I LOVE this card. I use it in R/U and it fits right in with the blue stealers. It ought to be an instant, or let you steal any permanent, though. I can hear it now: "Surprise! I have a blocker!" although in my deck I'm probably going to attack with the stolen creature anyway.
HuntedWumpusMustDie
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A real suprise game closer! Although about half the time I draw it it doesn't get used because of how vulnerable it can leave you... I prefer mind control , or slave of bolas for thier permanence.
ThisisSakon
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
If only the Leyline cycle was reprinted. I loved using this in my UR deck with Leyline of Anticipation out. I said "yoink" every time I played it :)
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Act of Treason is back again, and it is still really good. I won my second draft round with this in a seemingly impossible board situation. If your opponent has a giant creature out that is beating on you, so much the better :D
As usual, combine with sacrifice effects like Fling to turn it into a damage/removal combo.
4/5
Kryptnyt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
That angel clearly has Chronic Backstabbing Disorder.
TherealphatMatt
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Great variety for a red deck, where a lot of your cards do very similar things.
THalbrook
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
This card has undergone errata.
"Gain control of target titan until end of turn. Untap that titan. It gains haste until end of turn."
NeedADispenserHere
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
THAT ANGEL IS A SPAH!
HeavyEcho
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
this card is just Mark of Mutiny and i would rather use that because it give the creature +1/+1. still its always fun to take control of the strongest creature my enemy has, then fling
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's kinda cute how it curves out of Culling Dais, don't you think?
Wrath909
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I have a question: when you attack with the creature that you just gained control of using this card... does the creature become tapped during the opponent's next turn?
HuntingDrake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
OK, (counting Threaten) this has been printed in 5 core sets now. Each time with that misleading reminder text: (It can attack and {T} this turn.) New Player: "Steal your Wall of Swords, attack you with it." Is no one concerned about this scenario?
As it has already been said. These kind of cards are great to use and be built around in sacrifice decks. It's so evil, yet so fun to utilize their own creatures to attack them, for it to be sacrificed to Fling or stuff like Nantuko Husk or Carrion Feeder. Skirsdag High Priest for gravy.
iamdansauer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What happens when you cloud shift the stolen creature? Do you retain control of the creature?
Sharu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I liked it better when it was called threaten. Still a good card, though.
3.5/5
Alsebra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@iamdansaur - Since the creature becomes a 'different' creature (it's not the same one that's been stolen by the Act, since it left play), you'd keep it permanently.
@HeavyEcho - Without a sac outlet, I'd rather play this, since it doesn't buff the opponent's creature.
@HuntingDrake - Since the wall has defender (and the reminder text), not in the least.
Use Act of Treason, and use Bazaar Trader to give the creature you Acted... to yourself. (It counts as a creature you control).
Since the effect of the Trader is permanent, you essentially gain control of the creature until the end of the game, for less CMC than Mind Control and NO PESKY ENCHANTMENT the opponent can destroy to get his creature back. This is legal, just look at the Trader's rulings.
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As usual, combine with sacrifice effects like Fling to turn it into a damage/removal combo.
4/5
"Gain control of target titan until end of turn. Untap that titan. It gains haste until end of turn."
New Player: "Steal your Wall of Swords, attack you with it."
Is no one concerned about this scenario?
Still a good card, though.
3.5/5
@HeavyEcho - Without a sac outlet, I'd rather play this, since it doesn't buff the opponent's creature.
@HuntingDrake - Since the wall has defender (and the reminder text), not in the least.
Bazaar Trader.
Use Act of Treason, and use Bazaar Trader to give the creature you Acted... to yourself. (It counts as a creature you control).
Since the effect of the Trader is permanent, you essentially gain control of the creature until the end of the game, for less CMC than Mind Control and NO PESKY ENCHANTMENT the opponent can destroy to get his creature back. This is legal, just look at the Trader's rulings.
The best underrated combo ever.