5 mana for one damage? I'm sorry, we're not that desperate for damage, people. And it's uncommon; a total waste of an uncommon slot. Really, Wizards?
caesar1994
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
So is this worldwake's Mindless Null? Does this mean will are going to have a pointless rare in Rise of the Eldrazi?
superstalker75
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm gonna put this in my Rod of Ruin deck...
Theostratus
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Was hoping WotC wouldn't put rod of ruin into a non-coreset
CaptainNick
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Repeatable artifact drops for Glassdust Hulk or Glaze Fiend? Works with Sludge Strider kinda. Still way too expensive... You'd have to run a bunch of Etherium Sculptors to get it to a usable cost.
You'd think with the cost and the artwork that it would ping for at least 3 damage...
mdakw576
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
equip to chimney imp
Qazior
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(12 votes)
This one is below common. Whoever designed this should be fired. Oh man... an uncommon...
Shikadi
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(9 votes)
at least for chimney imp you must only pay the 5 mana once.
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
My current nominee for the worst card in Worldwake... I almost died when I saw this. Honestly, what?? It would be one thing if it un-equipped after use, but to actually bounce back to your hand for one damage is insane.
.5/5
SwordSkill
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
You guys are all bad! Wizards just tying to make us realise the there could be worst cards from Mindless Null! Whitch would be uncommon too!
See what happens when you are complaining for Very bad commons? They turn into ever worst uncommons.
Rise of the Eldrazi will surely have an even worst rare for sure... Something like
"Mindless Boomerang Aftifact Creature - Zombie RARE
This creature can't attack or block unless you control a Mindless Null and a Razor Boomerang.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return this creature from the battlefield it's owner hand.
Whenever this creature deals 1 or more damage, return it to it's owner hand.
-2/-2"
FugimSky
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
...thanks for ruining my uncommon slot...couldn't just make this common and the next mindless null?
This costs too much. I hope I don't get it in a Booster.
Asic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I watched this get pulled, then laughed at, then riped into shreds. This card is so bad. I actually covered my face with my hands after seeing it.
mrcelophane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This has to be some of the coolest flavor ive ever seen on a magic card.
for that it gets a 2
And then i Deduct 1.5 for being god awful. I cannot think of anytime when I would want to use this in the present day standard...or extended...hell for vintage and legacy even.
But why? WHY WHY WHY!?!?!? The art is sooo good...the Mechanic is soooo good...but that mana cost/low attack...*facepalm*
I think Bonesaw was more useful...bot belong on a chimney imp, cuz at least they come into play untapped and without summonin sickness!
datruuf
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this wouldn't be good even if you could cast it for free
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(39 votes)
The all-new, improved Rod of Ruin 2.0! Now with twice the unplayable!
Kurhan
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(54 votes)
"Few can catch it without losing a finger" Even less can play it without losing the game.
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(9 votes)
Worldwake has quite a few donks. Did you even playtest WotC? Was there really a situation in which paying 5 mana and tapping a creature in order to deal a single point of damage was more useful than any other play?
Grimn777
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
this is a first for me. I have never voted a card below 1 before. too bad I can't figure out how to register a vote of 0. Would have been weak at common, but I guess the other colors needed some sort of comparable effect to cunning sparkmage at uncommon. Oh, did I say comparable, I meant miserably worse than, to the point of disgrace.
Here's a suggestion for WWK drafts. Instead of the land challenge, try the razor boomerang challenge! Draft every razor boomerang you see (don't worry, they will be passed to you) and put them all in your deck, then go 4-0!
HairlessThoctar
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Why is such a cool looking card such jank? or an uncommon?
Yes, this card is bad. I see it get torn apart everywhere...
Only if there was a way to get infite mana (or at least 160) in standard, where at least 1 of 8 is blue, you could combine it with Filligree Sages to to repeat and repeat 1 damage for five mana and tap/untapping your sages, and eventually deal 20 (or more, if needed) damage... It would be awesome to totally obliterate someone with it. ^^
If there was such a card, I immediately started to create a Boomerang deck. =D
gilgalad72
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
i just made a custom ringtone from 0:35 - 1:23 using this card
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
But you are all forgetting-IT CAN TARGET PLANESWALKERS! I traded 3 Bull Rush for one, and the other guy wanted to slug me after he realized how bad he just got hosed.
DarkTowerEX
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(6 votes)
I got my own version for it's flavor text:
"Few will want it without giving it the finger"
JosirisDavid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is a joke.
Layton
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
wizards
you must be fu****g me and all magic players!
yojimbojones
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Terrible card. Which is quite sad considering how cool something like this could be if it was actually playable. There are any number of ways they could of recosted this or changed it's function to make it better. I dunno... I guess this falls under their "we make some bad cards so that new players can determine good from bad"
inmypants22
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
i got this in a booster....
i crawled into bed and cried.... until i looked at the rest of the booster and saw a foil abyssal persecutor then i crawled into bed and cried again
DeviousPie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
WotC really needs to print another unspeakably bad card like this, except that it's a creature and its subtype is troll. Then, we'll know that WotC is trolling us!
darkhissatsu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have found a use for it. Tideforce Elemental, Walking Altas, Jaya Ballard. And when you can't untap anymore, just use it for a discard!
CJM2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does anyone else think the art on this card is so ludicrous that it must just be some kind of inside joke? What is that cow-looking thing making a retard face in the background?
agamemaker
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(27 votes)
Where's the zero rating when you need it.
schacher
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got a foil one. At least it's purdee.
faisjdas
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(66 votes)
Equip to Orcish Bloodpainter to keep your opponent guessing. Will you pay 5 mana for 1 damage, or sacrifice a creature?
HE'LL NEVER KNOW.
