Combo with Annihialator and sacrifice effects and you can get as many lands and nonland permanents as you can have, I guess.
Rhodestar1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This , with All Is Dust. it's a game winning combo.
thrallallmighty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card has so many combos you cant even count them
AngelxLegna
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(14 votes)
"We watched as our brothers turned against us. IT just watched as we suffered. IT.....IT That Betrays." -Terrified Players Everywhere
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Reanimate" is one word actually. But i agree, black Timmys will be pleased with huge Eldrazi without the replacement effect that makes you shuffle them into the library if they get to the graveyard.
DonRoyale
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(13 votes)
Yeah, those fetchlands are real pretty...OVER HERE.
Kazabet: It's the multiplayer version of the APNAP rule: the abilites go on the stack in turn order, and then of course resolve in reverse order. Once one resolves, the others can't apply anymore since it's no longer able to be found. In short, the player whose turn is farthest away gets to take the sacrificed permanent.
Kazabet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So what happens in a multiplayer game if there are two of these out? Edit: Thanks Tanaka!
Andon_A
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(10 votes)
We are the Eldrazi. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dude this is BAD A**. I just don't know if I really like the eldrazi yet. We'll see, I hope they aren't too powerful. I trust R&D to do us well though!
DutchSanta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think some of you are missing the part in the text that says "When an OPPONENT sacrifices a permanent." You can't use it to keep the stuff you have to sacrifice to use Harrow or creatures with Devour.
Szyx
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
YES! This is one of the two card from the whooooolllle set I wanted to find at the prerelease (the other being Lightmine Field) and I GOT "IT..." in my third pack! I couldn't have been happier.
I got to play him twice and it was ghastly to see his power.
Now I'm off to make a deck based around him...mwahahahah...
Edit: I found a great strategy to get IT out quick through the graveyard. And when IT hits the battlefield, he notices that a Grave Pact has already been made.
MrDoppleganger
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The Eldrazi are just another reason Channel is just not right.
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmmm, so butcher of malakir, gravepact, world queller, mortician beetle, and so on?
Looks like the lord of sacrifice deck, rather than an eldrazi. Could do interesting things with this and consuming vapors and hand of emrakul. Even a fleshbag marauder or cruel edict could create some interesting plays.
Also, this card and all is dust.. seriously? I mean yes you need a lot of mana, but talk about a game ending play. All your opponents stuff is dead and you get it on your side while keeping your giant annihalator creature.
Ameisenber
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
multiplayer 3 ppl, with two players with each one of these, and a terramorphic expanse would be fun:)
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can see two good combos you could do with It That Betrays: 1) Other Annihilator cards (Eldrazi or Eldrazi Consri ption), which I already expect people would be doing. 2) Grave Pact and a Devour deck (though any deck where you generate lots of little creatures and destroy them for whatever reason would work as well).
gongshowninja
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(14 votes)
OMG thiscansototallywinmethegameOMFG!!
If with 12 mana, this is your best option, you have done it wrong. Congratulations.
Selez
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey! A big Eldrazi without anti-reanimation! Whadaya know.
nammertime
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
For all of you who are complaining that there are other ways to win with this much mana (ie 12, or around that much for any Eldrazi creature): Magic is a card game. Games are played for fun. This card has much potential to be fun. Not everything has to be sanctioned-competition viable and always super efficient.
SorianSadaskan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
An interesting question.
In a free-for-all, 4 players, player A and B both have It That Betrays, and while Player C and D is sacrificing permanents, who gets the the sacrifice? What happens here?
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got this in my second ROE booster. I then stuck it in my red-blue deck... We both had bad hands. I had too much mana my opponent had too little. I hade a rite of replication & an izzet guildmage but there were no good creatures I draw this little ( big big big ) guy played him ( opponent gasps ) next turn I kick rite of rep and duplicate. I gave 11 of these and opponent stopsbreathing.
There are too many good ways to use this card and I think it's a bit OP aside from being costly as hell. I removed it from my RU deck because of it's difficulty to summon in a slow-mana deck.
