As mentioned in a recent "Wizards Asks" (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/activity/282), this really would be the worst enchantment ever to receive the "Leyline" ability.
schrecklich
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
The gatherer artist credit for this card is incorrect. It should be Amy Weber, not Anthony Waters.
majinara
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(9 votes)
Put it in a multiplayer deck with acouple of vampire hexmages. Then threaten to end the game any moment if you are attacked. :P
Jinx585
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(10 votes)
But its not a draw, cause someone wins... God wins!
Neutralion
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
What the hell is this card? :O
LTJZamboni
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Dick move!
Belz_
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
(Giggle)
XTwistedsoulX
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Thanks for dropping by and playing! Are you leaving your funyuns? And why is everyone being so harsh on Jinx585's comment. You all got a problem with god?
pixieCrack
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
If you enjoy kissing your sister...
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Wow, I thought wood elemental was the worst card ever, I was wrong. Wood is at least bad in a funny way, this is bad in an incredible dull and boring way. DRAW? Who on earth would be interested in paying 8 mana to make everyone angry at you for ruining the game for everyone?
BTW, what happens if you do this in a tournament? Do you play another game?
DFG_Danger
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Lol, pay 8, wait two turns, DRAW. A terrible, terrible card.
nibelheim_valesti
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(9 votes)
This still ends the game on your terms. Your opponent will feel like they've been beaten.
I should know, I've been that opponent. In many ways this is more annoying than "losing".
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Draw? huh... I could imagine having a deck that "never loses" but never wins either :P
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
I bought one because it's just so weird. I don't even want to use it, I just wanted it for my collection. Shame about the art, though.
Guest1162619373
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
@Sironos: How does this card ruin the game for everyone? I mean, the games supposed to be about having fun, not just winning and losing! I mean, if everyone has fun, who cares who wins, right? ^.^
niceguygreensboro
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
@Sironos: Evidently you've never heard of Sorrow's Path!
Starcomet1
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
I actually like this card, I would love to force a draw that is what white is all about, playing by its rules. And as the guest said the game is about having fun and not just winning and losing.
NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
We now present... the ultimate magic dick move!
Stop your opponent's ridiculously contrived deck from winning by cheating it into play! Watch the Spikes concede in fury after you continuously Hexmage the counters from it! See the Timmies cry because the game stalled right before they got their Darksteel Collossus out! Laugh as the Johnnies stare hopelessly at their winning combo hand.
Then do it all again, because this IS A DRAW!
(Also, I now know that Gatherer doesn't censor "Dick"... Huh.)
pigknight
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
D-d-dick move!
kiseki
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
This came out the other day in my friend's bodyguard deck. I had a contagion clasp in hand and successfully kept the game going until my life total reached 0. It felt like a win to me!
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
"If I can't win, no-one can!"
Moleland
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
This looks Hilarious
Buying one - just for potential Lols
poprockmonster
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
I don't think this card is that bad, having deliberately made games a draw before using Shepherd of Rot or Skirk Fire Marshall. It's nice when you're about to lose anyways.
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Who would want to build a deck around a card based on achieving a draw? O_o
This is probably Spike's most hated card. I think he'd rather play a deck with Mindless Nulls and Chimney Imps.
JaxsonBateman
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Sooooo much fun. Just control, control, control, then drop this. I can just imagine some of the responses...
"Oh COME ON!" "What are you even playing for?" "This is the first deck I've seen with draw cons instead of win cons." (Ba-dum-sh)
What's funny though is that, although very remote, it would actually be potentially useful in a setting involving B03s. Win game 1, then side in this. If you can make game 2 a draw, the worst you can possibly do for the match is draw. Draw both game 2 and 3 and you win the overall match. =P
Grumman
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(11 votes)
If you have eight mana and two turns available, I'd hope you have something better in mind than a tie.
Trektippy
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
This is the ultimate multiplayer EDH trolling card. If you're aiming to troll, you have a white general and aren't running this - you're doing it wrong.
Anathame
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I'd play it every game and get banned from the shop like Chris Chan
Psychrates
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This WORKS. You'll know a tie's a win when you see your opponent's face. A serious distraction/attention getter for opponents. Frustration lulz GALORE when your opponent loses in a way he's never conceived of.
Dropped this @ a local store, and POed my opponent so badly, his friend thanked me because he was such a bad winner.
tpkatsa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a funny card. I would love to play it after my opponent plays Platinum Angel.
