@tcollins: Sorry, but the creature type shapeshifter doesn't make the creature all creature types, rather, the ability Changeling does, like what Cairn Wanderer has.
This card has great synergy and flavor for my Lim-Dul EDH. One game, the group was mad at me for having Lim out with an Avatar of Woe (someone else's Lim-zombied ftw) equiped with a Thornbite Staff smashing their fields, with Lim-Dul to grab their creatures up. They couldn't get rid of the Staff or Avatar at the time, so they kept trying to kill my poor necromancer, and had gotten him a couple times. Fortunately topdecked this nice fellow, and got to troll them with a "Shoot, now I've gotta pay 11 mana to bring out Lim again... nah, I leave him in the graveyard." Rise from the Grave next turn, "there, now hes a zombie too, you big meanies! Now, die already please."
Beyond that, it is overall a nice option to bring into most multiplayer games, although depending on your deck there might be better cards. I'm not sure how this print got as low as 3.25 rating, especially since it was reprinted for a multiplayer format. I'd say more around 4/5 is fair.
actuary
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'll be honest, I'm knew to the Magic game. Can somebody tell me what it means that the creature comes back as a "zombie" creature? Does being a "zombie" give it any kind of new abilities or weaknesses?
atemu1234
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
KLATTU BARADA NIKTO!
Lash_of_Dragonbreath
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@actuary: this gives the creature a new subtype. For example, if you played it on a Flayer of the Hatebound it comes deck as a "Zombie Devil" instead of just "Devil". That doesn't give it any abilities by itself, but it changes the way it interacts with cards like Cemetery Reaper and Undead Slayer.
By the way, have I mentioned that the aforementioned Flayer of the hatebound is lots of fun with this?
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Synergy with Call to the Grave, and shapeshifter creatures such as Phyrexian Metamorph, since it is considered to have the Zombie subtype.
This card has great synergy and flavor for my Lim-Dul EDH. One game, the group was mad at me for having Lim out with an Avatar of Woe (someone else's Lim-zombied ftw) equiped with a Thornbite Staff smashing their fields, with Lim-Dul to grab their creatures up. They couldn't get rid of the Staff or Avatar at the time, so they kept trying to kill my poor necromancer, and had gotten him a couple times. Fortunately topdecked this nice fellow, and got to troll them with a "Shoot, now I've gotta pay 11 mana to bring out Lim again... nah, I leave him in the graveyard." Rise from the Grave next turn, "there, now hes a zombie too, you big meanies! Now, die already please."
Beyond that, it is overall a nice option to bring into most multiplayer games, although depending on your deck there might be better cards. I'm not sure how this print got as low as 3.25 rating, especially since it was reprinted for a multiplayer format. I'd say more around 4/5 is fair.
By the way, have I mentioned that the aforementioned Flayer of the hatebound is lots of fun with this?