Exorbitantly overrated, but I'm not going to lie; this thing's a freakin' powerhouse.
Still, $27? Really?
Temple_Garden
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
At six mana I usually want to be winning the game, not getting more mana (even if it unconditional selection of land). I would rather it produce tokens or something.
Laguz
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(4 votes)
It's usually hitting the table on turn four, it's the ultimate deck thinner and can create some absolutey sick six-turn drops. This is one of the best titans, right up there with the white and black ones.
Faust-The-Desolate
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Are you kidding me? You use 6 mana for a 6/6 Trample and get two lands every time. Just toss down a wolfbriar elemental or a howl of the nightpack for a wolf rush
VirtueVsVice
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Good stuff...
UNBAN_SHAHRAZAD
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Really good but I agree this shouldn't be a $20+ card (not that any card should be...).
GarruksCompadre
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
35 dollars and rising..i wouldnt be saddened if i picked up a few of these on the 17th when i get my m11 booster box....i could really use em in my mono green deck
Catmurderer
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(4 votes)
This card goes really well in a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle deck.
Being able to tutor ANY land is really powerful. Hell, besides grabbing Valakut, other lands like Sejiri Steppe or the +2/0 land will be pretty sick.
Obvious synergy with Zendikar landfall, lotus cobra etc...
PhyrexianLobbiest
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Temple_Garden: "At six mana I usually want to be winning the game, not getting more mana ..."
Were he a 6/6 trampler that fetched lands in any of the other colors I would agree with you. But he's green. Load your deck up with mana ramp. (4 Llanowar Elves and 4 Birds of Pardise would be nice)
Turn 2: Forest; tap your 2 forests and your Elves to play 3 Llanowar Elves
Turn 3: Forest; tap your 3 forests and 3 of your Elves to play Primeval Titan and tutor up two more forests. Tap your remaining Elves to play Birds of Paradise (or the Elves if you've been using the Birds or whatever).
Turn 4: Forest; Tap your 6 forests and 1 Elf to play Gaea's Revenge. Tap your remaining 3 Elves and your Birds to play Garruk Wildspeaker. Attack with your Titan, tutor up 2 more forests.
Turn 5: Forest; you now have 9 Forests in play, 4 Elves, a Birds of Paradise, two huge beat sticks, and a Planeswalker whose +1 ability combos really well with your Titan's land fetching.
HairlessThoctar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Not as 'good' as the other titans, as they could be shoehorned into any deck that plays their colors and still be good; whereas this guy needs an actual gameplan.
legolaptop
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(10 votes)
HEY GUYS I FOUND LAND HERE!
LTJZamboni
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Synergy with so many cards in green and red. Just to name a few:
$20+? $35 and rising? understatements my friends. I checked on eBay, these things are going for $125 a pop.
Edit: my bad, I misread the eBay page. it's topping off at $150 for 4. so it is around $37.50 a card and $50 a foil.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
What? Valakut? Mountains? ... F that im snaggin cloudposts and vesuvas like everyone else who's sane. Maybe a wasteland or two while im at it. Makes Reanimator decks look just too good.
iammadmad
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is so over rated, this card is like another abyssal prosecutor
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ok so, I'll say what everyone is thinking, it wont go in 90% of decks.. because not that many decks are ramp/tons of mana decks. On other hand, when you do have those decks, it just explodes with awesome, and so its amazing for those in the same way cultivate is. It certainly makes eldrazi a whole lot scarier.
lockwolf
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
With one of my green decks, I can have him out by Turn 3. (Liannoware Elves + Jorga Treespeakers).
Still, fun ass card.
TheGodOfWar91
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Ok, Wizards. We get it. Green finally has the power it deserves. You can stop now.
PowerChao
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Been getting really lucky lately. I went to my first FNM and bought a booster with some singles. It had Grave Titan. Some guy traded me 3 plainswalkers and a Mythic rare vampire for Grave Titan. I bought 2 more boosters and managed to get eight bucks of those. I bought one more booster and got a FoilJace Beleren. Boo-yah! It gets better too. I bought a booster and Garruk Wildspeaker and Primeval Titan! Now I eagerly await my next FNM too make everyone jealous.
