Instant makes several combat tricks possible. Beside that it's an OK token creator. Sadly not fitting for any T2 deck.
Hyroko
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(10 votes)
lol your opponent plays this using like 8 mana to get 5 cat tokens looking all smug, then you tap 3 mana and play Black Sun's Zenith and wipe that grin right off of his face.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(8 votes)
@Hyroko. Yeah, that's why this card is an instant. You play it at the end of your opponents turn, not on your turn. Then you play an honor of the pure and attack. Oh look, you're dead.
Troutz
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(25 votes)
I hereby rename this card Relentless Cats
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(11 votes)
One P U S S Y i Cant Beat Up! haha 5/5
Bursama
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
... And there shall be cats.
MyrBattlecube
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Just what I needed for my Cat deck.
Or consider the Myr infinite mana combo. Suddenly, cats. Thousands of them.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(8 votes)
Summon an army of furries! Hurrah!!
Nighthawk42
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Not a bad card, but compared to Black and Green this is overcosted.
SolidSoldier
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
KITTEHS :3
wolfbear2
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
6 mana for 6 power at instant speed. Alone that's playable! It only gets better the more mana you have AND it recycles its self.
bijart_dauth
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Not to mention there 2/2's, in green white, you can really pump some mana into that X. While it may be less effective at lower costs sense its base cost is 3, but eventually you will get much more than you payed for.
o10vulcan010
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
with some ramp, it slots straight into my GW aggro (along with Accorder Paladin)
Richard_Hawk
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
the cat tokens seem a bit silly but fun.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(11 votes)
RELEASE THE KITTYS!
ajpinton
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
3 white is a little steep, but I'll happily use it for the instant speed. considering its home will mostlikely be in a G/W token deck, or mono W aggro. EOT White Sun's Zenith for 4 (7mana), that could be painfull with battle-cry or Elspeth Tirel...
TheGreatJman
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
oh Mirrodin, I love you. To think I used to consider myself a dog lover...I can combo you with Phyrexian Rebirth and shuffle you back into my deck? Bring on the kitteh! Multiply kitteh!
count_dorku
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Throw in the infinite mana myr combo and what you have is basically an infinite number of cats.
Which your opponent will then kill with Pyroclasm or Slagstorm.
OK, so it's not a perfect plan.
Mulder1013
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Had a cat-themed deck in progress, this will fill it out quite nicely. Waves of cats!
M@tttyZ
★★☆☆☆ (2.6/5.0)(9 votes)
Why is this called 'White Sun's Zenith', whereas in the preceding set it was 'Whitesun's Passage'. It's sloppy no matter what the justification.
What I like about this spell is that there's really no number that's completely unthinkable. 1WWW for a 2/2 token isn't great but it works in a pinch. 2WWW for two is a lot better. 3WWW for three 2/2's is right on the curve.
Very, very few X spells have that kind of flexibility.
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
"YAY CAT FESTIVALS!" - Zac Hill, Mirrodin Besieged developer.
"Those Cats got no class. Daddy-o." - Doug Beyer, Magic Creative designer.
"Decree of Cats" - Aaron Forsythe, director of Magic R&D.
Polychromatic
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Yay! Kittens.Oh, how I wish that were a creature type.
Raksha equipped + six plains + Caged Sun + this = 9 4/4 double-striking cat tokens.
And don't forget it shuffles back into your library. If you have 3 or 4 in your deck, don't hesitate to drop it for 4 mana if you can't do anything else. Late game, as you play other cards and thin out your deck you'll be more likely to draw another one of these.
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I personally prefer cycling Decree of Justice because it's essentially uncounterable and lets you draw.
Bowshewicz
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I run this in a white ramp/control deck, and I cast it at the end of my opponent's turn or right before the declare blockers step. Instant Kittehs always gives me a few turns, and the cats occasionally turn into a win condition.
The only issue here is that Black Sun's Zenith works like a black Day of Judgment that only kills kitties :(
xanderao
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
A nice card that scales well. really becomes worth it after 7 or 8 mana.
mrhardy12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Myr Infinite Mana combo. 2 Galvanizers to untap the others, and at least 2 mana's worth on Myr on the field and you have infinite mana, however long it takes to tap them all.... Anyway, EACH Zenith has its uses with this (Well, Black and Green are a bit more difficult, but...):
White Sun's Zenith: Instant-speed, infinite 2/2 Cat Tokens.
Blue Sun's Zenith: Instant-speed, infinite draw on opponent to auto-kill, or "draw 20 cards from own deck. Shuffle this back into your deck" at instant-speed, to have them all at the start of your turn.
