@alblast
I'm going to pretend you didn't post that.
With dual lands, Mana Reflection, creatures that tap for mana, etc. etc. (I'm not even grazing the possibilities),
This card is 100% nuts if you figure it out.
And you are thinking "tap my lands to untap my lands"?
No, my good sir,
This does so much more.
Luke_BPC
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Not to mention the Craddle and the Academy...
auriscope
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Oh god, I didn't see the "Mono Artifact" at first.
I love this card. I just bought it online, and it is so much better than the Magus of Candelabra. Using it the turn you play it, plus not having to worry about your opponent killing it nearly as much makes a huge difference. With this, bounce lands, Cloudposts, Vesuva, etc, you can ramp up to 10+ mana on turn three. It would be even more ridiculous in an artifact deck with Tolarian Academy. Such a great card.
cathode01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definitely not as abusable as Magus of the Candelabra, but on the other hand, it's more flexible and faster.
Edit - oh . . effect changed . . ? Now it has to tap in order to activate . . It is not as ridiculous as I thought. 5/5
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
soo... Cloudpost, this. Cloudpost, Emrakul.
Subtle utility? No.
armogohma
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
@Hoonster
I know, I thought the same thing. Stupid Mono Artifacts and their implied {T}.
vaiserious
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
it's good with locus lands for example. you can create massive amounts of mana
PolskiSuzeren
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(9 votes)
The candelabra has ALWAYS tapped to activate. "Mono Artifact" means that you tap it. Granted, not everyone knows this, but it holds true anyway.
Heh, I remember when I first started playing magic and a guy had this in his special "no trades" binder, and I didn't understand why it was so good.
And now it's made a return in High Tide decks. For the people who can afford it, anyway.
Andon_A
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
@Hoonster: Just add Filigree Sages and you're good. You only need three islands to get an infinite repeat, but it doesn't get you any mana - Four islands and you're set
Tap 1 Island: Cast High Tide Tap 3 Islands: Get 6 Blue. Tap Candelabra for 4, untap 4 Islands. 2 Blue floating. Tap 1 Island, Use Floating: Untap Candelabra with Sages. 1 floating. Tap 3 Islands: Get 6 Blue. Total 7 floating. Tap Candelabra for 4, untap 4 Islands. 3 Blue floating. et. cetra, et. cetra, ad infinum.
thisisnotmyname
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I wanted one of these for my mono grey cloudpost deck, so I looked up the price. A little piece of me died that day.
Use Dross Scorpion and a token generation/sac combo to use multiple times per turn.
One of my favorite uses for this is in a Power Surge / Circle of Protection: Red / Mana Flare deck. Your opponents cast every spell they can to tap as many of their lands as possible, then you just untap them at the end of your turn. Of course we still play with mana burn (because we're not pansies).
Unfortunately mine was stolen.
jm396
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Remember, its a mono artifact so the oracle text is right, you have to have something to untap this if you want to use it more than once.
That being said, this card rocks with Urza's lands or locus.
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Not good in a mana-less deck. In otherwords, not good in Yu-Gi-Oh! That's about it, though. I would argue this should even be considered good in Pokemon. Energy cards anyone?
This used to be one of the most dollar-efficient ways to break the game in half. A little sad what happened there. Completely predictable, of course, but sad all the same.
Looks like the most dollar-efficient card in Magic is now...Yawgmoth's Will?
Right. I'm going to break down and learn about this whole 'graveyard shenanikers' thing. Right in time for Innistrad, too! :)
jfre81
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Like Ashnod's Altar, this artifact is a key to infinite combos and, if an opponent ever drops it, you should think about getting rid of it sooner than later. I've learned the hard way. It's not quite so dangerous in the early stages of a game though. It's also a card with which you can abuse Library of Alexandria, responding to your own extra card draw with the Candelabra's ability, perhaps followed with Voltaic Key untapping the Candelabra to do it again.
I posted that some years ago when I newer. I didn't think about abusing it. I had thought about it in a regular deck. Yeah this card is good. I can't believe I said that this was bad.
DrJack
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ helluin "Of course we still play with mana burn (because we're not pansies)."
Thanks, helluin, you just made my day. :-)
@ thisisnotmyname "...I looked up the price. A little piece of me died..."
Use proxies dude. Only fools pay for pieces of cardboard.
@ Myusha "Urza's mine, tower, and power plant. :D Infinite mana!"
Infinite mana HOW? With your Crucible of Worlds, Fastbond, and Zuran Orb sitting there alongside your Candelabra, and a Channel in your hand?
@ TheSwarm
You're missing a Cloudpost there buddy. ;-)
@ alblast "I can't believe I said that this was bad"
You've been forgiven. :-)
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
To be fair, not many players that weren't playing back when mono artifacts existed would know that they intrinsically tapped. I know I didn't - I was playing against someone who popped down two Cloudposts + this, and it certainly seemed like an infinite mana combo (after blowing up the first with a Qasali Pridemage, then watching him put down a second and see him not going infinite with it, I decided to double check here and saw the Oracle wording for the card... my poor, wasted Pridemage). Still quite good though - cheap ramp with any lands that produce 2+ mana (so the Ravnica bounce lands like Golgari Rot Farm, not to mention sexy stuff like Gaea's Cradle and Cabal Coffers).