SorianSadaskan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
The flavor makes sense doesn't it? (Plated Geopede and Steppe Lynx crash in with this guy leading the assault)
Azazyel
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Got one in a booster pack at the prerelease. This thing is absolutely insane, and only its mana cost keeps it from being absolutely broken (but its Mythic rarity will keep it at a comfortably insane price only manchildren or people with lots of spare cash will pay. Thanks, Wizards. ¬_¬). Unanswered, this thing can pull out all the lands in your deck in only a few turns. Hell, just plopping this down and then two Terramorphic Expanses equals to your deck being thinned by four cards. Easily the best Titan.
Moosecadet
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Flavor text, yes. win.
EvilCleavage
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Ya and now I've seen them going for 50 bucks each!! That's just nuts, I got a booster box last friday on the release, and pulled a Frost Titan, Grave Titan, Primeval Titan, and a Liliana Vess. I actually didn't get any double of rares at all, except for one foil rare I got. This guy is seriously a beast though, he whoops so hard. As soon as I get him out I always hear those sighs from my friends haha. This is by far the best Titan.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(14 votes)
Here I am playing Valakut sinze zendikar because it's super budget and super fun, yay :) Here Wizards is printing the best card you could ever add to the deck as a mythic rare. Thanks assholes.
Michael_Bender
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@ToidiDiPuts
They're not $125 a pop. They're ~$125 for FOUR. That's 31.25 a pop. They seem to be averaging around $30 right now. Be sure to check quantities on eBay. If anyone is selling a single one for $125, stay away from that auction. Better than Jace? I don't think so. Still, I think it's a great card with a lot of potential, especially given how popular Knight of the Reliquary is.
Interesting note. At the pre-release yesterday, I cracked a Sun Titan in my sealed deck and went 4-2, top 8. My brother cracked Grave Titan and Inferno Titan and used them both to go undefeated. Top 8 decided not to play so we split the packs evenly. Everyone got 10. I cracked an Inferno Titan and Frost Titan. He got another Grave Titan. Neither of us got a Primeval Titan and I didn't hear about anyone else getting one. Super Ultra rare, maybe?
Edit: Got two boxes of 2011 for my birthday and I pulled one Primeval Titan, one Frost Titan, and one Inferno Titan.
Gomorrah
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Yep, 50 dollars now.
However, this thing's a monster in Turboland, Destructive Force decks, and Valakut combo.
Lunarblade
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Llanowar elves + turn two Growth Spasm = Turn Three Primeval Titan = Epic win.
And people complain about Baneslayer being to overpowered. Yikes, this card is creeping up to $60. Pr$meval T$tan. Excuse me whilst I spend the rest of 2011 playing black green.
WhiteyMcFly
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Finally a card in standard that's more expensive than Vengevine
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Primeval Titan... goes so well with Lotus Cobra.
Currently brewing a GR Splinter Twin deck with a few creatures with ETB abilities that Splinter Twin can really abuse. But this little happening doesn't have anything to do with Splinter Twin:
Turn 1: Land Turn 2: Land + Lotus Cobra Turn 3: Land + Bloodbraid Elf cascading into Lotus Cobra Turn 4: Fetchland, popped (4 mana from 2 cobras), tap 2 lands, Primeval Titan. Titan fetches 2 lands (4 mana from 2 cobras), tap remaining 2 lands, Inferno Titan.
2 titans on turn 4 is nothing to scoff at, and it's thanks to the sexy comboability of Primeval Titan and multiple Lotus Cobras. ^^
PoisonHats
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I Want! "search your library for two land" not nonbasic finally, plus my Rampaging Baloth gets tons of little buddies to play with.
Troutz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Awesome flavor text!
SwordSkill
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Screw Baneslayer Angel I wanted her so much!, But this one is WOW! Not only the best of the titans, is also one of the best card in T2 considering it's price and it's playability!
MagicNovice
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
The best card in the Standard format at the moment. 'Nuff said!
