Watch out Skynet! When this guy goes online it's over!
drakattak
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I'm always very hesitant to play good black creatures that have "when this creature enters the battlefield, you lose x life" or any other pain cards, but not anymore. With this guy in a black or red deck you dont have to worry about taking damage yourself, sucks that it's vulnerable to destroy creature and destroy artifact, but still looks like a mighty fine card to me
NecroticNobody
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(12 votes)
He may ignore Death, but he can't ignore Infect.
Diachronos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(14 votes)
Okay, it's now official. "Platinum" has become synonymous with "KILLITKILLITKILLIT!"
Excellent card, though, and it'll make a number of cards that once were harmful to their user much more playable.
DonRoyale
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I personally like this a lot better than Platinum Angel. I think the one-mana difference in cost and loss of flying is worth an extra +4/+4 and an overall better ability. With the Angel in play, you just don't block and 'die'. This guy...does things a little differently.
Also, Wizards...well done for making a mythic that actually feels mythic.
It's safer than Platinum Angel. The Angel can stop you from losing, but when you're in negative life, all the opponent needs to do to kill you is nuke the Angel. The Emperion, however, puts your life total into stasis. When the Emperion is killed, your life total is still where it was when it entered play. It's also much larger and can hit for more damage, minus evasion. People complain about poison, but this has applications outside of the set.
Chrome_Coyote
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think I like Platinum Angel better. Then again, this guy is more resilient.
InfernalIncinerator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is very useful, a friend of mine runs a life gain deck that is incredibly efficient. All I have to do is play my artifact deck, play magister sphinx, this guy, and toss him at my opposition, and just wait and see his reaction to no more life gain for you.
surewhynot
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"If your opponent has no removal or alternate win conditions. You win the game."
Another example of a card where you want to grab the designer by the neck and shake him.
Ryney
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Don't forget, you can still get milled as well. :D
RE: "If your opponent has no removal or alternate win conditions. You win the game."
I guess my feeling is that if your opponent builds a deck that has no removal or alternate win conditions and you aren't dead by the time you play this...you probably didn't need to play this anyway. And if you *need* this to win the game against such a deck...it's probably wise you not play with lighters or sharp objects.
It should read: "Tap 8 lands you control and two lands target opponent controls, discard Platinum Emperion from your hand: target opponent discards a card. Play this ability only as a stupidity."
I'll enjoy seeing my opponents play this. Just for the expression on their faces when they find out that the end result is they tapped 8 lands and we each discarded a card.
Jonnythekid107
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This was used against me with Asceticism on the field. I had four mountains, Koth's emblem, and my opponent was at 4 life. You can imagine how ***ed I was when he got this down, and it was untargetable. Still, if you can ramp into it, it's definitely a great combo.
Pikashoe
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(3 votes)
this card + platinum angel + 2 Privileged Positions + some well placed withstand deaths (to stop Elspeth and Judgemens) = you win lol
SpencerDub
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(6 votes)
Oddly, I think Platinum Angel would be more relevant in this set, thanks to poison.
Still a really cool card, though. I wonder if we'll see more platinum creatures in the rest of the block.
blugrn1989
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I look forward to Counterspelling him. Nice card, though.
BladeMichizure
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Lest we forget Platinum Angel was an M11 Reprint too... I personally wouldn't mind having a couple of both in my deck. There's more than enough efficient mana ramp now to do so.
Ideatog
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@gelleetin:
Yes, it does beat Leyline of Punishment, since the Emperion's aility isn't a prevention effect.
lilzhang
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
beast, better than platinum angel.
Ratoly
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Pikashoe: Until they Final Judgment. See, this is why I love Final Judgment. It stops people like you who think they find "unstoppable" creature based combos.
klauth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Lord_Gravesmythe: wow...you basically elaborated a "Dies to removal 1/5" comment and if you're playing against people who play things like these and don't expect removal, you might need to change playgroups
This guy was meant to be in alternate win condition decks, as it gives you time to focus on your win condition without worrying about damage to you. Also have people not heard of cards like Canopy Cover or Turn to Mist?
pulled one the other night beat my buddies ass with it. Great card.
penatbater
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
imprint this to a prototype portal and pump this out every turn! :D I want one for my deck but this sucks horribly to poison-type decks =/
landboysteve
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this card much better than the Mox that everybody is all pumped up about from this set. Stick an enchantment on this bad boy that makes it so that he can't be the target of spells and play with a blue counterspell deck and this guy becomes very hard to get rid of.