Black Sun's Zenith: Kill anything and everything on the field. Bit worse with the Myr infinite mana, since all of your Myr die. More of a "you can win with your creatures next turn? No. You can't" use.
Red Sun's Zenith: Um, Demonfire that can be countered, but can reshuffle itself, with infinite damage to enemy while still playing in Standard? Yes, please.
Green Sun's Zenith: Bit harder, since it only snatches GREEN creatures. Still possible, though.
Interestingly enough, the two Phyrexian Zenith cards aren't a good idea with the Myr Infinite Mana combo usually, since they either kill all creatures on the field, including your own, or summon a Green creature. The Mirran ones, however, all rule. Two are instant-speed (meaning INFINITE 2/2 Cats that can attack the next turn! :D), and can royally screw over an enemy, or infinite damage at Sorcery speed to auto-kill an enemy player. The Mirran Zenith cards are brilliantly epic with the Myr infinite mana, while the Phyrexian ones aren't.... That is the definition of "interesting" in Magic.
Infinite 2/2 Cats without summoning sickness. Yes, please.
By the way, this card has a higher rating than its Blue version, when its Blue version is FAR more reliable with infinite mana kills. What gives?
jfre81
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(13 votes)
I want chicken, I want liver, meow meow meow meow please deliver...
Goes perfectly in my Raksha deck. If you pay 7 for raksha, you can certainly pay 7 for three 4/4 double strikers.
badmalloc
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is kinda cool, but I just don't see much of a use for it.
I can always think of something I'd rather have for each "x".
To really get use out of it you need to combine with something like Honor of the Pure or Guardians' Pledge, but if you have those in your deck you're probably going aggro and the 6 or so mana you need to make this interesting isn't really an option.
DarthParallax
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(5 votes)
"White Sun"
....
"Cat tokens"
....
"birds in the background"
....
and a GIANT ROCK?
and NOBODY yet thought of?:
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba Ingonyama Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun There's more to see than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done There's far too much to take in here More to find than can ever be found But the sun rolling high Through the sapphire sky Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the Circle The Circle of Life
It's the Circle of Life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the Circle The Circle of Life
????
Anathame
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why can't it be Black Sun? Gotta keep the brothers down?
This is a pretty good win condition for token decks, especially if your opponent is playing lots of mass removal and you throw this down at the end of their turn when no creatures are on the battlefield. Use with cards like Intangible Virtue, Honor of the Pure etc and you can possibly swing for lethal in one attack.
Scormio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Anyone who has a problem with this card has never played Esper control. It's my most reliable win condition. Most people just scoop when they have 1 creature and I play 8-9 tokens at the end of their turn. Unless they're running control, they're screwed.
swords_to_exile
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
You can't see it, but there's a cheeseburger at the top of that tower...
JimmyNoobPlayer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hello gentlemen. You have no chance to survive make your time.
Guest1381794618
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Man, I kinda just missed the whole instant speed thing. This is way better than I thought.
Roborapter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i love this card, wrecked up the place in my draft deck
CorkBulb
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is not as bad as you people think. Anybody who has used it, or played against it (especially against Ajani in DotP 2013) can understand it's power.
First off, its an instant. It really needs alot of mana to be used effectively, but you can drop it on the end of your opponent's turn and then attack, since the tokens won't be sick on your turn. If your opponent is tapped out and has no blockers, there are a variety of evil things you can do, like slap on a Loxodon Warhammer or a Celestial Mantle to one of the tokens. If you have enough tokens, you may be able to kill them right there. It can also be cast in response to an attack to drop in some blockers. And it combos nice with Soul Warden. Since it Goes back into your library after you cast it, you can draw it again. If you have 4 of them, it gets out of hand pretty fast. Most decks can't deal with large amounts of recurring tokens at instant speed.
Yeah yeah yeah Pyroclasm this and Massacre Wurm that. Shut up Spike. It works. Most mass removal isn't at instant speed, so you usually get a free shot. Honor of the Pure or Glorious Anthem Just make it all the better.
4/5
Osprey_93
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Entreat the Furries!
mikeak89
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
if i exile this card with Spelltwine, which causes it to cast for no cost, does it go back into my library even though its exiled?
My EDH deck has cast this for 26 before. Then my opponent copied it.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
4 < mana, this card starts getting good.
Jack-o-Crow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Each of the Zenith's represent an old mirrodin artifact land in the artwork.
You see the white sun rising above a Ancient Den here.
HonorBasquiat
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is a very underrated card that has won me too many games to count. I see it as a must run in any control deck that runs white. It is especially good because it is instant speed. In the inevitable late game, when you have ten or so lands, cast it at the end of your opponent's turn and suddenly you have SEVEN 2/2 tokens that can swing! It also goes back in your library for a potential second round and can be used defensively to create blockers in a pinch. This card is a win condition and can prevent losses. Certainly not a junk rare by any means!
