First comment. Man, I can't wait untl someone breaks him.
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
That's a lot of turns.
Mamick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
He will never get to his required level. The opponent would never let you.
Pramxnim
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(9 votes)
For 9 mana you have a killer creature. That sounds about right, until you realize that you can pay in installments! So what if your opponent killed it? That just means it's a great big threat that they must answer to, and that's good for you!
Also, it's not as annoying to lose a creature that you can replace by paying only 2-mana and starting the clock again quite easily without tapping out of mana for counters. This is a great card, and I foresee fun things to happen with it on the field.
Makes you a big target in multiplayer though. Even bigger than Luminarch Ascension, I'd wager.
AngelxLegna
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Oh man...
Final_Fortune
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Am I wrong, or 7+ Level ability of this creature only makes sense in multiplayer games like booster draft? Because an end step that is not in your turn, is in your oponent's turn. So, in a duel, you will take your normal turn.
Kataklyzmik
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Holy crap. If I'm duelling, I get two extra turns for every one of my opponent's. If I'm multiplayer, I get an extra turn after each of my opponents. I will surely maintain my local title of He Who Is Targeted First.
DonRoyale
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
In multiplayer, when this gets active, turn order will be ABACADAABACADAA. Seeing the potential yet? :D
He's pretty much begging to be hit by a removal spell, however...
xhillx
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
did the pre-release today with this guy and Venerated Teacher = game win 4.5/5
TreeTrunkMaster
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
So if you managed to get two to level 7+ you could have 3 turns for every one your opponent takes? (assuming against one person, 2 extra turns then 1 normal turn = 3)
High Tide could be an option for mana accel.
Gezus82
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I got this in the prerelease and I found it not hard to lvl at all. once I got it completely leveled in 3 turns, once in 2. and that's while running 3 colors.
it is annoying when he gets removed, but when he gets going it's absolutely insane.
BambooNickel
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ amsjex - momentary blink works only on your own creatures
Chosen_of_the_Dark_Sun
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@Final_Fortune: Nope, it means that you take a bonus turn after each of your opponent's. That includes during a duel, so that the order once this thing powers up goes You (level-up turn)-Opponent-You (bonus)-You (regular)-Opponent-You (bonus)-You (regular)-Opponent...etc. Essentially, it means that you get to play a Time Warp once per go-around.
Amsjex
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Ah the reason i've stored a lot of momentary blinks (edit: yea that only targets my stuff can't rememebr which card it is off hand...but thinking about it i got a stack of pithing needles i've been meaning to use to annoy this looking like the best bet) up...i'm gonna make some blue players cry...wait til they activate that level up for the 7th time and then bam removed from the game, returns to the game without any of those counters on it.
and he's not hard to break, a doubling season would double his level up speed and there is a creature which adds 2 level up counters to all creatures with level up.
I'm just waiting for the torrent of crybabies who've lost games to cards like this and don't understand that really if he got to level 7 especially on turn 4...or possibly less then really build a better deck, espcially if the losing deck was black or red
Sacrier
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My cousin top 8-ed his first sanctioned tourney at the prerelease by playing this guy. Pumped his white levelers that gave +2/+2 bonuses and prevent 1 and 2 damage to each of his creatures. BW control will be unstoppable with this. Levelers will be shooting up like nobody's business.
jlowther
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't believe 4 of these guys at level 7 would stack (which is probably for the best).
coyotemoon722
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This guy's a Level 7 on Turn 4. Are you kidding me??
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Amsjex
Are you serious? Someone's deck automatically needs to be made better if an opponent gets him to level 7 on turn 4 and then wins because of that?
What's wrong with you? Getting him that high so early is all about getting every card you need within those 4 turns, which is nothing but dumb luck. And what if the person facing the guy using this is unlucky enough to not get the needed removal cards before it's too late?
Redigo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I pulled this guy in my first RoE booster, you'd be surprised how fast he gets to Level 7 in a mono blue deck. huge bolt fodder though...
