With all the milling and reanimation going on, it was only a matter of time before the old master returned to its duties.
Doaj
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I Love old reprints.
SocialExperiment
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I was trying to decide if I wanted to play Golgari or Simic more in the likely event that all ten guilds are back. Then I saw this and suddenly Simic just seemed so much better.
Course, that only matters if Golgari is back and still graveyard based, but that seems pretty reasonable to me.
General_Naga
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Strictly cheaper than any other graveyard hate. Ever.
BonniePrinceCharlie
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I like the idea of playing this out of nowhere and instantly with Shimmer Myr. In response to your Living Death...
@atemu1234 What do you mean exactly? If you activated this while Misthollow Griffin is in their graveyard it will exile it. Misthollow Griffincan be cast from exile. If its already in the yard then its sufficiently dealt with.
I'm just happy pithing needle's being reprinted so i can deal with this for my Golgari deck.
TwentyFifthBaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In sealed, not bad. Otherwise, I prefer Bojuka Bog.
ColdCutz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I see graveyard decks are largely pointless. Better pack in those counterspells.
Bobth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm not a big fan of cards that demolish a certain strategy, but do nothing on their own. I'd prefer something like a creature that taps to remove a card in a graveyard from the game. Maybe give it lifelink (or any random keyword) as well, with low P/T. Still something you'd want to keep in a sideboard, but not going to just win the game against graveyard users, and not totally useless against non-graveyard users.
Edit: Let me clarify that... this card is insanely GOOD against graveyard strategies. I realize that. I just think it's bad design to have cards like that.
DacenOctavio
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Bobth:
Incidental graveyard hate does exist, and it's played in every format. Deathrite Shaman is very popular. Most other forms of incidental hate against the graveyard are weaker. In Modern, Grafdigger's Cage isn't even a great blanket answer due the popularity of Living End. End puts the creatures into play from exile and completely dances around Cage.
leomistico
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Bobth: I think that a card like this is good designed for at least a couple of reasons: it stops a very dangerous deck type, that is master of recursion and non-interactive gameplay, so a radical solution is good for keep those decks in check. It is very good agains graveyard, but it doesn't do anything else, so is not a card that you can play in main deck, or because it does always something interesting, like Deathrite Shaman...
I like to side in a couple of crypt and fetch them with Tolaria West... Is the kind of move that makes me think that I planned my deck right!
5/5 for being a classic that even almost 20 years later can still make the difference!
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Incredible, timely reprint with all the graveyard recursion, and free to boot. The flavor text is also amazing.
I play a reanimator deck in Standard and of all the graveyard hate I came up against - Dryad Militant, Groundseal, Deathrite Shaman, and Grafdigger's Cage, this is the one I dread the most, but didn't see come up. Has few answers, can activate before removal happens, and costs nothing. Mind you, doesn't do anything else, which would probably explain why I didn't see it come up.
Xineombine
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oh GOD, It's Back for Vengeance!!!
ShatterPalm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Does this make anyone else wonder just who exactly Tormod was? I'm a Fire Emblem geek so all I keep coming up with is a tiny little fire mage with attitude. I want to know who he was, why he has a badass grave, and how he fits into the maddeningly convoluted history of Dominaria.
PopcornBunni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Worth at least free.
Travelsonic
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@boboth, really?
Really?
I can think of a number of places where this is quite useful - a mill deck for instance
Mr_FJ
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
It's cool, but lets be honest; Mudhole is more useful in general.
Sym6
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The card that will finally shut up all the people who said Painter's Servant + Grindstone sucks because it's so easy to sideboard against. I want to make a deck that uses this that's called "I'm going to get you with Grindstone".
Smokey790
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
At its absolute worst, it is another 0-drop artifact for affinity decks and that ilk. At its best, it can help secure a game by getting rid of graveyard fuel/combo pieces. This needs to show up more often in sets.
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Course, that only matters if Golgari is back and still graveyard based, but that seems pretty reasonable to me.
Edit: Let me clarify that... this card is insanely GOOD against graveyard strategies. I realize that. I just think it's bad design to have cards like that.
Incidental graveyard hate does exist, and it's played in every format. Deathrite Shaman is very popular. Most other forms of incidental hate against the graveyard are weaker. In Modern, Grafdigger's Cage isn't even a great blanket answer due the popularity of Living End. End puts the creatures into play from exile and completely dances around Cage.
I like to side in a couple of crypt and fetch them with Tolaria West... Is the kind of move that makes me think that I planned my deck right!
5/5 for being a classic that even almost 20 years later can still make the difference!
Really?
I can think of a number of places where this is quite useful - a mill deck for instance