Uhhsam
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
maybe it would be better off putting a -1/-1 counter on target creature. it would fit with the flavor of 'losing a finger', unless the target is at 1 toughness, in which case it takes a bit more.
jhimbob
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Spectacular! Going to change Limited, going to overtake Skullclamp as the most broken artifact ever printed. 5 stars A++++ will buy again
DarthKithkin
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Equip this to chimney imp you nincompoops!!! That is = to unlimited turns of 1 direct damage a turn!!!!
(All this is is a colorless Searing Touch that taps your creature)
jeff-heikkinen
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(22 votes)
There are many older cards which read as hideously inefficient today, but were somewhat forgivable at a time when WotC didn't know the game as well as it does today, or were experimenting with a new mechanic. I can at least understand where they were coming from in most cases.
What the hell is Razor Boomerang's excuse?
For a card from (at this writing) the newest set, this is inexplicable. It's so obviously horrid it doesn't even have the excuse of being a skill-tester. If it didn't return to your hand, it still wouldn't see constructed play and would be at most a mid-pack pick in draft; as printed, it's a complete waste of cardboard.
aquaguy88
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I don't understand why this card was made to be an uncommon but I do have one question. Are they creating some creature that could potentially have the ability of when it deal damage to a player that you can put and equipment card back onto the battlefield, even maybe being equipped to that creature? It would make equip aggro decks a little bit more fun if so much mana wasn't spent on playing and equipping. But for now until i see a creature like that come out, Congrats on making one of the worst uncommons in the history of magic.
spectermonger
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Hmmm...I'll have to choose between this an Chimney Imp when I have 5 lands untapped...it's sad, because they combo so well together...
ICEFANG13
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(43 votes)
@ Sironos and everyone: I have found an unlimited damage combo with razor boomerang, which is really sad because I'm not a Johnny almost at all but I have one, AHEM.
I hope everyone is happy now the world is at peace once more.
oh yes and this card is terrible, but the above combo isn't impossible to pull off mostly cause all the cards cost 2 (or one) and Battered Golem is probably free.
yes I know you're happy now
altheuser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Sironos
OK, so check it out: you're sitting there with your Razor Boomerang and your Shelkin Brownie, right? OK, so the deal is this: attach the Boomerang to the Brownie and then tap for one to the Brownie. BAM! Two horrible cards which used to be uglifying the crud out of your table are now off the battlefield. The next time a card goes into your graveyard, it will cover the Brownie and hide the shame.
If you're playing for ante perhaps you can Darkpact this off of the top of your library. You'll get the best card in the pot for all of 2 seconds before your opponent leaps across the table and strangles you to death.
This card is so bad. The worst part about it is that it's uncommon, so instead of using up some garbage common slot in your booster packs it could have cost you a Cunning Sparkmage.
On the positive side, your dog probably wouldn't mind the taste very much if you threw it in with his kibble.
MrBarrelRoll
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(17 votes)
Want those 5 lands you just untapped from last turn's Chimney Imp to keep dealing damage to your opponent EVERY TURN? Look no further.
Fratex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best card ever printed.
Sir_Kaeru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
love the flavor of the mechanics, but otherwise it fails
We need useful, efficient combos that don't require Auriok Steelshaper, Leonin Shikari, other discount effects, or swapping/Bazaar Trader effects. I personally think that whatever cool combo that could've been was turned off by the mana equip cost. Perhaps this was supposed to be some silly combo in standard. Maybe.
...
I'm stumped.
XTwistedsoulX
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Too bad such a cool idea came out so bad. Less cost, more damage, almost anything could have made it near good... but as is.... no way.
SorianSadaskan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is the result of an useless crap developed by some lazy-ass designers without testing it's efficiency in play. And yes I know there's enough comments to emphasize this card, but the insult it gives to the artefact/Kor Equipment decks, I just have to say it.
What piece of garbage.
Belz_
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ugh. Shuriken was an interesting concept, but this is just awful. If only it didn't return the damn thing to your hand...
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Isn't there a Johnny out there who has the necessary power to find a useful combo for this?
I DARE YOU! ;)
HURRAH! I'll never look at it the same way again!
Now I have a new problem however: To keep my friend who plays an artifact deck from discovering that combo :S
IshubarashI
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@MrBarrelRoll I haven't laughed that hard in weeks, thank you for that
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ice fang there are far easier unlimited damage combos to pull off the combo has way to many cards in it.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Icefang12 - Add Leonin Elder to your combo for infinite life-gain as well!
ultratog1028
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
BOO! GET OFF THE STAGE!
chwbcc1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I keep thinking about this card and wonder why it would be allowed into the game. And the only thing I can think of it is either an misprint or a misunderstanding of the rule on the card.
It says to return to the owner's hand. My question is who is the owner? I own all of my cards. But what if I am playing my friend's deck does it go into him hand since he owns the card?
I am the Player, so the target should resolve to the owner. So if a creature equiped with an equipment the owner of the equipment until it is equiped to another creature? This would make more sense than creating a card that cost you 5 Mana to cause 1 damage.
I think the real way this is meant to be played is not to return to player's hand but instead to reattach it to the creature weilding it hence the difference between the owner and the player.
This would make this card a really good card to have in a wennie deck or any non-red deck giving the playing field a balance to the tap for direct damage.
What do you all think?
Yozuk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Could you untap the equipped creature and activate the tap ability again in response to its own effect like Goblin cannon?
dberry02
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Don't worry. Wizards has confirmed that it can be used on a Storm Crow for optimum efficiency.
VoidedNote
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Few can look at it without gagging on their own tears."
coyotemoon722
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Okay okay, I get it now. Wizards must've laughed hysterically when creating this. Apparently there is an unlimited damage combo as the previous poster mentioned. They probably snickered and wondered if anyone would ever find it. Cuz there is no way anyone would create this bad of a card if not to be included in some over-the-top jank combo. Well played Wizards, well played indeed.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I bet this thing sucks because it'll be BADASS with Scars...
ninjaduckie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pure trash!
SleetFox
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is absolutely horrible. There's not really anything to say besides that. It's 5 mana and a tapped creature to do 1 damage, even if it is infinitely repeatable.
