One of my favourite depictions. Love that they've reprinted it (if only because I already had a playset :P)
The_Sturm
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(11 votes)
Oh god that smile. You know that sly bastard searched his deck for a Path to Exile or a Baneslayer Angel. That look on his face just says, "I just got a Path to Exile."
UltimaCenturion
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(9 votes)
I love that art. I love the card. I gotta get me some.
Cheza
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(10 votes)
Well, it should be blue. And maybe it would be great to reduce the cost to 3U. Black should be more about cards that can sneak permanents into play, like a black Bribery. Could there be a card with a greater black flavor than a Bribery that steals a Baneslayer?
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(25 votes)
"Bitches, my lord."
"Yeah... that's the ticket!"
dgregory
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Love it. Insanely powerful when you just need that last cog to get your machine running. Plus, it's flavor is just Black, Black, and more Black. It's about power at any cost, and there's not much more along those lines than giving up virtually an entire turn for exactly what you need.
hugemanatee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card and I love the art. Looks like Andy Serkis a bit...
There should be a cheaper black version of this card. I need it.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
So that's where Terry Gilliam get his inspiration....... and @ThatGuyYouHate, the cheaper version is Demonic Tutor. Actually, just search "tutor" and you'll learn why the term is so common today.
mikeygaw
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Demonic Tutor but twice the mana cost
Evermint
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(9 votes)
Demonic Tutor is better, but it's also banned/restricted.
M11's art is awesome. Just look at that smug face. Perfection.
"B..but Panoptic Mirror is 5 CMC..." Not with Master Transmuter and some trinket it ain't
infernox10
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(14 votes)
This guy scares little kids at playgrounds.
SeiberTross
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Odviously more for the casual players, but then again we do line the pocketbooks of Wizards the most. I'd rather pay 4 mana for one of these that I picked up in a booster pack I bought because I was bored at a grocery store, than at least 15 dollars for Demonic Tutor
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Kirbster: Absolutely hilarious! Now I can't see this art without thinking of your comment. =)
JFM2796
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I always thought this card was really good. I ran four in my Esper Deck. But I realized I was never using them, I always left them on my sideboard. Still good in EDH though. I like to think of it as a "wild card." It can be anything you want it to be. 4*
penguinmage25
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
incredible art
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yes, this art is amazing and the card is good. But Demonic Tutor to me is better in every aspect, even the art!
Zokorad
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Used to think this was Broken!! What was I thinking.
FlingIt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hehehe alright mr skeleton lord i guess i will search for a strip bare for all these little girls.
FREAKY SMILE. Funny how if you double the cost of one of the most iconic cards in magic, you still get a great card. I would have rathered for true blackness, but this is good.
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You know that sly bastard searched his deck for a Path to Exile or a Baneslayer Angel.
That look on his face just says, "I just got a Path to Exile."
"Yeah... that's the ticket!"
M11's art is awesome. Just look at that smug face. Perfection.
"B..but Panoptic Mirror is 5 CMC..."
Not with Master Transmuter and some trinket it ain't
FREAKY SMILE. Funny how if you double the cost of one of the most iconic cards in magic, you still get a great card. I would have rathered
4/5.