Haha, well, Storm Crow can block this guy and kill him, and he can't block storm crow at all...but, on the other hand, you can randomly modify a pile of (usually) completely random cards...hmm...
FragNutMK1
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Take that, Sensei's Divining Top!
sarroth
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
@izzet_guild_mage: Yes, the pile of cards is usually random, but less so with certain black cards and many blue cards. This is clear color hate against a blue deck and would really foul up their plans. Certainly a good casual card to play against friends who nurture their blue instincts.
Razbot
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Slows the game down a little too much, IMO, but screwing up deck fixing is always fun, and it reminds me of the A-Team, which I'm a big fan of
MasterOfEtherium
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(16 votes)
Val Kilmer?
CrazyLou
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
I love how his name is just a synonym for his type. Still, this one's pretty old, a lot of cards did that, didn't they?
Ryney
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
This is a very handsome man!
XTwistedsoulX
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Anti top deck tutors. Cool.
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Can anyone explain the flavour of this card? What does a soldier who is loyal to coin have to do with making your opponent shuffle their deck? I don't see the connection.
GainsBanding
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This would be such a time-waster in paper. Just another reason why playing Online is so much better. Well, um... that is, if we actually had this guy online.
krumtheslow
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
ha! your random deck just got randomer!
andoroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
HAH! I just activated my own trap card!! (Archive Trap)
Gahoojin
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
No! Dont make me shuffle my deck!
Corey_bayoudragonfly
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@ andoroth: sorry, Archive Trap triggers when your opponent searches his or her library, not shuffles it. Although that would be awesome.
tenkaze
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(10 votes)
Good job, MasterOfEtherium. You posted a comment that was capitalized correctly and not just a copy-paste of the flavor text!
Then again, you still capitalized every word...
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(5 votes)
@MasterOfEtherium; You know, the original Jace Beleren art looks exactly like Val Kilmer, if you look closely.
This guy looks like Brian Thompson. He was famous for being two different villains on Charmed. He was one of the horsemen of the apocalypse AND Cronus the titan :P
Oh...you're attacking me? SHUFFLE UP THAT 100 CARD DECK.
SarcasmElemental
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The greatest magic cards yet to be created are the ones which make seemingly boring cards quite interesting.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
He's good if only for annoying your opponent. Seriously, causing a shuffle every turn - or more, with Freed from the Real - can be pretty aggravating... particularly if there's grease all over the table. Don't even get me started on running him in the 250-card format....
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Shuffling helps you draw land.
Think of it this way. Say your land is 10 cards deep, that sucks but possible. At the start of the game your shuffle is cast and you have a 91% chance to draw your 2nd land. But your not going too, its 10 cards deep. The variable is known and set, just not known to you.
But say you shuffled every turn. What are the odds of you failing a "roll" multiple times in a row? A lot slimmer then only failing 1 roll and waiting 10 turns to find out.
I could actually see using him next to brainstorms, ponders, against top-deck tutors (it's instant speed.)
The trolling aspect is pretty hilarious, but I do actually think he could have serious implications in vintage sideboard given how many top-deck tutors there are. Then again, no one really uses him.. so I'm guessing I'm an idiot.
Sven_Untgaarde
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
There's something about his mouth...
Regardless, choosable deck-shuffling makes this creature somewhat better than Soothsaying for when you need to shuffle... In fact, this is significantly better. anyone, vs. just you: Sure, you could do Soothsaying more than once per turn, but are you going to spend just to shuffle your deck twice?
LordRandomness
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Good against Sensei's Divining Top, but also very good with it: just shuffle away your top three if they're not what you need and try again. Invaluable against top of library tutors of all kinds, as well as for turning your Griptides and the like into removal (and commander tucking to boot). Also works very well with or against anything that reveals anyone's top card (Fun and often game-saving versus Melek, for instance) and with any other scry effects. All in all, an interesting and unique combo piece that compares very well to the much more limited Madblind Mountain.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Go ahead and tutor that creature, Momir, I dare you. Not like I would make you shuffle right before the second ability goes onto the stack.
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Then again, you still capitalized every word...
This guy looks like Brian Thompson. He was famous for being two different villains on Charmed. He was one of the horsemen of the apocalypse AND Cronus the titan :P
Anybody who tried to fish their G2 and G3 wins by going to time with this card should also get banned from tournaments, if you ask me.
Aw man I would love this in EDH. Wouldn't really do anything, but it would *** EVERYONE off...
The onlything almost as good as Storm Crow is Hovermyr
Oh...you're attacking me? SHUFFLE UP THAT 100 CARD DECK.
Think of it this way. Say your land is 10 cards deep, that sucks but possible. At the start of the game your shuffle is cast and you have a 91% chance to draw your 2nd land. But your not going too, its 10 cards deep. The variable is known and set, just not known to you.
But say you shuffled every turn. What are the odds of you failing a "roll" multiple times in a row? A lot slimmer then only failing 1 roll and waiting 10 turns to find out.
Mandatory in a Highlander deck.
The trolling aspect is pretty hilarious, but I do actually think he could have serious implications in vintage sideboard given how many top-deck tutors there are. Then again, no one really uses him.. so I'm guessing I'm an idiot.
Regardless, choosable deck-shuffling makes this creature somewhat better than Soothsaying for when you need to shuffle...
In fact, this is significantly better.