Lots you can do with this one with the right deck.
Musume
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Got this on turn 4 with Grand Architect. Kept me alive far longer than my terribad deck had any right to allow me to be. =D
GruesomeGoo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(16 votes)
Now here's a Mythic rare. A big beefy creature with really brutal artwork and a powerful, but not broken ability.
vaiserious
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
i got 2 of them in 1 booster. 1 normal 1 foil... jak jak jak :D
LeafWheels
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(21 votes)
This. lady's and gentlemen, is the honest to goodness flagship Mythic of the set. This is what should be by the definition of a Mythic Rare. It represents the set, leaves an impression, but isn't necessary for tournament play and it isn't an automatic inclusion in decks.
It also tag teams nicely with Platinum Angel. She's one of the few forces that can stop poison counters from killing you, but lets you drop to negative life. This big o'le loveable guy braces you against the most savage facebeatings so you can still live if someone nixes him, but he's hopeless against Infect in general. The Platinums make a cute couple. :P
audhi5000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
If I Have Platinum Emperium In Play Can I Cast Spells And Activate Abilities That Cost A Payment Of Life? Does This Card Prevent Me From Making That Payment And Therefore Exclude My Options? Or Is That Payment Instead Now 0?
C4rl0wn463
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
@ Audhi5000: Read the reminder text: ''You can't pay any amount of life, except 0.'' ;)
Anyway: Awesome card, all I can say. Well, I can of course say that it has the 'weakness' that it can be destroyed. But that's -AS ALWAYS- a weak argument. Once again I shall have to explain: Compare it to other creatures. It's about the time it isn't destroyed. Yes, it is unfortunate if your opponent destroys it... But as long as you still have it, it is BADASS.
Magnor_Criol
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Audhi5000, are you just MasterOfEtherium with a different screenname? =p
I still think I prefer the Angel. There's enough alternate win cons that don't involve your life total that the Angel protects against more. Still, this guy's no slouch, and the art for him looks completely awesome, too.
AzureFlash
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I know this would be hard to get, but it would be sweet to see it.
leyline of anticipation
elvish spirit guide
lotus petal
channel
black lotus
near death experience
Platinum Emperion
place leyline, use spirit guide and lotus petal to channel, get the 19 colorless mana, sac lotus for 3 white to play near death experience, then play platinum emperion. I'm winning before I even make a draw :P
Japicx
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It's a good thing that the Emperion has no evasion abilities or it would be stupidly overpowered. I like this card a lot, but, as another very powerful artifact, it makes me look upon Darksteel Forge with even more disbelief. I simply can't understand how anyone at Wizards could think that designing a card like that would be a good idea. We're still waiting for "all enchantments you control are indestructible/have shroud". At least Sterling Grove has the decency to exclude itself.
But I digress.
This card doesn't have to guard you for the whole game. It's better to have it for a few late-game turns in case, say, you're playing Bitterblossom, things just aren't going your way, and you suddenly realize that losing 1 life each turn could cost you the game. Platinum Emperion will buy you extra time, but don't be too incensed when it dies. It's a huge target, and as an artifact creature, every colour has an easy way of destroying, exiling or gaining control of it. As for its gigantic body, I'm not quite sure how relevant that is, since its effect means that you don't need to block and attacking with it makes it vulnerable to all kinds of combat tricks. I would say don't attack with it unless you're swinging for the win.
In summary, I'd say that it will definitely help you win, but it won't win games on its own.
CeremonialBathory
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ChosenOfKhaine - It's more mean to Darksteel Myr, I think.
Snoopfrogg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I find it funny that people call a "weakness" the fact that it can be destroyed... of course it can! How is that a disadvantage on a card like this? The vast majority of creatures (except for a handful) may be destroyed. This is the way the game works. This is a great creature, not too strong nor too weak for it's cost.
BlueInkAlchemist
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Anybody else think teaming this gent up with Indomitable Archangel is an insidious idea?
