Having read the novel for this set, this card brings back memories.
Ah........
Oh, the card itself is average.
Tommy9898
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
It was a pretty good book. Card itself is flavorful from it and I guess would be worth keeping an Ith, High Arcanist tapped down. Just hope that a Rag man doesn't get Jodah to destroy your cage.
I used this a lot when I was a newb. It's still not bad. I don't even have one of these anymore, but if I did I might use it in artifact EDH. Got a creature that's going to die anyway? Sack it to Ashnod's Altar, get one more and you can lock something down for a turn. Note that it can target untapped creatures too, making them choose between using it and losing it for next turn, or not tapping it. Of course, maybe you could hit it with an Icy Manipulator too for more. And then you can hit it every turn to keep it locked down, and you can change around what gets locked down rather than using an aura to keep it tapped.
The Braid of Fire idea is a good one too, along with anything else that could produce surplus mana.
Salient
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How ironic that Ith was trapped in a large and elaborate construct for an extended period of time. You'd think he would have unparalleled experience navigating that sort of thing.
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Ah........
Oh, the card itself is average.
The Braid of Fire idea is a good one too, along with anything else that could produce surplus mana.