I hope they make a Desktop background of this cards art. This is perfection. The art, the ability everything. Of course it is a Myr, so that makes it even more Legen-Wait For It-Dary.
dragon504
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
5/5 for flavor alone.
dudecow
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(7 votes)
If Myr tribal becomes a dominant deck, at least it will be an awesome dominant deck.
Mindbend
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(10 votes)
I predict two types of myr decks, one will have a well thought out win condtion using infinte mana and a perfect mana curve ......The other will ....well ..its not going be pretty and its going involve a massive myr ball beating serouis face . I know which on i,m playing.
"INCOMING"
Doom_Lich
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@MindBend:
Actually, the smash face with myrball is more stable. WIth the right suppost, it's generally a GG in myr tribal. Whereas infinite combo takes to many cards to be ideally stable.
XTwistedsoulX
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
RUN!! ITS THE CRITTERS!!!
StaberFire
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Doom_Lich In Myr tribal, infinite mana takes only 3 cards and your win condition of choice. Myr Galvanizer x2, Palladium Myr. Or if you want to run coloured infinite mana, it takes 2 mana myrs in the place of the Palladium.
powerdude
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
All opponents will be Myr-dered
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Wow This Is Overkill. 5/5
MrQuizzles
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Myr, transform and ROLL OUT!
MTG_token_collector
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
all you need is 10 mrys, tainted strike, and vigilance..... instant win......
coyotemoon722
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(5 votes)
It kills Planeswalkers.
Daikoru
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Deadly in a Myr deck, especially since the latest addition of Myr Galvanizer. With a Myr Galvanizer in play, you don't have to worry about tapping all your Myrs, you can just untap them and they're ready to defend, if the opponent is still alive~.
SpencerDub
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
I don't care about competitive (although this seems pretty well-designed)-- I WANT THIS CARD.
It's a giant sphere of Myr. How could I possibly complain?
Also, I believe this card's proper name is actually MYR BATTLESPHERE, like BRIAN BLESSED. Wizards just wasn't willing to offend some people's stylistic sensibilities by printing that on the card.
jetzine
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
A Myr Megazord? Hilarious.
tcollins
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Play "The Ride of the Valkyries" when this attacks for more awesomeness
Minus_Prime
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Myr are my favorite tribe. They weren't always... but they are now.
After seeing Tortoise Formation I can't help but think this should've had shroud.
Combine with Myr Incubator - Get as many Myrs out as your opponent has life (if you have enough artifacts), and tap them all when you attack. Instant win.
allmighty_abacus
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Your opponent suddenly isn't so proud of that dissipation field anymore.
What's that? Every other turn I get 4 myr tokens? And every other turn I can tap those myr for an ever-growing facesmash? Why, thank you very much, mr. blue control.
LordAlvon
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
They just made this a wallpaper today. Epic, epic card. 8 power and 11 toughness over 4 dudes for 7 mana. What a steal!
CJM2
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Does anyone have any ideas as to flavor, why this card doesn't just get +X/+0 and trample, rather than dealing direct damage? Just curious.
asacnineb3
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Myr battlesphere+rite of replication=awesomeness. no problem with a myr deck.
Salohkin
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card gets 5 stars strictly for how hilarious it is. The first time I saw this card I broke down laughing. Its absolutely ridiculous. I really want to make a deck based around this, just so when I play this card I can play ACDC's Great Balls of Fire to compound the absurdity of the situation.
In short this card is awesome!
Kadai
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is just insane. It actually remembers me a lot the Katamari, from a not so well know game.
Now, what it does provide is also very very awesome. Direct damage plus attacking with that full power is something not so easily to deal with, because they are two kind of damages... and even, if an opponent happens to return it to your hand or destroy it, with everything around you can return it to the board quite easy.
A true threat, and even an extra threat to keep opponent busy and worry about if your deck revolves around infinite mana.
DoctorKenneth
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
CJM2 said: Does anyone have any ideas as to flavor, why this card doesn't just get +X/+0 and trample, rather than dealing direct damage? Just curious.