DonCacti
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Me and my friend Michael REALLY wanted to make twin decks that play this in a multiplayer duel. Now, get this, wouldn't one card work off of the other? I take a turn when he has the card out and leveled and I have it out and leveled and he takes a bonus turn. Then, when he ends his bonus turn I get a bonus turn. When I end my bonus turn, he'd get a second bonus turn... and so on and so forth....
persecutor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
After playing this in a draft, he really doesn't get to level seven before someone toasts him with a flame slash
eternitycode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Two of these guys out with 2 fully levelled Enclave cryptologists and an echo mage to copy draw spells, get 2 free turns after your opponent, land a Time Warp, copy it... etc etc. Playing on MWS today I took 11 turns in a row.
enter_the_mill
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i want four... just to terrify people when it hits the board...
True_Mumin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Yeah, right, sure, they're just gonna let you level him up that high and not kill him in the meantime. Of course.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For everyone saying he's bad because removal exists, remember blue invented shroud. 5/5 easy.
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes he's a big target but if u get him lvld up fst enough then u'll have lightning bolt safety and plenty of extra turns to add defenses to him and urself.
>>> Me and my friend Michael REALLY wanted to make twin decks that play this in a multiplayer duel. Now, get this, wouldn't one card work off of the other? I take a turn when he has the card out and leveled and I have it out and leveled and he takes a bonus turn. Then, when he ends his bonus turn I get a bonus turn. When I end my bonus turn, he'd get a second bonus turn... and so on and so forth....<<< ~_~ That's why they call it a multiplayer card, because you turn a multiplayer game into a 1:1.
Spider-Sense
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a very favorable card, for many reasons. Firstly, it can be invested into for very little mana. Secondly, it is ultimately becomes a game changing card if it survives until level 7. Thirdly, if the previous two fail, it is always a 1/3 for 2 mana - a good summon.
kittyspit
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@Mamick, True_Mumin
what ridiculously stupid comments. have you ever seen BLUE CONTROL before?? everytime i've played this guy (and i do it often) no one ever touches him! never! why would anyone ever put this guy in a deck where someone CAN touch him? idiots.
thornraven
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Mamick
Sorry, but not absolutely true. Your opponent will never let the Chronologist get that far, if the rest of your creatures are not threatening your opponent. In that case, you need better creatures.
Gilder_Bairn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WHY ISN'T HE LEGENDARY??? would have been the best EDH general ever... :(
Belz_
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Final_Fortune:
You are wrong. Take an EXTRA turn.
Omenchild
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If nobody ever touches this thing in a multiplayer game, your friends suck at magic, and you should consider putting in junk troller, to deck everyone. Thats how lame and inactive your game would be if no one in a multiplayer game has a counterspell, bounce, removal (nearly every color has it), burn, or even lure for gods sake. Most multiplayer games ive played has at least one guy with a Wrath of God. Its just not that good.
Garglius
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I sideboard one of him into my artifact affinity deck for multiplayer games, with Tolarian Academy he comes out and you can level him up instantly. Then you just have to hope the next player can't remove it and you're in business.
Elfenthuisiast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
If two players have this in a match with more than two players wouldn't it just go back between each of them?
Enchantment_Removal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hello, everyone. I am everything boring in MTG. Yes, it is bad form to dismiss a creature just because it has <=3 toughness and is not black. However, anyone who does so... well there is a small (yet important) bit of validity to their statements: I am the incarnation of anguish and regret from an 8 player EDH game that lasted 6 hours. A card like this has it real home in games like that. In the more common casual play environment, over-the-top abilities like this are a chase after the wind. I am not saying they are impossible to achieve- but consider this card to be a 4-of that only soaks up removal. Hell, you just scored an extra turn if your opponent taps out for a kicked Burst Lightning at this guy. I think he is good in duels, but improper in multiplayer.
count_dorku
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Protecting Lighthouse Chrono the Easy Way:
Two words - Whispersilk Cloak. Shroud and unblockable means that unless someone destroys the cloak, or wipes the entire field with Wrath of God or Planar Cleansing, you can just saunter in, hit your opponent for 3, and they can't bounce or fireball him.
f_fivefiftyseven
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card. In a draft, slap an umbra or two on it (Eel Umbra is easy to get), and most opponents can't do a thing about it.
