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Man-o'-War

Multiverse ID: 189240

Man-o'-War

Comments (29)

Magasul
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (9 votes)
Grizzly Bears + Unsummon in one card is allways nice!
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (10 votes)
I fish man-o'-war in a lake in llanowar
leomistico
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (7 votes)
A very nice card! I don't think that's so overpowered that couldn't be reprinted. Someone told that it's too good against aggro, and that gains a lot of time, but isn't this the point of a controllish creature?
However, it's a good design: simple and effective!

5/5
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0) (6 votes)
Reprinted at a cost of 4 is possible. At 3? Not in a tournament-legal product.
Demage
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0) (2 votes)
It's useful in my new Jellyfish deck with Door of Destinies.
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (9 votes)
HEAVY METAL
OR NO METAL AT ALL
WIMPS AND POSERS
LEAVE THE HALL!!!
Tommy9898
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
stingscourger has got nothing on this guy.
Cyberknight
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
@A3Kitsune: Not a 3? Not 2U, but apparently 1UU is viable even at common.
Azazyel
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
M11. Aether Adept. Same 2/2 body, same CMC, but 1BlueBlue instead of 2Blue. It's a hot chick with great art and also a Wizard, though, so I'll take the loss of splashability, thank you very much.
TheSuperbloop
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (11 votes)
Actually, real-life Man o'Wars are not true Jellyfish...(is shot).

Very nice card though. Control plus a body in one cheap package.
SweetZombiJesus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
This is possibly my favorite creature in the game. The option for blue to gain some tempo by forcing your opponent to re-cast the creature and putting a blocker down for later use, is just amazing. Of course, it is great because of it's mana-cost and it's power/toughness.

I really hope WotC reprints this card with the same art (love it too) or maybe new art by Puddnhead. It would probably be an uncommon though.
Asmodi0000
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0) (12 votes)
Only 3 mana to drop a jellyfish and then to have it bounce right back into your hand?
Wait, with Aluren you can do it for free? Endlessly?

How did wizards know my favorite thing in the world is endlessly bouncing jellyfish? I don't even need to make it part of a combo, I just want the simple pleasure of playing catchball with a semi-sentient creature.

For trully endless fun, play against an opponent who also has a man o' war or aether adept. Endless bouncing for everyone!
BuffJittePLZ
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ A3Kitsune: They did reprint this at 2 blue, 1 colorless. You're wrong again.
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Jellfish Tribal is now possiblol!!!
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http404error
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (15 votes)
YOU

JELLY

BRO

?
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0) (2 votes)
jellyfish sandwich?

jelly-fish!
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of a million cool ways to turn Aluren into a lethal Brain Freeze...

Be sure to check out the awesome anti-shark art on the Starter '99 version.
Gheta
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0) (3 votes)
A Man O War isn't a Jellyfish at all. It's 4 different creatures in a colony. The head isn't even the same, it's a thin sac of air that is shaped totally different. Flavor fail lol. Nice card though.
AvatarofBro
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Splashable Aether Adept? Yes please.
Although I use it in a mono-blue deck anyway.
Grand for my control deck, when I dont't have the counters to get rid of a fatty.
Return it to their hand and then hope I draw a counter next turn.
Lord_Sauron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Who won't love to play this one, followed by a Peel from Reality?
MushroomZach
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@SweetZombiJesus
just add Genesis Chamber and Altar of Dementia
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This could only be better if it flied.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Honestly, I'm shocked this has yet to be printed in a core set. Seems very 'Basic blue' to me.
Penniwhistle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
MANOWAR, MANOWAR, LIVING IN THE SEA
WHEN I'M SUMMONED, GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME
DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT YOU CAN STAY IN PLAY
COS I DON'T WANT NO BLOCKERS TO GET IN MY WAY

I'm glad to see that I wasn't the first person to think of a certain New York based heavy metal band.
azure_drake222222
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Goes in my hyphenated card deck.
Leumasd
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
So these are what Venser, the Sojourner is holding!
blurrymadness
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
Just like a blue mage:

"Ah you performed your dark ritual and summoned a giant demon!?
I will summon.. a Jellyfish!"

*plop*

Demon: *BLARRRHHGH IT STIIINGS! FUCK THIS!
ViashinoWizard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Unsummon on a stick. What's not to love?

I wish they'd kept the art with the shark, though. It was pretty great.
MasterBlaster74
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
one of the best tempo cards in MTG.

5/5