Since the effect doesn't limit to forest, I can see this being another target for reanimation. Just hope your opponent doesn't have a sweeper in his hand.
zarakstan
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(19 votes)
An 8/8 trampler for 8 that makes 8/8, dammit Wizards . . .
StoicChampion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Attack of the Ents!
NecroticNobody
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(8 votes)
You: I attack with Liege of the Tangle.
Opponent: I take 8.
You: I turn all my lands into 8/8 Elementals. Your turn.
Opponent: I play (Insert Your Preferred Mass Removal Spell Here).
You: @#$%#
yesnomu
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Pretty much perfect. Cards that cost 8 should win the game (see Stormtide Leviathan), and this one does--either for you because your opponent is overrun with 8/8s, or for them because they have the Day of Judgment, heh.
Obviously the correct play is to not overextend, and make only a few 8/8s. You shouldn't need many more to win, anyway.
Oh, and I shouldn't have to say there's certainly nothing broken about him. Dies to everything, etc. I doubt he'll even see Constructed play, he's a simple Limited bomb.
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GW = Liege of the Tangle + Terra Eternal = Army of indestructible Lands!
This is a prime example of a great Green Mythic.
Bandswithother
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"GW = Liege of the Tangle + Terra Eternal = Army of indestructible Lands!
This is a prime example of a great Green Mythic."
quoted for truth.
This is actually the card I'm hoping to get the most.
Yeah, like I haven't been stomped by huge green elementals before. Pretty sweet card.
WhiteyMcFly
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Valakut decks got so much better with this set, it's not even funny. This, Koth, and Wave are all bombs.
ninjaduckie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Im not a fan of cards that could potentially destroy my lands.
hugemanatee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I get quite irritated when people criticize a card for being vulnerable to removal. LOADS of cards are weak to removal, that's what removal is for. Treebeards Mirran cousin.
statiefreez
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(9 votes)
Guess who's never going to see play outside of Limited and casual? And for anyone who says this guy is broken, you obviously have never played any competitive MtG. 8 mana is prohibitively expensive in a format in which aggro decks end games with 5-6
That said, he fits well into my EDH deck. "I hit you for 8 with the Liege, and turn all of my lands into creatures. then I use Earthcraft to tap one of my lands, targeting that land and untapping it. Over and over. It does so much!" Yes, I enjoy useless infinite combos, even more than I enjoy useful ones.
Classically big bad greenie, that spawns his own horde of tokens (animated lands). I hope you'll keep yer mythics like this, Wizards.
5/5 for not being some ridiculous birds of paradise or another staple ****** clone in mythic rarity slot.
allmighty_abacus
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Combined with asceticism and bellowing tangleworm, you have quite a dangerous army. And with the regeneration you get from asceticism, day of judgment is nowhere near as menacing.
LarsBM
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This... Is pretty damn strong!
Danveldo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I don't see why everyone just says 'Dies to mass removal'
To count on an oppenent having one of 4 (Probably not second game, lets not forget Day Of Judgement is being Sideboarded more and more) when this hits the board. Even if it only gets one attack. That is still a smack to the face. And you don't have to animate all your lands. If any at all. Anyone stupid enough to over commit that much when Mass Removal is so high deserves to get spanked.
4/5 for funsies and something to watch. Highly unlikely it will make it anywhere. But I certainly wouldn't mind a summoning Trap into 1 8/8 Liege and 2 8/8 Lands
Troutz
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is the epitome of the term 'win-more'. If you're getting combat damage through to a player with an 8 cmc 8/8 with trample, chances are you're already winning and turning all your lands into Day of Judgment fodder isn't even necessary.
As a person who primarily plays green, I feel obliged to love this card. It's extremely flavorful, and incredibly powerful in a casual/limited environment. But at the same time, we have to be realistic. This card just isn't that powerful. If I'm looking for a non-Titan green bomb, I'll take Gaea's Revenge or Terastodon over this any day of the week.
Nuppmiddt
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(32 votes)
Want a 2/2? Easy. You get a ferocious grizzly bear with white runes that glow ever so subtly as it tears you to shreds.
How about a 4/3, for a little more of that green muscle? Sure! You get an incarnation of Nature's fury, built from the ground up with nothing but cruel vines, tough thorns, and, in a sick twist of humour, all of his friends, too.