Riffachu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
lighthouse chronologist+canopy cover+ savage silhouette= end game *hand shake*
Luke_BPC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Save a kill spell to deal with this guy
Evile
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This guy plus Patron Wizard in a wizard deck = win.
Lionhawk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card art is great! Blue however, needs to keep a lot of its mana open for counters and end of turn stuff. To get this guy to level 7+ (where he is useful) just takes too long. 3/5
Whitedeckftw
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Ok, this is funny. My friend and I were playing in a 8 player free for all and I had just gotten a standard Blue deck, Jaces i believe. I added some of my cards real quick like a Vesuvan Shapeshifter. He decided to play his "Extra Turn" deck that had 4 of these in it paired with Chronozoa. This was a random setup . game began and I decided since my deck sucked, I was at least going to help another blue deck win. He played one of these... i noticed my unmorphed Vesuvan and started laughing so hard. Everyone was clueless. I unmorphed it, copied, He freaking laughed and started helping me with counterspells... we pulled it off! him and me were the only ones playing and everyone conceded. It was one of the best plays I've seen! hahaha he won but it was worth it.
Uarebiganfat
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card with Magosi, the Waterveil. Charge up magosi and you would still get a turn because of lighthouses effect then get as many turns as you want in a row with out skipping any
MrCleric
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I see me using meddle mixture to tutor him up in a EDH deck and using him with two or three counter spells in hand to win the game :)
Sironos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
removal spell? he is BLUE for fox sake, the colour of counter. For that lvl up cost, you can have him at level 7 in no time. This is absolutely broken.
Oh yeah, and whispersilk cloak... wow!
KillerWhiskey
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Strictly better than Lumengrid Warden. Hur hur.
Bursama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
... In my control deck with Teferi, this can be VERY mean.
merigold
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definitely in my EDH deck with Azami...
Nathreet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like how the only reason to reach level 4 is to protect him against lightning bolts after your opponents go o_O
wiggy21
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Throw this bad boy into a green ally deck. Harabaz could get him capped in one turn. Don't give em time to torch him. Plus your counters should help keep him alive along with a little bit of crab umbra on him or the harabaz druid. *cough* infinte mana with 4 allies out *cough* Gotta love it.
divine_exodus
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
The only thing I don't like about level-up creatures is that they have no flavor text.
GracefulInferno
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Additonal Rulings:
4/11/11 - In a six-player multiplayer Two-Headed Giant EDH game, if both you and the second opponent on the third team control a level 7 Lighthouse Chronologist, and it's the second Thursday of the month, the turn order is as follows (with extra turns in double parentheses): Your team's turn, team A's turn, ((your team's turn)), team B's turn (unless you are team A, in which case it's not your turn again), ((your turn)), your partner's turn, team B and A's turn (at the same time), your mom's turn, your team's turn ((left turn)), and so on until someone swats the table in frustration (at which point you say 'Gotcha!' and return Cardpecker from your graveyard to your hand.)
Dammit, Wizards.
bluemaxx
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
6-8 mana for blue seems to be very easy in NPH. T1: Island, Enclave Cryptologist or the likes. T2: Island, this card or some other blue creatures with CMC 2. T3: Island, Grand Architect, Tapping 3Blue creatures, Playing Caged Sun then naming blue. T4: If you played another island you can produce enough mana to level-up this fella.
And don't forget with this combo he's already a 3/5 at level 0.
@Wiggy21 - 5 card combos aren't particularly strong, even if 3 of those cards can be "any ally". =P Not to mention you'd need a sixth card to make that infinite mana worthwhile, and you're probably going to have better options that Lighthouse Chronologist. ^_-
The only thing that stopped this card from being one of the superstars of standard control was the fact that level up is sorcery speed, thus disallowing blue from keeping up counter mana and still levelling this at EoT. If it were something like lv 3 for extra turn, but 3 mana per counter, proliferate could've brought it back - but alas, that was not the case, and having to proliferate 6 times at instant speed (probably less; you're likely to put *some* counters on it normally) isn't really viable.
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
so wut happens if its just 1 on 1? no effect???
Splizer
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Got locked out of an EDH game by two of these control by both my opponents. I waited for 15 minutes, then I decided to just go outside and buy lunch hoping someone would Wrath the board.
