weird out of drafting this set so much i have never seen this guy
Kataklyzmik
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(5 votes)
I figured out how to drop two of these guys on turn three. Scared? You should be.
KiDroboto
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
One of my buddies in my green deck o' doom.
Maikeru-san
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(5 votes)
BEASTLY CARD LOL,i have him, kalonian behemoth, and plated slagwurm in garruks deck and your DONE!!!^-^
Ladnarud
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Ridiculously awesome efficiency for the mana cost... but there just isn't much that's special about this guy. If you're playing a fatty green deck, he's simply one fatty that can't be countered. Trample isn't all too special in said deck either.
For one more generic mana, I'd much rather trade anti-countering and trample for the uber-shroud of Plated Slagwurm.
achilleselbow
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
All the more relevant now with Rise of the Eldrazi out. While your opponent is jumping through hoops to get enough spawn tokens to cast his 7/7 Hand of Emrakul or his 8/8 Ulamog's Crusher, you've got a better creature than either of those out on turn 4 or so. Combined with the other green fatties, you should be able to kill him, or at least put him on the defensive before he can start attacking and making you sacrifice all your lands.
Alpinefroggy
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
I'm not very fond of huge creatures but this is just awesome. Reason being that this is an 8/8 creature for siz mana already useful. But then give him trample and make him uncounterable
ion1000
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Why are they making so many broke cards??? It's ridiculous!
sancrosact
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
How is this a 50 cent card? MTG has gotten so jaded from when I started playing back in the late 90s during the Urza Block. If this thing came out with that set, it probably would've garnered a $10 price tag and would've been considered the defining fatty of any of the three urza block sets. I take nearly a decade long magic hiatus, and come back to see this thing priced at 43 cents on blackborder.com.
TheSwarm
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(37 votes)
So WOTC was sittin around smoking their weed and one guy (who was relatively sober) was like, Dude, turn 6 8/8. (Giggles) Guy number two. DUUUDE, give him TRAMPLE!! (More giggles) Then the third guy was like... dudes... ya ready? He can't be countered. (Silence.. followed by the largest recorded giggle fit in human history and every blue player in the room silently weaping on the inside.)
The same group then went on to create the ENTIRE eldrazi set.
Eved
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Slap Spider Umbra on this guy and you can block just about anything you want.
Or you can trample people to death without any comboes at all :D
Mindbend
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(9 votes)
and oh force of nature did weep. give it another decade and we will have
10/10 trampler , regnarate
8/8 flying vigalince lifelink first strike , protection from cards
{B} add 10 mana to your mana pool and cast cards from you graveyard
{R} do ten damage to 10 targets
{U} counter all spells ever
dear MTG this is what u should do: ban the last 3 sets and start making cards as before onslaught block, and the art, OMG was sooo better before, ursa block and the sorrunding sets have so lovely art, but these....
JackBauer24
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Word to TheSwarm !! Obviously power creep... -.- Would have never seen something like that 10 years ago in the good old days. Anyway fun to play it :D
DespisedIcon
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Mtg is in a vicious circle of Sick removal - Sick fatties - Some more sick removal - Some sick fatties WITH shroud or INDESTRUCTIBLE - More sick removal that ignores indestructibility - The Eldrazi - what's next..? When is this going to stop? :(
ChippyForever
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Rather sad I've lived to see the classic Force of Nature obsoleted by a... naked-mole bear-pig? Don't get me wrong, it's amazing card, and you ARE going to wreck someone's day when you play it, but it just seems like someone said "Let's take an awesome but still reasonable card and just cut that whole "reasonable" thing." I suppose Force still has one thing going for it - no one in their right mind is ever going to use mind control on it.
phantom.lance
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
with the power ramp pushing sky high, it's not surprising. just look at primeval titan...now THAT thing is $60 and rising still. i'm almost thinking a person from the R&D team was pushing to add shroud for the stomper.
but agree with sancrosact, how the heck is this valued at 50 cents?? blue must be very underpowered in standard/extended for people not to even consider stocking up on this.
qaq456
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
the thing is all twisted around the art is uck
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
A defining fatty in my green deck. Not only does he come out quickly and wreck the house, but blue can't do a whole lot about it. And the art might distract people from making key strategic decisions.