It's a shame this is so terrible, because I like the idea. Increase the damage and decrease the cost, then we'll talk.
gongshowninja
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What kind of lame-ass boomerang doesn't return to the creature that threw it? It comes to you! What the hell?
Daikoru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The good thing about this card is that if someone attempt to destroy your boomerang, you can easily return it to your hand in order to avoid it being destroyed. Not like anyone would waste a destroy spell on that anyway :|
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Worst of the set? It's funny how all the crappy cards get almost as much attention as the good ones
nimzo
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I have found a versatile damage/kill combo with Tolarian Serpent.
I can strike for 20 damages... or, if the trick doesn’t work (example: A couple of Chimney Imp dies blocked), Chimey Imp will mystify my opponent since it's actually the only combo-card that affect them, while Tolarian Serpent can help me to die myself more rapidly, milling my entire miserable deck into my miserable graveyard.
18scsc
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
i just want to use the new myr galvanizer combo to win with this
iondragonx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I gave this a 1.5 because its the second artifact that I've found that can help with Golem Foundry.
Jackal_Master_FTW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
two myr galvanizers and a Palladium Myr and another myr, and you have an infinate combo. bad ass with scars is right!!
still a crappy card....
--Nate--
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
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:(
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(9 votes)
This Thing Only Kills Cows ? LoL Burger King Is More Efficient At Killing There Than This Thing
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I still don't have a playset
Ace8792
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I see the new $10 uncommon.
Vishlord
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
How to make a rod of ruin look good again!
SolidSoldier
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
@ICEFANG13: Well done, sir, well done.
Lunarblade
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Should have been mythic.
pigknight
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Might be good it it dealt more damage and/or gave bonuses to the equipped creature while still equipped.
HuntingDrake
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
The comparison to Rod of Ruin, Viridian Longbow, or Searing Touch is pretty direct. I'm happy to play those cards in Limited, though. I like underpowered little effects like this--much better gameplay than "Baneslayer. Doomblade."
The only insulting thing is how hard they neutered this-- The artifact deals the damage, so no lifelink or deathtouch interactions... but the ability is the creature's, so it still doesn't get around protection. The unattach is part of the cost, so no Horseshoe Crab shenanigans.
Exactly as effective in Magic as a razor-sharp returning boomerang would be in real life.
DysprosiumJudas
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I honestly just think it's a joke card. Wizards has to sit around and make hundreds and hundreds of new cards every year. It's pretty difficult to think of that many good ideas all the time. It's not surprising to think that at the end of a long workday one of them was just like, "Well, what if we made the worst card in the world and actually printed it?" The entire team had a blast making this card, I have no doubt. I still giggle everytime I read through it. The fact that this abomination is an uncommon just seals the deal for me. This was a joke card.
novasun
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
I got a foil of this...
TPmanW
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There MUST be a reason for this aberration's existence! There's still one set left in the new Mirrodin block for them to print a razorboomeranger card that will combo with this. Either that or the combo is so powerful that they wouldn't let it happen in standard and they won't print the dreaded lord of razorbommerangs until Innistrad comes out.
helluin
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
It costs and requires two creatures to tap, but there's finally an answer for Storm Crow.
Why is this rating so low I mean come on. Yes it does one damage and you obviously have to pay a lot of mana for that one damage, but this card is so blatantly designed for use around cards that get benefits every time you play an artifact Golem's Heart for example (yes I know this wasn't around at the time).
SeiberTross
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
This card currently sits as the 4th lowest rated artifact of ALL TIME.
Cmon people, we can get #1!!!
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pause for a moment to consider the implications of a can-trip. When it would make even this playable.
Maybe Jace wouldn't be so expensive if Wizards wasn't trying its hardest to dissuade you from buying Worldwake boosters.
SHAD0Wdump
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can only see one use for this card beyond combos. As a humiliation weapon.
Might throw one in a deck with artifact tutoring myself...
Shadoflaam
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Ah, retarded cow slayer. I know it well. Also, I swear I will make an actual boomerang out of 50 of these one day. I'm pretty good at origami.
Buderus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
You suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck you suck >_> Please ppl burn all existing copies of this card and make it disappear!
Siyanor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The infinite damage combo doesn't require 7 cards. It requires 6, and one can be any artifact.
Etherium Sculptor/Helm of Awakening/Cloud Key, Semblance Anvil (imprint any artifact), Battered Golem, Puresteel Paladin, and Razor Boomerang. Using Helm or Cloud Key, it's monowhite, so no chance of getting colorscrewed either. PP also allows you draw as many cards as you want (not that you need them, but it can help you draw into combo).
Infinite Elves and Infinite Myrs also work.
lorendorky
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In all seriousness, using this with puresteel paladin and a token producer could ACTUALLY work.
rinoh20
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i did it. as of this posting, this card is the worst rated artifact.
Enemy_Tricolor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Imagine if they remade Krull, but instead of a fantasy adventure you watched some hillbilly going "HURRR HURRRR" and throwing a glaive at livestock for ninety minutes. Now imagine that experience condensed into a Magic card. Now throw away all your copies of this card.
The concept of this card is actually cool. It just needs to be stronger. For all the mana you have to invest to use it, 5 damage is reasonable.
TheSwarm
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
It uncommon so that people don't get overflooded with them when they are playing in drafts. Also see Akoum Boulderfoot for the same premise.
ALso... in standard, If you have a puresteel palladin out with an artifact imprinted onto semblance anvil and a mirran spy with metalcraft turned on, the card says 1: Draw a card and deal one damage to target creature or player. I really would like to make that work hahahaha
Worldwake boosters are 7 bucks presently. I would not want to get one of these in them.
JFM2796
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Simply Atrocious.
Gaffy00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly worse than Every other Equipment. Lol.
jon_hill987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Strictly worse than Storm Crow, wait... it actually is.
