If wizards had a brain, even a primitive one, they most surly would have created a better card than this piece of crap.
CheloniaMania
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
the only use i can think of right now is to turn that poor creature inside out to kill it without regeneration still the mana cost makes this card TERRIBLE even for that
The only way to make use out of it is by multi-blocking your opponent's fattie, then casting this on it. But if you like playing defensive combat tricks, why not just play Righteousness?
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(8 votes)
The only way to make this fair is to make it cost just as much as Righteousness.
Johnald
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I have a lot of fun with this card. It may be a bit pricey but I like combining it with inside out. Anything with 7 or less power will get killed.
Sidek
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
This is simply so bad. Lol.
Moonleaf
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
If only it was an Aura with Flash... Then it would be semi-useful
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
What a waste of a cool idea, good picture and great flavor text. At 4CC, this thing is ludicrously overpriced. I mean, for 3CC I could even make an allowance for it as a combat trick, but this is brutal.
I will say that the one practical application I can see is against people who use huge amounts of deathtouch in their decks. This will let you kill the creature as a combat trick and not lose your own guy.
1/5
Test-Subject_217601
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like -X/-0 cards. Now if only they were more useful... well, at least this one has nice art.
sarroth
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Gaussgoat: I just have to say this, because when I read your post I wondered at first why you said this cost 6 mana. It is CMC. Converted Mana Cost. Just a single C is R&D shorthand for "mana of X color." If a card cost 4CC, then it could be {4}{G}{G}, {4}{B}{B}, and probably even {4}{R}{U}. So you could refer to this as a 4 CMC or a 3C card. Either way, it's best if we all use the same terminology and shorthand.
This is one of those cards that a new player might really like, because there are huge creatures out there, and it'd be fun to go "well, it's now a 0/x and doesn't do any damage." But then they get better at the game, learn about Gatherer and find all of these other cards like Fog or Diminish that essentially do the same thing, and find out that it's better to just Doom Blade the offending creature most of the time anyway.
Gaffy00
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
3 mana for -6/-0 would've been fine with me...
The art is a dragon, and 6 power Dragons are usually played more than 7 Powered...
HairlessThoctar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
That's a pretty big combat trick, but I think Histerical Blindness is a generally better effect.
Biggles
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is a common that was never intended to see the light of day outside of limited. Hell, it probably wasn't even intended to be used much in limited either, but I can guarantee that the quality of this card was intentional.
Blue isn't dead, wizards just put this in the set to prevent blue from completely dominating the limited meta-game.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is the bane of m14 duels of the planeswalkers sealed decks... We look at it and cry about how it could have been a Divination or Essence Scatter...
HuntingDrake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Gaffy00, DarkDerrik: R&D lives to Serve!
kowrip
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Absolutely Awful ! Let's see. What might be some better choices to do something similar ?
Diminish - 1 CMC , drops power to 1 even for creatures with power > 7, drops toughness to 1 so it can be easily killed Turn to frog - similar to Diminish except 2 CMC Ovinize - 2 CMC, drops power to 0 even for creatures with power > 7, drops toughness to 2 so it can be easily killed Unsummon - 1 CMC, returns it to player's hand which is also temporary but also makes the player waste more mana to re-cast it
Nope, no better choices at all !
purplebackpack89
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why? For 3 less, I can just Unsummonthe creature or Pongifyit. If we compare this to cards of other colors, I could Fog to prevent all damage for 3 less, or Doom Blade for 2 less.
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still the mana cost makes this card TERRIBLE even for that
The only way to make use out of it is by multi-blocking your opponent's fattie, then casting this on it. But if you like playing defensive combat tricks, why not just play Righteousness?
I will say that the one practical application I can see is against people who use huge amounts of deathtouch in their decks. This will let you kill the creature as a combat trick and not lose your own guy.
1/5
This is one of those cards that a new player might really like, because there are huge creatures out there, and it'd be fun to go "well, it's now a 0/x and doesn't do any damage." But then they get better at the game, learn about Gatherer and find all of these other cards like Fog or Diminish that essentially do the same thing, and find out that it's better to just Doom Blade the offending creature most of the time anyway.
The art is a dragon, and 6 power Dragons are usually played more than 7 Powered...
Blue isn't dead, wizards just put this in the set to prevent blue from completely dominating the limited meta-game.
Diminish - 1 CMC , drops power to 1 even for creatures with power > 7, drops toughness to 1 so it can be easily killed
Turn to frog - similar to Diminish except 2 CMC
Ovinize - 2 CMC, drops power to 0 even for creatures with power > 7, drops toughness to 2 so it can be easily killed
Unsummon - 1 CMC, returns it to player's hand which is also temporary but also makes the player waste more mana to re-cast it
Nope, no better choices at all !