How is this only 2.72/5? It's obviously a limited card folks, and a good one at that. For 2 mana, 1 of which can be paid at instant speed, you do Flame Slash level damage - in COLOURLESS. Of course, it's only to artifact creatures, but again, limited - there's plenty of art creats.
ridiculousricky
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Even though it's not that great of a card, i'm still afraid because it's one of the few things that can kill an Etched Champion.
Lavrant
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I got a couple of these at the pre-release and they were incredibly useful against tumble magnets and all those golems and colored phyrexian artifact creatures..
Amnatto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Am I mistaken, or does that mine look like it's made out of goblins...?
DragoKnight
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm giving it four stars, for being such an awesome way in taking down a lot of artifact creatures in limited. This thing saved my ass from stuff like Moltensteel Dragon at the prerelease. Stuff that would have killed me otherwise. Yeah, I wish it was more verstail for constructed purposes.(Like remove any counters from target permanent. But that would have been way too good...) So, yeah, really solid in limited enviroments. I like it a lot.
@Amnatto: Yep, those look like gobos....(Kinda hard to tell, but the rib cage looks similar to the gobo's ribcage in Artillerize.)
Diab0l0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is nice sideboarding material. Everflowing Chalice won't everflow much after you mine it XD.
BarryOgg
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I retract my previous statement- this card is excellent in limited. You want to put some early pressure with Ichorclaw Myr? Hahaha, NO. Want to keep me at bay with Blinding Souleater or Tumble Magnet? I don't think so.
Mu favourite use of this was at prerelease. I had 5 lands on the table, and opponent just played my Steel Hellkite which he Praetor's Grasped earlier. So I use four mana to Instill Infection on it, get to draw a land with it, and promptly use the remaining 2 lands to drop and activate this. Poor Hellkite was really beaten during that match, in Game 2 it had both his Enslave and mine Numbing Dose on it, and ended as Artillerize fodder.
mehatto
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I gave it a 5 cause its one of the cheapest removal for that Spellskite!
Valyant
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If only it dealt 5 damage. Combine it with Tezzeret. Make an artifact a 5/5 creature and then G.M. deals 5 damage to it.
aymanyayman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Use with Liquimetal Coating to target any permanent. Not the greatest combo, but it is 4 colorless damage to any creature. I wish the second ability were "remove counters" as opposed to "remove charge counters" so that one could target a planeswalker when combined with Liquimetal Coating.
DoragonShinzui
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Even when not going against an artifact deck, this thing is cheap sac fuel for loads of Phyrexian cards.
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not the best, but I do love it because it has a neat interaction with other cards and the name sounds really cool.
Plus, from a flavor perspective, it's kinda neat. Phyrexia has invented mines that can devastate Etched Oracles and set Lux Cannons back by days.
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Also: Take that, Moltensteel Dragon! :)
@Amnatto: Yep, those look like gobos....(Kinda hard to tell, but the rib cage looks similar to the gobo's ribcage in Artillerize.)
Mu favourite use of this was at prerelease. I had 5 lands on the table, and opponent just played my Steel Hellkite which he Praetor's Grasped earlier. So I use four mana to Instill Infection on it, get to draw a land with it, and promptly use the remaining 2 lands to drop and activate this. Poor Hellkite was really beaten during that match, in Game 2 it had both his Enslave and mine Numbing Dose on it, and ended as Artillerize fodder.
Plus, from a flavor perspective, it's kinda neat. Phyrexia has invented mines that can devastate Etched Oracles and set Lux Cannons back by days.