What?! This piece of **** was reprinted?!
TWICE?!?!? AND IN A CORE SET?!!?!?!!?!
BonesawJoe
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
wow....that's pretty bad
OMFGrhombus
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(4 votes)
BUT-BUT WHY?!
ScepterofEternities
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
Does a card this bad really exist? Wow. And a rare? Just woooow. And reprinted? WOOOOOOOOOW.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
It's sort of funny that if you consider modern-day Magic slang, this "Obelisk" is actually a trinket. =)
Anyway, yeah - I remember getting one of these in 5th Ed and having one of my friends want to trade me a Chronicles Nicol Bolas for my Wrath of God and this. I was ready to trade the Wrath - after all, it destroyed MY creatures too! - but I couldn't figure out the power level of this, and I was suspicious and hesitant.
*sigh* I was not very good at evaluating cards...
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The one thing this card has going for it is that it can retrieve Planeswalkers from the graveyard. That, and it is a cheap metal craft candidate, though on that note there are still much better other options as well.
Now am I reading this right, or can it return cards to your hand that were exiled? It does not say from where you can return the target permanent.
Japicx
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Sorry, MechaKraken, but the way the rules work, permanents exist only on the battlefield. A planeswalker card in a graveyard is a permanent card, but not a permanent, so you can't use Obelisk of Undoing to put it back into your hand. It can't bring back exiled cards, either.
Obelisk of Undoing is just an extremely weak and awkward card. There are many, many cards that can do the same job far more efficiently.
TheSwarm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I don't understand... I dont understand at all..
GoatKnapper
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I figured out how to break this card.
Drop this turn one.
Use any other means possible to win the game however you like.
Make fun of your friends when they lose and you had this out the whole time.
Victory is sweet.
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As bad as this is, it's the only colorless card that returns any permanent you own & control to your hand.
The battle of Tomakul. Hmmm. I wonder if Emrakul was there?
If one had a boatload of mana, then this card and Emrakul could yield infinite turns.
Areps
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
mechakraken is retarded
Adromalath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is extremely bad, I know, but it still holds a special place in my heart for being the card that first got my girlfriend to "get" the stack when I taught her how to play.
She had just learned the basics of the game and I had tried to explain the stack to her but she didn't understand why it was useful. Then a day later she was looking through a bunch crap rares I had lying around and saw this. She looked at it and said "Wow, this is terri...well, it can save my guys from dying, right?"
So, of all the cards in Magic, THIS is the one that made her understand one of the most fundamental things about the game.
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ ScepterofEternities "Does a card this bad really exist? Wow. And a rare? Just woooow. And reprinted? WOOOOOOOOOW."
Pokemon kiddies are easily amazed. Here, let me "fix" the Obelisk of Undoing for you:
Obelisk, the Eons Torn:
6 colorless mana
666/666
Flying, trample, lifelink, vigilance, infect
Super-Annihilator 666 (If opponent looks at this card as you're casting it, he must tear up 666 cards he owns from his own Magic: the Gathering collection.
If this goes into your graveyard from anywhere, you may kick your opponent in the balls, even if he is alseep in bed because it's 4:00AM and your last game ended several hours ago. Local and federal laws still apply.
There. Happy now?
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
COMBOS WITH STASIS
ZaisConsultant
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I know this card isn't the greatest, but it isn't garbage. It's a reusable way to- at instant speed- get your stuff back to your hand. If someone tries to kill a permanent of yours, return it. If a permanent you have is about to be stolen, return it. You can also use this to return Plainswalkers who are about to die, or other permanents that are almost or completely out of counters like Iceberg or Parallax Wave. Or permanents that have to many counters like Voodoo Doll. A specific combo I can think of is to use this with Delaying Shield to save your life. This card DOES have uses, and i can actually see it appearing in some decks. It definately not as bad as, say, Wood Elemental
DarthMetool
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combo with anything requiring the sacrifice of an artifact or permanent. Example: sacrifice to Krark-Clan Ironworks to get 2 mana back.
O0oze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
yes theoratically this is usable... but seriously guys... would you ever use this in a deck...?... there are many cards that do the job better... 0/5. simply 0/5.
Comments (18)
TWICE?!?!?
AND IN A CORE SET?!!?!?!!?!
Anyway, yeah - I remember getting one of these in 5th Ed and having one of my friends want to trade me a Chronicles Nicol Bolas for my Wrath of God and this. I was ready to trade the Wrath - after all, it destroyed MY creatures too! - but I couldn't figure out the power level of this, and I was suspicious and hesitant.
*sigh* I was not very good at evaluating cards...
Now am I reading this right, or can it return cards to your hand that were exiled? It does not say from where you can return the target permanent.
Obelisk of Undoing is just an extremely weak and awkward card. There are many, many cards that can do the same job far more efficiently.
Drop this turn one.
Use any other means possible to win the game however you like.
Make fun of your friends when they lose and you had this out the whole time.
Victory is sweet.
For creatures I'd rather use Erratic Portal or Dragon Mask. For example if I want to use the same Ball Lightning over and over again.
If one had a boatload of mana, then this card and Emrakul could yield infinite turns.
She had just learned the basics of the game and I had tried to explain the stack to her but she didn't understand why it was useful. Then a day later she was looking through a bunch crap rares I had lying around and saw this. She looked at it and said "Wow, this is terri...well, it can save my guys from dying, right?"
So, of all the cards in Magic, THIS is the one that made her understand one of the most fundamental things about the game.
Pokemon kiddies are easily amazed. Here, let me "fix" the Obelisk of Undoing for you:
Obelisk, the Eons Torn:
6 colorless mana
666/666
Flying, trample, lifelink, vigilance, infect
Super-Annihilator 666 (If opponent looks at this card as you're casting it, he must tear up 666 cards he owns from his own Magic: the Gathering collection.
If this goes into your graveyard from anywhere, you may kick your opponent in the balls, even if he is alseep in bed because it's 4:00AM and your last game ended several hours ago. Local and federal laws still apply.
There. Happy now?
It's a reusable way to- at instant speed- get your stuff back to your hand. If someone tries to kill a permanent of yours, return it. If a permanent you have is about to be stolen, return it.
You can also use this to return Plainswalkers who are about to die, or other permanents that are almost or completely out of counters like Iceberg or Parallax Wave. Or permanents that have to many counters like Voodoo Doll.
A specific combo I can think of is to use this with Delaying Shield to save your life.
This card DOES have uses, and i can actually see it appearing in some decks.
It definately not as bad as, say, Wood Elemental
but seriously guys...
would you ever use this in a deck...?...
there are many cards that do the job better...
0/5. simply 0/5.