Right, well, I do think a giant ball would really warrant trample. But here's my stab at it- the Myr all form up like some power-rangers robot and go rolling about like a giant Mythbusters lego ball. That's a given. What I imagine, given the art, is that the controlling planeswalker spins the ball with such speed that Myr begin flying off at his foes- so fast that creatures are helpless to stop the blurry Myr projectiles. (it's important to note that the planeswalker casts a counterspell on Centripetal Force before this takes place)
So yeah, awesome card. With multiples of Myr Galvanizer, and a few mana Myr,this could be game with the first attack. I'm just really kind of hoping this will be meme-worthy.
Ninjaman157
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
this card is insane it won me 2 draft games at friday night magic
Sironos
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
ONe of the few cool myrs in scars. A card worth 5 creatures on the field at colourless mana is definitely interesting, especially when those creatures can work together. I don't like myrs (small silly bird looking robots ain't my definition of awesome), but I like this one. Without this, the myr would be so boring, this makes the tribe a whole lot more fun.
Olivard
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
attack with Myr Battlesphere, tap 4 myrs you get:
-4 dmg from tapping myrs
-8 dmg from Battlesphere attack
And then Fling +8dmg = 20 dmg
Avatar_of_Wurms
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
NOOO!! someone beat me to the great balls of fire comment. Darn it. Reasons i love it: Hard to kill - its got seven toughness, so not much is gonna get it there - its an artifact, so buy buy a decent portion of blacks kills. Even if killed, you've still got 4 total power toughness, advantage much? If bounced, well, long run, all the more fun for you. It does direct damage. I love direct damage (speaking of direct damage, i want to give this bad boy a mage slayer!) And ITS A FREAKIN BALL OF MYR!! So cooooolllllll.(drools)
quantumsurveyor
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm going to have to refer to this card only as "The Myr Powerball," it's just too ridiculous.
brownkidd
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's a giant rolling ball! Why doesn't it have Haste and Trample, or at least just Trample? I'd gladly pay a few extra Mana if it did.
surewhynot
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This card deserves 5/5 simply for the fact that anyone who sees it just starts laughing. But beyond how funny it is, the battlesphere is actually really good and practical!
GruesomeGoo
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This is probably the most ridiculous battle tactic ever. "Quickly, let's all roll into a ball and CRUSH all opposition!" You'd expect goblins to be the ones doing that...
chaoticfox
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
This card doesn't need trample, haste would be nice, but giving this trample would make it a one hit swing, due to it's other ability, tap any untaped myr this card deals that much damage and gains that many points to it's power. trample would just be ridiculous.
IshubarashI
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Here's my take on the card's flavor. The sphere forms and starts rolling (it attacks), other myr see it and are like "DUDE WAIT UP FOR ME" so they run jump in front of it, then it rolls over them and they grab on.
The sphere starts rolling faster and faster, and the spare myr aren't really strong enough to hold on (most of them are 1/1s, maybe 2/2 at best?) so they end up being flung off the sphere and turn into little animatronic bits of shrapnel (direct damage). You can actually see myr being thrown off in the artwork.
Then they slam in to whatever is blocking it, and the sphere isn't very sturdy, so instead of just rolling over whatever little memnite got in their way (not having trample), the ball just breaks up and all the myr run back to reform the sphere.
gelleetin
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Game-play wise, direct damage to the defending player is a lot more interesting and useful than good old trample (I like how the direct dmg can be redirected to walkers to keep them in check). Also plays well with myr untapping shenanigans (attack with all myr, untap with galvanizer while battlesphere's trigger is on the stack, then tap again for dmg and pump).
Flavor wise, my mental image is that as the Myr ball grows ever larger, some of the myr are flung by momentum at their eventual, unfortunate target :)
SleetFox
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This is very much worth 7 mana. The ability ends games fast, and even if it gets killed you're still getting 4 tokens, which are not unlikely to be pumped by Myr Galvanizers, if not Tempered Steels. Add mana myr to the mix and these aren't that hard to summon at all. I play four in my myr deck and am completely OK with that.
Carnophage_4ever
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The sphere is pure awesomness, Myr Decks are pure ingenuity. What does bug me is that if Myr Decks can hold their own against any casual deck, it is just short of being competitive. Just a little too slow to come out in constructed standard tourneys. Please WoTC allow Myrs to ramp up earlier! Maybe this way we'll see different cards in Standard.
darkrai88
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I was playing in my school Magic club today with my (Standard Legal) Myr deck. I got this out on turn 4 with a Gold Myr and a Palladium Myr. They had no creatures out, and when the brought one out the next turn, I Arrested it. 6 Myr's tapped and the direct damage brought them from 19 to 3 health in one turn. When they killed it on the next turn, I played my Razor Hippogriff. Myr decks FTW.