Wormfang
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
stick Quiet Disrepair on him :) and then sit there and gain life
platinum_1337
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i have both platinum angel and platinum emperion. i got them both in packs. i have them in the same deck, and they are definetely a winning combo, but not my main stratey
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I Love The Art But He Doesnt Even Fit In My Tinker Deck. Sphinx Of The Steelwind, Wurmcoil Engine, Mindslaver, Sharuum The Hegemon, Darksteel Collosus, Platinum Angel. I Know You Guys Think He's Mythic But He Needs Something Else. Just A Rare. Art Makes Him A 5/5 Though LOL
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I kinda wanna make an "Immortal Mill" deck that will include four of these guys and four platinum angel. Heh heh.
Trizeam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I drafted Scars tonight and I got one of these and a Molten-Tail Masticore. Amazing right? Anyway, I had to give the guy who bought the packs money and I didn't have it on me so he said gimme the emperion or the masticore. ='( Ah well, got the Masticore =D But he was fun in draft.
Snafinturtle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Wormfang Not to burst your bubble, but placing quiet disrepair on him would simply allow you to destroy him during your upkeep. Since your life total can't change, you'll simply stay at your current life total.
As for cost for cards relevant to power and toughness/effects, an 8/8 for 8 colorless is already pretty awesome, his effect's really useful if you have a method of dealing with poison counters. Not that that's always relevant. Destruction is unfortunate, but it's the reason they have so many cards, like turn aside and withstand death to help save him. heck, you could use not of this world. But i digress... the main point was to note that it's generally the x/x for x>1 colorless creatures without drawbacks that make some savage creatures.
See: Cathodion, Su-chi, Wurmcoil Engine, and Darksteel Colossus
eTHERIUMoFmASTER
★★★☆☆ (3.1/5.0)(7 votes)
hIS aBILITY sHOULD hAVE eXPANDED tO pOISON cOUNTERS. mAYBE pREVENT cOMBAT dAMAGE? oUTSIDE oF tHE sET hE wAS pRINTED, hE iSN'T bAD tHOUGH.
DacenOctavio
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Sooo. . . technically this makes Necropotence unplayable and Oath of Lim-Dûl playable. Crazy, huh?
rinoh20
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i think this is better then the angel because if possible, both are going to die. this leaves you in the same position as when you cast it, even if they attacked. with the angel, you still have to block or it could get removed and you lose because you could be at negative health.
raadface
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
i find it funny that they release this in the same set that has infect/posion counters
The textbook definition of the perfect Mythic Rare. A crazy ability that makes Timmy wet himself and Johnny brainstorm with infinite glee, but isn't broken, with a power/toughness ratio that is acceptable to its cost. The kind of card everyone loves, but nobody reviles. I feel like this new Mirrodin block has been doing Mythics really well; much better than Zendikar has been, anyway
MagicianInfinity
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Combine this with Platinum Angel, Mycosynth Lattice, and Darksteel Forge.
Your life total can't change, you can't lose the game, all permanents are artifacts, and all artifacts are indestructable. It's a (near) perfect defense. The primary downside would be -1/-1 counters.
Toss in a Mirrorworks and you can double each card quickly for a better defense.
scumbling1
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(3 votes)
"Sooo. . . technically this makes Necropotence unplayable and Oath of Lim-Dûl playable. Crazy, huh?"
You just end up sacrificing this guy under Oath of Lim-Dul, along with all your other permanents; It doesn't prevent damage.
@ Leshrac: That is totally counterintuitive, though I see from the oracle rulings on Platinum Emperion it's also correct.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@scumbling1: You're right about it not preventing damage, but I think you need to take another look at Oath of Lim-Dûl. The enchantment's Oracle text only says:
Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, sacrifice a permanent other than Oath of Lim-Dûl unless you discard a card. (Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)
: Draw a card.
With a Platinum Emperion on the field, the reminder text in Oath actually doesn't apply any more; damage dealt to you won't cause you to lose any life. DacenOctavio is correct.
EDIT: @scumbling1: It's certainly counterintuitive according to the cards-as-printed, which is what I assume you must mean. That's a mild sore point I have about some oracle updates; I certainly do appreciate that WotC provides us with more modern templating of certain cards, but Oath of Lim-Dûl made sense as printed; what they've "oracled" it to seems like a functional upgrade. I don't understand why they would make a change like that to a card that they are probably not planning to reprint.
