This is my fav card and the most nasty card if ur opponet has weak monsters :P love it 4 ever
Weretarrasque
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Yeah, annoys the hell out of me. Sorry, but just reading this thing made me angry at the world.
Megrimage
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
gotta love that card... especially when you are playing with pestilence.
themlsna
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
So much fun in multiplayer. It's great to see all the */1's getting massacred in short order.
GruesomeGoo
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Hilarious in multiplayer, I suppose. Good to inject some fun into the game, although not a very good card per se.
Paleopaladin
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
I get the feeling that one should earn some sort of degree certificate for reading that card's rule text.
Catmurderer
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
What is this I dont even
Violent311
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is amazing to build a deck around, no creatures, combined with takklemaggot makes for confused opponents and overly fun games.
Saikuba
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
They were going to put this into Time Spiral as the representative of "Magic cards with tiny rules text." Unfortunately with all the errata this thing has to make it, you know, the rules text is too long to be put onto a text and actually have room when it is translated into other languages (even with tiny, tiny font.) It would have been awesome to see this thing be standard legal though.
Troutz
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm sure I'll love this card if I ever figure out exactly what it does.
tcollins
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love the artwork..
supershawn
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
read the actual card not the oracle text, the oracle text made me think they didn't have to put it on another creature.
I need this card.
niceguygreensboro
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not just Pestilence - I have this in a deck with all pro-black creatures as well. Why, no, as a matter of fact, it's not coming back to me, why do you ask? Unless, of course, you feel like attaching it to my Academy Rector...
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
What's the deal with these vintage cards with absurdly long rule text to achieve a relatively simple effect? At least on that point I can confirm that WotC has improved greatly.
I have 4 of these cards in my black red deck along with land destruction, sac cards,Wave Of Terror, and tainted ether. wicked set up. I cant wait for this card to come in to my hand.
Listen, young ones, as I translate from the Old Tongue...
enchant creature. During the enchanted creature's controller's upkeep, put a -0/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, enchanted creature's controller choses another creature. If he does, attach Takklemaggot to that creature. If he cannot, Takklemaggot becomes a non-Aura enchantment, loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of the upkeep of the last player who controlled a creature enchanted by Takklemaggot, deal 1 damage to that player."
(This glossing over the "return to the battlefield under your control" dance that you must do when Takklemaggot is destroyed as a state-based action.)
Or, in plain speech: Takklemaggot infects a creature, and deals 1 "damage" (in the form of a -0/-1 counter) each upkeep. When that dies, it hops onto another creature (chosen by controller of last victim). If there are no creatures left, then Takklemaggot essentially infects that player, dealing one damage to him on each of his upkeeps.
Or, to be even plainer: it's black "hot potato".
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
NEEDS MOAR RULES TEXT
LordWalter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Flavor that is alternately both hilarious and creepy.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Two days ago, I saw a phyrexian dreadnought with Inviolability, and pariah on it. A Divine Presence was in play under the control of the same guy who controlled the Pariah. We had a guy with a desert twister in hand, but he couldn't cast it because a limited resources was in play. The game was completely stalled until someone placed this on one of my creatures.
Two turns later, it had shifted to the dreadnought, and TWELVE TURNS LATER the stalemate was broken and all the frustrated people at the table could say that they had seen a Takklemaggot kill a dreadnought!
Himborg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Goofy card with great flavor, iconic art, and a hilariously long text box. What's not to love?
Besides having your creatures eaten from the inside out, of course, but that's part of the fun. 5/5
Jandrem
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey guys, MANY of you are missing the ideal combo of this card. Put 4 of this bad boy in your deck, and make sure all your other creatures have PROTECTION FROM BLACK. Since all your creatures have PfB, you have NO LEGAL TARGETS. The instant the lil takklebuddy eats an opponent's creature, it either eats ANOTHER of his creatures, or just eats your opponent.
My takklemaggot deck has eaten many, many opponents. It's only weakness is how long it takes the maggots to do their thing, or any card that can destroy enchantments. Use tutors to get your maggots out quickly, cast some Cemetery Gates, and watch the fun.
The trick here is "legal targets", and warded creatures can't be targeted. You're welcome.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Makes a lot more sense if you read the card text instead of the Oracle text. You basically play it in a creatureless deck to get the most benefit, otherwise they can attach it to your own creatures. It puts a 0/-1 counter on the attached creature EVERY turn, then jumps around to other creatures when the first one dies.
Kirbster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Geez laweez, look at the size of that thing! There's no way that could just casually fit inside a person for even a turn or two.
Comments (29)
Good to inject some fun into the game, although not a very good card per se.
I need this card.
Oh , now I see ...
Nope , I don't .
WTF'd .
enchant creature. During the enchanted creature's controller's upkeep, put a -0/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, enchanted creature's controller choses another creature. If he does, attach Takklemaggot to that creature. If he cannot, Takklemaggot becomes a non-Aura enchantment, loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of the upkeep of the last player who controlled a creature enchanted by Takklemaggot, deal 1 damage to that player."
(This glossing over the "return to the battlefield under your control" dance that you must do when Takklemaggot is destroyed as a state-based action.)
Or, in plain speech: Takklemaggot infects a creature, and deals 1 "damage" (in the form of a -0/-1 counter) each upkeep. When that dies, it hops onto another creature (chosen by controller of last victim). If there are no creatures left, then Takklemaggot essentially infects that player, dealing one damage to him on each of his upkeeps.
Or, to be even plainer: it's black "hot potato".
Two turns later, it had shifted to the dreadnought, and TWELVE TURNS LATER the stalemate was broken and all the frustrated people at the table could say that they had seen a Takklemaggot kill a dreadnought!
Besides having your creatures eaten from the inside out, of course, but that's part of the fun. 5/5
My takklemaggot deck has eaten many, many opponents. It's only weakness is how long it takes the maggots to do their thing, or any card that can destroy enchantments. Use tutors to get your maggots out quickly, cast some Cemetery Gates, and watch the fun.
The trick here is "legal targets", and warded creatures can't be targeted. You're welcome.
Paradox Haze
counterspells + draw spells
I'm pretty sure that'd be one of the most annoying decks ever. Just don't get Surgical Extraction'd or something.