Salient
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
If you can convince the opponent that the equipped creature is the "owner" of the boomerang, this card is free to use turn after turn.
Alternatively, just throw the card at a pesky opponent and watch them leap back and flee: for they know as well as you that few can catch it without losing a finger.
Paladin85
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
And I thought WotC stopped doing such rubbish cards above common
The card is supposed to 'emulate' a real boomerang, but Shuriken is a way better card with a similiar function and at least doesn't do stupid things like return itself to its owner's hand (Just use ninjas and you keep it)
0/5 is not enough, it needs to be given -5/5!
sincleanser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't see how this was allowed to be printed.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
The artwork is an allegory: The donkey that gets attacked is a player who gets punished for being dumb enough to use this card. The boomerang stands for his reasoning whose flaws he tries to repress but which will eventually return. Which means, the donkey himself was the one who threw the boomerang.
I conclude: the card is for new players to make them understand (the hard way) what cards not to put in a deck :P
Penguin_Master
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the community has spoken
WORST CARD EVER.
MindlessUndead
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At the moment, this is the lowest rated card on Gatherer, just behind Crystal Rod
Sk8er_Boi_1999
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Awesome repeatable source of damage. Great card 5/5
bowlofgumbo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Since when has paying five mana and tapping a creature for 1 point of damage not been the absolute worst ability in Magic?
Before the R&D's revision team, this card might even be playable as a sideboard common.
mattblack04
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Token deck + this + Puresteel Paladin + 3 Etherium Sculptors is not that shabby. Not awesome, but something that can actually make this kill things and opponents. At least there's a situation where this card can cause mass destruction using its own mechanisms.
ofwgktaftw
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I put this card in some of my casual decks just for the lulz, and sure enough, whenever I draw it I lol. Then I do a facepalm and then usually concede, since this card is as close to unplayable as possible. Although playing this with a straight face usually causes your opponent to think you have some sort of bizzarro combo prepared.
ax_morph
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It would appear this is the lowest rated card in the Gatherer.
And it's an uncommon from a recent set *Must not make comment on power creep*
Condor_96
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only possible justification I can think of for even considering printing something like this is a very, very intense need of a flavor-injection. And they even failed at that, since nobody would play this, and, hence, no added flavor.
Hahaha "twice the unplayable" ...so true ... Sweet artwork though, that cow's pretty terrified
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Icefang13: Add in Puresteel Paladin to draw your entire deck as you combo out
Also, this might be somewhat entertaining if it let the creature deal the damage, as you could use deathtouch and combat shenanigans, but it would still be pretty pathetic. I think the whole point of it returning it was to be able to re-equip it a couple times (like Cyclopean Snare), but unlike the snare, you could just re-equip it without it bouncing, but I guess it's more obvious now
goldstar971
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
the card text is great it says you can catch it without losing a finger refering to the fact that when you play this card you are going to kill yourself through waste of creatures and mana
Dolorosa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just a handful of mana to end that pesky Goblin once and for all? Well boy howdy, sign me up!
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
CAN'T FIGHT THE...World...wake...power?
What the hell is this crap?
Droqen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There seem to be a lot of not-entirely-unreasonable ways to get this to the state of ridiculous (in a 'too good' sort of way). That's not to say it's great on its own, but it seems representative of how nuts some artifacts (and artifact support) have been getting lately. o_o
HedronMyr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There are honestly worse cards than this, and I don't think it should be the lowest rated. With the right combo, it can win games; that's way better than cards like Fasting or Sorrow's Path can claim. The win condition is very niche, and there are better cards to make use of Galvanizer (I myself prefer Myr Propogator), but even so, this card does have a legitimate use in a deck, even if it's a casual myr tribal deck, and that's worth something, imo.
NinjaShadow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
2 myr galvanizer and a palladium myr with most infinite mana combo cards = instant win, "this" isn't the one i'd pick.
Only thing cool about this card is the art... 1/5. That IS a horse, right guys? BUT horses don't have fingers, so there's that... back to 0.5/5
SentientAndGodlike
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Few can catch it without losing a finger. None can play it without losing a playgroup.
occamsrazorwit
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wizards of the Coast: The players complain of power creep? NOT ANYMORE.
oldtimer96
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A common theme among the most hated cards in MTG history is the "return to its owner's hand" mechanic. See also Cyclopean Snare, Rakalite, Saprazzan Raiders, Windscouter, and Zephyr Spirit.
Somewhere in the depths of the FFL, I can only imagine, lies the secret to how to break this return-to-hand mechanic wide open, thus explaining the exorbitant pricing of cards such as this. And until someone figures that secret out, we're apparently going to get cards like this every few years that mystify everyone as to why they exist.
Thanatophagous
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Whoever gave this card more than 0,5 is just trolling, because I don't believe anyone can be that stupid.
eddned
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Boomerangs are cool. I refuse utterly to look at this card's mechanics, because it is a boomerang, and it must be cool.
Terible card by the way, but still cool.
bansheemane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Worst rated card in Vintage. You know, I was curious.
JimT70
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't normally agree with the masses, but this is a horrible card. It would be only marginally better if it just became unattached. Back to hand is just too much effort. To paraphrase a common turn of phrase, strictly worse than Mortarpod.
NoobOfLore
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Woah, woah woah. This card is bad, but is it worse than sorrow's path?
At worst, it reads ", Tap an untapped creature you control: Razor Boomerang deals 1 damage to target creature or player." I've won games off of worse effects.
agentvirgo
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with Scornful Egotist.
KarmaAbortionist
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
*opens booster* EVERY SINGLE CARD IS RAZOR BOOMERANG *awakes in cold sweat* oh thank God it was just a dream *realizes that every surface is the room is covered with a Razor Boomerang* NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo
JL2736
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card will go down in history for its legendary uselessness.
UPDATE: I believe this is currently the lowest rated card on Gatherer.
TokenAZN
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
CAN'T FIGHT THE WORLDWAKE POWER!!!!!!