EvilCleavage
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(8 votes)
Terra Stomper represents Green extremely well. This guy is everything you could want from a green creature.
Enemy_Tricolor
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Awesome card, I just wish it didn't look like it was saying "HURRRRR".
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's fun to watch some stupid blue-playing opponent deny you your beefsticks, then drop this. Then they will probably still control magic it, but at least it's beating face for someone.
Gaussgoat
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Dera Terra Stomper,
Thanks so much for helping me to kill all those stupid U/W control decks that are freaking everywhere now. I'm your #1 fan!
jumpenrun
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Is this a hybrid of a hippo, bear and a big cat??? lol
AmericanVigor
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Another of Green's undercosted creatures with big power.
It's a very quick board advantage taker.
HPS
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I have to revised that one, waht I was trying to say was:
Sometimes violent combat steps, one-sided games, and piles of dead blue players are wrongly attributed to the can't-be-countered ability.
Eldraziking187
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This has got to be the gayest card in MTG. when I say gay I mean ridiculous power level for way to cheap....GAY
Kindulas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This is blatant disregard for cost balance. I'm a green player who hates counterspells, but they don't give any excuse for making the cost so low,no drawback, just 10 mana worth of ablility for 6. Since when does being color heavy get CMC reduced by 4? i mean, at least Kalonian Behemoth can't be targeted by your own buff, a big issue for green, so it's fair. Plated Slagwurmis bad like this but not on the same scale, this is crazy.
NeoMint
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This lacks the sex appeal of Force of Nature. They shouldn't outclass old creatures until they have something better conceptually than old warhorses.
raadface
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
6 mana for an 8/8 trample that cant be countered? red's having a hard enough time just pumping out a 5/5 flyer for 6 mana let alone uncountable or anything else
if this isnt signs of power creep, i dont know what is lol, this card seems insane to me, especially for a rare, mono green is looking strong
kiseki
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Green is getting closer to its rightful place with creatures. It still needs a high level creature type like Angel/Demon/Dragon, and better unsolvability, but this shows they are trying.
scumbling1
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This kinda makes Force of Nature look stupid. Ok -- maybe the force didn't need any help, but this just juxtaposes it to absurdity. It's strictly better than FoN, and yet it's not really that strong a card.
Alan13
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Green has a high level creature type Angel/Demon/Dragon its Elemental and i think blue is getting the Sphinx.
dragonking987
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Kindulas if you think this is the best green has to offer you need to look harder.
ajpinton
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
@True_Mumin "What could blue answer this with..." Mind Break Trap, will exile the card off the stack and not counter it.
How does this card have a less than 5 star rating? Its a 8/8 trample for 6cmc. What more could you people want?
Angry_Puppy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
oh no, theres no power creep here.
BlackKWYte
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(3 votes)
1/2 Star for adding trample on top of an uncounterable six mana cost fatty
Khultar
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
too amazing. but wut the hell is that thing???
stille_nacht
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
yaaay powercreep!
TheWallinator74
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
*** yes. Terra Stomper pwns. And to all of you who are saying Blue is getting the shaft, are you high? Blue is still the single most broken color in Magic. If you don't believe me, Cancel, Mind Control, and Rite of Replication, for starters.
COWBOYS-FAN
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love seeing the combos. and all the endless info i am learning thanks guys. and this is now the 20th card i haft to purchase!
Jesus Christ... reading through these comments gave me a headache. This card is NOT overpowered, for the love of God. Not even close. Even while Blue was completely dominant in standard a short time ago, enough so to warrant the first Standard bannings in many years, this card never saw play at any high level. This isn't really power creep, either - yes, it's almost strictly better than a card printed a long time ago, but that card was trash anyways. There are creatures far better than this printed years ago, so it's really not power creep.