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why doesn't anyone mention Eldrazi decks? This guy is like the ultimate mana ramp. Or are Eldrazi decks so 3 months ago? If so, thank gods!
Diachronos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The perfect Titan for Landfall decks. With 4 each of Terramorphic Expanse and Evolving Wilds, that's 16 landfalls in 4 turns.
Landfall decks had some good combos before, but if you add Primeval Titan to them... That can get nasty pretty fast.
Ashsummers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Everyone talks about this guy with knight of the reliquary or garruk wildspeaker or...overwhelming stampede? Yet so many people forget about this guys best friend.Ob Nixilix, The Fallen. With the demon on the board, play the titan, get 2 fetch lands put 2 more lands on the board, did someone just lose 12 life while the demon became a 15/15? Attack for the win. Yay! Still all vulnerable to Path to Exile though
Nagoragama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
Ridiculous. Just ridiculous. 6 mana 6/6 trampler is good on its face, and then you have a comes into play ability, plus an on attack ability that is beyond amazing. Searching for any land, any land at all, allows so many things to work that would not otherwise. Especially alongside a land heavy deck like Zendikar.
You have to question R&D's sanity printing a card like this.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Obvious 5/5 for playability. Voting this less than 5 is pure silliness. The rating is a reflection of playability and playability only, IMO--because that's the main reason other players look at these ratings.
That being said, this card is evidence that the DEA needs to raid Wizards' R&D and confiscate the obviously dangerous drugs they're using. This could STILL be a mythic if its power only put ONE BASIC land into play tapped. But providing TWO of ANY kind of land, this monstrosity is now past Bankslayer level of brokenness. Non-legendary Mythics should, IMO, not be this much more powerful than legendary rares.
Wizards, please, please, please stop this insane arms race or you're going to be printing regular rares at the level of lower-rung mythics two core sets from now! Next core set, please run a google or bing shopping search to find every extended-legal card that averages more than $25 for a single and then restrict all of those cards to legacy or some even just to vintage and never print cards like those again.
(And while you're at it, please fix the color wheel as well by restricting white's overpowered removal cards.)
Cyberium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very powerful card. That being said, I find it distasteful. It's way more powerful than its cost should. 6 mana should not summon a 6/6 trampler that can repeatedly bring out ANY lands two at a time. Just because it's mythic rare doesn't mean one should be so insane in having this kind of card power for so cheap. Mythic rare status doesn't stop it from being in any tournament devotee's hands.
Beastlygreen
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This may not be for the REALLY REALLY fast decks that rely on one and two drops. But it does do everything you could need in a deck that needs a lot of mana for big creatures. of course W/B control won't use it, but it is very useful in the decks it's used in!
dacow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this dude...but his price tag that comes with it does not reflect how good it actually. I'd rather have a Baneslayer Angel for 40 bucks rather than this dude. This guy is nuts at anytime when it gets out to thin out decks and explode mana pools
Spags
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Beastlygreen
actually, it is for fast decks. a valakut ramp deck with this thing in it enables fifth turn kills. turn 1: mountain (1 mountain, 1 land) turn 2: forest, khalni heart (1 mountain, 2 land) turn 3: mountain, explore, terramorphic expanse into mountain, sac khalni heart for 1 mountain, 1 forest (4 mountains, 6 land) turn 4: mountain, primeval titan for 2 valakut (5 mountain, 9 land) turn 5: mountain, *6 damage from valakut*, harrow for 2 mountains *12 damage*, harrow for 2 more mountains, *another 12 damage*, (and if they aren't dead yet) swing with titan *6 damage if unblocked* for 2 mountains, *12 more damage*, comet storm for 6. turn 5 damage potential: 54 damage.
and this isn't, surprisingly enough, a god hand. a dedicated deck built around dropping this guy gets pretty frightening consistently around turn 5 or 6.
Radagast
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(9 votes)
An effective way to keep Magic unaffordable via printing stupidly good cards at Mythic level.
Pwnsaw
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is too powerful in EDH, he can find cabal coffers and urborg tomb of yawgmoth together to double your mana immediately.
