I think this card is just awesome... 2 could easily be U in my opinion, even then, I just love this card. Perfect art too.
vosrevesrevers
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(8 votes)
i never really understood the art... which one is the thief?
Tommy9898
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I love this card because if you try to spell it on the comments here it censors it, look roo***er thief. Tee hee t, wat
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(7 votes)
haha ya dude, I used to think there were idiot kids purposefully censoring their own words with C U M or A S S in it to be funny (and I thought they were lame-o's) but when I typed a comment for a card with CU M or A SS I cant remember, it censored it. That's when I thought, oh man that is really bad they need to fix that haha. By the way T W A T is one I haven't seen censored yet haha
Maximillini86
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
This was my first rare, and it actually saved my ass in a few games. I had two out and just kept plucking out the best cards from my friend's mono white deck until I decked him when he had 130 life. Hilarious!
allmighty_abacus
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Yup, guys on rafts wearing peasant garb are just loaded with money. This merfolks got it right. The fat merchants on the deck of a treasure-laden galleon? Pffft. They got nothing this merfolk wants. He knows where its at. Clumps of dirt and bits of string, right on (mer)man.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(13 votes)
Interesting.
This is the only card made by an invitational winner wherein the winner isn't depicted as the creature itself.
Rather in this case, Mike Long is about to be mauled by his creation.
Weary_PSI
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Very appropriate that this should be Mike Long's card, since there's not much difference between a fraud and a thief.
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
How ironic: the merfolk is trying to steal a peak at Mike Long's hand.
bijart_dauth
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
I love how beastly and giant the merfolk looks. And then its a 1/2
desolation_masticore
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(20 votes)
Ironically this card would do little good against Mike Long because all his key cards were played from his lap.
Kitty_the_Kat
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
I love that art. Need to get that beast on a playmat.
zenitramleirdag
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
decent card with a useful ability..
jfre81
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Merfolk Sovereign and this guy are a good team. You can get rid of their win condition or disrupt a combo before it has a chance to hit the board.
RaikNaSeem
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
The picture of the card says it is a Mefolk, but in the gatherer says that is also a Rouge... wich one is correct?
will_dice
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
@RaikNaSeem:
The whole point of the Gatherer is to update and correct the card's text (including types). So Gatherer is right by default; this one is a Merfolk Rogue.
Latronis
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Not the best body for an aggro deck, and it could almost inherently have flying. But it's not a bad effect and cosi's trickster will love it.
AvatarofBro
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
I love how this card (reference to Mike Long cheating goes here).
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Based on this card's comments, Mike Long took a lot of guys' girlfriends.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Kirbster Mike Long was both an extremely talented player (got close to hall of fame status) and a cheater. Ironically, he was so good that he didn't really need to cheat.
Make no mistake, he was caught cheating; this is undisputed. But he did a TON for magic. He increased early popularity of big events, he created the first tournament caliber combo deck (pros-bloom), could bluff his way to victory against top players, and he won an invitational event (and thus the honor of creating this card).
Also, since Mark Rosewater wanted there to be a "bad guy" to make events more interesting, he played it up about him. Thus tons of people hated him enough to make him a popular player to watch. In one event, he got to the semi final and lost. Fewer people watched the final because they had no one to cheer against.
He is a polarizing figure.
Note that well after he quit playing, he was up to be voted on for the Hall of Fame, and he was asked to say a few words about it. If not for this moment, I'd be sympathetic. He responded by belittling and dismissing magic and its accomplishments.
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This is the only card made by an invitational winner wherein the winner isn't depicted as the creature itself.
Rather in this case, Mike Long is about to be mauled by his creation.
The whole point of the Gatherer is to update and correct the card's text (including types). So Gatherer is right by default; this one is a Merfolk Rogue.
Mike Long was both an extremely talented player (got close to hall of fame status) and a cheater. Ironically, he was so good that he didn't really need to cheat.
Make no mistake, he was caught cheating; this is undisputed. But he did a TON for magic. He increased early popularity of big events, he created the first tournament caliber combo deck (pros-bloom), could bluff his way to victory against top players, and he won an invitational event (and thus the honor of creating this card).
Also, since Mark Rosewater wanted there to be a "bad guy" to make events more interesting, he played it up about him. Thus tons of people hated him enough to make him a popular player to watch. In one event, he got to the semi final and lost. Fewer people watched the final because they had no one to cheer against.
He is a polarizing figure.
Note that well after he quit playing, he was up to be voted on for the Hall of Fame, and he was asked to say a few words about it. If not for this moment, I'd be sympathetic. He responded by belittling and dismissing magic and its accomplishments.