Force of Nature was jank, and this is too. What does it actually DO? Nothing. It doesn't fit in any good deck. It amounts to a gigantic, french vanilla beater, which isn't what any competitive deck needs unless it happens to cost 2 mana (Tarmogoyf). Any sort of mono-green ramp deck is much better off using the slots for Primeval Titan or any other acceleration which will help further you into playing game-ending Eldrazi that are far harder to answer by all colours than Terra Stomper is harder to answer by just blue. The only other decks with green that are even vaguely competitive are Valakut, which is a combo deck that doesn't need a random beater, and Elves, which doesn't need a 6 mana non-elf creature.
It's an efficient card but it's not even worth considering for competitive play, and is basically underpowered. I'm sure it's powerful in casual play, but a million things are powerful in casual play and if every card casual players said was broken was actually broken, there'd be at least a thousand broken cards. Casual play is a terrible metric for whether or not something is overpowered.
I was wondering how long it would take you to get past my Wall of Denial.
Bulhakas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Thinking a blatantly overpowered card is actually underpowered ought to be proof enough of lunacy. Henrietta should be institutionalised. Also, overpowered and competitive aren't synonyms, Henrietta. Learn english.
Also in RoE Blue got Sphinx of Magosi which I think is better than this.
So IF Green is still supposed to be "the Creature Color" then even steeper power creep is needed in it's creatures. Sick?
Radagast
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(12 votes)
Remember when Force of Nature was a strong card?
One could argue power-creep, but on the flip side, Force of Nature was never played in any tournament level decks because of its crippling upkeep. This fella is a Force with no upkeep, and it can't be countered... and yet it is still sitting in the $1 rare bin because it has to compete with Primeval Titan. The Titan *is* an example of power-creep, since it alone is played vs. this card and other cards of similar power level.
Shadoflaam
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Goddamn it, how did this masterful piece of green's mighty slice of the great pie see 0% standard play?!?! SPINED THOPTER saw more play than this!
Shard_Fenix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Balancing games is for noobs.
If this were printed in invasion, it would cost 9, and Elvish Archdruid wouldn't be laughing.
OmegaSerris
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I think this is a pretty good example of the run away train that Wizard's R&D has become. I'm not going to say "power creep" because it is so over quoted that the term has lost it's meaning. I mean the battle between removal vs creatures that Magic has become.
If you don't believe me, look at the older removal spells. Slow, costly, and/or restricted. This is why older creatures could afford to be worse for their cost. They would stick around a lot longer. Or they would be hit with more pseudo-removal and could be recovered.
So how does Wizards make the cost of casting a creature in this environment worth it? Lower the mana cost! Up the power/toughness! MORE ABILITIES! YES! YES! Oh sh*t! These creatures are getting insane. People can't win against aggro decks anymore... MORE REMOVAL!
I don't know specifically which came first. I'm willing to bet it was the flashy creatures (like above, only earlier generations) in an attempt to draw new players and impress old ones. But it has seriously gotten out of control.
dlgn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This is very stupid and insane. Just had to get that out there. An 8/8 for 6 is good enough, but with the other abilities, this is the green Phyrexian Obliterator.
lyysander
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I first saw this card, I thought it was a giant bear. Oh how wrong I was.
LordOfTheFlies87
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
People whining about power creep. Go enjoy your Force Of Nature. We'll have more fun, thank you.
Kesth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh why oh why didn't I start Magic on Zendikar D:
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The unbalanced, braindead version of Force of Nature, with particularly ugly, generic art.
Hasbro, just STOP IT ALREADY with overpowered, ugly trampling green creatures, and let green be good at SOMETHING ELSE besides big, ugly overpowered, undercosted creatures. Bring back Regrowth, bring back Storm Seeker, bring back the fun.
jam_marie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have one and he's never made it into any of my decks, even the casual ones. Whenever I'm putting him in, I hear it in my head, clear as day: DOOOOOOOOOOOOM BLAAAAAAAAAAADE!
TheWrathofShane
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Power 9 took a dump on force of nature. Now without the power 9, remove his drawback and give him another nice ability, and hes still in the dollar rare bin.
