I love how random old cards could be at times. "Hey, we need a creature buffer!" "I know, why don't we make it an enchant land, that makes the land tap to buff a creature until end of turn! And it's about forbidden lore, because that makes flavor sense... right?" "Okay, but only if I get to roll dice to see how much power and toughness you get!"
longwinded
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This was supposed to be the offensive equivalent of Earthlore: Earthlore basically lets you tap a land to Holy Strength a creature, while Forbidden Lore lets you tap a land to Unholy Strength a creature. Knowing that explains what they were going for, but doesn't really fix it, flavorwise :/
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
"Okay, but only if I get to roll dice to see how much power and toughness you get!"
The early employees at Wizards were known Dungeon & Dragons players...
Moxxy
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Follow her line of sight. She's not even reading the book!
Burningsickle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
why read forbidden lore if the effect is only temporary?
I guess this lady simply doesn't have that great a memory capacity...
-On a side note, combining with elvish guidance, and you can simply not lose mana! YAY :D
DwarvenLieutenant
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At the time wild growth was used often with ley druid orjuniper order druid. This made tapping the land twice to pump up a trampler a new option for these land untapper types, especially when you didn't need the mana anymore. A 7/5 war mamoth was nothing to sneeze at back then.
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The early employees at Wizards were known Dungeon & Dragons players...
I guess this lady simply doesn't have that great a memory capacity...
-On a side note, combining with elvish guidance, and you can simply not lose mana! YAY :D