I made him an EDH general. Hilarious when you win with him. People are surprised when I tap him to activate an Icy Manipulator when I'm all tapped-out, landwise.
fifthchild
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
The finisher!
storm_crow4presidnt
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(10 votes)
When your up all night on a vodka binge and work as a card designer you birth this peice
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(7 votes)
This card makes no sense, why does a 7 mana tap to produce 1 mana?
Why would something like that be deemed legendary?
What does burning paper have to do with producing black mana?
Why does a legendary creature look like a peasent who just awoke?
and finally:
WTF does that flavour text about legitimate political violence have to do with anything?
Talcos
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Everything about this card is absurd.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Risen Bullshat.
Huffytreefolkman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
epic success.
scumbling1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's perfect for taking you from the late game into the late, late game. This is when your tribal colossus decks start to take off.
touchdown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's pretty tough for a human.
FiveColorFinder
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I briefly considered giving up on Magic after seeing this card.
Arachnos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@Sironos: because that was back in the old days of Magic. Back then 5/7 creatures were almost unheard of. Not like now, when even common green creatures have more than that. Still, I have to agree with the weird mechanic of tapping him for a stellar 1 mana when you could be attacking for 5 damage.
How is a human advisor so tough anyways?
Radagast
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
What IS this?! Oddly, for the time, a 5/7 black and blue creature for 7 with no drawbacks was not bad. But that nutty ability is just so out there... Because you really intend to summon this guy to tap for 1 black? The art and flavor text are fun at least!
Lord_Ascapelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Card is absolute garbage, but the flavortext is actually kind of awesome.
Aquillion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Even at the time, when creatures were different, the bizarre tap for one black mana ability on a seven-casting-cost 5/7 creature made no sense. You gotta wonder what they were thinking when they designed him.
The_Murderauder
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Single-handedly takes down 5 Waterfront Bouncers and recovers with barely a scratch. Dude's hardcore.
Gishra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't know why some people don't like this card. 5/7 legends for seven mana with a borderline useless ability are good design, or else why would we have Emmara Tandris? And is a 5/7 Human Advisor really any more absurd than a 5/7 Elf Shaman? Designers of Legends were just visionaries far ahead of their time.
casualhorror
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd use him in EDH as my commander just for the flavor text. Also, if there was no Legends set there would be a lot fewer funny but terrible commanders to humiliate your opponents with, and that would be even sadder than this card is.
Comments (22)
Why would something like that be deemed legendary?
What does burning paper have to do with producing black mana?
Why does a legendary creature look like a peasent who just awoke?
and finally:
WTF does that flavour text about legitimate political violence have to do with anything?
How is a human advisor so tough anyways?