Though I do have to say, the time is just right for his printing. New landfall mechanic to play with, Eldrazi to ramp into, lots of nonbasic land tech. Standard could not have asked for a more relevant card.
nineyears
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Thanks for letting me win so many games Primeval Titan.
i used to play control a lot, but ever since primeval was printed i had to swicth.
i have being playing valakut ramp and eldarzi ramp for two months and my DCI rating is the highest it has ever being.
Primeval Titan is broken is so many levels and he has the potential for so many combinations. Best creatures in T2 for ramp no doubt about it.
Gezus82
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The people who are saying this is the best card is standard, you are wrong: Jace, the mindsculptor
I agree that this guy can bring about some pretty impressive combos, but without adequate backup I believe he is actually the weakest of the titans, simply because he doesn't have a direct effect on the board.
vomitron6000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
now bear with me, cuz this deck is a little spendy, but it's well worth it imho. also this is for casual play....
4 of these bad boys 2 avenger of zendikar 2 ob nixiilis 1 rampaging baloths 4 lotus cobra 4 vinelasher kudzu
some good sideboard cards, to me are: the fastbond + zuran orb with crucible of worlds combo or the dark depths + vampire hexmage combo and throw in some lightning greeves for good measure
TheWrathofShane
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Hes sick, but because everyone gos nuts off combos and mana ramps hes complety unforadable for the casual player. I would love to play with a playset, but because of the price im forced to gehto proxy or something. I know its not ur fault wizards, its just the community, the metagame, and the ecomomy.
Faildini
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When this first came out, I said to myself, "My god that's ridiculous". Then I rethought, deciding if if you have the mana to cast him, you really don't need much more in standard (besides, if you haven't won by the fifth turn in standard, I say you just lost). Then I started seeing all the combo decks built around him and revised my opinion yet again. Most definitely a great card, but I sure as hell can't afford to get one. It's going to keep me buying those M11 packs though :)
d-101
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Originally, I didn't think too much of this guy. However, the Valakut combo creates a terrifying deck. Perhaps just as terrifying for mill decks is the potential to combo this with 4 Hedron Crabs. 1 land at start of turn is already 12 cards, then 24 from Titan entering play, so 36 in one turn... Sadistic Sacrament to clear out the big eldrazi anti-mill cards, and you're done. 5/5
oj48
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Strictly worse than both Grave Titan and Inferno Titan. That said, Frost Titan's kinda better as well.
alblast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just pulled one in a pack today. I'm thinking of an making an EDH deck. Maybe Mayael, the anima? Defiantly something green. I am going to have fun with this.
theinhibitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
fun with sword of feast and famine :)
Lord_of_Omnipotence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Why would wizards even print something like this? It's so blatantly broken i just cannot believe it.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love stealing him from my enemies with Mind Control.
made4ipod
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Theres a reason why he is the best titan. There is also a reason why he fits perfectly into my green deck
Ava_Adore
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
imagine playing this guy hasted in a landfall deck, drop 4 terromorphic expanse in one turn, then sac them for 4 lands
jetzine
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
This thing grabs non-basics. This card is too good. WTF were they thinking? Cards like this aren't fun. They need to stop printing them.
NedjimbO_Goblin_Mage
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Should have searched up basic lands, or just 1 land.
Or, you know, just never printed at all.
Did you pay any attention when you playtested this? Or was there any playtesting to begin with?
Tobolococo
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
insanely broken, as all of the titans except the red.
dragonking987
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
jetzine dear lord shut up they have been printing broken cards since day one and they never stopped printing them after all these years you would think people would be use to it.
Opponent plays this. You kick a Rite of Replication, and proceed to barf your deck's lands all over the battlefield.
Yes, this has happened before. And yes, punches were thrown.
kajillion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Curve? What curve?
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I tried this in a Mayael the Anima EDH deck, and one game he actually managed to get me more creatures than Mayael herself did, via hideaway lands. Plus, of course, all of the fatties I was able to hardcast via Gaea's Cradle.