Now how does this effect things like a charged Bloodchief Ascension? Does the sacrificed permanent still hit the graveyard triggering the Ascension? Or does it immediately come under your control after the sacrifice?
RafiqTheMiststalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The coolest looking Eldrazi by far.
Smithney
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The art definitely embodies the atmosfere when It Thet Betrays enters the battlefield: "Come to the daddy, my sweet adopted fetchie & co.!"
stubaby89
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I used this bad boy in a casual deck. 1st turn was land then played Fyndhorn Elves. 2nd turn was play land, tap two for survival of the fittest and searched for Elvish Piper with Fyndhorn's mana. Turn three played another land and the Piper and turn four searched for this guy and played him with the Piper. Yeah it was not long before it was GG.
GruesomeGoo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If only there was a cheaper version...don't get me wrong, I adore the Eldrazi, they are almost as badass as the Phyrexians, and that's saying something.
But this mechanic is just begging to be abused. With Mortician Beetle in the same set and severalgreatsacrificing cards, this mechanic could become very powerful, not to mention tons of fun.
1919
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fun in EDH. Since EDH is slow and you get to the point of 10-20 lands mid-late game this guy just adds fun to the game (not to your opponents)
surewhynot
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
All your lands are belong to us.
vomitron6000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
a few days ago i had the coolest opening hand with this card: 3 swamps, dark ritual, rotting rats, Rise from the Grave, and this bad boy. it was like a dream. i had out turn 3.
Graphec
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
haha I like AngelxLegna flavor text better than the actual flavor on the card.
Paleopaladin
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
The best of the large Eldrazi. I scored Emrakul, the Aeons Torn from a booster and happy as I am with it, I'd trade it in a heartbeat for this guy.
supershawn
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
now if only I could find the exact same effect but on a much cheaper 5/5 creature.
If I could have ooone card in the whole world, this would most likely be it. Not efficient, but maaan... He makes me drool with excitement.
Faust-The-Desolate
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Heh, I was playing with my friend. I had this and the hand of emrakul out. I hit him with both and he had several lands and anowan out. He decided to give up his lands and that ended it right there.
piplovey
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I have a few questions about this card.
1) When creatures are sacrificed and It That Betrays is out, do they actually hit the graveyard? Or does It That Betrays effect take place before they can?
2) Additionally, if someone clones an It That Betrays, or for that matter if someone plays another, who do the sacrificed permanents go to? I assumed that they'd go to the controller of the second It That Betrays that comes out.
Thanks!
RareCardHunter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
The best of the non-legendary Eldrazi.
legendaryrat
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's a fun card. Herp-a-derp win more! I CAN name a format where dropping something for 12 mana is not an auto gg, EDH. Following it up with an All Is Dust is a different matter :D.
NecroticNobody
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
The name should be "It That Pi$$es Off Your Friends"
first turn play a swamp then tap it to play Dark Ritual then play entomb to search for this guy and put him into your graveyard then play exhume to put him into play I keep your appoint in a lock down for there on out.
divine_exodus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Why does this card send a tingly sensation through my body? I NEED THIS CARD!!!
Bursama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
SICK! ... I run this in my Grixis control deck. First I force my opponets to sac things with Fleshbag Marauder and with Grave Pact while having this and Thraximundar on the game...
Snafinturtle
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's kind of unfortunate, really, no one bothered to mention classic huge sac removal, excluding balance, and All is dust.
Here's a few that some people might want to consider: Razia's Purification: Each player Sacs all but 3 permanents. (6 mana) (you reap the rewards, then attack to take all but 1 of theirs in total)
Global Ruin: Each player sacs all lands except for one of each basic land type they control. (5 mana) (not quite as effective, but it nets you a huge mana base in multiplayer)
and my personal favorite
Cataclysm: Each player sacrifices all permanents they control except for 1 land, 1 creature, 1 enchantment, and 1 artifact. (4 mana) (usually, you'll take the land and the echantment if they even have one out and they'll block with the creature)
MasterOfEtherium
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The Best Eldrazi! EAZY
Stampeder
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Anybody knows whether ItB would work well with Living Death?