This is not power creep... This is learning what makes creatures playable.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly not the perfect example of a big Green creature, since it doesn't have Hexproof or ridiculous quantities of G symbols. Reach, Deathtouch, Lure, and mana accel can be left to more supporty types, but I still think Primalcrux and Khalni Hydra are much Greener Timmy cards than this. Plated Slagwurm also is, because although it is one mana less efficient, its picture is actually that of a giant menacing beast, not some annoying wombat.
Marzen64
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
All beware the Stompalope!
DoragonShinzui
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Really surprised it didn't see play, considering how it curves so well from Asceticism.
auhosj877
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Ok for those who are wondering why this or other cards like it don't see constructed play and why everyone just says "dies to removal" with something like this, is if you spend 6 mana on your spell and then your opponent spends 2 mana on a doom blade, they are coming out waaaaaaaaaaay ahead. To combat that, you either want something with hexproof or shroud like a thrun, or something that gives immediate value, like primeval titan or avenger of zendikar, so that if it dies, you still get something out of your spell. The only creatures that see play that don't have these upsides are things that are very cheap and still very powerful like tarmogoyf or knight of the reliquary, or in standard, the very rare spell that is so powerful that you will take the risk of losing tempo, like baneslayer angel, wolfir silverheart, or hero of bladehold.
Continue
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
An 8/8 for ? Okay. Green is known for its color-heavy but strong creatures. Trample? Um, okay, but that might be a little much... Uncounterable? Wait, what the shit?!
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Having had a playset of this card at one time, I can say from experience that it's simply not as good as it looks at first glance. Efficient beaters just don't cut it nowadays unless they protect themselves with shroud or something. It's really unfortunate how often this eats removal.
Of course it's pretty nice against blue decks though.
OttoT
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's not even a mythic :c
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How is it ugly? It reminds me of the primordial behemoths that used to roam the Earth in ages past.
Totema
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's like my Rattata is in the top percentage of Rattata!
RocOfKherRidges
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Big fan of nostalgia and I try to use old cards as much as possible (with the white border too!), but Force of Nature's upkeep was as unplayably sucky then as it is now. This is simply that old mistake fixed with a cool, one-time-use ability stapled to it. No big deal.
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Poor aboroth... now try to tell me power creep isn't real
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Doragonshinzui: Facedesk. Nobody plays Asceticism in constructed. It's too slow and you already need to have creatures out (which basically means winning). It's casual only, just like this card because big creatures that don't do anything are only good in limited.
nevenshinko
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
GREAT CARD BUT TERRIBLE ART
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
with good mana boosting in a mono green deck you cant get it on turn 3. i got to do it and my opponent stayed open-mothed for a whole minute.
theindigoeffect
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm new to Magic, so could someone please define the text explaining that Terra Stomper can't be countered? Does that mean that he is immune to activated abilities and spells? For example, would Terra Stomper be immune to Doom Blade or Lightning Bolt, or does it mean something completely different? I honestly have no idea what it means, which is why I'm asking.
Polarith
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@theindigoeffect
We all start at some point so there is no problem with asking, though I will say whoever taught you to play needs a kick for not teaching this.
'Countering' is normally on mainly blue spells (though it is seen on a couple of cards outside blue) that goes along the lines of 'counter target spell'.
A card is a spell when it is in your hand or being played. The card counts as being played after you have paid any costs (Mana normally) but before it either turns into a permanent (creature, enchantment etc) or the card does its effect. Like this:
Pay Mana Name Card Check that nobody wishes to respond to the card being played (we will get to that) Card becomes a permanent or the spell resolves doing whatever it says it is.
Countering a spell involves responding in that third step. If you are successful in countering the spell generally goes to the graveyard and the player that cast the counter spell has denied his opponent from having what they wanted.
Going back to Terra Stomper, it cannot be countered by cards that counter spells as above, meaning that the player that casts it has one less thing to worry about and will almost certainly get it into play. Doom Blade and Lightning bolt are not counter spells. they simply do what they say, killing terra stomper or dealing 3 damage to it respectively.