TehSmokeyMan
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Man, when I first saw a Myr (it was a Gold Myr) in Mirrodin, I thought they were cute and I was contemplating on how to build a deck from these cuddly creatures.
Now, years later I still think they're huggable little creatures and when I bought a boosterbox, I found THIS one, along with some others and now (with help from a good friend, thanks Plox, for the Myr Matrix! :P) I have a brand new deck with cute little Myr; 2 Galvanizers and one Palladium for inf mana, a Darksteel Forge (found randomly by the same Plox), Myr Matrix and of course 2 Battlespheres :P.
Now when I grab this deck I can read the fear and aggromode+10000.... and hate and disgust... in my opponents eyes which is a relief after being slaughtered by platinum angels, near death experiences etc...
Man I almost love my Myr more than I love my Slivers...
It seems the Myr are taking lessons from old 80's movies(Critters). Nice target for blinking.
TheZilla
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This+Tolarian Academy= oodles of mana! Yet another reason my friends have banned Tinker from our casual playgroup.
NoFace22
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
lets see..., Myr Galvanizer X4, myr battlesphere X2, Iron Silver, Leaden, Palladium, and Copper myr X2 each.
djbon2112
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Definitely one of my favourite SoM cards! So much flavour and so damn simple! Also the only reason I can see for actually putting Myr Propagator into a deck ;-)
@WhiteyMcFly I don't think you can target Gideon with the damage, it just says "defending player", which is your opponent. I could be mistaken, but even if you're attacking a PW that player controls, the "defending player" is still the same: that player.
@divine_exodus: Because a "battlesphere" isn't an individual. It's quite conceivable that a finite number of Myr could form more than one battlesphere at one time. That logically precludes this from being legendary on both a flavour and gameplay front.
Zarasel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
This + 2x Myr Galvanizer + Any Myr that can be tapped for mana = Unlimited Damage
funkmasta1805
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
It seems like a good card, but it's only really profitable if the myr have an attack of 1 or less. The myr only add 1 attack to the sphere each, whereas if they have an attack of 2 or higher, they will do more damage attacking directly. For example, If I have an Iron myr and a darksteel myr, The Iron Myr will do 1 damage by itself, and have 1 defense, or it can add 1 damage to the sphere, and have 7 defense. So it doesn't make a difference unless your opponent has a creature that can block and kill it. The darksteel myr, however, does 0 damage, but will add 1 damage to the sphere. In this case, it is profitable to use the sphere. Once you throw in a couple Myr Galvanizers or Matrices, the +1/+1 buffs will outweigh the benefits of the sphere. you can deal 3 damage with the myr, or add 1 to the sphere. In this case, you should only use the sphere if you opponent has a very high-powered creature that could kill the myr.
camomilk
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(17 votes)
I can't emphasize enough how perfectly this card fits with this movie:
Oh God, this and Mimic Vat - for three mana a turn, you get to deal 4 more damage each consecutive turn and get 4 + 4 for each consecutive turn it's brought back. THREE MANA per turn.
This card gives me an idea for a Myr Planeswalker. Here's my idea: Myr Prime - Loyalty 4
+2: Put two 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens into play. -1: Return one Myr artifact creature from the graveyard to the battlefield. -5: Exile 5 Myr artifact creatures. Put a 8/8 Myr Transformer artifact creature called "Myr Supreme" into play Myr Supreme has all the activated abilities of Myr exiled this way When Myr Supreme goes to the graveyard, exile it. Return the 5 exiled Myr to the battlefield.
Screaming "Myrbots, merge for the kill!" is optional.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I've got a big ball o' myr here I'm gonna put them in my mouth...
Master Transmuter loves this guy. Make a swarm of Myr to ping to the face with.
If that's not enough for you, then throw in a Kuldotha Forgemaster as a third piece (search for an artifact each turn without card disadvantage), or Time Sieve (effectively become sacrifice 1 artifact for an extra turn). And given how many artifacts effectively replace themselves (like Myr Retriever or Ichor Wellspring), that's a very good deal.
