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Yavimaya's Embrace

Multiverse ID: 19132

Yavimaya's Embrace

Comments (20)

ttian
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0) (5 votes)
looks like he's getting a hug from a yavimaya
AlphaNumerical
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0) (1 vote)
8 Mana and multi-colors for a weak variation of Control Magic. Really? Is this how balance works?
ultratog1028
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (5 votes)
great for casual multiplayer. (give me dragon broodmother!) not much else
spacechaser0001
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0) (4 votes)
ah i see the people at in the card designing department got a little bored lol
Ritius
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (5 votes)
This card is my control in a deck I formed around Psychic Battle, which is why I don't really care about the CMC. But in blue green, there's some crazy acceleration, and with the right control setup, it can be useful.

Another strategy is with Arcanum Wings, which can really unnerve your opponents went you cast it on their creatures.
Baconradar
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (3 votes)
Fun casual card, and it's possible to make decent U/G decks revolving around auras. But the artwork doesn't fit the flavour at all for me.

3/5
Cyberium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If they cut the cost by 2, it would be a nice change. Control Magic is 2UU, and +2/+2 and trample shouldn't cost 3G.
Kindulas
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
arg! would-be awesome card that costs too much!
Latronis
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)
the tree's are using vines to control him like a marionette obviously
Stray_Dog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Expensive, but I like the idea of combining Mind Control with a green effect, so it would be cool if they tried something like this again.
Azrael1911
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
by the m12 power standards, 4UG is a good cost for it at rare.
TrueBloodWolf
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
Mind Control is a normal Blue control... Costs 5 CMC
This is +2/+2 and Trample, meaning you can steal the biggest creature there can be on the field.
And with the Mana Ramp ability I see in BlueGreen, this card could easil be played just as fast as Mind Control.
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
cool concept...should be cheaper
Arachobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
"Oh yeah? Well how about I beat you to death with your friend!" - Yavimaya
roffles
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
why does this cost so much? my armadillo cloak cost 3 mana gives me +2/+2 trample and life link...

edit: just re-read the card didnt see that it says "you control enchanted creature"
brunsbr103
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
now remember that they haven't reprinted control magic for quite some time

we can compare this to the much newer spirit away

and I think that it is a fairly priced card
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Steals their biggest critter and turns it into an even bigger beatstick. Expensive, but U/G has never had mana problems.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I will always love this card. But going by the art, the idea that this would give a creature trample is pretty ludicrous.

In Soviet Yavimaya, the foliage tramples you!
LordOfTheFlies87
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great idea for a card. Bad cost. Try again. It would be fun to cast.
Tudhaliya
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I was young, and new at the game, I interpreted the first line as "enchant creature you control", and decided it was a terrible card...