I hope that helps and if you were taking the pea (incorrect spelling to fool the censor is fun) and feigned ignorance then you are a bad, bad man.
OlvynChuru
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@Shard_Fenix
What are you talking about? Invasion block was pretty much the start of massive power creep! There were those legendary three-color dragons (6/6 flyers for 6 with no drawback and ANOTHER ability), there was the list of really powerful instants and sorceries that just went on and on (Terminate, Vindicate, Recoil, Fact or Fiction, Temporal Spring, Gerrard's Verdict and more), and not to mention SPIRITMONGER! While you might say that Terra Stomper is better than Spiritmonger, that is still up to debate.
Comments (102)
But this is actually nice. Nothing fancy, just a big cheap fattie. This is what green does. It's probably the only colour that could pull off a 6-mana 8/8 with two abilities. This can never become the norm, of course, but nice once in a blue moon.
but the art is ridiculously bad. a case of 'When bad art happens to good cards'
I definitely like it...the artwork could be a whole lot better, but whatever. "Giant naked mole rat" sums it up perfectly. 4/5
I played this card, Terra Stomper, put a Trusty Machete on him for a nice 10/9 creatures. Game Over. The game was pretty epic ended up drawing 1-1 with the guy.
Although I don't want to jump to conclusions, I tend to agree the anti-blue aspect of this card is pretty crazy. What could blue answer this with?
EDIT: Mindbreak Trap, evidently.
-Khalani heart
-Oracle of Mul Daya
-Harrow
-Lotus Cobra (did I even have to say it?)
If this isn't the biggest middle finger to blue yet idk what it is. Besides Great Sable Stag
Draw go in blue: 91942
Not overpowered, need proof? Watch it not wreck the top tables.
"Why fight the body when you can dominate the mind that rules it?"
:)
"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends."
Khalni Heart Expedition
Fetchland
Harrow
Sac Khalni.
That's 6 land drops, making a total of +24/+24. So you have a 28/28 Trampler. Then give him Vines.
I still think this is an awesome card though, pulling him out in Limited really rocks.
blue has been so shunned by wizards its frightening to think about what green might become next...
For one more generic mana, I'd much rather trade anti-countering and trample for the uber-shroud of Plated Slagwurm.
The same group then went on to create the ENTIRE eldrazi set.
Or you can trample people to death without any comboes at all :D
{B} add 10 mana to your mana pool and cast cards from you graveyard
{R} do ten damage to 10 targets
{U} counter all spells ever
Would have never seen something like that 10 years ago in the good old days.
Anyway fun to play it :D
When is this going to stop? :(
I suppose Force still has one thing going for it - no one in their right mind is ever going to use mind control on it.
but agree with sancrosact, how the heck is this valued at 50 cents?? blue must be very underpowered in standard/extended for people not to even consider stocking up on this.
Thanks so much for helping me to kill all those stupid U/W control decks that are freaking everywhere now. I'm your #1 fan!
It's a very quick board advantage taker.
Terra Stomper + Giant Growth + Bloodscent. Game Over for any opponents!
if this isnt signs of power creep, i dont know what is lol, this card seems insane to me, especially for a rare, mono green is looking strong
"What could blue answer this with..."
Mind Break Trap, will exile the card off the stack and not counter it.
How does this card have a less than 5 star rating? Its a 8/8 trample for 6cmc. What more could you people want?
Mind Control. Whoops i accidently the game.
Force of Nature was jank, and this is too. What does it actually DO? Nothing. It doesn't fit in any good deck. It amounts to a gigantic, french vanilla beater, which isn't what any competitive deck needs unless it happens to cost 2 mana (Tarmogoyf). Any sort of mono-green ramp deck is much better off using the slots for Primeval Titan or any other acceleration which will help further you into playing game-ending Eldrazi that are far harder to answer by all colours than Terra Stomper is harder to answer by just blue. The only other decks with green that are even vaguely competitive are Valakut, which is a combo deck that doesn't need a random beater, and Elves, which doesn't need a 6 mana non-elf creature.
