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Serra Bestiary

Multiverse ID: 3028

Serra Bestiary

Comments (13)

SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0) (3 votes)
Obsolete junk, absolutely pitiful. Compared to the power of Pacifism and Oblivion Ring, actually compared to just about anything this card is worthless.
Volcre
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Is this like a nerfed pacifism? Journey to Nowhere and Pacifism completely destroy it...
majinara
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0) (3 votes)
Well compared to pacifism it can stop activated abilities. Still, like the majority of the cards in MTG, this card is junk.
nibelheim_valesti
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (4 votes)
This came out about a year before Pacifism. During that time it was actually vaguely playable in casual monowhite, as it could remove a later game threat without giving your opponent a load of life.

Basically this was testing the ground for Pacifism type effects.
Kefra
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Even pre-Pacifism this would have been horrible. Yes, it prevents the enchanted creature's activated abilities from being used. But think about it -- 90% of creatures with truly annoying tap abilities are not big -- 1/1 usually -- in which case just Swords to Plowshares the damn thing. And if you're needing to deal with a big nasty creature, white has a truckload of better ways to keep them at bay (for 2 mana, Master Decoy can keep a potential attacker locked down, to name just one).

Just awful, like most Homelands crap. 0.5/5
mlanier131
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Its good in masters 4 draft
Axelle
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Just use Arrest.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Early cousin to Pacifism. Useless by today's standards, and poor back then, but it was an interesting idea.
jfre81
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
The genesis of white control. Overcosted and outdated, but unlike a lot of Homelands cards could actually make an impact.
Salient
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
WhiteWhite, Sacrifice two plains: Exile target creature.

Sort of.
DrJack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A much more balanced version of Pacifism... oh how I HATE that card. It should never have been printed. But then, neither should have Doom Blade or Diabolic Edict.
Jannissary
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ugly art, and nearly unplayable even in its own time. Oh well.