Who rated HairlessThoctar's comment down? That combo actually works:
Declare the Elder as an attacker.
Tap the maze to untap him.
Tap him to untap the maze and another land.
Tap the other land for mana.
Tap the maze to untap him.
Etc, etc.
As far as i remember, the mana doesn't stay in the manapool after the combat phase ends, but use an instant spell or a firebreather instead.
Jokergius
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(10 votes)
Okay, BOTH of the comments are wrong. You ONLY GET TO DECLARE ATTACKS ONCE PER TURN! So infinite mana combo???... Not so sure...
Pontiac
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
A) The Combo works, while it's true you only get to declare attackers once, your not declaring after the first time, the Maze of Ith untaps it and stops damage, it is still attacking period, which allows the Maze to repeat it's effect on the untapped Elder, thus looping infinant mana.
B) Maze of Ith was an Uncommon in the dark, NOT common. Trust me I've opened boxes of the Dark when I worked for the Comic/gaming store in the 90's.
Cheers.
cathode01
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
An auto-include in any EDH deck.
Zoltantf
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I love playing this card with noobs, and they don't know how it works. Then after a few combat phases, they are screaming for land destruction.
CJM2
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The infinite mana combo works because the creature is not removed from combat. It is still an attacking creature despite being untapped and having all damage dealt to/by it prevented.
PeanutTheDestroyer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this card is a nightmare in my control deck. The only draw back is it cannot produce mana.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Dungrove Elder used to be my pick for 'Most Strictly Better Than Predecessor' card ever- vs. Wood Elemental.
Maze of Ith should actually take that place, as it so unbelievably strictly better than Sorrow's Path, is just.....WOW.
These two cards are hilariously similar for being so wildly far apart:
Both from the Dark I can't read either of them Both of them should be banned to keep new players safe -Ban Maze of Ith to keep them safe from their opponent -Ban Sorrow's Path to keep them safe from themselves
stille_nacht
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Knight of the Relinquary makes this a nice 1 of in a lot of legacy decks.
how fancy does natural ordering to progenitus feel NAUGH! muahahahaha
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Get lost in the large intestine.
drpvfx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A truly amazing card, and the best thing we got out of The Dark. (Though Ball Lightning is pretty great, too... just not with one of these on the other side of the board!)
One of my all time favorite cards. would love to see more cards from Ith.
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The art is tragically awful. It in no way illustrates the clear image of the card function combined with the name. I like a lot of old art, but intestines doesn't cut it for something that would otherwise make a lot of sense.
KokoshoForPresident
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The card is awesome, but the art is a little under par.
Also, this can't stop Progenitus because it has to target.
Lord_Seth_02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ stille_nacht
Knight of the Relinquary makes this a nice 1 of in a lot of legacy decks.
how fancy does natural ordering to progenitus feel NAUGH! muahahahaha
Won't work. Progenitus has protection from everything and as a result Maze of Ith cannot target him.
Lord_Sauron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Got so much worse now that there are Eldrazi's.
KnexWiz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this is soo going to be in FTV: Realms
Gib_Cram
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How can you guys say the art isn't great? It's a MAZE made out of INTESTINES. You have to crawl through it before they digest you or something. It's dark in there, it smells, it's full of fecal matter. You can't see, you have to feel your way along...
It's just about the most horrifying maze I can imagine. Much better than some stone labyrinth. Excellent art.
Comments (23)
Declare the Elder as an attacker.
Tap the maze to untap him.
Tap him to untap the maze and another land.
Tap the other land for mana.
Tap the maze to untap him.
Etc, etc.
As far as i remember, the mana doesn't stay in the manapool after the combat phase ends, but use an instant spell or a firebreather instead.
You ONLY GET TO DECLARE ATTACKS ONCE PER TURN!
So infinite mana combo???...
Not so sure...
B) Maze of Ith was an Uncommon in the dark, NOT common. Trust me I've opened boxes of the Dark when I worked for the Comic/gaming store in the 90's.
Cheers.
Maze of Ith should actually take that place, as it so unbelievably strictly better than Sorrow's Path, is just.....WOW.
These two cards are hilariously similar for being so wildly far apart:
Both from the Dark
I can't read either of them
Both of them should be banned to keep new players safe
-Ban Maze of Ith to keep them safe from their opponent
-Ban Sorrow's Path to keep them safe from themselves
how fancy does natural ordering to progenitus feel NAUGH! muahahahaha
(Though Ball Lightning is pretty great, too... just not with one of these on the other side of the board!)
Both this and Diamond Valley also tend to produce mana in my decks,
thanks to Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth ;-)
I like a lot of old art, but intestines doesn't cut it for something that would otherwise make a lot of sense.
Also, this can't stop Progenitus because it has to target.
Knight of the Relinquary makes this a nice 1 of in a lot of legacy decks.
how fancy does natural ordering to progenitus feel NAUGH! muahahahaha
Won't work. Progenitus has protection from everything and as a result Maze of Ith cannot target him.
It's just about the most horrifying maze I can imagine. Much better than some stone labyrinth. Excellent art.