Anyway, counterintuitive or not, it is an interesting interaction!
Macsen
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Seems more balanced than the platinum angel. Maybe I just hate that card...
Playing constructed against a Phyrexian mana deck? Throw an arrested copy of this at your opponent with Bazaar Trader to shut down his/her ability to pay life for Phyrexian mana and follow up with infecters.
Vinifera7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Being an 8/8 for is about the only thing this has going for it. It's not good against infect and it makes it so that you can't pay life for mana.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
It neither ignores death nor entropy, it dies to destroy and it can get -1/-1 counters, very unprecise flavour text.
Other than that, I like it. A mythic that feels epic, but is not for tournament play, as it should be. I'm so tired of overpowered undercosted mythics at 60 dollars. This creature is the way it should be.
xanderao
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
This and Melira, Slyvok Outcast are a great combo.
Anubisisking
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combine this with Leonin Abunas equipped with Darksteel Plate and Darksteel forge for a cool EDH lock.
this card is dumb. takes no intelligence to use it. booooooring. NEXT!
Gcrudaplaneswalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
AKA *** you, Phyrexian mana!!!!!
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's an 8/8 artifact creature for 8 mana. This alone warrants at least a rare rating, but right now he's just kind of obnoxious.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With my buddy Platinum Emperion by my side, I sure love signing Infernal Contracts... ;)
Also, I want this in foil. The artwork is totally awesome.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You know what I hate? How there are so many excellent cards in Scars...that are completely obliterated by god damned Infect. *Gives Phyrexia the middle finger*
The Mirrans had all sorts of highly effective weapons and defensive spells that they used against the Phyrexians to great success during their war. ... Seriously, they remind me of the 'Screaming Caterpillar' from The Simpsons. They just WANT TO DIE. Anybody else note the similarities?
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Enchant with Lifelink and watch him EXPLODE!! No, seriously, do it. Stand right next to him and if you get bashed by the pieces of platinum flailing through the air, it's cool bro, YOUR LIFE CAN'T CHANGE! Bahahahaaha!
BonniePrinceCharlie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Cosmos from G1 Transformers
blebtard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
omg if you get four prototype portals and four platinum emperions in your deck you might be able to create an army toards the end of the game, and you won't even die!!!
craziime
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Give it hexproof and you pretty much win (except for infect!)
P1e
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Pretty useful card, just as craziime said. Giving it hexproof is the best way to keep it safe. Otherwise, your opponents can exile it or something. This card also goes well with Blightsteel Colossus
AshToMoutHound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What a laugh we had when I Diminished this and block-stomped it to death with Armored Skaab. My opponent was so sure about winning.
Lavrant
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sadly, he can't save you from dying to General Damage in Commander. I think. Rulings are weird.
Buridan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd like to see him and 4 Mana Vaults in my opening hand.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"Hey Mirran comrades! I have a really powerful ability! Your life totals are now totally safe!" "But the Phyrexians have infect." Nyoro~n
crazymac13
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
HEYY I NEED HELP! WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF MY PLATINUM EMPERION CARDS HAVE A WHITE RING AROUND THE RARITY SYMBOL? i bought 4 of them off ebay does it mean they r fake :/ i really need some ones opinion
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think this is better then Platinum Angel. Why? Well with this out they have to deal with it to damage you. With the angel they can simply ignore its even there until they are about to win. This guy is like a 24-7 fog for everything, while the angel is like a false sense of security.
Yeah, the angel can save you from other win conditions, but you dont see those in every game. 9 out of 10 games players win with damage.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ I feel like this new Mirrodin block has been doing Mythics really well; much better than Zendikar has been, anyway ~DysprosiumJudas
I definitely think this is the stronger of the two Platinum creatures. With the larger body, it can play the role as a threat in addition to its powerful ability. It's very difficult to burn, usually needing three burn spells, and almost certainly two. Any deck that runs Spellskite as additional protection will probably find Emperion's ability almost strictly better since Spellskite can shut down the pump used in most fast infect decks.
Askani999
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If a Platinum Emperion gets hit by Phthisis, will the player lose life? (Does the Emperion goes to the graveyard during Phthisis's resolution or after it completely resolves?)
alzabo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wish he was real.
JL2736
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It ignores such insignificant forces as death... ...but still dies to removal.
