i give this card a 5/5 not because of how good it is now, but because of how good it used to be. or maybe i'm just an old fool reminiscing a simpler time.
Trakanon
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Ah, this was the first "good" card I ever got. My jerk friend stole it. /cry
BlackDoveProphet
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not a bad card IMO if you stick an Umbral Mantle on it.
Goatllama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Talk about intimidating........!
dragonking987
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
as bad as this card is I really like its art have 5 stars.
Superllama12
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Reminds me of Phyrexian Colossus...I prefer this guy, cuz you don't have to pay the life...but then again, you could just Voltaic Key either of them
Edit: Wait, Colossus can't be blocked except by 3+ creatures, plus no mana required to untap, so it makes a nice finisher when you destroy the rest of them...maybe Colossus is better...
TheElderColossus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The most recent art of this card should have been used for a better creature...One of my favorite artworks ever. Possibly "The Elder Colossus" 13/15 for 14 colorless trample and indestructible....Take that BS and DS Colossi!
Pontiac
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
"I caught a fish this big!" - Colossus of Sardia.
vardaris
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
When you see how bad this card looks compared to blightsteel colossus and other later cards, it makes you realize how much this game has spoiled itself during the years
yyukichigai
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
By itself it has a pretty hefty cost to use every turn, but even back when this was printed there were plenty of ways to sidestep it. Instill Energy, Twiddle, the otherwise mediocre Jandor's Saddlebags, even Paralyze could be repurposed to be beneficial.
Finally, try Dance of the Dead with this in your graveyard. Cast it and untap it for {1}{B}? Don't mind if I do.
@Pontiac: +5 points for the awesome Dave reference.
Shadoflaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"...yeah baby, that long. Wanna see it?" "That's a Rod of Ruin with 2 Armillary Spheres taped to it." "foreveralone.jpg"
BigMike1488
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Anyone ever think of attaching Crab Umbra to this, it untaps for 3 mana at that point.
DaJoshMaster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow thanks for that reminder text oracle! I almost forgot what trample did!
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is probably the best possible creature to combine with Sensor Splicer, with the possible exception of Phyrexian Colossus. No longer shall we waste all our mana on this guy. Suddenly, he can also block.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Move over, Colossus of Sardia, the Akroans did you one better:
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Edit: Wait, Colossus can't be blocked except by 3+ creatures, plus no mana required to untap, so it makes a nice finisher when you destroy the rest of them...maybe Colossus is better...
These days there are tons of options: Thousand-Year Elixir, Puppet Strings, Voltaic Construct, Voltaic Key (and its touched-in-the-head cousin Galvanic Key), Staff of Domination, Filigree Sages, Umbral Mantle (which is just plain wrong), Clock of Omens, Aphetto Alchemist... it's long, long list. The card may as well not have the built-in untap cost at all.
Finally, try Dance of the Dead with this in your graveyard. Cast it and untap it for {1}{B}? Don't mind if I do.
@Pontiac: +5 points for the awesome Dave reference.
"That's a Rod of Ruin with 2 Armillary Spheres taped to it."
"foreveralone.jpg"
Colossus of Akros