OmegaSerris
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Khultar No, you get one more turn for every one turn your opponent has. When they end their turn, you get your 'extra' turn, then your 'normal' turn. Once those are ended, your opponent gets their turn again.
If your opponent Time Warps and takes and extra turn themself, you get ANOTHER turn (3rd) in between them. Since this one will trigger on the end phase and overwrite the 'after this one' part of a typical Time Warp type card.
All of this is in the 'Rulings' on this card's "Details" page.
jwish27
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Can't wait to copy this with Riku of Two Reflections in my Two-For-One EDH deck, since the final ability is cumulative. Taking 3 turns for every one turn my opponent has is pretty handy, gotta say.
Taegan15
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Amazing if he actually gets enough counters, but its bound to be bolted or something by then. I dont think it really deserves mythic status. Maybe if it had some kind of benefit at the first leveling bracket.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this is...quite ridiculous. I'm not sure how good it can be in Commander, where the singleton rule certainly puts a bit of a challenge into deckbuilding, because I can't count that high. That's obviously the format where this guy just rules the fkkkn world. With 99 other cards in your deck, there is room for this if you are playing blue. there just..is. the upside is too delicious to not try, and since Magic, taken as a whole, is broken, the downside is marginalizable.
so what are you going to do with all those extra turns? to pump your chronatog of course! :D
Blue_Shaman
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
I have it with Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Rite of Replication, Time Stop, Reminisce, and High Tide. Take seven turns to an opponent's one, draw forty-nine cards, select and discard, recycle, choose Time Stop on my last turn and save six land, then stop whomever's next, launching into the seven-turn cycle again. Complete shut-out, no matter how many players!
"What's that? No, it's still my turn. Don't believe me? Well, then... no, it's still my turn. Let me check... and where's your hand? Oh, right. Yeah, still my turn. No, see, I got to untap my lands to cast this... What do you mean you concede?? Get back here! I'm not finished with you, you're still at 20 life!!"
Arachnos
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This guy lets you do the Time Warp again! And again! And again! And...
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Apart from all the other crazy merits the Chronologist offers, he's removal/counter bait for 2 mana. That's gotta count for a fair bit.
NoobOfLore
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Remember guys, you only take an extra turn after your opponent's turn, so if you're playing one-on-one, you get 2 turns to your opponent's one. However, if two different players each have one, they just alternate taking turns, regardless of how many other players there are in the game.
KokoshoForPresident
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
We usually play with nine people or more... I think we would just have to ban this card.
Averyck
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Becomes a waste of mana if unsummoned, vapor snagged, boomeranged, or any number of unmentionable things. Not a bad card though. 4/5
Eldrazi-Worshiper
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
can some one explain how this work, the card says, if its not your turn take an extra turn after this one, so would it go: Opponent,me,me,opponent(ect.)?
Mr.happyface
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I like this guy, I had the idea the other guy of using him in EDH with Momir Vig and Experiment Kraj, but I wasn't sure if Kraj would also inherit his ability to take turns. Does anybody know?
Zokorad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Spend 1st 4 Turns maxing this out then your opponents will be very mad.
Kingreaper
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Blue_Shaman: The Time Stop doesn't work for you.
This card doesn't trigger at end of turn, it triggers at the beginning of the end step.
You don't have an end step if you end the turn early.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is pretty strong. You dont cast him and then sink your next 7 available mana! What you do is cast him, and then sink your extra mana into him.
Endomarru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
All your turns are belong to us
Anixou
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
You know, it's alright, but turn two in a blue deck, I'd much rather be playing a Storm Crow.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
An old man by a seashore at the end of days, gazes the horizon with the seawinds in his face...
Aquillion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With Followed Footsteps and seven mana, you can double the number of turns you take every time an opponent takes a turn:
Opponent takes one turn.
You get a bonus turn, put a copy into play, level it up to 7.
You get your normal turn, put a copy into play, level it up to 7.
Opponent takes one turn.
You take four turns, put four copies into play, level them up to four.
Opponent takes one turn.
You take eight turns, etc etc.