@DJBon/WhiteMcFly - any noncombat damage that is dealt to a player by an opponent can be redirected by that opponent to a planeswalker the player controls. As such, the Battlesphere noncombat damage can be dealt to a planeswalker the defending player controls.
jemas42
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Mirrorworks? Get 2 Battlespheres and 8 myr tokens in play for 9 mana? Oh and because you're running Myr, you have have 9 mana turn 4 or 5? Have fun.
Kanacho
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
You can just use the infinite mana trick and deal infinite direct damage to the enemy by untapping and tapping the myr tokens :D!
iSlapTrees
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
TO BATTLE! -charges-
MasterOfEfherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Too Bad This Thing Dies To Removal!
AngelPhoenix
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
My favortie card ever printed. Love the art, the flavor, the abilities, the applications, and how it combos so well with so many other cards from so many different sets. Anyone ever hit this guy with a charge from Power Matrix? Love this card 10/5
Zoltantf
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Master transmuter and him have parties on the weekends together. Who doesn't like a big ball of myr crashing into your opponent' s face. It's like the Koolaid Guy. "Oh yeah!"
TPmanW
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Don't underestimate those cutesy myr, once they get rolling... Seriously though, that's a total of 8 power and 11 toughness for 7 mana spread across 5 bodies with a favourable creature type and an extra ability. Sweet. It's just too bad myr didn't get more tribal support. Superion, Battlesphere, Galvanizer, Perilous Myr, all great cards but what they really need is a one drop.
Chaosbo1
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Mimic Vat + Myr Battlesphere is lots of win
Lyoncet
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
I love that you can tap a Myr Battlesphere to give Myr Battlesphere +1/+0. Worst idea ever (can't think of why you would, unless one had summoning sickness I guess) but the idea of one Battlesphere rolling over and absorbing a second Battlesphere fills me with happy.
TrueBloodWolf
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
7 Mana for 8 power generated, really?! xD that's awesomeness~ Not to mention that this 8 power in increased by 5 for +1 effects from Myr matrix or Myr Galvanizer.
I think its enough for a 5 star, no?
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seven mana well spent. Friggin crazy with Mirrorworks or any other copy device. 5/5
FullMetal1988
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Maze of ith? Pfft.
DacenOctavio
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
A finisher that poops metalcraft? Is a myr? Deals direct damage!? All aboard the Battlesphere!
deadeye1387
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is sssoooooooooooooo nooby. It's got like an unblockable version of trample, so I have no respect or liking for this card. I'm sorry MTG community, this card is just too good. It's starting to become the next Lightsteel Colosseus.
This already on battlefield + kicked Rite of Replication = swing for 33 with an additional 29 direct damage. Woot :)
WhiteyMcFly
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Here's something I figured out recently, and it's actually a really awesome thing you can do with Myr Battlesphere. Here's what you do:
Step 1: Attack with Myr Battlesphere and all of your other myr, but save one Myr Galvanizer.
Step 2: You may tap myr, as per the Battlesphere's ability. However. This is a triggered ability, which gives you the opportunity to tap your myr. This allows you to do something in response to it. So, use the ability of Myr Galvanizer in response. It goes on the stack on top of the Myr Battlesphere's ability, so all of your myr untap.
Step 3: The stack now moves on to the Myr Battlesphere ability. All of those myr you just attacked with? You can now tap them again to power up your Battlesphere, since they're untapped now.
Step 4: Congratulations, you are now putting out a lot more damage than you otherwise would have had you simply attacked without this little trick.
Say you have only the Battlesphere, the Galvanizer, and the 4 myr that your Battlesphere brought with it. Normally on a full attack, you would be doing 15 damage had all myr attacked/tapped. However, with this little trick, you now do 13 from tokens and non-buffed Battlesphere, plus an additional 10 from buffing your Battlesphere with the tokens and itself (it's untapped now, remember). You just pulled an additional 8 damage out of your attack by using this trick. And remember kids, more myr means more damage, especially with this trick.
SkaerKrow
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
They see me rollin, they hatin, patrollin, trying to catch me riding Myri...
Vishlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
0.5 because it is so lame, sits in any deck, tactic-less, prone to confusion and yawn-combos. Worse for the game than Baneslayers. I don't really enjoy playing Myr anyway, and because it bugged me that I wouldn't play my best card when it would benefit just about any deck I just tore it and half and ditched it.