Not if you're using this, anyway.
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lol it casts Boomerang on itself. That would be great if you didn't have to pay the {2} for it...
General_Naga
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is the sole reason Wizards should allow me to rate cards 0.
gman92
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Why not this? Puresteel Paladin with metalcraft to make it cost to equip. 3 Etherium Sculptors to make it cost to play. Battered Golem which gets a free untap when this comes in. Damage your opponent infinitely, refill your hand as much as you wish, and... Profit!
And yes, I know that there are better combinations that cost less mana to kill your opponent faster, but are THOSE combinations using the lowest rated card IN THE GAME to do it? I think not.
CorkBulb
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
As of this post, the worst card rated on the gatherer at 0.76.
And I will agree. WAY too overcosted with WAY too many drawebacks and WAY underpowered.
0.5/5
immelmann
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
With 2 untapped creatures and mana, you can KILL storm crow!!! 5/5 broken card I'm quitting MTG
Morgaledh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
+ + tap creature = 1 damage. Seems legit.
Purple_Shrimp
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
the only reason this card is the lowest rated on the gatherer is that it's the only truly horrible card that is actually familiar and relevant to the hordes of new players. there are dozens of cards worse than this
TwentyFifthBaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I won the game with this in my myr deck.
My opponent cried.
Caspalta
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Someone forgot to remove the "Return this to your hand" clause methinks
xBattlemagex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
there are to many flaws in this card. 1. its mana cost is too high for the multiple draw backs( equip cost, deals only 1 damage , and comes back to hand).
2. it should had been 2 - 3 damage done to target creature, that would had been at least a good draft card but instead it pings either a player or creature for 5 mana.
3. it all ready has 5 mana to the cost why would we have to tap our creature, that is a little too much.
TVsDB
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(16 votes)
"What a terrible card." - Guy who designed Rod of Ruin
mougin.nicolas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
terrible card by itself
but works fine in combo
(for example myrs)
Moxxy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's bad... really bad. But it's nowhere near the crap level of Sorrow's Path.
TheWrathofShane
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The worst part.. Razor Boomerang is dealing the damage, so it does not even combo with deathtouch or infect.
Combos with not knowing what the fuck you're doing.
Winhert
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Is it officially worst card ever printed?
T20Mad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
They should just scrap the rules text for this card on the database and change it to:
"F**k it, none one ever plays this anyway"
knight3607
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yay! I own the worst card in the game!
Earthdawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I want to make a deck with this and Puresteel Paladin, just to troll the heck out of people on MTGO :)
S-r-ex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Because it's bad, it's bad Come on (Bad, bad, really, really bad) You know it's bad, it's bad You Know It (Bad, bad, really, really bad) You know it's bad, it's bad Come on, you know (Bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again It's Bad
A_Real_Travesty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Should have capped off the terribleness of the card with a change in the effect. "Flip a coin. If heads, return Razor Boomerang to its owner's hand. If tails, Razor Boomerang deals 2 damage to its controller."
SnickaPlease
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is so flavorful and awesome. My favorite card ever. 10/10
Captain_Sisay_2591
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't mind mediocre cards, but I do mind when Wizards makes an uncommon so terrible as this, and I have to open a $4 booster and find this heaping pile of $h!t card.
Aquillion
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(13 votes)
Combos with a wastebin.
mpitcock
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got this, saw how terrible it was and decided to eat it. Yep, I ate it. Then ripped it up and threw it away
DM3921
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If it was just , and came with the tap by itself (instead of...having to attach it to a creature for some reason), I could see it being used casually...or better, just have it as mana and only have it hit creatures.
Who thought having it be and tapping a creature to do 1 damage to a player or creature was a good idea? Red has better burn options and can outpace the damage of this handily (, throw out 12 damage in lightning bolts), Green laughs if you try to burn its creatures (and has few burnable ones anyway), White usually has the defense to not care either way, Blue wouldn't even bother countering it (and laugh as you try to use it on him), and Black would just kill off your creatures and smile at how useless it was.
There is not a single color this card works against, or works FOR. I think that's the epitome of a useless card.
AkiraHayakawa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with Bruce.
Sticksandstones
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
MasterOfEtherium, This Is Rare: Your Comment Was Ever So Slightly Funny!
TheWanderingBlade1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Does anyone find it strange that there are rulings for this card? That would imply that some used it in a tournament!
Sweater
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Few can play it without losing the game.
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Sweater lmao
omg this card is so bad. Combo it with leonin shikari and you get: XX instant as an additional cost to cast , tap X creatures. Each of those creatures deal 1 damage to target creature or player. Then return to your hand.
ScissorsLizard
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
As of this posting, this is the single lowest rated card on Gatherer. In fact, at .781 stars, it's the ONLY card to have less than an eighth of a star, beating out such rivals as Break Open, Mindless Null, and Ember Shot.
Impressive performance, Razor Boomerang- and that's the first time anyone's ever said those words.
Dagtar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i got 5 of thse just because they are so badass and think what 5 could do to you
(basically, you play the boomerang, equip it to the paladin,fire the boomerang for 1, tap tidewater minion (who is equippd with illusionist's bracers) targeting himself and puresteel paladin so they're both untapped, then repeat the combo)
Nah but seriously, all this proves is that you can come up with a combo for anything if you try hard enough. Worst colorless card ever? Worst colorless card ever.
Who even rates this higher than 0.5? This card makes Rod of Ruin look good.
MechaKraken
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I use cards like these as the backs for my proxies in their sleeves. Using a land is kinda wasteful when you can use cards like this. Mudhole, Wood Elemental, Barktooth Warbeard... every card has their use!
Cancrix
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@ScissorsLizard: 0.781 is a lot more than an eighth of a star. An eighth of a star would be 0.125.