Utterly excessive and unnecessary (especially for seven mana), but amusing.
knight3607
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I read the rulings on the details page, got to the bottom, laughed my butt off, and then just thought how sucky is would be to be player A.
futte
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just plain stupid compared to the other levelers. White has a mythic as well, but come on.... Comparing those two is like comparing a diamond to a poop. Transcendent Master is so much more expensive, both to cast and level up, and his accumulated abilities are NOTHING compared to Lighthouse's. C'mon....
Defornicated
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WASTE OF SPACE IN EDH.
and Mr.happyface: If Kraj threw a +1/+1 counter on the leveling cards he'd gain their activated abilities only if they are at that certain level, or level to it after having a +1/+1 counter put on them. They do not statically have the abilities until they reach the level.
Also Lighthouse Chronologist does not have an activated ability besides level up. Not really sure as to why you'd want to use their level up on Kraj, as he benefits nothing from it, but you can do it if you really want to.
SeriouslyFacetious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems like you would make a lot of people mad in EDH with this. I mean it's conceivable to be able to fully level him up the same turn he was dropped by mid-game!
You'd clearly be ganged up on... but would they be able to stop you?
SevesDariku
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
To simplify what this card does:
Lighthouse Chronologist 1U
One of your opponents may choose to discard a creature removal card, and pay it's mana cost. If no opponents have done this within three turns, you win the game.
AL_EXcalibur14
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
How to troll with this in a game with friends: make sure your deck and you friends deck has lighthouse chronologist and johnny combo player(if they allow it),Use him as a commander then use him to search for lighthouse chronologist, (your friend should do the same) then if you both have them out and level 7 you two will be the only ones that can take turns,kill the other players the kill each other. Trollololol lol lollol lol.
Antsache
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Seriously
It's possible that nobody kills it the turn it comes down, but remember that one other player gets a whole turn to kill it. Its ability doesn't trigger until the end step, so one opponent gets to untap without you getting an extra turn. Even assuming two opponents are tapped out/have no removal, there's a good chance the one who untaps can do something about it.
It's strong, but with 8 blue and one colorless mana you can do a lot scarier things.
Comments (86)
Also, it's not as annoying to lose a creature that you can replace by paying only 2-mana and starting the clock again quite easily without tapping out of mana for counters. This is a great card, and I foresee fun things to happen with it on the field.
Makes you a big target in multiplayer though. Even bigger than Luminarch Ascension, I'd wager.
He's pretty much begging to be hit by a removal spell, however...
High Tide could be an option for mana accel.
once I got it completely leveled in 3 turns, once in 2. and that's while running 3 colors.
it is annoying when he gets removed, but when he gets going it's absolutely insane.
and he's not hard to break, a doubling season would double his level up speed and there is a creature which adds 2 level up counters to all creatures with level up.
I'm just waiting for the torrent of crybabies who've lost games to cards like this and don't understand that really if he got to level 7 especially on turn 4...or possibly less then really build a better deck, espcially if the losing deck was black or red
Are you serious? Someone's deck automatically needs to be made better if an opponent gets him to level 7 on turn 4 and then wins because of that?
What's wrong with you? Getting him that high so early is all about getting every card you need within those 4 turns, which is nothing but dumb luck. And what if the person facing the guy using this is unlucky enough to not get the needed removal cards before it's too late?
In short: ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG
That's why they call it a multiplayer card, because you turn a multiplayer game into a 1:1.
what ridiculously stupid comments. have you ever seen BLUE CONTROL before?? everytime i've played this guy (and i do it often) no one ever touches him! never! why would anyone ever put this guy in a deck where someone CAN touch him? idiots.
Sorry, but not absolutely true. Your opponent will never let the Chronologist get that far, if the rest of your creatures are not threatening your opponent. In that case, you need better creatures.
would have been the best EDH general ever... :(
You are wrong. Take an EXTRA turn.
Yes, it is bad form to dismiss a creature just because it has <=3 toughness and is not black. However, anyone who does so... well there is a small (yet important) bit of validity to their statements:
I am the incarnation of anguish and regret from an 8 player EDH game that lasted 6 hours. A card like this has it real home in games like that. In the more common casual play environment, over-the-top abilities like this are a chase after the wind. I am not saying they are impossible to achieve- but consider this card to be a 4-of that only soaks up removal. Hell, you just scored an extra turn if your opponent taps out for a kicked Burst Lightning at this guy. I think he is good in duels, but improper in multiplayer.