GRAdE_eH
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
splinter twin works well
Ipsilont
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
One of the most amusing art I've ever seen!
Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly are Myr?
To me they are like artifact goblins X)
scarecrowk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My friend used to abuse the heck out of this guy. Which sucked because the guy doesn't understand the concept of "friendly" play. He spends ten minute per turn running math and calculating just how much damage he needs for this or that... Kind of annoying. My red deck kills him though. (But I don't play it much because it makes the game to easy.)
Studoku
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Four more myrs!
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Ipsilont: mechanical servants created by the crazy artifact wizard Memnarch. The guy himself is dead now, I believe, but his creations have outlived him and if things like this are to be believed, they've gotten better than ever.
bendover
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
always the first myr to get doom bladed..
MyrBattlesphere
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This and Conjurer's Closet would mean you could exile the myr battlesphere at every turn then immedietly return it-- thus reentering the battlefield and getting you 4 extra myr a turn!
infinimyr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Ipsilont they're small, ant-like creatures made out of metal (the name is derived from the greek word for ant)
tantallum99
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
MYR-DERED!! heh
En_Sigma
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Clock of Omens + Master Transmuter + artifact blue mana producer + this
Totema
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
So did the King of All Cosmos send the Prince to Mirrodin?
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Katamari!
Alsebra
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@MasterOfEfherium - So does damn near anything else in the game.
@funkmasta1805 - The chances of one of the many 1 power Myr getting through on the attack are slim to none. By tapping them in this way, you're not only pumping the 'sphere, you're also throwing that damage directly at your opponent (or a planeswalker).
@Ipsilont - I see Myr as the workhorses of Mirrodin. Basically built to be slaves, but they've finally had enough...
@bendover - Yeah, but with proper support, there's really nothing that can be done about it (just like any other bomb in the game).
AshToMoutHound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My friend plays this a lot, and I can't wait to lay Unhallowed Pact on it and just kill it some day.
Xycolian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 for rust camo myr's
The fact that this card is amazing in play is just gravy.
Taudisban
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
How in Karn's name did the Phyrexians win with the Myr on Mirrodin's sde?
azure_drake222222
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
That sphere is made of way more than 4 myr.
Vabolo
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
♪ ~NA NANANANANANA KATA-MYR-I DAMACY~ ♪
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card. The free tokens it creates are useful for many reasons, not the least of which being that it allows usage of Myr Turbine immediately.
Also, to see a battlesphere, made of hundreds of robots, in action check this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBnl_krN_U
If the link dies, search youtube for the movie "Endhiran".
DraftyBob
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Question, lets say I have 1 myr galvanizer out, 4 mana myrs, and the 4 tokens that battlesphere creates. I attack and tap 3 mana myrs and 4 tokens for the buff for battlesphere then use the last mana myr to tap the galvanizer to untap each other myr I control. Could I proceed to tap the myrs again to add to the buff for battlesphere?
mrchuckmorris
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I had a hilarious war the other day between my friend's Myr Battlesphere + Trading Post and my own Goblin Sharpshooter + Gorgon Flail. He had a way of untapping the post and supplying it with enough mana to make it last forever, so we ended up calling it a draw after enough cycles that we realized nothing in our hands was gonna end it.
Khazpar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@kiseki I was reading a Cracked article about that movie, and immediately thought of this card. I'm glad I'm not the only one haha.
docjarvisd09
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How did the Mirrans lose again? Oh, wait I remember...
Comments (107)
It's mighty morphin' Battlesphere time!
It's like Thorn Elemental became colourless and got weak and hired an army and I died and went to heaven. 5/5
"INCOMING"
Actually, the smash face with myrball is more stable. WIth the right suppost, it's generally a GG in myr tribal. Whereas infinite combo takes to many cards to be ideally stable.
In Myr tribal, infinite mana takes only 3 cards and your win condition of choice.
Myr Galvanizer x2, Palladium Myr.
Or if you want to run coloured infinite mana, it takes 2 mana myrs in the place of the Palladium.
It's a giant sphere of Myr. How could I possibly complain?
