Pointed Discussion

Anson Maddock's artwork is already pretty disgusting on first sight,
but after taking a closer look at what's behind that blue cyst thing, you'll sh*t bricks.

I see this card being kinda useful with the whole Necrotic Ooze / Myr Propagator combination. I was looking for cheap easy regeneration in my old cards and saw that this was the cheapest regeneration (if lying in a graveyard) for Necrotic Ooze that I found. Outside of that combo I probably wouldn't give it much play. A nice Buried Alive with this and Myr Propagator in the graveyard and watch the army begin :)

Our wall is pregnant.

nightmare_fuel tag added.

why's this getting such a low rating, a 0/6 defender with regenerate (1) for only (4) am i missing something somewhere? why is this not a good card?

I remember when they took out all the "demonic" looking stuff for Fourth Edition, and this guy had to go too just for being too gross. Now the demons are back, but ol' Living Wall is still too much.

whats with all these old cards with teeny weeny tiny text that noone can read?

also, the art is sick

Wormfang: The trouble with Living Wall is simple; it's too low-power for what it is. Defenders that don't do useful things are rarely popular as it stands, and 0/6 at FOUR mana is mediocre at best. 0/6 without regen is 1C by Wall of Earth. Adding the regen and making it colorless are highly unlikely to make it worth 4 instead.

However, I think it's a pretty useful card, since it is colorless, and it has one of the cheapest regeneration costs in the game, being one colorless, which is easier to do than B or G on Wall of Bone or Wall of Brambles. However, without acceleration, it's likely to wind up being one tiny hurdle that can easily be circumvented by an opponent. A good effort, though. I'd much rather have this at 2C or even 1CC. That's all there is to it.

And man, that artwork. Thanks, Anson, I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway!

One of my favorite cards EVER!

looks like the inside of the ABOMINATION's mouth..

cool card, i'd play it if i had one..

This is what you get when Maze of Ith comes ALIVE.

Zolpidem: check Soldevi Sentry for cheaper-cost regeneration -- plus a nasty side-effect.

Ladies and gentlemen, behold the Giygas Wall.

Also, why isn't this black? Feels very black to me.

The funny thing about this card (compared to other walls of the time) is that flavor-wise, it's a reversal of how color/colorless works. Colorless "creatures" are non-living machines, while colored ones are alive (or at least undead). However, most older walls were inanimate objects (like Wall of Stone but this one is alive.

While the card is playable due mostly to it's cheap regen cost, the most memorable thing about this card is Aaron Maddock's portrayal of it. Grotesque by definition, that art is simply a masterpiece.