The first Rare I ever owned. A 7/7 that can attack the player directly is always welcome in my deck :)
FugimSky
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
One of my most favorite cards ever. It has lots of sentimental value to me, was one of my first cards, and is a very tricky card when you think about it. This art was also the best art for it in my opinion, I love it in holographic.
NecroArTeest
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
ditto fugimsky, love this card. lotsa memories
__Silence__
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Man my friend has this card In the past I would be scared whenever he put that in but know I just use my landfall deck and take control of all his creatures and mess with him xD
Ichorix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My first fattie :).
I ran this with two Rhoxes and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa in my first competitive casual deck. So much fun.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Ah Thorn Elemental. Before I was experienced/smart, this was the best card around. Through the years, this has probably won me more games than any other card I own. Good times. Now that I'm a bit better, I still like this card, but I know well enough to put Fireshrieker on it. The good times continue.
@FugimSky: Me too! Shiny!
PEVE_O
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This was the card that got me into magic. Ahh Nostalgia
zqft
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I remember having a holo one of these.
I think I traded it, and now I'm kicking myself for that.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is really the perfect finisher!
JWolps
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Years ago, I thought this ability meant it was unblockable. Still an insane ability.
ubii
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
can you say... double strike?
achilleselbow
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Nah, the original Urza's art was way better than this.
Test-Subject_217601
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Quite possibly one of the most badass cards ever. Oh wait, it dies to Doom Blade.
WhiteRaven810
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Gah. Like alot of you, this was my first rare too. I'ma pretty sure I picked it up in the Way Wild starter deck. This is on my wish list of reprints for Magic 2012.
P.S. - 7th editon Thorn Elemental art trumps 8th edition.
Critiquer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
My first card as well, such good art. Not a bad card ether.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Like many of the other comments, this was my first rare. I was so happy they actually included the card that was on the front of the box, I thought it looked to cool to actually be in the deck. XD
ExplodingZombieWeeds
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sadly enough, haven't seen this card before now.
I had no idea I wanted it so much.
jsttu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Was this card given as a promo or something? because when i was starting magic almost everyone had a shiny version of it, including myself. So unless they printed a disproportionate amount of these shiny, then there must have been some sort of promo card to explain it. Unfortunately for that theory, the cards don't look any different from normal shiny cards, so maybe not... Still weird.
Nukeleo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Even by modern standards he's a solid card. He's an absolutely obvious choice for removal because with any real pump he's a threat and if you slapped some infect on top of that... GG.
adrian.malacoda
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@jsttu
This card was in the 7th edition intro pack.
bantar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I play with it often, but I find many other stronger cards for even six mana. I don't want to diss this legendary card from the great urza's block. It is true that there are better today though.
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like this art better than the other art.
Awesome creature too. Next best thing to unblockable.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
This artists has done some amazing stuff, but I really dont like this work. The art on the other versions is so much better.
patronofthesound
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
4/5 for being a classic magic beatstick. Agree with whomever says it has no application in modern magic.
@jsttu a foil this absolutely was included in The 7th ed starter set, around a decade ago everyone had them. The starter sets included two forty card decks of crapola 7th cards, this, booklets and maybe a booster, idr.
DiscoSpider
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card, my friend had a deck with them when he was first teaching me to play. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw Dolmen Gate. One of the first decks I custom made uses Thorn Elemental (and similar cards), Dolmen Gate, Blanchwood Armor, and Fireshrieker. It's still one of my most feared decks among my friends and almost always wins.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Where Scaled Wurm was my first haymaking fattie, Thorn elemental and Plated Slagwurm were my first good ones. They really drew me into this game.
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I ran this with two Rhoxes and Kamahl, Fist of Krosa in my first competitive casual deck. So much fun.
@FugimSky: Me too! Shiny!
I think I traded it, and now I'm kicking myself for that.
P.S. - 7th editon Thorn Elemental art trumps 8th edition.
I had no idea I wanted it so much.
This card was in the 7th edition intro pack.
Awesome creature too. Next best thing to unblockable.
@jsttu a foil this absolutely was included in The 7th ed starter set, around a decade ago everyone had them. The starter sets included two forty card decks of crapola 7th cards, this, booklets and maybe a booster, idr.