Also, I believe this card's proper name is actually MYR BATTLESPHERE, like BRIAN BLESSED. Wizards just wasn't willing to offend some people's stylistic sensibilities by printing that on the card.
After seeing Tortoise Formation I can't help but think this should've had shroud.
What's that? Every other turn I get 4 myr tokens? And every other turn I can tap those myr for an ever-growing facesmash? Why, thank you very much, mr. blue control.
Epic, epic card.
8 power and 11 toughness over 4 dudes for 7 mana.
What a steal!
In short this card is awesome!
It actually remembers me a lot the Katamari, from a not so well know game.
Now, what it does provide is also very very awesome. Direct damage plus attacking with that full power is something not so easily to deal with, because they are two kind of damages... and even, if an opponent happens to return it to your hand or destroy it, with everything around you can return it to the board quite easy.
A true threat, and even an extra threat to keep opponent busy and worry about if your deck revolves around infinite mana.
Right, well, I do think a giant ball would really warrant trample. But here's my stab at it- the Myr all form up like some power-rangers robot and go rolling about like a giant Mythbusters lego ball. That's a given. What I imagine, given the art, is that the controlling planeswalker spins the ball with such speed that Myr begin flying off at his foes- so fast that creatures are helpless to stop the blurry Myr projectiles. (it's important to note that the planeswalker casts a counterspell on Centripetal Force before this takes place)
So yeah, awesome card. With multiples of Myr Galvanizer, and a few mana Myr,this could be game with the first attack. I'm just really kind of hoping this will be meme-worthy.
-4 dmg from tapping myrs
-8 dmg from Battlesphere attack
And then Fling +8dmg = 20 dmg
Reasons i love it:
Hard to kill - its got seven toughness, so not much is gonna get it there
- its an artifact, so buy buy a decent portion of blacks kills.
Even if killed, you've still got 4 total power toughness, advantage much?
If bounced, well, long run, all the more fun for you.
It does direct damage. I love direct damage
(speaking of direct damage, i want to give this bad boy a mage slayer!)
And ITS A FREAKIN BALL OF MYR!! So cooooolllllll.(drools)
"Quickly, let's all roll into a ball and CRUSH all opposition!"
You'd expect goblins to be the ones doing that...
The sphere starts rolling faster and faster, and the spare myr aren't really strong enough to hold on (most of them are 1/1s, maybe 2/2 at best?) so they end up being flung off the sphere and turn into little animatronic bits of shrapnel (direct damage). You can actually see myr being thrown off in the artwork.
Then they slam in to whatever is blocking it, and the sphere isn't very sturdy, so instead of just rolling over whatever little memnite got in their way (not having trample), the ball just breaks up and all the myr run back to reform the sphere.
Flavor wise, my mental image is that as the Myr ball grows ever larger, some of the myr are flung by momentum at their eventual, unfortunate target :)
Now, years later I still think they're huggable little creatures and when I bought a boosterbox, I found THIS one, along with some others and now (with help from a good friend, thanks Plox, for the Myr Matrix! :P) I have a brand new deck with cute little Myr; 2 Galvanizers and one Palladium for inf mana, a Darksteel Forge (found randomly by the same Plox), Myr Matrix and of course 2 Battlespheres :P.
Now when I grab this deck I can read the fear and aggromode+10000.... and hate and disgust... in my opponents eyes which is a relief after being slaughtered by platinum angels, near death experiences etc...
Man I almost love my Myr more than I love my Slivers...
@WhiteyMcFly I don't think you can target Gideon with the damage, it just says "defending player", which is your opponent. I could be mistaken, but even if you're attacking a PW that player controls, the "defending player" is still the same: that player.
@divine_exodus: Because a "battlesphere" isn't an individual. It's quite conceivable that a finite number of Myr could form more than one battlesphere at one time. That logically precludes this from being legendary on both a flavour and gameplay front.
For example, If I have an Iron myr and a darksteel myr, The Iron Myr will do 1 damage by itself, and have 1 defense, or it can add 1 damage to the sphere, and have 7 defense. So it doesn't make a difference unless your opponent has a creature that can block and kill it. The darksteel myr, however, does 0 damage, but will add 1 damage to the sphere. In this case, it is profitable to use the sphere.