Two words - Whispersilk Cloak. Shroud and unblockable means that unless someone destroys the cloak, or wipes the entire field with Wrath of God or Planar Cleansing, you can just saunter in, hit your opponent for 3, and they can't bounce or fireball him.
Oh yeah, and whispersilk cloak... wow!
4/11/11 - In a six-player multiplayer Two-Headed Giant EDH game, if both you and the second opponent on the third team control a level 7 Lighthouse Chronologist, and it's the second Thursday of the month, the turn order is as follows (with extra turns in double parentheses): Your team's turn, team A's turn, ((your team's turn)), team B's turn (unless you are team A, in which case it's not your turn again), ((your turn)), your partner's turn, team B and A's turn (at the same time), your mom's turn, your team's turn ((left turn)), and so on until someone swats the table in frustration (at which point you say 'Gotcha!' and return Cardpecker from your graveyard to your hand.)
Dammit, Wizards.
T1: Island, Enclave Cryptologist or the likes.
T2: Island, this card or some other blue creatures with CMC 2.
T3: Island, Grand Architect, Tapping 3Blue creatures, Playing Caged Sun then naming blue.
T4: If you played another island you can produce enough mana to level-up this fella.
And don't forget with this combo he's already a 3/5 at level 0.
The only thing that stopped this card from being one of the superstars of standard control was the fact that level up is sorcery speed, thus disallowing blue from keeping up counter mana and still levelling this at EoT. If it were something like lv 3 for extra turn, but 3 mana per counter, proliferate could've brought it back - but alas, that was not the case, and having to proliferate 6 times at instant speed (probably less; you're likely to put *some* counters on it normally) isn't really viable.
No, you get one more turn for every one turn your opponent has. When they end their turn, you get your 'extra' turn, then your 'normal' turn. Once those are ended, your opponent gets their turn again.
If your opponent Time Warps and takes and extra turn themself, you get ANOTHER turn (3rd) in between them. Since this one will trigger on the end phase and overwrite the 'after this one' part of a typical Time Warp type card.
All of this is in the 'Rulings' on this card's "Details" page.
"What's that? No, it's still my turn. Don't believe me? Well, then... no, it's still my turn. Let me check... and where's your hand? Oh, right. Yeah, still my turn. No, see, I got to untap my lands to cast this... What do you mean you concede?? Get back here! I'm not finished with you, you're still at 20 life!!"
However, if two different players each have one, they just alternate taking turns, regardless of how many other players there are in the game.
This card doesn't trigger at end of turn, it triggers at the beginning of the end step.
You don't have an end step if you end the turn early.
Opponent takes one turn.
You get a bonus turn, put a copy into play, level it up to 7.
You get your normal turn, put a copy into play, level it up to 7.
Opponent takes one turn.
You take four turns, put four copies into play, level them up to four.
Opponent takes one turn.
You take eight turns, etc etc.
Utterly excessive and unnecessary (especially for seven mana), but amusing.
and Mr.happyface: If Kraj threw a +1/+1 counter on the leveling cards he'd gain their activated abilities only if they are at that certain level, or level to it after having a +1/+1 counter put on them. They do not statically have the abilities until they reach the level.
Also Lighthouse Chronologist does not have an activated ability besides level up. Not really sure as to why you'd want to use their level up on Kraj, as he benefits nothing from it, but you can do it if you really want to.
You'd clearly be ganged up on... but would they be able to stop you?
Lighthouse Chronologist 1U
One of your opponents may choose to discard a creature removal card, and pay it's mana cost. If no opponents have done this within three turns, you win the game.
It's possible that nobody kills it the turn it comes down, but remember that one other player gets a whole turn to kill it. Its ability doesn't trigger until the end step, so one opponent gets to untap without you getting an extra turn. Even assuming two opponents are tapped out/have no removal, there's a good chance the one who untaps can do something about it.
It's strong, but with 8 blue and one colorless mana you can do a lot scarier things.