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Errata'd flavor text: Aftah teh Battel of Liet Field, teh white sun crested abuv Taj-Nar, brngng hope to all who servived teh carnaj.
Aquillion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hope, apparently, takes the form of cats.
futte
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I recently made a white lifegain/token deck. Make a sh1tstorm of 1/1 tokens, sacrifice them with Ashnod's Altar, pay WWW, and make 2/2 tokens of 1/1's. Even better if you have a Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant out.
Lord_of_phyrexia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
doubling season BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUDDENLY, kittehs everywhere!
TheWallinator74
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If only I could be so grossly incandescent... then I could praise the sun to the fullest extent!
Comments (62)
Or consider the Myr infinite mana combo. Suddenly, cats. Thousands of them.
Which your opponent will then kill with Pyroclasm or Slagstorm.
OK, so it's not a perfect plan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyOroHlKtk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Very, very few X spells have that kind of flexibility.
"Those Cats got no class. Daddy-o." - Doug Beyer, Magic Creative designer.
"Decree of Cats" - Aaron Forsythe, director of Magic R&D.
Raksha equipped + six plains + Caged Sun + this = 9 4/4 double-striking cat tokens.
And don't forget it shuffles back into your library. If you have 3 or 4 in your deck, don't hesitate to drop it for 4 mana if you can't do anything else. Late game, as you play other cards and thin out your deck you'll be more likely to draw another one of these.
The only issue here is that Black Sun's Zenith works like a black Day of Judgment that only kills kitties :(
White Sun's Zenith: Instant-speed, infinite 2/2 Cat Tokens.
Blue Sun's Zenith: Instant-speed, infinite draw on opponent to auto-kill, or "draw 20 cards from own deck. Shuffle this back into your deck" at instant-speed, to have them all at the start of your turn.
Black Sun's Zenith: Kill anything and everything on the field. Bit worse with the Myr infinite mana, since all of your Myr die. More of a "you can win with your creatures next turn? No. You can't" use.
Red Sun's Zenith: Um, Demonfire that can be countered, but can reshuffle itself, with infinite damage to enemy while still playing in Standard? Yes, please.
Green Sun's Zenith: Bit harder, since it only snatches GREEN creatures. Still possible, though.
Interestingly enough, the two Phyrexian Zenith cards aren't a good idea with the Myr Infinite Mana combo usually, since they either kill all creatures on the field, including your own, or summon a Green creature. The Mirran ones, however, all rule. Two are instant-speed (meaning INFINITE 2/2 Cats that can attack the next turn! :D), and can royally screw over an enemy, or infinite damage at Sorcery speed to auto-kill an enemy player. The Mirran Zenith cards are brilliantly epic with the Myr infinite mana, while the Phyrexian ones aren't.... That is the definition of "interesting" in Magic.
Infinite 2/2 Cats without summoning sickness. Yes, please.
By the way, this card has a higher rating than its Blue version, when its Blue version is FAR more reliable with infinite mana kills. What gives?
Goes perfectly in my Raksha deck. If you pay 7 for raksha, you can certainly pay 7 for three 4/4 double strikers.
I can always think of something I'd rather have for each "x".
To really get use out of it you need to combine with something like Honor of the Pure or Guardians' Pledge, but if you have those in your deck you're probably going aggro and the 6 or so mana you need to make this interesting isn't really an option.
....
"Cat tokens"
....
"birds in the background"
....
and a GIANT ROCK?
and NOBODY yet thought of?:
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
????
You have no chance to survive make your time.
First off, its an instant. It really needs alot of mana to be used effectively, but you can drop it on the end of your opponent's turn and then attack, since the tokens won't be sick on your turn. If your opponent is tapped out and has no blockers, there are a variety of evil things you can do, like slap on a Loxodon Warhammer or a Celestial Mantle to one of the tokens. If you have enough tokens, you may be able to kill them right there. It can also be cast in response to an attack to drop in some blockers. And it combos nice with Soul Warden. Since it Goes back into your library after you cast it, you can draw it again. If you have 4 of them, it gets out of hand pretty fast. Most decks can't deal with large amounts of recurring tokens at instant speed.
Yeah yeah yeah Pyroclasm this and Massacre Wurm that. Shut up Spike. It works. Most mass removal isn't at instant speed, so you usually get a free shot. Honor of the Pure or Glorious Anthem Just make it all the better.
4/5
You see the white sun rising above a Ancient Den here.
Aftah teh Battel of Liet Field, teh white sun crested abuv Taj-Nar, brngng hope to all who servived teh carnaj.