Not enough? You want a 6/6, you say. No problem. I give you a stampede of baloths, all hooves, claws, horns, tusks... you name it, they'll pound you with it. Show 'em a new brawling pit, and they'll round up their 4/4 cousins, just chompin' at the bits.
But if all this really, really just doesn't cut it, then I've got just the thing for you. Coming in with a spectacular 8/8 body...
You get lime jelly. And the best part? It makes more lime jelly.
Deelicious.
ryansdestructivehand
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I pulled on last night. Its foil and hasn't been used. And I'll prolly never use it. Will Gladly trade.
ClockworkSwordfish
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This looks like fun!
Edit: Got him, and oh yes is he fun. I've rarely been able to attack, but this is because he is an absolute lightningrod for all removal from everyone, and basically an Insist in that no-one will have any counters left for my next beatstick. The look of pure terror on their face makes it worth it. And if you DO land a hit, you are going to enjoy the subsequent turns as you've rarely enjoyed Magic.
Also, this guy should go out with Timmy.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Statiefreez I bet I can tap and untap my 8/8's more times in under a minute than you can! Lets race! Or better yet, first one to 50 wins!!
P.S. this was MADE for Casual and multiplayer! If Timmy ate a bunch of salad and took a dump, this is what it would look like!
gelleetin
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
I am surprised no one has mentioned Terra Eternal. Either that or I need to read the comments more carefully.
Leonidus7784
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Question, you play liege of the tangle and I act of treason it. Do my lands become 8/8s because it says "deals damage to a player YOU may." Does this you refer to its controller at the time. In that case this card is very powerful but fair due to its many weaknesses i.e. removal, control, mostly red and blue.
EpicBroccoli
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@NecroticNobody
You should've noticed something was up when he neglected to block an 8/8.
Enchantment_Removal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't see why the awakened lands don't have trample... perhaps to force the player to commit more lands to kill an opponent? If the lands received trample, then I would animate like two or three of them. However, as it is, if you want the job finished on the next combat phase, then three is the minimum.
If the lands had trample, then this guy would be a cool early game sneak attack (or in this guy's case, Incandescent Soulstoke) target, just awakening one or two lands when he hits.
If you are a new player, search gatherer for creatures larger than 6/6 or creatures that cost more than 6 mana. A lot of wasted cardboard I know. That's why players who have been around for at least a couple of years exhibit such cold reactions to such big mana creatures and other players who get exited about them. exple: "Sphinx of Magosi is soooo awesome!!" More importantly, it thoroughly irritates experienced players when other players spend more time discussing how many of what huge expensive creatures to run in their decks as opposed to discussing what their deck is going to do up until the point of being able to play said big creatures. exple: "Should I put in three Sphinx of Magosi and two Gigantomancer or should I have just two Sphinx of Magosi, two Gigantomancer and an Avenger of Zendikar??" Furthermore, it greatly irritates experienced players when other players discuss other cards that combo with an expensive powerful creature late in the game- especially when the combo is about drawing more cards or killing more permanents or something like that that doesn't finish the game. exple: "I could use Gigantomancer with Bloodshot Trainee to do 4 damage to any creature each turn!"
Thaxan_Number_14
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(7 votes)
zarakstan, you should count the lines in the text box and try not to have your mind blown in the process. :3
Prizrak
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This seems stupid good on a lot of casual tables, but honestly, that's not what bothers me the most. Liege of the Tangle should only affect the Tangle (Mirrodin's forest) - why and how the hell would he turn mountains and islands into green elementals?
ExoTox
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
OK if this has been answerd anywhere sorry for not seeing ti and it might be a dumb question but do the lands that are creatures count as tokens or actual creatures. What im ultimatly getting and is if i ran him in my GW rampwave could i combo it with Elspeth Tirels' -5 for a field clear and give my 8/8 lands an open field.
Kale_Eledar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sneak Attack this guy. He's asking for it. Oh, Urza's. Such fond memories.
desolation_masticore
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
You really only need to animate one or two of your lands, everyone saying Lulz I wrathed your lands is looking at this wrong.
Kyrodo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You could always cheat him in via Summoning Trap or Elvish Piper. Scouting Trek+Clear the Land works too. You could always mix it up with a duress or spell pierce.
Course I'd rather take a step up and put down Iona instead.