Some people think that the mass sacrifice would trigger ItB's second ability, while others say that ItB's second ability would not trigger because it's sacrificed as well, all at the same time.
Some reminders from the Comp Rules October 1st 2010:
101.4. If multiple players would make choices and/or take actions at the same time, the active player (the player whose turn it is) makes any choices required, then the next player in turn order (usually the player seated to the active player’s left) makes any choices required, followed by the remaining nonactive players in turn order. Then the actions happen simultaneously. This rule is often referred to as the “Active Player, Nonactive Player (APNAP) order” rule. Example: A card reads “Each player sacrifices a creature.” First, the active player chooses a creature he or she controls. Then each of the nonactive players, in turn order, chooses a creature he or she controls. Then all creatures chosen this way are sacrificed simultaneously.
701.13. Sacrifice 701.13a To sacrifice a permanent, its controller moves it from the battlefield directly to its owner’s graveyard. A player can’t sacrifice something that isn’t a permanent, or something that’s a permanent he or she doesn’t control. Sacrificing a permanent doesn’t destroy it, so regeneration or other effects that replace destruction can’t affect this action.
TwistedBobbay
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Out on first turn, boo-ya!
Swamp + Dark ritual + Funeral Charm to discard It That Betrays + Exhume It That Betrays = now your opponent has to deal with an 11/11 on the first turn.
Kindulas
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Kozilek should have this guys ability instead. I mean, kozilek is just "draw 4 cards. yeah, now i'm just an eldrazi." I mean, yeah, just an eldrazi, but here come it that betrays, some normal rare with ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Also, because most people will sack their lands first, he helps you play other eldrazi
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Flavor-wise my fave Eldrazi next to Emrakul, The Aeons Torn. Emrakul tickles my Lovecraft Timmynator pea green, and this tickles my Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan-Within! :D
Play-wise, this one beats all, even the titans. I love how it turns Diabolic Edict into a permanent Ray Of Command.
Also, the name is utterly brilliant. I shiver when I read it.
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Interesting art...looks like a surprised person in anime
Anyways, pulled this guy out of a booster, I FLIPPED!!!!! Won me many a game, cuz I get it out on turn 7 or 8 and start stealing their stuffz
5/5
Moleland
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If you're playing this, hope your opponent never sacrifices a Phage the untouchable...
Ideatog
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Hmmm...
It brings things back from the graveyard, even other players'. That sounds like a black thing to do. It steals control of other players' stuff- that sounds like a blue thing.
But since it's an eldumbzi, it's colorless and flavorless. It's just a big, boring heap of hurt that is so not-memorable that it doesn't even have a name. It's just "it," like in the book A Child Called It. The design team seems to have handled the eldrazi in a similar fashion to the child in the book.
Ryeran
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
@Lord_of_Tresserhorn This card also touches my Evangelion nerve. The art, the name, the flavor text all give me that creepy feeling that I get when think of the Angels from that series.
Which brings me to Ideatog's comment.
That's just what is so scary about the Angels, and this thing on the same flavor. They're like intra-planar children. They have no sense of pain and mercy, and their lack of understanding when it comes to morality goes way beyond mortal scope. That's what scares me about the Angels, and by that token; this card gives me the willies.
Best win ever: Buddy plays It That Betrays, swings next turn. I've got Abyssal Persecutor.
"You can has."
He didn't have removal.
XTwistedsoulX
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Play brand after this things wrath to make it a much less frightining "It that indian gives"
NERVNQSR
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I love how this doesn't have the "shuffle into library" effect when it hits the graveyard, it makes summoning it MUCH easier.
WateryMind
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
It hasn't be said yet (to my knowledge), so here we go.
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.
NatalyNeeSama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
For people that is saying anything about this cost:
You can Entomb/Putrid Imp this guy and exhume him in turn 1( with Dark Ritual), since he DON'T share the "can't go to graveyard" thing that other Eldrazi have.
So, yeah, the cost don't matter to much XD.