It's an efficient card but it's not even worth considering for competitive play, and is basically underpowered. I'm sure it's powerful in casual play, but a million things are powerful in casual play and if every card casual players said was broken was actually broken, there'd be at least a thousand broken cards. Casual play is a terrible metric for whether or not something is overpowered.
What a stupid card.
And yet this has nothing over more power creeped creatures in other colors like Phyrexian Obliterator in Black, Consecrated Sphinx in Blue, Flametongue Kavu in Red, Baneslayer Angel in White and Wurmcoil Engine in Artifacts.
Also in RoE Blue got Sphinx of Magosi which I think is better than this.
So IF Green is still supposed to be "the Creature Color" then even steeper power creep is needed in it's creatures. Sick?
One could argue power-creep, but on the flip side, Force of Nature was never played in any tournament level decks because of its crippling upkeep. This fella is a Force with no upkeep, and it can't be countered... and yet it is still sitting in the $1 rare bin because it has to compete with Primeval Titan. The Titan *is* an example of power-creep, since it alone is played vs. this card and other cards of similar power level.
If this were printed in invasion, it would cost 9, and Elvish Archdruid wouldn't be laughing.
If you don't believe me, look at the older removal spells. Slow, costly, and/or restricted. This is why older creatures could afford to be worse for their cost. They would stick around a lot longer. Or they would be hit with more pseudo-removal and could be recovered.
Now we have Doom Blade and it's 5+ cousins that all put Terror to shame. Even
So how does Wizards make the cost of casting a creature in this environment worth it? Lower the mana cost! Up the power/toughness! MORE ABILITIES! YES! YES! Oh sh*t! These creatures are getting insane. People can't win against aggro decks anymore... MORE REMOVAL!
I don't know specifically which came first. I'm willing to bet it was the flashy creatures (like above, only earlier generations) in an attempt to draw new players and impress old ones. But it has seriously gotten out of control.
Hasbro, just STOP IT ALREADY with overpowered, ugly trampling green creatures, and let green be good at SOMETHING ELSE besides big, ugly overpowered, undercosted creatures. Bring back Regrowth, bring back Storm Seeker, bring back the fun.
This is not power creep... This is learning what makes creatures playable.
Trample? Um, okay, but that might be a little much...
Uncounterable? Wait, what the shit?!
Of course it's pretty nice against blue decks though.
now try to tell me power creep isn't real
We all start at some point so there is no problem with asking, though I will say whoever taught you to play needs a kick for not teaching this.
'Countering' is normally on mainly blue spells (though it is seen on a couple of cards outside blue) that goes along the lines of 'counter target spell'.
A card is a spell when it is in your hand or being played. The card counts as being played after you have paid any costs (Mana normally) but before it either turns into a permanent (creature, enchantment etc) or the card does its effect. Like this:
Pay Mana
Name Card
Check that nobody wishes to respond to the card being played (we will get to that)
Card becomes a permanent or the spell resolves doing whatever it says it is.
Countering a spell involves responding in that third step. If you are successful in countering the spell generally goes to the graveyard and the player that cast the counter spell has denied his opponent from having what they wanted.
Going back to Terra Stomper, it cannot be countered by cards that counter spells as above, meaning that the player that casts it has one less thing to worry about and will almost certainly get it into play. Doom Blade and Lightning bolt are not counter spells. they simply do what they say, killing terra stomper or dealing 3 damage to it respectively.
I hope that helps and if you were taking the pea (incorrect spelling to fool the censor is fun) and feigned ignorance then you are a bad, bad man.
What are you talking about? Invasion block was pretty much the start of massive power creep! There were those legendary three-color dragons (6/6 flyers for 6 with no drawback and ANOTHER ability), there was the list of really powerful instants and sorceries that just went on and on (Terminate, Vindicate, Recoil, Fact or Fiction, Temporal Spring, Gerrard's Verdict and more), and not to mention SPIRITMONGER! While you might say that Terra Stomper is better than Spiritmonger, that is still up to debate.