haha i LOVE it! i tend to compare it more to nameless inversion probably cause i thought nameless inversion was an enchantment until just now
Gabriel422
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
It's a Disfigure that also has a sizable effect on a 3/3. Yes it's sorcery speed, but I think it's still strong.
Though it kind of shows how cruel this world is... I mean, something called dead weight usually only slows you down, and immobilization are usually either tap effects or -X/-0 effects. But this one kills an average Bear outright.
DarthParallax
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
The best black one-drop kill switch?
kills bears and down, and being a permanent instead of a one-shot effect like disfigure will seriously impede anything 5/4 and down. that's getting into Angel/Demon/Dragon territory.
Robface
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Seems like a really powerful common... a permanent Disfigure (while obviously at sorcery speed) sounds quite useful.
ZEvilMustache
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(12 votes)
I like to think that the giant spiked ball smacks you before weighing you down.
jsttu
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(4 votes)
very nice. at the pre-release i had one of these and was always able to get good value out of it. Whether it is an inquisitor your creatures cannot touch or a nasty utility creature, this card is good bang for your buck, and since it only costs one it easily can be used to transform werewolves back as well provided you have another spell.
Virde
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
My Sun Titan Control deck LOVES this card. Not to mention that when using Sun Titan's ability to fetch it bypasses Shroud and Hexproof since it's not 'targeting'.
Oh how your opponents will rage.
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
For flavor purposes, I wish the creature lost Flying. For function purposes, I like it quite enough the way it is.
Templar314
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(14 votes)
The guy in the art is still alive despite getting -2/-2, implying that without any armor or magic he still can survive anything short of an elephant attack. This manly man needs his own card.
SIlverSkyz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@ MtFrostM
And where in that rules was the word "Target"?
Virde's right.
joeah100
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Hanksingle
Indeed. I was happy to get it, and put it to excellent use.
MtFrostM
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Virde
that doesn't work.
303.4f If an Aura is entering the battlefield under a player's control by any means other than by resolving as an Aura spell, and the effect putting it onto the battlefield doesn't specify the object or player the Aura will enchant, that player chooses what it will enchant as the Aura enters the battlefield. The player must choose a legal object or player according to the Aura's enchant ability and any other applicable effects.
@SilverSkyz Where? "Enchant Creature."
702.5a Enchant is a static ability, written "Enchant ." The enchant ability restricts what an Aura spell can target and what an Aura can enchant.
303.4. Some enchantments have the subtype "Aura." An Aura enters the battlefield attached to an object or player. What an Aura can be attached to is restricted by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, "Enchant"). Other effects can limit what a permanent can be enchanted by.
303.4a An Aura spell requires a target, which is restricted by its enchant ability.
Enemy_Tricolor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Attach the Stone of Shame.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Weakness had its uses back in the day, but this card is flat-out better. Funny name, too.
Silence9
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Virde: Enchantment - Auras count as targeting. Check it 0ut. So you've been cheating :O
Xadow
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Gotta love to kill Delvers/Geists and Stalkers with this when my sun titan pulls it back (yes, u can attach it to hexproff creatures)
For who's saying that you cant do it. its wrong, you can do it, it doesnt target because its not being CAST, its just entering the battlefield. (Note that MTGO also allows this)
Just check cards like Quest for the Holy relic , same story , it could bring a equipment into a shroud creature.
Lebeaubynight
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(4 votes)
@Haters: Virde is correct.
There are several references to Auras working this way across many of the card rulings.
-If the exiled card is an Aura, that card's owner chooses what it will enchant as it comes back onto the battlefield. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn't target anything, but the Aura's enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. If the Aura can't legally be attached to anything, it remains exiled forever.
The last line is to prevent people from sticking Land auras on creatures.
Nah, best 1-drop kill spell right now is Tragic Slip, which is also srictly funnier than this. But it's cool, even though I'd rather just have a Clinging Darkness reprint.
Would've been more interesting if it was "Enchant Creature, enchanted creature gets -2/-2 and loses flying if it had it." and had the flavor text "Like a stone."
orisiti
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@MtFrostM: Rule 303.4 would seem to support the fact that it does work, as it states that it is limited by it's ability. This card does not say Enchant Creature W/o shroud or hexproof. This is the same idea as shroud or hexproof not causing existing enchantments to fall off.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It only costs , can kill many things and seriously neuter a 3/3.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Love the pun on 'dead' they embedded here.
Knockerpuff
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, my friend said that since this card doesen't say "Enchant target creature" that I can only enchant my own creatures. Is this true? I'm pretty sure he is lying, but I just want to make sure.
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
FINALLY! Black finally has a way to kill creatures.
Stuflames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GopZ, an opponent will not be able to put aura enchantments (that are cast as spells, per normal casting) on your hexproof creatures. Likewise an aura spell cast will not be able to be cast on a creature with shroud. Basically the nature of auras is such that they are implied to target when cast per rule 303.4a.
Knockerpuff, you can of course enchant creatures other than your own with deadweight. Your friend is lying or simply mistaken.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Templar314
How do you know that the person in the art isn't about to die?
Comments (38)
i tend to compare it more to nameless inversion
probably cause i thought nameless inversion was an enchantment until just now
Though it kind of shows how cruel this world is... I mean, something called dead weight usually only slows you down, and immobilization are usually either tap effects or -X/-0 effects. But this one kills an average Bear outright.
kills bears and down, and being a permanent instead of a one-shot effect like disfigure will seriously impede anything 5/4 and down. that's getting into Angel/Demon/Dragon territory.
Oh how your opponents will rage.
For function purposes, I like it quite enough the way it is.
This manly man needs his own card.
And where in that rules was the word "Target"?
Virde's right.
Indeed. I was happy to get it, and put it to excellent use.
that doesn't work.
303.4f If an Aura is entering the battlefield under a player's control by any means other than by resolving as an Aura spell, and the effect putting it onto the battlefield doesn't specify the object or player the Aura will enchant, that player chooses what it will enchant as the Aura enters the battlefield. The player must choose a legal object or player according to the Aura's enchant ability and any other applicable effects.
@SilverSkyz
Where? "Enchant Creature."
702.5a Enchant is a static ability, written "Enchant ." The enchant ability restricts what an Aura spell can target and what an Aura can enchant.
303.4. Some enchantments have the subtype "Aura." An Aura enters the battlefield attached to an object or player. What an Aura can be attached to is restricted by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, "Enchant"). Other effects can limit what a permanent can be enchanted by.
303.4a An Aura spell requires a target, which is restricted by its enchant ability.
For who's saying that you cant do it. its wrong, you can do it, it doesnt target because its not being CAST, its just entering the battlefield. (Note that MTGO also allows this)
Just check cards like Quest for the Holy relic , same story , it could bring a equipment into a shroud creature.
There are several references to Auras working this way across many of the card rulings.
Oblivion Ring is a perfect example:
-If the exiled card is an Aura, that card's owner chooses what it will enchant as it comes back onto the battlefield. An Aura put onto the battlefield this way doesn't target anything, but the Aura's enchant ability restricts what it can be attached to. If the Aura can't legally be attached to anything, it remains exiled forever.
The last line is to prevent people from sticking Land auras on creatures.
For all of you newer players, this was how we were able to use Enchantment Alteration to sneak our Control Magic onto an opponent's Autumn Willow back in the day.
Oh well. I suppose it had to happen eventually.
Knockerpuff, you can of course enchant creatures other than your own with deadweight. Your friend is lying or simply mistaken.
How do you know that the person in the art isn't about to die?