Devastating card. The fact that you're required to sacrifice your own land if you're the only player with that kind, however, means it doesn't play nice with my sunburst deck. I guess I could try shooting for all non-basic lands...
Still, 5/5.
GrimjawxRULES
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Lateralis0ne - Playing with these cards would actually be a shame, though I do get how you feel.
Lateralis0ne
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
I need to get these. I gave my old one away to a friend for his collection, and now I can finally get a decent replacement.
Plus, it's a promo, so that's, you know, cool.
Grimjawx: You're right, I know...though my playset of Exiled Skullclamps are ripping up my brother's play group in nice expensive, protective sleeves. I'm doing the same with these cards, believe me. First class protection, all the way.
And anyone who reads that funny, get your head out of the gutter.
channelblaze
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
It doesn't feel so relicy, since it just got reprinted in archenemy, but nonetheless, I like it. And it is listed as archenemy, needadispenserhere.
It's a shame there are so many ways of getting all 5 mana without using basic lands these days. Unless you're playing a large multiplayer game with all kinds of different decks, you won't ever really see this guy blow up 5 basics that aren't your own. And then you just ***ed off 3 other people who decide to gang up on you and take you out in one rotation.
Granted, it is really fun to catch a prismatic omen deck with its pants down with this guy.
Nip_Gwyllion
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Why do people like this card? It costs 8! What, do you guys like to Flash it in or something? Actually, that sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
SocialExperiment
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card with a Master Transmuter in a game of Archenemy will ruin everyone else's day. Especially effective if your opponents have made a point to have variety (ie, one's playing Blue control, one's playing Green creatures, and so on).
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the Cardinal Rules of Magic; If your friends *** you off, blow up their lands.
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Nip_Gwyllion No, we like to physically, mentally, and metaphorically rape mother earth with this and Master Transmuter. That is of course, after we have alternate mana =P
Go ahead, just try plopping this guy on the table next to Venser, the Sojourner or Master Transmuter in a large multiplayer game. Then instead of playing "get your opponents to 0 life," you're suddenly participating in an engaging game of "how much can I slow this game down before my friends murder me?"
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
aah, fun card. can blow up your own lands, but that's all part of the fun.
Dominator42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
why is this banned in prismatic?
neversound_777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Too bad artifact lands are banned. Those + Sundering Titan + Darksteel Forge would be a nifty combo to keep yourself safe from the effect while royally irking everybody else.
It's banned in prismatic because it's a five-color format, so usually it means destroying five of your opponent's lands when it hits, and five more when it goes out.
frommerman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I just realized that this doesn't even target the lands.
Yeah, he's pretty good.
j_mindfingerpainter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@ adrian.malacoda: Or you could just combine Deus of Calamity and this card.
Kragash
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Why would this be banned in Commander? Who makes these stupid decisions? Sundering Titan is powerful but not game-breaking... especially not in Commander.
adrian.malacoda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@kragash: Sure, unless you flicker him or mimic vat him or whatever. Then you get to stomp all over your opponents' mana base. That might not be broken but land destruction is definitely unfun to play against, especially repeatable LD. Especially in multiplayer - in a duel you're likely to have to kill some of your own lands unless your opponent runs a five-color deck, but in multiplayer there's a far better chance that your opponents have all five colors between them.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sundering Titan EATS domain decks.
Or basically anything else, really?
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Anyone who asks why this is banned in Commander doesn't understand the purpose of this card. It's not about casting a creature and blowing some lands up - when this shows up in Commander, it was almost always part of a combo to wipe out the mana bases of every other player at the table. Sure, that can be dealt with - maybe, if the combo was breakable - but it is miserably unfun to play against and encouraged stupid deck design since anyone can win a game when their opponents not only have no mana but can't even keep any new lands on the board thanks to poorly designed cards like this one. It was banned, and rightfully so - I don't play Commander just to watch people combo with themselves.
The_Trendkill
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The old 7/10 split is a great example of why Wizards has toned down (read: nerfed to oblivion) land destruction effects in the past decade. In the post-Ravager days of Kamigawa/Mirrodin Standard, this guy was a favorite target for Tooth and Nail decks. Sure, Darksteel Colossus was a tempting target as well, but why bother with the Iron Giant? You can get a 7/10 guy along with a creature that replicates him every turn and blow up (usually) at least two, if not four or more of your opponent's lands on the spot. You didn't even care if you had to blow up some of your own Forests in the process, because you were playing with the Urzatron lands and had a huge mana advantage over your opponent already.
The result? Once you resolved Tooth and Nail (which you did), you got the schadenfreude-packed experience of watching your opponent slump in their seat and stare at you disapprovingly while you wrecked them with your huge creatures and simultaneously removed their ability to do anything about it. Bad times, folks. It wasn't broken, but for most people it definitely wasn't fun.
LordRandomness
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Please play responsibly. Unless you're at a tournament or something, game enjoyment is everyone's business. Blowing up everyone's lands in casual is a great way to make people not want to play with you :v
Earthdawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not legal in Commander.
Vastator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What I like best, aside from the fact that its banned in both prismatic and commander is that it blows up everyone's lands twice
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Still, 5/5.
Plus, it's a promo, so that's, you know, cool.
Grimjawx: You're right, I know...though my playset of Exiled Skullclamps are ripping up my brother's play group in nice expensive, protective sleeves. I'm doing the same with these cards, believe me. First class protection, all the way.
And anyone who reads that funny, get your head out of the gutter.
Granted, it is really fun to catch a prismatic omen deck with its pants down with this guy.
If your friends *** you off, blow up their lands.
No, we like to physically, mentally, and metaphorically rape mother earth with this and Master Transmuter. That is of course, after we have alternate mana =P
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker.
Edit: Now it is
Let's have a chat.
Yeah, he's pretty good.
Or basically anything else, really?
The result? Once you resolved Tooth and Nail (which you did), you got the schadenfreude-packed experience of watching your opponent slump in their seat and stare at you disapprovingly while you wrecked them with your huge creatures and simultaneously removed their ability to do anything about it. Bad times, folks. It wasn't broken, but for most people it definitely wasn't fun.