Crag-Hack
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Its an 11/11 with annihilator 2, i dont think he needs to be part of a combo.
wstonefi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this guy. He's one of my all-time favorite reanimation targets. The fact that you can reanimate him makes him better than Emrakul, Kozilek, and Ulamog, IMO. Plus, his name, art, and flavor are epic-- you really get the sense that he is a world-destroying abomination. 5/5 stars from me.
does the permanent hit the gaveyard and THEN come to your side? if so, combo w/ other eldrazi, sheoldred and Massacre wurm.
How do you like them Apples?
also, it combos great with cards that make your opponent sacrirfice non-token permanents
Lueseto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
BEST NAME EVER
Geaxis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Has anyone besides me noticed creeping tar pit under this guys right leg?
Jentaru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, in a match of EDH, if an opponent were to sacrifice their general it technically goes to the graveyard from play then as EDH rule state if a commander dies or is exiled you can return it to the command zone. My question is, does It That Betray's second ability take effect before the general would be put back into the command zone or would the option of placing it back into the command zone take priority over the second ability?
shotoku64
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
It That Betrays's Second ability is a replacement effect. It replaces the act of a sacrificed permanent going to the graveyard to where the permanent goes to your side of the battlefield. The permanents never hit the graveyard while It That Betrays is out
Dr.Pingas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@Shotoku, no, it is NOT a replacement effect; it does not say INSTEAD anywhere. It says WHENEVER, which means it's triggered, it happens "whenever" it's requirement is met.
You know, the other day, I was actually explaining to my friends that this card is the standard I refer to when defining a "broken" card. Stoneforge Mystic and Sword of Left and Right can't possibly be broken; they aren't this guy. Iona comes close.
Toes_of_Krosa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Should've been "That Which Betrays"
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The best Eldrazi that's compatible with Exhume, that's for sure. The art is also awesome; this guy also has the best face of all the Eldrazi, and possibly of all creatures ever. The floating horns/antennae seal the deal.
ZeroSheep
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I used the art for this card as a CD cover for a fictional death metal band in my graphic design class.
It looks like Majora's Mask possessed an Eldrazi this time. That, and it's an Eldrazi that I can reliably run in a reanimator deck!
Sliver_Legion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
We are going to have nightmares about this thing.
Gameguy602
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I find it quite amusing to cast Act of Treason on this guy.
bijart_dauth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dat flavor text...
pedrodyl
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
You know, the Eldrazi were really creepy looking
personsunknown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Would work killingly with Liliana of the Veil's ultimate.. for massing decks, just split into 2 roughly equal halves, you get all the creatures in one pile.
Yes. I'm cruel enough to sacrifice my own Phage so that I can give both it and an Eldrazi to you.
You lose.
(Donate the It That Betrays. Then Sacrifice Phage to the Altar.)
EvilDarkVoid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love how this thing is more expensive than Kozilek or Ulamog. I feel like there should be some cool lore to go along with that.
Hashbeth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It oozes flavor, is balanced, and is a pretty scary threat. It's also fairly cheap to acquire and you could (for whatever reason) have multiples on the board. Though not really necessary, it certainly is apocalyptic imagery; an army of Eldrazi each raising the races it crushes to rise against the ever weakening defenders.
observerofthecards
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Awesome, awesome card with awesome, awesome flavor. My favorite card out of the Zendikar block hands down, and definitely one of my all time favorites.
Xineombine
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Seriously, this thing feels Black on so many levels, the flavor, the look and the effects, all seem black to me. all of that in a 11/11 body to boot,5/5
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'd say this guy is second only to Emrakul when it comes to Eldrazi.
CapmCrunch
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got to live the dream online when I drafted All Is Dust with this fellow in a Swiss. Followed it up with All is Dust against the levelers deck, equipped Hedron Matrix with my extra mana, attacked for 23. Still one of my favorite moments. It's one thing to kill an opponent, another thing entirely to leave them completely bereft with all of their former minions on your side.