Y'know, I'd like to rank this lower because it's a bit overpowered, but that is honestly one of the best flavor texts I've ever read. XD
The3rdEmpire
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fantastic card and not overpowered at all. Powerful creature and it ramps your mana up like no-one's business. Just the card that green needs 5/5.
Psychrates
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A prime example of why I'm only back-filling my catalog these days, From Alara back. Power-creep at it's stupidest. 5/5, though.
RetroGamer3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ya pure broken card to the max. It's a miss print. Should say -any one basic land into play-.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The promo version is *amazing*. I picked them up for about $10 apiece to try out as my fatty of choice in Legacy. He thins my deck, fetches land-answers to some other decks; and prepares me for a lethal Life casting if he doesn't kill the enemy himself. Easy to get him T3-4 with Veteran Explorer, Garruk Wildspeaker, or similar.
Not only does he ramp you and set your draws up (sort of) he shuffles the deck (which can be useful if running Mul Daya.) If you use Constant Mists he can also give you two turns of fog every attack/casting; meaning your ability to last into something that *will* save you (especially since you don't have all those dead land draws in the deck now) is highly likely.
It's a grindy deck, but it's reliable and efficient. You kill what the opponent has, have win cons in fat, lands, and small dudes; have card advantage all over the place, and can take out any permanent, graveyard, or hand via bojuka bog and cabal therapy.
Because it's grindy it's also fun in casual (more casual multiplayer.)
adolphus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Massive, only thing is by the time you get this bad boy out, if you're not already winning you must be behind the eight ball somewhat.
mdakw576
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
All the titans were definitely pushed, but what bothers me is why the green titan's ability is so much better than the others. Maybe it's because green is supposed to get the best creatures, but it's still rather ridiculous.
When you look at the other four titans, they each have a repeatable effect that's roughly worth 3 mana. Sun: Return something that is actually 3 mana or less. Frost: Hands of binding without cipher (a 2 mana spell. Note that frost is usually the worst of the titan cycle) Grave: Getting two 2/2s is something I wouldn't mind spending 3 mana on. Moan of the unhollowed is a 4-mana card that gets two 2/2 zombies, although it has a higher mana cost because it has flashback; without flashback it would probably cost 3 mana. INferno: Flames of the firebrand which is literally 3 mana.
Then you look at primeval titan. Explosive vegetation is a fair 4 mana card. Primeval titan's ability is a BETTER explosive vegetation. If they made that ability into a spell it would probably cost 5 mana, or be at least 2GG, maybe 1GGG.
If they made Primeval Titan's ability just searching for one land it would be much fairer. Reap and Sow is a 4-mana card that does this, but it could possibly be 3 mana if it only had that option (it has a higher mana cost because it can stone rain and has entwine). Sylvan Scrying at 2 mana finds any land card and puts it into your hand, so paying 1 more mana for it to enter the battlefield tapped sounds fair. But when it tutors up any two lands, it's just too good. While I'm still sad over its banning in EDH and I would want to see sol ring and mana crypt go before primeval titan, there's no denying that the player who played the first primeval titan put himself extremely far ahead.
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Still, $27? Really?
Being able to tutor ANY land is really powerful. Hell, besides grabbing Valakut, other lands like Sejiri Steppe or the +2/0 land will be pretty sick.
Obvious synergy with Zendikar landfall, lotus cobra etc...
Were he a 6/6 trampler that fetched lands in any of the other colors I would agree with you. But he's green. Load your deck up with mana ramp. (4 Llanowar Elves and 4 Birds of Pardise would be nice)
Turn 1: Forest; tap your Forest for Llanowar Elves (or Birds of Paradiseor whatever)
Turn 2: Forest; tap your 2 forests and your Elves to play 3 Llanowar Elves
Turn 3: Forest; tap your 3 forests and 3 of your Elves to play Primeval Titan and tutor up two more forests. Tap your remaining Elves to play Birds of Paradise (or the Elves if you've been using the Birds or whatever).
Turn 4: Forest; Tap your 6 forests and 1 Elf to play Gaea's Revenge. Tap your remaining 3 Elves and your Birds to play Garruk Wildspeaker. Attack with your Titan, tutor up 2 more forests.
