Pointed Discussion

Fair risk.

there is soooo much "destroy artifact" out there that its not worth it.

5/5 flying is good . .
but it is not worth risking 5 mana and 5 damage.

@ dmoffett80 and to noobs
I'm sorry. Since there are so many 'destroy artifact' out there, all artifacts deserve .5/5
Wait . . that argument can be applied to all permanents!

I wish the drawback was that the opposing player fould get the djinn...
then I would up the ante by putting out 4 doubling seasons.

This is one of those gamble cards. Back then you couldn't just flash out a 5/5 flying on someone else's turn. This gave you a 50-50 chance of being able to do so.

Flavorful. Not much more than this...

Hey, artifact haters - with these new Doom Blade and Terminate-type cards, all creatures could get a 0 out of 5 stars because anti-creature cards are just too damn powerful these days. Except for the shroud creatures, obviously... hmmm, it seems kind of like rock-paper-scissors, doesn't it?

OK, anyway, Bottle of Suleiman was a cool card. People were skittish about its risk, but hey, there have been some very popular cards since with much more of a risk than this one. Final Fortune, anyone? How about Enduring Renewal? And let's not forget Necropotence, am obscenely powerful card that could shut off your ability to draw cards for good AND leave you nearly dead if things don't pan out right.

Krark's Thumb?

This is also a spell, and thus can be countered.

All joking aside, this card is still bad

I somehow got a copy from Revised - holy crap, that's one wordy card.