Hepatizon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not just an Eldrazi. Not just a colorless Eldrazi. Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi. Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2. Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2 that resurrects whatever creatures your opponent is forced to sacrifice (and not just by its annihilator).
It's an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2 that resurrects whatever creatures your opponent is forced to sacrifice and isn't reshuffled into your library from the graveyard.
Add on top of it a great name and some damned sexy art. This is destined to be a classic, and is my personal favorite Eldrazi to date.
Dryten
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Field of daimonds
SirLibraryEater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is most certainly one of my favorite Eldrazi. You really can't go wrong with Emrakul, except for his legendary-ness, but letting your opponent choose which permanents they give up is just so EVIL. I love it sooo much. AND he reminds me of Majora's Mask.
Syrtees
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with your opponents field.
kinghydra510
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combine with All Is Dust. Conquer existence. ELDRAZI POWER!!!!!!
Comments (102)
-Terrified Players Everywhere
But i agree, black Timmys will be pleased with huge Eldrazi without the replacement effect that makes you shuffle them into the library if they get to the graveyard.
Edit: Thanks Tanaka!
You will be assimilated.
Resistance is futile.
I got to play him twice and it was ghastly to see his power.
Now I'm off to make a deck based around him...mwahahahah...
Edit: I found a great strategy to get IT out quick through the graveyard. And when IT hits the battlefield, he notices that a Grave Pact has already been made.
Looks like the lord of sacrifice deck, rather than an eldrazi. Could do interesting things with this and consuming vapors and hand of emrakul. Even a fleshbag marauder or cruel edict could create some interesting plays.
Also, this card and all is dust.. seriously? I mean yes you need a lot of mana, but talk about a game ending play. All your opponents stuff is dead and you get it on your side while keeping your giant annihalator creature.
1) Other Annihilator cards (Eldrazi or Eldrazi Consri ption), which I already expect people would be doing.
2) Grave Pact and a Devour deck (though any deck where you generate lots of little creatures and destroy them for whatever reason would work as well).
If with 12 mana, this is your best option, you have done it wrong. Congratulations.
In a free-for-all, 4 players, player A and B both have It That Betrays, and while Player C and D is sacrificing permanents, who gets the the sacrifice? What happens here?
We both had bad hands. I had too much mana my opponent had too little.
I hade a rite of replication & an izzet guildmage but there were no good creatures
I draw this little ( big big big ) guy played him ( opponent gasps ) next turn I kick rite of rep and duplicate.
I gave 11 of these and opponent stopsbreathing.
There are too many good ways to use this card and I think it's a bit OP aside from being costly as hell.
I removed it from my RU deck because of it's difficulty to summon in a slow-mana deck.
Also had fun snatching a planeswalker w/ this =)
But this mechanic is just begging to be abused. With Mortician Beetle in the same set and
turn 2: Play a swamp
Turn 3: Play a Plain, Animate Dead It That Betrays
Turn 4: Play Balance then play your land.
1) When creatures are sacrificed and It That Betrays is out, do they actually hit the graveyard? Or does It That Betrays effect take place before they can?
2) Additionally, if someone clones an It That Betrays, or for that matter if someone plays another, who do the sacrificed permanents go to? I assumed that they'd go to the controller of the second It That Betrays that comes out.
Thanks!
Here's a few that some people might want to consider:
Razia's Purification: Each player Sacs all but 3 permanents. (6 mana)
(you reap the rewards, then attack to take all but 1 of theirs in total)
Global Ruin: Each player sacs all lands except for one of each basic land type they control. (5 mana)
(not quite as effective, but it nets you a huge mana base in multiplayer)
and my personal favorite
Cataclysm: Each player sacrifices all permanents they control except for 1 land, 1 creature, 1 enchantment, and 1 artifact. (4 mana)
(usually, you'll take the land and the echantment if they even have one out and they'll block with the creature)
Some people think that the mass sacrifice would trigger ItB's second ability, while others say that ItB's second ability would not trigger because it's sacrificed as well, all at the same time.