Turn 5: Forest; you now have 9 Forests in play, 4 Elves, a Birds of Paradise, two huge beat sticks, and a Planeswalker whose +1 ability combos really well with your Titan's land fetching.
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, Lotus Cobra, Avenger of Zendikar, indirectly any Eldrazi via fetching Eldrazi Temple and Eye of Ugin, etc.
This card is a beast.
A better plan
Turn one: Forest, Elves.
Turn Two: Land, Tap both and the elves for Growth spasm
Turn Three: Land, Tap 4 land, the elves, sac the spawn, Titan, search for two Eldrazi Temple
Turn Four: Land, Swing with Titan, get 2 Temples/Eye of Ugin. Play something.
And in case you haven't won by this point.
Turn 5: Land, swing, 2 more temples/Eye of Ugin, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Edit: my bad, I misread the eBay page. it's topping off at $150 for 4. so it is around $37.50 a card and $50 a foil.
...
F that im snaggin cloudposts and vesuvas like everyone else who's sane.
Maybe a wasteland or two while im at it. Makes Reanimator decks look just too good.
Still, fun ass card.
They're not $125 a pop. They're ~$125 for FOUR. That's 31.25 a pop. They seem to be averaging around $30 right now. Be sure to check quantities on eBay. If anyone is selling a single one for $125, stay away from that auction. Better than Jace? I don't think so. Still, I think it's a great card with a lot of potential, especially given how popular Knight of the Reliquary is.
Interesting note. At the pre-release yesterday, I cracked a Sun Titan in my sealed deck and went 4-2, top 8. My brother cracked Grave Titan and Inferno Titan and used them both to go undefeated. Top 8 decided not to play so we split the packs evenly. Everyone got 10. I cracked an Inferno Titan and Frost Titan. He got another Grave Titan. Neither of us got a Primeval Titan and I didn't hear about anyone else getting one. Super Ultra rare, maybe?
Edit: Got two boxes of 2011 for my birthday and I pulled one Primeval Titan, one Frost Titan, and one Inferno Titan.
However, this thing's a monster in Turboland, Destructive Force decks, and Valakut combo.
Currently brewing a GR Splinter Twin deck with a few creatures with ETB abilities that Splinter Twin can really abuse. But this little happening doesn't have anything to do with Splinter Twin:
Turn 1: Land
Turn 2: Land + Lotus Cobra
Turn 3: Land + Bloodbraid Elf cascading into Lotus Cobra
Turn 4: Fetchland, popped (4 mana from 2 cobras), tap 2 lands, Primeval Titan. Titan fetches 2 lands (4 mana from 2 cobras), tap remaining 2 lands, Inferno Titan.
2 titans on turn 4 is nothing to scoff at, and it's thanks to the sexy comboability of Primeval Titan and multiple Lotus Cobras. ^^
Landfall decks had some good combos before, but if you add Primeval Titan to them... That can get nasty pretty fast.
You have to question R&D's sanity printing a card like this.
That being said, this card is evidence that the DEA needs to raid Wizards' R&D and confiscate the obviously dangerous drugs they're using. This could STILL be a mythic if its power only put ONE BASIC land into play tapped. But providing TWO of ANY kind of land, this monstrosity is now past Bankslayer level of brokenness. Non-legendary Mythics should, IMO, not be this much more powerful than legendary rares.
Wizards, please, please, please stop this insane arms race or you're going to be printing regular rares at the level of lower-rung mythics two core sets from now! Next core set, please run a google or bing shopping search to find every extended-legal card that averages more than $25 for a single and then restrict all of those cards to legacy or some even just to vintage and never print cards like those again.