Mathematical idiocy aside, this is undoubtedly up there with the worst cards in the game, if not THE worst. Maybe they made it uncommon so they wouldn't have to waste as many cards by printing it at common.
kyle7133
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
What this can kill my elvish mystic... op
land_comment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wizards desperately tried to make up for the superpower of Worldwake in one card.
Seriously. This card is one of the lowest rated cards in existence - and it deserves it.
Hardcore.
RustyKeyes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Good lord that minotaur is disgusting.
RAT666
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In regards to the mention of unlimited damage....it would work!!! Throw some Tinker, Sol Ring, Index (and similar cards), and Spy Network. Prototype Portal along with index will help you get multiple etherium sculptors on the battlefield. I know running 4x Tinker would be ideal, won't work in tournaments because of legalities...But if the deck is run tournament legal card numbers (Tinker) then cards like knowledge pool and Twin cast would help you get multiple Tinker's to get out your etherium Sculptor; as having 3 or more of one single permanent on the battlefieldisn'y likely without luck. You don't need to strictly target puresteel Paladin with Razor, any creature would do so put mostly artifact creatures in the deck to increase your artifact count so you meet the three artifacts you need to drop the equip cost.
11/1 update to my comment; has anyone tried this combo " Puresteel Paladin + 3x Etherium Sculptor + Illusionist's Bracers + Tidewater Minion = I DID IT! I INFINITE DAMAGED SOMEONE WITH RAZOR BOOMERANG! I WON!" I have indeed built this deck, I have the secret to this combo, it is not easy to build; yet it will yield great benefits. It's not as easy as throwing those few cards together. I can however sell the secret if you have an lawyer
11/16 you will not be able to defeat multiple opponents with this combo so *** off. THIS combo DOES NOT work so *** off and forget I said anything you jew because the exclusive club excludes you.
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
CURRENTLY WORST RATED CARD OF MAGIC!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iFailed
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is the reason why Worldwake boosters are going for $20 a pack.
SirLibraryEater
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I love how even in the art, that cow is saying "what are you doing. this card sucks. burn it." I really badly want to buy about 100 of these and just leave them all around my local card store to *** people off. Maybe one day I'll own a card store and I can have hundreds of these sitting under my counter where my rares usually are on April Fools Day.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Zedru the Greathearted was upset he wasn't the right colors to field a Chimney Imp, then he found this card and there was much rejoicing.
Ali-Baba
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with firewood.
BlazeB75
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
FROM THE SET THAT BROUGHT YOU THE MOTHER*** MIND SCULPTOR.
SeriouslyFacetious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Apparently sometimes you can fight the Worldwake power....
plaern
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I first saw this card i was like HAHAHAHAHAHA
BaconOfUnrest
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey people, we are failing here, this is rated lower than defensive stance. This can kill something even if conditionally. Defensive stance is an aura that deals no damage, gives a creature no power boost and goes to the graveyard when the creature dies. Why is defensive stance rated higher? I am going to wager it's because people like the art...
then again you can disable a 1/1 infect creature with defensive stance...
Ok never mind this might be a worse card
shotoku64
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh I get it! 1 Damage 2 Equip cost 3 Casting cost 4 cents to buy
Yodha
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I read this, I was like... stunned...
Couldn't... even... begin to even... understand like... the mana cost...
Yet this in MOTHER*** Zendikar!!
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Well.... if you have 3 Etherium Sculptors in play, 2 Auriok Steelshapers in play, a Stoneybrook Schoolmaster, and Intruder Alarm in play... you can actually cause infinite damage! The sculptors /steelshapers reduce the casting cost and equipping costs to {0}, and intruder alarm allows for infinite tapping.
Seriously this thing is awful.
r2d2go
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I searched for cards with rating under .8, to see what was there. This was the only result.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As of 4/7/2014, this is the worst rated card in the game! WE DID IT!
syntheticbiology232
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"few people can get this in a booster in the uncommons and not get mad" - Me
jonrds
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Key card in the sideboard of giant slug decks for matchups against opponents not running any basic typed lands.
ONEyesONE
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fun story from the Bad Card Cube.
One guy had Reclusive Wight out as the largest creature in play. It was doing its thing until a Llanowar Vanguard hit the opposing side. Things were looking grim for the Wight, but salvation was on its way in the shape of a Razor Boomerang. The Wight picked up the Boomerang and, at the end of the opponent's turn, threw it with such might at the Vanguard, that it turned the Vanguard sideways. The Boomerang landed safely in the player's hand, much to the Wight's delight. The Wight was free to continue its attacks unopposed.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Damn, I thought it might combo with deathtouch, but then it said Razor Boomerang deals the damage... What a waste of an uncommon slot
RPGfan
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not as bad as people seem to think. Okay, it sucks harder than a black hole, but it at least does SOMETHING. Even if that "something" is "waste 5 mana on a poke" it's still better than cards like Pale Moon which do NOTHING.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow, this is really, really terrible, One of my first decks used this and Stoneforge, Ah, when I was young and foolish
Comments (209)
Shuriken is laughing harder.
All of Worldwake is splitting at the sides.
5 mana for one damage? I'm sorry, we're not that desperate for damage, people. And it's uncommon; a total waste of an uncommon slot. Really, Wizards?
You'd think with the cost and the artwork that it would ping for at least 3 damage...
.5/5
See what happens when you are complaining for Very bad commons? They turn into ever worst uncommons.
Rise of the Eldrazi will surely have an even worst rare for sure... Something like
"Mindless Boomerang
Aftifact Creature - Zombie RARE
This creature can't attack or block unless you control a Mindless Null and a Razor Boomerang.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return this creature from the battlefield it's owner hand.
Whenever this creature deals 1 or more damage, return it to it's owner hand.
-2/-2"
uncommon..
:S
???
for that it gets a 2
And then i Deduct 1.5 for being god awful. I cannot think of anytime when I would want to use this in the present day standard...or extended...hell for vintage and legacy even.