Sorry, I had to.
danburner
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Fun with Heartless Hidetsugu.
Dragonshoredreamz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Removal doesn't necessarily have to mean the death of something and when it comes to machines like this guy, I don't see him as being something that can actually "die". If a card says destroy target creature then he'll be destroyed but as a pretty intense piece of hardware, being destroyed is no biggie. Who cares if his busted up, dismantled body is hurled into a pit of corpses (graveyard). He can come back easily enough.
I'd say the flavour text is actually very precise. It's not like they wrote it that way and meant "Oh, this guy is so badass he doesn't die" because we all know that it's very easy for him to die but I think it's written the way it is to more or less just say that Platinum Emperion is one of those huge, slow-moving beasts that just lumbers his way across the battlefield not being concerned whether something(s) is trying to stop him or not. If you're programmed to take orders and assault a target then chances are you're just going to keep working away at that objective until you either accomplish it or cease to read data. So in that sense, he totally ignores death and entropy. That's my take anyway.
Things make a lot more sense when you don't just view the cards as cards with an image and text. I think about what the card is really representing and what it would be like or do in an actual situation.
Either way, I love this card. Have had some really stellar plays with this guy. The artwork is so great. It would be neat for Chris Rahn to do panoramic images. Cards like Platinum Emperion, Blightsteel Colossus and Steel Overseer would be interesting.
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Excellent card, though, and it'll make a number of cards that once were harmful to their user much more playable.
Also, Wizards...well done for making a mythic that actually feels mythic.
Another example of a card where you want to grab the designer by the neck and shake him.
I guess my feeling is that if your opponent builds a deck that has no removal or alternate win conditions and you aren't dead by the time you play this...you probably didn't need to play this anyway. And if you *need* this to win the game against such a deck...it's probably wise you not play with lighters or sharp objects.
It should read: "Tap 8 lands you control and two lands target opponent controls, discard Platinum Emperion from your hand: target opponent discards a card. Play this ability only as a stupidity."
I'll enjoy seeing my opponents play this. Just for the expression on their faces when they find out that the end result is they tapped 8 lands and we each discarded a card.
Still a really cool card, though. I wonder if we'll see more platinum creatures in the rest of the block.
Yes, it does beat Leyline of Punishment, since the Emperion's aility isn't a prevention effect.
This guy was meant to be in alternate win condition decks, as it gives you time to focus on your win condition without worrying about damage to you. Also have people not heard of cards like Canopy Cover or Turn to Mist?
Also Nim Deathmantle
Great card.
Lots you can do with this one with the right deck.
A big beefy creature with really brutal artwork and a powerful, but not broken ability.
It also tag teams nicely with Platinum Angel. She's one of the few forces that can stop poison counters from killing you, but lets you drop to negative life. This big o'le loveable guy braces you against the most savage facebeatings so you can still live if someone nixes him, but he's hopeless against Infect in general. The Platinums make a cute couple. :P
Anyway: Awesome card, all I can say. Well, I can of course say that it has the 'weakness' that it can be destroyed. But that's -AS ALWAYS- a weak argument. Once again I shall have to explain: Compare it to other creatures. It's about the time it isn't destroyed. Yes, it is unfortunate if your opponent destroys it... But as long as you still have it, it is BADASS.
I still think I prefer the Angel. There's enough alternate win cons that don't involve your life total that the Angel protects against more. Still, this guy's no slouch, and the art for him looks completely awesome, too.
leyline of anticipation
elvish spirit guide
lotus petal
channel
black lotus
near death experience
Platinum Emperion
place leyline, use spirit guide and lotus petal to channel, get the 19 colorless mana, sac lotus for 3 white to play near death experience, then play platinum emperion. I'm winning before I even make a draw :P
But I digress.
This card doesn't have to guard you for the whole game. It's better to have it for a few late-game turns in case, say, you're playing Bitterblossom, things just aren't going your way, and you suddenly realize that losing 1 life each turn could cost you the game. Platinum Emperion will buy you extra time, but don't be too incensed when it dies. It's a huge target, and as an artifact creature, every colour has an easy way of destroying, exiling or gaining control of it. As for its gigantic body, I'm not quite sure how relevant that is, since its effect means that you don't need to block and attacking with it makes it vulnerable to all kinds of combat tricks. I would say don't attack with it unless you're swinging for the win.