Some reminders from the Comp Rules October 1st 2010:
101.4. If multiple players would make choices and/or take actions at the same time, the active player (the player whose turn it is) makes any choices required, then the next player in turn order (usually the player seated to the active player’s left) makes any choices required, followed by the remaining nonactive players in turn order. Then the actions happen simultaneously. This rule is often referred to as the “Active Player, Nonactive Player (APNAP) order” rule.
Example: A card reads “Each player sacrifices a creature.” First, the active player chooses a creature he or she controls. Then each of the nonactive players, in turn order, chooses a creature he or she controls. Then all creatures chosen this way are sacrificed simultaneously.
701.13. Sacrifice
701.13a To sacrifice a permanent, its controller moves it from the battlefield directly to its owner’s
graveyard. A player can’t sacrifice something that isn’t a permanent, or something that’s a permanent he or she doesn’t control. Sacrificing a permanent doesn’t destroy it, so regeneration or other effects that replace destruction can’t affect this action.
Swamp + Dark ritual + Funeral Charm to discard It That Betrays + Exhume It That Betrays = now your opponent has to deal with an 11/11 on the first turn.
Also, because most people will sack their lands first, he helps you play other eldrazi
Play-wise, this one beats all, even the titans. I love how it turns Diabolic Edict into a permanent Ray Of Command.
Also, the name is utterly brilliant. I shiver when I read it.
Anyways, pulled this guy out of a booster, I FLIPPED!!!!! Won me many a game, cuz I get it out on turn 7 or 8 and start stealing their stuffz
5/5
It brings things back from the graveyard, even other players'. That sounds like a black thing to do.
It steals control of other players' stuff- that sounds like a blue thing.
But since it's an eldumbzi, it's colorless and flavorless. It's just a big, boring heap of hurt that is so not-memorable that it doesn't even have a name. It's just "it," like in the book A Child Called It. The design team seems to have handled the eldrazi in a similar fashion to the child in the book.
This card also touches my Evangelion nerve. The art, the name, the flavor text all give me that creepy feeling that I get when think of the Angels from that series.
Which brings me to Ideatog's comment.
That's just what is so scary about the Angels, and this thing on the same flavor. They're like intra-planar children. They have no sense of pain and mercy, and their lack of understanding when it comes to morality goes way beyond mortal scope. That's what scares me about the Angels, and by that token; this card gives me the willies.
Lolwut.
"You can has."
He didn't have removal.
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.
You can Entomb/Putrid Imp this guy and exhume him in turn 1( with Dark Ritual), since he DON'T share the "can't go to graveyard" thing that other Eldrazi have.
So, yeah, the cost don't matter to much XD.
How do you like them Apples?
also, it combos great with cards that make your opponent sacrirfice non-token permanents
You know, the other day, I was actually explaining to my friends that this card is the standard I refer to when defining a "broken" card. Stoneforge Mystic and Sword of Left and Right can't possibly be broken; they aren't this guy. Iona comes close.
That, and it's an Eldrazi that I can reliably run in a reanimator deck!
for massing decks, just split into 2 roughly equal halves, you get all the creatures in one pile.
It that Betrays
All is Dust
That Which was Taken
Storm Crow
Yes. I'm cruel enough to sacrifice my own Phage so that I can give both it and an Eldrazi to you.
You lose.
(Donate the It That Betrays. Then Sacrifice Phage to the Altar.)
Not just a colorless Eldrazi.
Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi.
Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2.
Not just an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2 that resurrects whatever creatures your opponent is forced to sacrifice (and not just by its annihilator).
It's an 11/11 colorless Eldrazi with Annihilator 2 that resurrects whatever creatures your opponent is forced to sacrifice and isn't reshuffled into your library from the graveyard.
Add on top of it a great name and some damned sexy art. This is destined to be a classic, and is my personal favorite Eldrazi to date.
AND he reminds me of Majora's Mask.
Conquer existence.
ELDRAZI POWER!!!!!!
It That Betrays + Bazaar Trader + Thornbite Staff + Bronze Bombshell
I lost a friend that day.
This effect is really cool and Belongs in any EDH deck focused on Sacrificing
4/5 Stars