Evelisk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A pretty good card with an ability that can either claim you victory or backfire and grant you a humiliating defeat
use with life and limb in a sap deck to make all your saps 8/8s
Negated
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is it even POSSIBLE to have a Timmygasm and a Johnnygasm at the same time? Because I just did. The Spike in me says: Day of Judgement, or even better, Phyrexian Rebirth, but he got beat up by Timmy and Johnny LONG ago, so it was more of a mewl.
Punkstaramick
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Do the lands awakening count as creatures entering the battlefield? Like for Parallel Lives or Sutura Priest? ? ?
adrian.malacoda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Punkstaramick
No, because they're already on the battlefield when you awake them.
Superllama12
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Power/Toughness: 8/8 Makes 8/8s CMC=8 8 lines of text in the textbox Number of letters in its name: 16=2*8 There you go, eight "8's"! Lorthos, the Tidemaker can have lime jelly for desert
AvatarofBro
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(9 votes)
What I've learned from these comments: This card is apparently unplayable, because even if your opponent is playing mono-black, they will hit you with a Day of Judgement or Wrath of God and destroy all your lands. Makes sense.
Kezia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wish it was just damage instead of combat damage that triggers his ability, so I could cheat it with Warstorm surge like I do with Deus of calamity
Utheraptor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Day of Judgement, anyone?
AnonymousNinja
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Rites of Replication LOL
sirentu
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
hey players, I heard you like 8, So i gave you an 8/8 creature for 8 which 8's things while making more 8/8's
Oh, and it has trample, MAH BAD
Trygon_Predator
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's all-in. Sure, the newly minted 8/8 lands are now vulnerable to removal, but that's besides the point when your opponent is staring down a horde of angry Elementals backed by an Overwhelming Stampede.
Though I like Day of Judgement I'd be more drawn to playing Phyrexian Rebirth and follow that up with Bonehoard. If you're gonna wipe creatures - why not give yourself a bonus?
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Dragonshoredreamz
What good's Bonehoard when the creatures this produces lose their creature status in the grave?
kfang1233
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh. My. God. This card is so fun to use!! I was using green mana ramp and in the end, I ended up swinging for 96.. Ah, such fun
Think about it this way: I shall make you loose 3 life when ever I cast a land ... but tis not enough my dear, I shall buff up my demon ... by the same measure ... and then I shall turn all my lands into 8/8 elementals. Crying now? I can still use them as land!
I can literally block you with my lands (I remember it being a joke since one of my mates would always get destroyed, leaving him with only lands ... He used to say "I block you with my mountain/forest." Now I can do it for real. +0.5 in rating just for that alone
blurrymadness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Holy balls. I could see this being used with Incandescent Soulstoke to make a Combo/Aggro deck. You just aggro and occasionally you fill the board with 8/8s T3/T4.
It has natural protection from Show and Tell in Legacy by giving you about 32 power if they show in an Emmy or Grisel. Even if they block they get hit by 24 damage. Even 16 should be lethal...
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Opponent: I take 8.
You: I turn all my lands into 8/8 Elementals. Your turn.
Opponent: I play (Insert Your Preferred Mass Removal Spell Here).
You: @#$%#
Obviously the correct play is to not overextend, and make only a few 8/8s. You shouldn't need many more to win, anyway.
Oh, and I shouldn't have to say there's certainly nothing broken about him. Dies to everything, etc. I doubt he'll even see Constructed play, he's a simple Limited bomb.
This is a prime example of a great Green Mythic.
This is a prime example of a great Green Mythic."
quoted for truth.
This is actually the card I'm hoping to get the most.
That said, he fits well into my EDH deck. "I hit you for 8 with the Liege, and turn all of my lands into creatures. then I use Earthcraft to tap one of my lands, targeting that land and untapping it. Over and over. It does so much!"
Yes, I enjoy useless infinite combos, even more than I enjoy useful ones.
5/5 for not being some ridiculous birds of paradise or another staple ****** clone in mythic rarity slot.
So does Emrakul, The Aeons torn
So does Progenitus.
So does anything that doesn't have Indestructibility.
Now, let us think, logically here. What nice deck do we have...In standard no less, that manages to get the previously mentioned 15/15 turn 2 or so...
Does it happen to be Mono Green Summoning Trap decks ?
To count on an oppenent having one of 4 (Probably not second game, lets not forget Day Of Judgement is being Sideboarded more and more) when this hits the board. Even if it only gets one attack. That is still a smack to the face. And you don't have to animate all your lands. If any at all. Anyone stupid enough to over commit that much when Mass Removal is so high deserves to get spanked.