But why? WHY WHY WHY!?!?!? The art is sooo good...the Mechanic is soooo good...but that mana cost/low attack...*facepalm*
I think Bonesaw was more useful...bot belong on a chimney imp, cuz at least they come into play untapped and without summonin sickness!
Even less can play it without losing the game.
Here's a suggestion for WWK drafts. Instead of the land challenge, try the razor boomerang challenge! Draft every razor boomerang you see (don't worry, they will be passed to you) and put them all in your deck, then go 4-0!
or an uncommon?
no other logical explaination
Only if there was a way to get infite mana (or at least 160) in standard, where at least 1 of 8 is blue, you could combine it with Filligree Sages to to repeat and repeat 1 damage for five mana and tap/untapping your sages, and eventually deal 20 (or more, if needed) damage... It would be awesome to totally obliterate someone with it. ^^
If there was such a card, I immediately started to create a Boomerang deck. =D
I traded 3 Bull Rush for one, and the other guy wanted to slug me after he realized how bad he just got hosed.
"Few will want it without giving it the finger"
wizards
you must be fu****g me and all magic players!
i crawled into bed and cried....
until i looked at the rest of the booster and saw a foil abyssal persecutor
then i crawled into bed and cried again
Where's the zero rating when you need it.
HE'LL NEVER KNOW.
(All this is is a colorless Searing Touch that taps your creature)
What the hell is Razor Boomerang's excuse?
For a card from (at this writing) the newest set, this is inexplicable. It's so obviously horrid it doesn't even have the excuse of being a skill-tester. If it didn't return to your hand, it still wouldn't see constructed play and would be at most a mid-pack pick in draft; as printed, it's a complete waste of cardboard.
I have found an unlimited damage combo with razor boomerang, which is really sad because I'm not a Johnny almost at all but I have one, AHEM.
I have 3 Etherium Sculptors 2 Auriok Steelshapers and a Battered Golem on the field I play razor boomerang for 0 (making Battered Golem untap if he is tapped) equip for 0 and use razor boomerang repeat for unlimited damage.
I hope everyone is happy now the world is at peace once more.
oh yes and this card is terrible, but the above combo isn't impossible to pull off mostly cause all the cards cost 2 (or one) and Battered Golem is probably free.
yes I know you're happy now
OK, so check it out: you're sitting there with your Razor Boomerang and your Shelkin Brownie, right? OK, so the deal is this: attach the Boomerang to the Brownie and then tap for one to the Brownie. BAM! Two horrible cards which used to be uglifying the crud out of your table are now off the battlefield. The next time a card goes into your graveyard, it will cover the Brownie and hide the shame.
If you're playing for ante perhaps you can Darkpact this off of the top of your library. You'll get the best card in the pot for all of 2 seconds before your opponent leaps across the table and strangles you to death.
This card is so bad. The worst part about it is that it's uncommon, so instead of using up some garbage common slot in your booster packs it could have cost you a Cunning Sparkmage.
On the positive side, your dog probably wouldn't mind the taste very much if you threw it in with his kibble.
Ok everyone, think hard!
We need useful, efficient combos that don't require Auriok Steelshaper, Leonin Shikari, other discount effects, or swapping/Bazaar Trader effects. I personally think that whatever cool combo that could've been was turned off by the
...
I'm stumped.
What piece of garbage.
I DARE YOU! ;)
HURRAH! I'll never look at it the same way again!
Now I have a new problem however: To keep my friend who plays an artifact deck from discovering that combo :S
It says to return to the owner's hand. My question is who is the owner? I own all of my cards. But what if I am playing my friend's deck does it go into him hand since he owns the card?
I am the Player, so the target should resolve to the owner. So if a creature equiped with an equipment the owner of the equipment until it is equiped to another creature? This would make more sense than creating a card that cost you 5 Mana to cause 1 damage.
I think the real way this is meant to be played is not to return to player's hand but instead to reattach it to the creature weilding it hence the difference between the owner and the player.
This would make this card a really good card to have in a wennie deck or any non-red deck giving the playing field a balance to the tap for direct damage.
What do you all think?
It's a shame this is so terrible, because I like the idea. Increase the damage and decrease the cost, then we'll talk.
I have 3 Chimney Imp, 2 Saprazzan Outrigger and 1 Tolarian Serpent in play.
I can strike for 20 damages... or, if the trick doesn’t work (example: A couple of Chimney Imp dies blocked), Chimey Imp will mystify my opponent since it's actually the only combo-card that affect them, while Tolarian Serpent can help me to die myself more rapidly, milling my entire miserable deck into my miserable graveyard.
bad ass with scars is right!!
still a crappy card....
........
...............
:(
The only insulting thing is how hard they neutered this-- The artifact deals the damage, so no lifelink or deathtouch interactions... but the ability is the creature's, so it still doesn't get around protection. The unattach is part of the cost, so no Horseshoe Crab shenanigans.
At least the bounce part waits until resolution. With Leonin Shikari and Auriok Steelshaper, all of your creatures can be Anaba Shaman!
Also triggers Glassdust Hulk and Myrsmith.
Cmon people, we can get #1!!!
Maybe Jace wouldn't be so expensive if Wizards wasn't trying its hardest to dissuade you from buying Worldwake boosters.
Might throw one in a deck with artifact tutoring myself...
Etherium Sculptor/Helm of Awakening/Cloud Key, Semblance Anvil (imprint any artifact), Battered Golem, Puresteel Paladin, and Razor Boomerang. Using Helm or Cloud Key, it's monowhite, so no chance of getting colorscrewed either. PP also allows you draw as many cards as you want (not that you need them, but it can help you draw into combo).
Infinite Elves and Infinite Myrs also work.
ALso... in standard, If you have a puresteel palladin out with an artifact imprinted onto semblance anvil and a mirran spy with metalcraft turned on, the card says 1: Draw a card and deal one damage to target creature or player. I really would like to make that work hahahaha
Alternatively, just throw the card at a pesky opponent and watch them leap back and flee: for they know as well as you that few can catch it without losing a finger.
