Well... creatures with low power and high toughness ARE in blue's part of the color pie.
Oleander
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
Turtles that can bite your head off aren't going to have 1 power.
SavageBrain89
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(5 votes)
Even though creatures with high toughness are in blue's part of the color pie this card could've beed a lot better. Either its toghness should have been increased or it should have had an ability to go with it, such as shroud, or card draw when it enters the battlefield, or a scry ability or something.
spoonish
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(5 votes)
i made a copy creature (casual) deck based around horned turtles once...
totally useless
jhimbob
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
I'm going to make a turtle deck with 20 of these and 20 Tortoise Formation
SwordSkill
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Not one of the most interesting creatures.. I think the flavor text brags too much about a creature that has 1 power
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
I'd rather have a Kraken Hatchling or two. Far less expensive for the purpose.
Knifethrower
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@all: Since typical humans are supposed to be 1/1, this turtle can indeed bite your head off.
M10 absolutley ruined this card. This was my favorite flavor card "He doesn't like visitors... unless he's having them for lunch." This card is now ruined. Thanks M10 for taking all the fun out of this card and creating yet another card to throw in my massive M10 junk bin. M10 worst edition ever.
GradiustheFox
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Technically 1 power is enough to kill a human, at times even a seasoned warrior, but you still gotta love these cards that talk a big game but have minimal power.
nammertime
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
@all: If humans are supposed to be 1/1 creatures, then man, those Insidious Bookworms are hella tough.
Dr.Pingas
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Give this thing Flying. I've seen it win drafts. As slowly as humanly possible. My friends have nightmares about this card.
Needs more Storm Crow.
Tezz
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
glad this wasnt reprinted..... giant tortoise is cheaper
infernox10
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I remember a brave kid once saying,
"I like turtles."
Storm_Crow0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Shame it didn't get reprinted but there's always next year.
people really seem to hate vanilla creatures. This is nothing special and there are better options, but it's not bad as a defender and the 1 power i kinda nice.
Card is meh... but that artwork! DiTerlizzi is my most favorite magic artist. I'm gonna make a deck with only his artwork.
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I will never forget this artwork. Such a charming card, I would love to see some turtle tribal being printed so I could run these in a 60-card deck and feel good about it.
@Modernloki: None of the cards in your list has the same casting cost as this. I would compare it to Sea Gate Oracle. The Oracle replaces itself (because it draws you a card) and has only 1 toughness less than the Turtle. Oracle dies to Lightning Bolt and can't block 3-power attackers and survive, true, but the card advantage that it generates makes it arguably better than the turtle.
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totally useless
Needs more Storm Crow.
"I like turtles."
This
Calcite Snapper
Giant Tortoise
Giant Turtle
Vintara Snapper
Wormfang Turtle
Turtle Tribal will have its day when you least expect it.
See Kraken Hatchling
Calcite snapper
Wall of Frost
Fortress Crab
Plated Seastrider
@Modernloki: None of the cards in your list has the same casting cost as this. I would compare it to Sea Gate Oracle. The Oracle replaces itself (because it draws you a card) and has only 1 toughness less than the Turtle. Oracle dies to Lightning Bolt and can't block 3-power attackers and survive, true, but the card advantage that it generates makes it arguably better than the turtle.