(And while you're at it, please fix the color wheel as well by restricting white's overpowered removal cards.)
actually, it is for fast decks. a valakut ramp deck with this thing in it enables fifth turn kills.
turn 1: mountain (1 mountain, 1 land)
turn 2: forest, khalni heart (1 mountain, 2 land)
turn 3: mountain, explore, terramorphic expanse into mountain, sac khalni heart for 1 mountain, 1 forest (4 mountains, 6 land)
turn 4: mountain, primeval titan for 2 valakut (5 mountain, 9 land)
turn 5: mountain, *6 damage from valakut*, harrow for 2 mountains *12 damage*, harrow for 2 more mountains, *another 12 damage*, (and if they aren't dead yet) swing with titan *6 damage if unblocked* for 2 mountains, *12 more damage*, comet storm for 6.
turn 5 damage potential: 54 damage.
and this isn't, surprisingly enough, a god hand. a dedicated deck built around dropping this guy gets pretty frightening consistently around turn 5 or 6.
Though I do have to say, the time is just right for his printing. New landfall mechanic to play with, Eldrazi to ramp into, lots of nonbasic land tech. Standard could not have asked for a more relevant card.
i used to play control a lot, but ever since primeval was printed i had to swicth.
i have being playing valakut ramp and eldarzi ramp for two months and my DCI rating is the highest it has ever being.
Primeval Titan is broken is so many levels and he has the potential for so many combinations. Best creatures in T2 for ramp no doubt about it.
I agree that this guy can bring about some pretty impressive combos, but without adequate backup I believe he is actually the weakest of the titans, simply because he doesn't have a direct effect on the board.
also this is for casual play....
4 of these bad boys
2 avenger of zendikar
2 ob nixiilis
1 rampaging baloths
4 lotus cobra
4 vinelasher kudzu
4 maelstorm pulse
4 demonic tutors
4 entomb
4 exhume
2 scapeshift
3 amulet of vigor
2 crucible of worlds
2 bayou
3 terramorphic expanse
3 evolving wilds
6 forest
5 swamps
it's a pretty fun deck =D
some good sideboard cards, to me are:
the fastbond + zuran orb with crucible of worlds combo
or
the dark depths + vampire hexmage combo and throw in some lightning greeves for good measure
Or, you know, just never printed at all.
Did you pay any attention when you playtested this? Or was there any playtesting to begin with?
(pro tip, its edh)
Yes, this has happened before. And yes, punches were thrown.
Just searching for two basic lands and putting them in tapped is worth
It's a miss print. Should say -any one basic land into play-.
Not only does he ramp you and set your draws up (sort of) he shuffles the deck (which can be useful if running Mul Daya.) If you use Constant Mists he can also give you two turns of fog every attack/casting; meaning your ability to last into something that *will* save you (especially since you don't have all those dead land draws in the deck now) is highly likely.
It's a grindy deck, but it's reliable and efficient. You kill what the opponent has, have win cons in fat, lands, and small dudes; have card advantage all over the place, and can take out any permanent, graveyard, or hand via bojuka bog and cabal therapy.
Because it's grindy it's also fun in casual (more casual multiplayer.)
When you look at the other four titans, they each have a repeatable effect that's roughly worth 3 mana.
Sun: Return something that is actually 3 mana or less.
Frost: Hands of binding without cipher (a 2 mana spell. Note that frost is usually the worst of the titan cycle)
Grave: Getting two 2/2s is something I wouldn't mind spending 3 mana on. Moan of the unhollowed is a 4-mana card that gets two 2/2 zombies, although it has a higher mana cost because it has flashback; without flashback it would probably cost 3 mana.
INferno: Flames of the firebrand which is literally 3 mana.
Then you look at primeval titan. Explosive vegetation is a fair 4 mana card. Primeval titan's ability is a BETTER explosive vegetation. If they made that ability into a spell it would probably cost 5 mana, or be at least 2GG, maybe 1GGG.
If they made Primeval Titan's ability just searching for one land it would be much fairer. Reap and Sow is a 4-mana card that does this, but it could possibly be 3 mana if it only had that option (it has a higher mana cost because it can stone rain and has entwine). Sylvan Scrying at 2 mana finds any land card and puts it into your hand, so paying 1 more mana for it to enter the battlefield tapped sounds fair. But when it tutors up any two lands, it's just too good. While I'm still sad over its banning in EDH and I would want to see sol ring and mana crypt go before primeval titan, there's no denying that the player who played the first primeval titan put himself extremely far ahead.