Man, nobody seems to be commenting on any cards. This things been up for a while now and I would have liked to read some peoples sharings. Oh well.
Volcre
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
High toughness and first strike seems kind of pointless... if it can survive hits, why does it have first strike. If it can kill an enemy before it takes damage, why does it need high toughness?
liir007
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
A weak creature for . This card just reflects how weak the Homelands expansion was.
nammertime
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Homelands was actually just average... until power creep happened.
Talcos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I find the flavor text hilarious considering the fact that Anaba Bodyguard was in fact not a Minotaur as originally printed.
Pontiac
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(4 votes)
This card was below par when it was first printed, the years have only cemented this fact.
Homelands was the worst set period, at least Fallen Empires contained a few playable cards.
scumbling1
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
"Homelands was actually just average... until power creep happened."
Homelands was printed into a Standard environment that already contained better cards from Ice Age and Alliances. It was below par for the format right off the bat. No power crept up here.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I prefer Anaba to Canyon when it comes to minotaurs. First Strike is a great ability.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oy, another case where both version show the same card? For shame, Gatherer!
"Not all minotaurs are tribal. Some look like minotaurs, smell like minotaurs, but are actually just "Bodyguards" and can't even be Didgeridooed into play."
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Homelands was terrible, and this card is a prime example of the total lack of sanity in that set. First of all, a 2/3 first striker for 4 is pretty bad. Oh, but it's a Minotaur, and since - out of nowhere - it has been decided that they will be The Next Big Red Tribe, that makes it okay. Except the game has practically no Minotaurs in it, aside from those in Homelands... oh, and this ISN'T A MINOTAUR as printed?! WHY?!
In the end, it's not only useless, but a sad example of how poorly designed Homeland was. Stuff like this also probably doomed the Minotaur tribe by associating it with Homelands - there haven't been too many playable Minotaurs over the years.
Kyric1899
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you think Homelands isn't a good set, you don't truly understand the power held within it. Why else would they make Apocalypse Chime?
Because they knew that an all Homelands deck would be so strong, there needed to be a card you could carry at the ready to destroy the power of the Homelands.
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Homelands was the worst set period, at least Fallen Empires contained a few playable cards.
Homelands was printed into a Standard environment that already contained better cards from Ice Age and Alliances. It was below par for the format right off the bat. No power crept up here.
"Not all minotaurs are tribal. Some look like minotaurs, smell like minotaurs, but are actually just "Bodyguards" and can't even be Didgeridooed into play."
In the end, it's not only useless, but a sad example of how poorly designed Homeland was. Stuff like this also probably doomed the Minotaur tribe by associating it with Homelands - there haven't been too many playable Minotaurs over the years.
Because they knew that an all Homelands deck would be so strong, there needed to be a card you could carry at the ready to destroy the power of the Homelands.
Homelands...the best set in MtG.