AlexBenet11
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Clockspin the shit out of it!
zenitramleirdag
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i would like to run it in a deck with Shahrazad.. play a sub-game within a sub-game-within a sub-game.. then cast and protect this until game ends in a draw..
CorkBulb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh, I'm a Spike to the core and I have no problem dropping an earthquake with X large enough to kill myself and the other player if I'm gonna lose. It's all about "killing" the other player. If kill myself, or us both, then that means that I owned YOU.
We see that in video games all the time. /kill when you're about to lose a fight (namely Quake 2/3, RTCW and Half-Life). ***es them off more than you know, even though you technically just "lost". The thrill of doing it and stopping them from killing you is what makes *you* win. Blow yourself up to take that guy with you? Your score evens out, but the whole point is that I blew you up and you didn't stop me. YOU LOSE!
Even so, I don't like kicking the **** out of my opponent. Such as the case when he has no lands or is drawing all the wrong cards. I want my opponent to get his lands, get the cards he needs, empty his hand, THEN beat him. So I bested his best, and therefore have built a superior deck. THAT'S the thrill a Spike seeks. When we both have 3 life and I'm gonna lose to your creatures on the next turn AND I TOPDECK A LIGHTNING BOLT!!!! YES! That's the Spike thrill!!! No fancy combos, no big creatures, no flavor, just the sound of your death!
If you get your kicks out of drawing the game every single time then this would be your win condition. You win by drawing the game because you want to and your opponent usually doesn't want you to do what you want to do. More like a nah-nah-nah-nah-nah you can't stop me! Kinda thing. WIN.
Ryjhan
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I used Karn Liberated to exile this from my hand and then reset the game with it already in play, just for epic lulz.
Here's what you do: Shahrazad turbo-fog deck designed to stall the game until you get this sucker out for the longest, least satisfying game your opponent will ever play.
kor6sic6
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I've built a Turbo Fog EDH deck with Angus Mackenzie as my commander, and this card as my only "win" condition. Enjoy your Kaalia's, Omnath's and Uril's, no one wins anymore!
OpeningSalvo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
With Vorel of the Hull Clade I can double the amount of counters on Divine Intervention EVERY TURN!!!
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BTW, what happens if you do this in a tournament? Do you play another game?
I should know, I've been that opponent. In many ways this is more annoying than "losing".
Stop your opponent's ridiculously contrived deck from winning by cheating it into play! Watch the Spikes concede in fury after you continuously Hexmage the counters from it! See the Timmies cry because the game stalled right before they got their Darksteel Collossus out! Laugh as the Johnnies stare hopelessly at their winning combo hand.
Then do it all again, because this IS A DRAW!
(Also, I now know that Gatherer doesn't censor "Dick"... Huh.)
Buying one - just for potential Lols
This is probably Spike's most hated card.
I think he'd rather play a deck with Mindless Nulls and Chimney Imps.
"Oh COME ON!"
"What are you even playing for?"
"This is the first deck I've seen with draw cons instead of win cons." (Ba-dum-sh)
What's funny though is that, although very remote, it would actually be potentially useful in a setting involving B03s. Win game 1, then side in this. If you can make game 2 a draw, the worst you can possibly do for the match is draw. Draw both game 2 and 3 and you win the overall match. =P
Dropped this @ a local store, and POed my opponent so badly, his friend thanked me because he was such a bad winner.
play a sub-game within a sub-game-within a sub-game..
then cast and protect this until game ends in a draw..
We see that in video games all the time. /kill when you're about to lose a fight (namely Quake 2/3, RTCW and Half-Life). ***es them off more than you know, even though you technically just "lost". The thrill of doing it and stopping them from killing you is what makes *you* win. Blow yourself up to take that guy with you? Your score evens out, but the whole point is that I blew you up and you didn't stop me. YOU LOSE!
Even so, I don't like kicking the **** out of my opponent. Such as the case when he has no lands or is drawing all the wrong cards. I want my opponent to get his lands, get the cards he needs, empty his hand, THEN beat him. So I bested his best, and therefore have built a superior deck. THAT'S the thrill a Spike seeks. When we both have 3 life and I'm gonna lose to your creatures on the next turn AND I TOPDECK A LIGHTNING BOLT!!!! YES! That's the Spike thrill!!! No fancy combos, no big creatures, no flavor, just the sound of your death!
If you get your kicks out of drawing the game every single time then this would be your win condition. You win by drawing the game because you want to and your opponent usually doesn't want you to do what you want to do. More like a nah-nah-nah-nah-nah you can't stop me! Kinda thing. WIN.
.......wait.......