In summary, I'd say that it will definitely help you win, but it won't win games on its own.
Not to burst your bubble, but placing quiet disrepair on him would simply allow you to destroy him during your upkeep. Since your life total can't change, you'll simply stay at your current life total.
As for cost for cards relevant to power and toughness/effects, an 8/8 for 8 colorless is already pretty awesome, his effect's really useful if you have a method of dealing with poison counters. Not that that's always relevant. Destruction is unfortunate, but it's the reason they have so many cards, like turn aside and withstand death to help save him. heck, you could use not of this world. But i digress... the main point was to note that it's generally the x/x for x>1 colorless creatures without drawbacks that make some savage creatures.
See: Cathodion, Su-chi, Wurmcoil Engine, and Darksteel Colossus
LOL JK AMAZING card just gotta get that angel that gives every artifact shroud when you have metalcraft
Also, is it just me: does the art look really similar to Blightsteel Colossus?
Your life total can't change, you can't lose the game, all permanents are artifacts, and all artifacts are indestructable. It's a (near) perfect defense. The primary downside would be -1/-1 counters.
Toss in a Mirrorworks and you can double each card quickly for a better defense.
You just end up sacrificing this guy under Oath of Lim-Dul, along with all your other permanents; It doesn't prevent damage.
@ Leshrac: That is totally counterintuitive, though I see from the oracle rulings on Platinum Emperion it's also correct.
Whenever you lose life, for each 1 life you lost, sacrifice a permanent other than Oath of Lim-Dûl unless you discard a card. (Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)
With a Platinum Emperion on the field, the reminder text in Oath actually doesn't apply any more; damage dealt to you won't cause you to lose any life. DacenOctavio is correct.
EDIT: @scumbling1: It's certainly counterintuitive according to the cards-as-printed, which is what I assume you must mean. That's a mild sore point I have about some oracle updates; I certainly do appreciate that WotC provides us with more modern templating of certain cards, but Oath of Lim-Dûl made sense as printed; what they've "oracled" it to seems like a functional upgrade. I don't understand why they would make a change like that to a card that they are probably not planning to reprint.
Anyway, counterintuitive or not, it is an interesting interaction!
Other than that, I like it. A mythic that feels epic, but is not for tournament play, as it should be. I'm so tired of overpowered undercosted mythics at 60 dollars. This creature is the way it should be.
Also, I want this in foil. The artwork is totally awesome.
*Gives Phyrexia the middle finger*
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Seriously, they remind me of the 'Screaming Caterpillar' from The Simpsons. They just WANT TO DIE. Anybody else note the similarities?
Otherwise, your opponents can exile it or something. This card also goes well with Blightsteel Colossus
I have a really powerful ability! Your life totals are now totally safe!"
"But the Phyrexians have infect."
Nyoro~n
Yeah, the angel can save you from other win conditions, but you dont see those in every game. 9 out of 10 games players win with damage.
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I feel like this new Mirrodin block has been doing Mythics really well; much better than Zendikar has been, anyway ~DysprosiumJudas
Had to downvote you because of Wurmcoil Engine.
...but still dies to removal.
Sorry, I had to.
I'd say the flavour text is actually very precise. It's not like they wrote it that way and meant "Oh, this guy is so badass he doesn't die" because we all know that it's very easy for him to die but I think it's written the way it is to more or less just say that Platinum Emperion is one of those huge, slow-moving beasts that just lumbers his way across the battlefield not being concerned whether something(s) is trying to stop him or not. If you're programmed to take orders and assault a target then chances are you're just going to keep working away at that objective until you either accomplish it or cease to read data. So in that sense, he totally ignores death and entropy. That's my take anyway.
Things make a lot more sense when you don't just view the cards as cards with an image and text. I think about what the card is really representing and what it would be like or do in an actual situation.
Either way, I love this card. Have had some really stellar plays with this guy.
The artwork is so great. It would be neat for Chris Rahn to do panoramic images. Cards like Platinum Emperion, Blightsteel Colossus and Steel Overseer would be interesting.
Also, I think Blightsteel Colossus came from a Platinum Emperion that was contaminated by Phyrexian oil. It's a neat thought anyway.
Cheers