JovianHomarid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I know this card has been considered awesome since way before most of the cards you can break it with these days existed.. What was the trick early on? Urza's Tower, Mine and Power plant? Was it used simply as a colour-fixer?
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@JaxsonBateman It wasn't a waste to blow it up. If you leave it in play, he can still tap all his cloudposts for mana, and then untap them. If he had just 3 cloudposts and 2 of these in play, he would get: +9 mana to start (9) -3 to untap his lands (6) +9 mana against (15) -3 to untap (12) +9 against (21)
21 mana! He could have casted emrakul with that.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You know, I think this card could be reprintable. Just bump up the mana cost to say {4} and maybe it could work and not cost $500
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Good card.
It's kinda funny. The flavor text on this card, which talks about how simplicity leads to utility, can be applied to pretty much every busted card from Urza block. (Gaea's Cradle, Tolarian Academy, Yawg Will, ect.)
Its pretty funny how such a simple card can cause such craziness. Worst case scenario, with non-crazy cards, its a mana fixer for just {1}. Best case scenario, you combine with other crazy cards, and it acts as some kind of power operator to exponentially increase their craziness.
End result: Shit be wack yo.
ColdTroller
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you're lucky enough to have one, and feel like having some fun, put one in a deck with Tolarian Academy and Master Transmuters. Don't forget Voltaic Key or even Voltaic Construct. Even if you don't get an infinite mana loop going, it gets very crazy very fast.
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I'm going to pretend you didn't post that.
With dual lands, Mana Reflection, creatures that tap for mana, etc. etc. (I'm not even grazing the possibilities),
This card is 100% nuts if you figure it out.
And you are thinking "tap my lands to untap my lands"?
No, my good sir,
This does so much more.
:U
high tide + Blue Sun's Zenith + Candelabra of Tawnos
mill deck . . Your opponent draws infinite cards. GG?
This card is far beyond broken . .
Edit - oh . . effect changed . . ?
Now it has to tap in order to activate . .
It is not as ridiculous as I thought.
5/5
Cloudpost, this.
Cloudpost, Emrakul.
Subtle utility? No.
I know, I thought the same thing. Stupid Mono Artifacts and their implied {T}.
Heh, I remember when I first started playing magic and a guy had this in his special "no trades" binder, and I didn't understand why it was so good.
And now it's made a return in High Tide decks. For the people who can afford it, anyway.
Tap 1 Island: Cast High Tide
Tap 3 Islands: Get 6 Blue.
Tap Candelabra for 4, untap 4 Islands. 2 Blue floating.
Tap 1 Island, Use Floating: Untap Candelabra with Sages. 1 floating.
Tap 3 Islands: Get 6 Blue. Total 7 floating.
Tap Candelabra for 4, untap 4 Islands. 3 Blue floating.
et. cetra, et. cetra, ad infinum.
Infinite mana!
Use Dross Scorpion and a token generation/sac combo to use multiple times per turn.
One of my favorite uses for this is in a Power Surge / Circle of Protection: Red / Mana Flare deck. Your opponents cast every spell they can to tap as many of their lands as possible, then you just untap them at the end of your turn. Of course we still play with mana burn (because we're not pansies).
Unfortunately mine was stolen.
That being said, this card rocks with Urza's lands or locus.
That's about it, though. I would argue this should even be considered good in Pokemon.
Energy cards anyone?
This used to be one of the most dollar-efficient ways to break the game in half. A little sad what happened there. Completely predictable, of course, but sad all the same.
Looks like the most dollar-efficient card in Magic is now...Yawgmoth's Will?
Right. I'm going to break down and learn about this whole 'graveyard shenanikers' thing. Right in time for Innistrad, too! :)
It's not quite so dangerous in the early stages of a game though.
It's also a card with which you can abuse Library of Alexandria, responding to your own extra card draw with the Candelabra's ability, perhaps followed with Voltaic Key untapping the Candelabra to do it again.
still an excellent card
Thanks, helluin, you just made my day. :-)
@ thisisnotmyname "...I looked up the price. A little piece of me died..."
Use proxies dude. Only fools pay for pieces of cardboard.
@ Myusha "Urza's mine, tower, and power plant. :D Infinite mana!"
Infinite mana HOW? With your Crucible of Worlds, Fastbond, and Zuran Orb sitting there alongside your Candelabra, and a Channel in your hand?
@ TheSwarm
You're missing a Cloudpost there buddy. ;-)
@ alblast "I can't believe I said that this was bad"
You've been forgiven. :-)
It wasn't a waste to blow it up. If you leave it in play, he can still tap all his cloudposts for mana, and then untap them. If he had just 3 cloudposts and 2 of these in play, he would get:
+9 mana to start (9)
-3 to untap his lands (6)
+9 mana against (15)
-3 to untap (12)
+9 against (21)
21 mana! He could have casted emrakul with that.
It's kinda funny. The flavor text on this card, which talks about how simplicity leads to utility, can be applied to pretty much every busted card from Urza block. (Gaea's Cradle, Tolarian Academy, Yawg Will, ect.)
Plus the cantrip from Crimson Wisps.
Liege of the Tangle? Vorinclex, Voice Of Hunger? Phyrexian Hydra? Urabrask the Hidden?
End result: Shit be wack yo.