The card is supposed to 'emulate' a real boomerang, but Shuriken is a way better card with a similiar function and at least doesn't do stupid things like return itself to its owner's hand (Just use ninjas and you keep it)
0/5 is not enough, it needs to be given -5/5!
The donkey that gets attacked is a player who gets punished for being dumb enough to use this card.
The boomerang stands for his reasoning whose flaws he tries to repress but which will eventually return.
Which means, the donkey himself was the one who threw the boomerang.
I conclude: the card is for new players to make them understand (the hard way) what cards not to put in a deck :P
WORST CARD EVER.
And it's an uncommon from a recent set
*Must not make comment on power creep*
Sweet artwork though, that cow's pretty terrified
Also, this might be somewhat entertaining if it let the creature deal the damage, as you could use deathtouch and combat shenanigans, but it would still be pretty pathetic. I think the whole point of it returning it was to be able to re-equip it a couple times (like Cyclopean Snare), but unlike the snare, you could just re-equip it without it bouncing, but I guess it's more obvious now
What the hell is this crap?
Only thing cool about this card is the art... 1/5. That IS a horse, right guys? BUT horses don't have fingers, so there's that... back to 0.5/5
None can play it without losing a playgroup.
Somewhere in the depths of the FFL, I can only imagine, lies the secret to how to break this return-to-hand mechanic wide open, thus explaining the exorbitant pricing of cards such as this. And until someone figures that secret out, we're apparently going to get cards like this every few years that mystify everyone as to why they exist.
Terible card by the way, but still cool.
This card is bad, but is it worse than sorrow's path?
At worst, it reads
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I've won games off of worse effects.
*awakes in cold sweat* oh thank God it was just a dream
*realizes that every surface is the room is covered with a Razor Boomerang* NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo
UPDATE: I believe this is currently the lowest rated card on Gatherer.
Not if you're using this, anyway.
Puresteel Paladin with metalcraft to make it cost
3 Etherium Sculptors to make it cost
Battered Golem which gets a free untap when this comes in.
Damage your opponent infinitely, refill your hand as much as you wish, and...
Profit!
And yes, I know that there are better combinations that cost less mana to kill your opponent faster, but are THOSE combinations using the lowest rated card IN THE GAME to do it? I think not.
And I will agree. WAY too overcosted with WAY too many drawebacks and WAY underpowered.
0.5/5
My opponent cried.
1. its mana cost is too high for the multiple draw backs( equip cost, deals only 1 damage , and comes back to hand).
2. it should had been 2 - 3 damage done to target creature, that would had been at least a good draft card but instead it pings either a player or creature for 5 mana.
3. it all ready has 5 mana to the cost why would we have to tap our creature, that is a little too much.
but works fine in combo
(for example myrs)
Razor Boomerang is dealing the damage, so it does not even combo with deathtouch or infect.
Merfolk of the Depths beat out the boomerang!
It's hilariously atrocious in a vacuum, though.
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"F**k it, none one ever plays this anyway"
Come on
(Bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know it's bad, it's bad
You Know It
(Bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know it's bad, it's bad
Come on, you know
(Bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
It's Bad
Who thought having it be
There is not a single color this card works against, or works FOR. I think that's the epitome of a useless card.
lmao
omg this card is so bad. Combo it with leonin shikari and you get:
XX
instant
as an additional cost to cast , tap X creatures. Each of those creatures deal 1 damage to target creature or player. Then return to your hand.
Impressive performance, Razor Boomerang- and that's the first time anyone's ever said those words.
(basically, you play the boomerang, equip it to the paladin,fire the boomerang for 1, tap tidewater minion (who is equippd with illusionist's bracers) targeting himself and puresteel paladin so they're both untapped, then repeat the combo)
Nah but seriously, all this proves is that you can come up with a combo for anything if you try hard enough. Worst colorless card ever? Worst colorless card ever.
Who even rates this higher than 0.5? This card makes Rod of Ruin look good.
Mathematical idiocy aside, this is undoubtedly up there with the worst cards in the game, if not THE worst. Maybe they made it uncommon so they wouldn't have to waste as many cards by printing it at common.
Seriously. This card is one of the lowest rated cards in existence - and it deserves it.
Hardcore.
11/1 update to my comment; has anyone tried this combo "
Puresteel Paladin + 3x Etherium Sculptor + Illusionist's Bracers + Tidewater Minion = I DID IT! I INFINITE DAMAGED SOMEONE WITH RAZOR BOOMERANG! I WON!" I have indeed built this deck, I have the secret to this combo, it is not easy to build; yet it will yield great benefits. It's not as easy as throwing those few cards together. I can however sell the secret if you have an lawyer
11/16 you will not be able to defeat multiple opponents with this combo so *** off. THIS combo DOES NOT work so *** off and forget I said anything you jew because the exclusive club excludes you.
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really badly want to buy about 100 of these and just leave them all around my local card store to *** people off.
Maybe one day I'll own a card store and I can have hundreds of these sitting under my counter where my rares usually are on April Fools Day.
then again you can disable a 1/1 infect creature with defensive stance...
Ok never mind this might be a worse card
1 Damage
2 Equip cost
3 Casting cost
4 cents to buy
Couldn't... even...
begin to even...
understand like...
the mana cost...
Yet this in MOTHER*** Zendikar!!
Seriously this thing is awful.
WE DID IT!
- Me
One guy had Reclusive Wight out as the largest creature in play. It was doing its thing until a Llanowar Vanguard hit the opposing side. Things were looking grim for the Wight, but salvation was on its way in the shape of a Razor Boomerang. The Wight picked up the Boomerang and, at the end of the opponent's turn, threw it with such might at the Vanguard, that it turned the Vanguard sideways. The Boomerang landed safely in the player's hand, much to the Wight's delight. The Wight was free to continue its attacks unopposed.
.5/5 Stars
Congratulations!