Really enjoyed playing this on my Drudge Skeletons in my Limited PreRelease.
ZEvilMustache
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Moldervine Cloak was great in limited, even though I hardly ever used the dredge ability. This seems like really excellent design work.
God_of_Destruction
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I think that's Jackal Familiar right there...
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Not as amazing as Moldervine Cloak, but still a great card. Its too bad that Troll Ascetic isn't in M10; it would be sweet as hell to play this enchantment on him.
GearWarriorK
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(7 votes)
Great card if you're wanting to give a powerboost to something small, or if you just want to torment your opponent by making something badass even more badass. I have two in my current Forest/Plains deck, and I messed up my opponent when I played it on a Stampeding Rhino.
Final Comment:
Great card.
sir_dwar
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Blanchwood armor is better in any mostly green deck.
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
This is okay, but I would rather have some nice Blanchwood Armor.
.Fighter.
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(5 votes)
White Deck + This + 4 Jungle Shrine and 4 Graypelt Refuge = Awesome.
This might have been OK before Boar Umbra blew it out of the water.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Arguably better than Blanchwood Armor in limited, as this is more splashable, and as strictly better Moldervine Cloak and Boar Umbra are both unprintable in core sets, this is a worthy replacement.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Blanchwood armour makes this appear weak by comparison, unless you have very little forests in your multicolour deck.
A3Kitsune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Art depicts a wolf. Reference to Timber Wolves, perhaps?
I don't see why everyone is oo'ing and aweing. This is terrible! It's right on what you expect to get for your mana cost... except that it's an enchantment
It's exactly what MTG has been trying not to do for several sets now. Bouncing Auras, Umbras, auras that produce a token when they leave, or auras that are powerful enough (I.E. you get a lot for what you pay for) are what are required to make auras "Worth it".
Something like this is saying "hey I spent third or fourth turn buffing up a guy you didn't like anyway, hope you don't use any of the mega powerful removal (or even bounce cards..) to 2 for 1 me!"
2 stars - two steps backwards
mikee_rules
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@boar umbra. that is all.
Keiya
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Meh, they could have just taken Elephant Guide to a Core Set...
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Set it on fire!
Shadoflaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This thing gave my creatures wood.
ninjabear
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I understand that The Powers That Be don't want to put this Moldervine Cloak or Boar Umbra in a core set, and it's reasonable, but I don't understand why they couldn't make a car that is almost always clearly inferior to the other two cards. Why not giving it a simple, slight edge? Like, it gets +3/+3 and trample and/or reach...
Phelplan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ninjabear Agreed. They could have easily made this +3/+4 and set it apart from its competition. (And it still would have worked as a common.)
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Final Comment:
Great card.
Especially with Mesa Enchantress.
It's exactly what MTG has been trying not to do for several sets now. Bouncing Auras, Umbras, auras that produce a token when they leave, or auras that are powerful enough (I.E. you get a lot for what you pay for) are what are required to make auras "Worth it".
Something like this is saying "hey I spent third or fourth turn buffing up a guy you didn't like anyway, hope you don't use any of the mega powerful removal (or even bounce cards..) to 2 for 1 me!"
2 stars - two steps backwards