4/5 for funsies and something to watch. Highly unlikely it will make it anywhere. But I certainly wouldn't mind a summoning Trap into 1 8/8 Liege and 2 8/8 Lands
As a person who primarily plays green, I feel obliged to love this card. It's extremely flavorful, and incredibly powerful in a casual/limited environment. But at the same time, we have to be realistic. This card just isn't that powerful. If I'm looking for a non-Titan green bomb, I'll take Gaea's Revenge or Terastodon over this any day of the week.
How about a 4/3, for a little more of that green muscle? Sure! You get an incarnation of Nature's fury, built from the ground up with nothing but cruel vines, tough thorns, and, in a sick twist of humour, all of his friends, too.
Not enough? You want a 6/6, you say. No problem. I give you a stampede of baloths, all hooves, claws, horns, tusks... you name it, they'll pound you with it. Show 'em a new brawling pit, and they'll round up their 4/4 cousins, just chompin' at the bits.
But if all this really, really just doesn't cut it, then I've got just the thing for you. Coming in with a spectacular 8/8 body...
You get lime jelly. And the best part? It makes more lime jelly.
Deelicious.
Edit: Got him, and oh yes is he fun. I've rarely been able to attack, but this is because he is an absolute lightningrod for all removal from everyone, and basically an Insist in that no-one will have any counters left for my next beatstick. The look of pure terror on their face makes it worth it.
And if you DO land a hit, you are going to enjoy the subsequent turns as you've rarely enjoyed Magic.
Also, this guy should go out with Timmy.
P.S. this was MADE for Casual and multiplayer! If Timmy ate a bunch of salad and took a dump, this is what it would look like!
You should've noticed something was up when he neglected to block an 8/8.
If the lands had trample, then this guy would be a cool early game sneak attack (or in this guy's case, Incandescent Soulstoke) target, just awakening one or two lands when he hits.
If you are a new player, search gatherer for creatures larger than 6/6 or creatures that cost more than 6 mana. A lot of wasted cardboard I know. That's why players who have been around for at least a couple of years exhibit such cold reactions to such big mana creatures and other players who get exited about them.
exple: "Sphinx of Magosi is soooo awesome!!"
More importantly, it thoroughly irritates experienced players when other players spend more time discussing how many of what huge expensive creatures to run in their decks as opposed to discussing what their deck is going to do up until the point of being able to play said big creatures.
exple: "Should I put in three Sphinx of Magosi and two Gigantomancer or should I have just two Sphinx of Magosi, two Gigantomancer and an Avenger of Zendikar??"
Furthermore, it greatly irritates experienced players when other players discuss other cards that combo with an expensive powerful creature late in the game- especially when the combo is about drawing more cards or killing more permanents or something like that that doesn't finish the game.
exple: "I could use Gigantomancer with Bloodshot Trainee to do 4 damage to any creature each turn!"
Course I'd rather take a step up and put down Iona instead.
Also, lols when your opponent hits you with the jelly and animates all his lands, just for you to Eradicate them next turn.
Anyways, Great card.
No, because they're already on the battlefield when you awake them.
Makes 8/8s
CMC=8
8 lines of text in the textbox
Number of letters in its name: 16=2*8
There you go, eight "8's"! Lorthos, the Tidemaker can have lime jelly for desert
This card is apparently unplayable, because even if your opponent is playing mono-black, they will hit you with a Day of Judgement or Wrath of God and destroy all your lands. Makes sense.
Oh, and it has trample, MAH BAD
There's a Wrath equivalent for black: Damnation
Not sure why everyone forgets about it...
@AvatarOfBro: Damnation!
What good's Bonehoard when the creatures this produces lose their creature status in the grave?
Think about it this way: I shall make you loose 3 life when ever I cast a land ... but tis not enough my dear, I shall buff up my demon ... by the same measure ... and then I shall turn all my lands into 8/8 elementals. Crying now? I can still use them as land!
I can literally block you with my lands (I remember it being a joke since one of my mates would always get destroyed, leaving him with only lands ... He used to say "I block you with my mountain/forest." Now I can do it for real. +0.5 in rating just for that alone
It has natural protection from Show and Tell in Legacy by giving you about 32 power if they show in an Emmy or Grisel. Even if they block they get hit by 24 damage. Even 16 should be lethal...