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Street Sweeper

Multiverse ID: 270967

Street Sweeper

Comments (43)

syrazemyla
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0) (8 votes)
Because to hell with Genjus and Zendikons.
lorendorky
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0) (3 votes)
It's poop.
R_if
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0) (5 votes)
Absolute shit!
BarryOgg
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (9 votes)
I love the versatility of this card.
Vakyoom
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
Waste of an uncommon slot. Youre better of getting disenchant effects than waiting for turn 7, when this guy can become useful. Heartless decks could make this bad card usable, but that wont make it any less awful. Not cost effective for an uncommon and not what the meta needs.

Crap. 1/5.
StreamHopper
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
@Superllama12
... But at its BEST, you can play it for free after getting Rakdos, Lord of Riots in for some damage!

Eh... I tried :p
LordRandomness
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0) (4 votes)
Rakdos, Lord of Riots does enjoy artifact creatures, but having to do 6 damage first is a bit rough.
Lord.Gold
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (4 votes)
Well at least my Darksteel Garrison is safe...
Lotsofpoopy
★★☆☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (11 votes)
Pros like me will be using this often to get rid of those pesky land auras that have been running amok all over standard constructed.
Mindbend
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (10 votes)
This card will probable see play in vintage due to its amzing power p/t ratio.

In standard now the titans have gone we need somthing for the 6 drop slote and this guy is it. If only it was legendary then it could be my new EDH genral.

Strictly better than wurmcoil engine because wurmcoil engine can't get rid of wild growth
Demento_Recraves
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
I hope Gatecrash has a card that can get rid of auras attached to enchantments. I'm so sick of playing against Steal Enchantment.
mdakw576
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
love the flavor on this card
RedAtrocitus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
How could it not cost 6? DID YOU SEE THAT ABILITY? All Auras on target land! Buh-roken.
Sironos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Damn, there goes my land aura deck...
Nothing beats a 6CMC sideboarder.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Passes the "If you need to print bad cards, at least make them goofy or hilarious" test, and got a fair amount of discussion when it popped up in draft -- "Wait, does Standard even have any enchant land right now?"

Crap. 1/5. Made the prerelease more fun. Two thumbs up. :)
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not that good, but Underworld Connections will be something worthwhile to get rid of.
Vinifera7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oddly enough, there is an entire cycle of land auras in this set.
Mickacabra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Batteries Not Included?
Shiizu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Similarly to hexplate golem, this guy is mainly just beefy. 4/6 for 6 is not bad at all. Sure, it's not the most exciting card ever, but even disregarding it's rules text this guy is fine in limited and I might throw it in a casual deck because it's bound to go under the radar.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Obsi*** Golem!
They've forced you to do menial labor! Nooooooo!
Emperorerror
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A freaking Street Sweeper?!

5/5
SirMalkin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
@Continue, actually, I'm not sure it is necessarily "strictly better" than old Obsy. In a vacuum, Street Sweeper is better, but take into consideration that Obsy is, after all, a Golem. This lets him play nicely with New Phyrexia's Splicers, as well as Precursor Golem.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is almost depressingly bad...
yousquiddinme
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (8 votes)
This is going to be a bomb in constructed one day, you'll see. Every deck will have 4 in their sbs to counter some insane land enchantment.

I'm gonna get my playset before they go up.
Kirbster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I was wondering when they'd eventually print a card with this ability....
HuntingDrake
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
@Kirbster:
1994
Or Dec '93 on a non-creature.
pedrodyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Enchant lands are probably among the worst card types available. They could do what they do on their own most of the time, without having to be an aura. Instead you have this super clunky design where you either tap your land for mana or for some other ability. 1) Yes they are safer to play than enchant creatures, but their benefits are usually worse by a lot. (see Tin Street Market) and 2) if the ability the enchant land gives really is worth it (Underworld Connections comes to mind) then you have to essentially sacrifice a land to use it well. So there you have it, as a card type in general, enchant lands are associated with tempo loss, and poor card quality.
If your opponent is playing an enchant land deck, there's no reason to sideboard this in. They already lost. That means that this card is null, unless you like 4/6's for 6 mana.
And for that reason I give it a 5/5. No that's not a typo.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Considering how many horrible cousins to this card have been printed (6/4 artifacts for 7, 4/4's for 6, etc.), I think we should be grateful that they bothered to print a rather sturdy artifact creature that is not either grossly overpriced or vastly overpowered and Mythic Rare to "balance" it. Sure, this won't see play in Constructed, but it is not useless and is playable in Limited. And how is this rated LOWER than Phyrexian Hulk and Obsian-us Golem, when it's better than either of them?

Oh, and yes, in Limited I actually did manage to drop one of these for free after hitting with Rakdos, so that was cool.
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At worst, it's a 4/6 vanilla for 6 that can be played in any deck. The ability will not be very useful most of the time, but in limited, this is a good card!

2/5

EDIT: I got excited for this when I saw that there was a cycle of land enchantments in both Return to Ravnica AND Gatecrash. Tragically, they all suck
bowlofgumbo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can only presume that this is one of those things that will make more sense in Dragon's Maze. Presumably (hopefully?) enchant lands will be relevant by the time we're drafting RTR/GTC/Dragon's Maze? Maybe the Dragon's Maze itself is an enchant land?
DoragonShinzui
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Kills Genju and Zendikon , is a fairly costed artifact creature, and gives people a reason to run Trace of Abundance.

Can't say I have a problem with any of this. Looks cool, is interesting, and has a couple of odd uses. Hopefully it'll be a bit more relevant in Gatecrash and the Third set.

EDIT: Ah HA! I knew it would be relevant! Look at that...second...cycle of land enchantments that aren't all that good.
...
*Sigh*
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly better than Obsi*** Golem with 3 exceptions:

1. This ability is not optional.

2. There is a card that boots all vanilla creatures.

3. Obsi*** Golem is censored.
RocketLobster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Gets locked down by Debtor's Pulpit.
MojoVince
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He could had some work if he wasn't that big !
3 or 4 mana and less P/T could have save is ability .
And by the way he prooved me something about rarity ,i usualy open many times those nasty uncommons but not his one !
anhsieh
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
Hard counter to the new M14 card, Awaken the Ancient. I knew all these Street Sweepers would come in handy!
mrchuckmorris
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
The flavor and existence of this card make no sense. Use as a card in play aside, why is this glorified garbage truck a 4/6? It looks like that ridiculous wood-chopping machine Belle's father makes in Beauty and the Beast -- yet if the Firemind himself were to go to sleep in a Ravnican alleyway this thing was cleaning, he wouldn't make it out alive. Not even Baneslayer could take it out.
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
No longer useless thanks to Awaken the Ancient being a thing.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Your time has come. Your destiny is to unchain your fellow allies from the distant mountains. And your destiny... awaits.
omni8000
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
NOT MAH EQUINOX
PopcornBunni
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
As an avid fan of artifact creatures, in current standard I'm honestly desperate enough to consider using this. Maybe have some casual fun bestowing Cavern Lampad on it.
Tribor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Whenever Street Sweeper attacks,"
:o
"destroy all"
:D
"Auras"
:)
"attached to"
:I
"target land."
:(