Once you throw in a couple Myr Galvanizers or Matrices, the +1/+1 buffs will outweigh the benefits of the sphere. you can deal 3 damage with the myr, or add 1 to the sphere. In this case, you should only use the sphere if you opponent has a very high-powered creature that could kill the myr.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOlz2ei4Yk&t=2m18s
Splinter Twin and Myr Galvanizer/Palladium Myr combo for infinite Myr Madness.
Now Phyrexia and Mirran BOTH lose to Myr, the secret third faction.
Myr Prime - Loyalty 4
+2: Put two 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens into play.
-1: Return one Myr artifact creature from the graveyard to the battlefield.
-5: Exile 5 Myr artifact creatures.
Put a 8/8 Myr Transformer artifact creature called "Myr Supreme" into play
Myr Supreme has all the activated abilities of Myr exiled this way
When Myr Supreme goes to the graveyard, exile it. Return the 5 exiled Myr to the battlefield.
Screaming "Myrbots, merge for the kill!" is optional.
I'm gonna put them in my mouth...
If that's not enough for you, then throw in a Kuldotha Forgemaster as a third piece (search for an artifact each turn without card disadvantage), or Time Sieve (effectively become sacrifice 1 artifact for an extra turn). And given how many artifacts effectively replace themselves (like Myr Retriever or Ichor Wellspring), that's a very good deal.
@DJBon/WhiteMcFly - any noncombat damage that is dealt to a player by an opponent can be redirected by that opponent to a planeswalker the player controls. As such, the Battlesphere noncombat damage can be dealt to a planeswalker the defending player controls.
Seriously though, that's a total of 8 power and 11 toughness for 7 mana spread across 5 bodies with a favourable creature type and an extra ability. Sweet.
It's just too bad myr didn't get more tribal support. Superion, Battlesphere, Galvanizer, Perilous Myr, all great cards but what they really need is a one drop.
Not to mention that this 8 power in increased by 5 for +1 effects from Myr matrix or Myr Galvanizer.
I think its enough for a 5 star, no?
Is my name Mario? Cuz you just got 1 UPPED!!!!!
Myr Superion...
Myr Galvanizer...
And this.
Here's something I figured out recently, and it's actually a really awesome thing you can do with Myr Battlesphere. Here's what you do:
Step 1: Attack with Myr Battlesphere and all of your other myr, but save one Myr Galvanizer.
Step 2: You may tap myr, as per the Battlesphere's ability. However. This is a triggered ability, which gives you the opportunity to tap your myr. This allows you to do something in response to it. So, use the ability of Myr Galvanizer in response. It goes on the stack on top of the Myr Battlesphere's ability, so all of your myr untap.
Step 3: The stack now moves on to the Myr Battlesphere ability. All of those myr you just attacked with? You can now tap them again to power up your Battlesphere, since they're untapped now.
Step 4: Congratulations, you are now putting out a lot more damage than you otherwise would have had you simply attacked without this little trick.
Say you have only the Battlesphere, the Galvanizer, and the 4 myr that your Battlesphere brought with it. Normally on a full attack, you would be doing 15 damage had all myr attacked/tapped. However, with this little trick, you now do 13 from tokens and non-buffed Battlesphere, plus an additional 10 from buffing your Battlesphere with the tokens and itself (it's untapped now, remember). You just pulled an additional 8 damage out of your attack by using this trick. And remember kids, more myr means more damage, especially with this trick.
I wouldn't play my best card when it would benefit just about any deck I just tore it and half and ditched it.
Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly are Myr?
To me they are like artifact goblins X)
they're small, ant-like creatures made out of metal
(the name is derived from the greek word for ant)
heh
@funkmasta1805 - The chances of one of the many 1 power Myr getting through on the attack are slim to none. By tapping them in this way, you're not only pumping the 'sphere, you're also throwing that damage directly at your opponent (or a planeswalker).
@Ipsilont - I see Myr as the workhorses of Mirrodin. Basically built to be slaves, but they've finally had enough...
@bendover - Yeah, but with proper support, there's really nothing that can be done about it (just like any other bomb in the game).
The fact that this card is amazing in play is just gravy.
Also, to see a battlesphere, made of hundreds of robots, in action check this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBnl_krN_U
If the link dies, search youtube for the movie "Endhiran".
I was reading a Cracked article about that movie, and immediately thought of this card. I'm glad I'm not the only one haha.