this with maelstrom angel.... in a reanimator deck = win...
Davidian
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I use this in my "Bring out your dead!" deck. I cast Buried Alive to get it into graveyard then Zombify to bring it out. You don't get his other benefits, but it is nice to have an 8/8 flyer by turn 4 or 5! I also have Doomed Necromancer to bring out other big nasty monsters. Might throw Bloodchief in eventually. :)
Omenchild
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
exhume screams for this shiz
BelloAbril
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Some people are getting it wrong. Put into play ( Elvish Piper ) isn't 'play from your hand'. On the other hand Maelstorm Archangel wording does allow you to do so.
Dragonstorm is already hard to play and its on a mana acceleration color, maybe if this guy would have costed 2 less mana...
Havens
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@ Guest1334148255
that wont work, the card has been errated to if you cast it from your hand.
since elvish piper and defense of the heart put them into play the ability wont trigger.
and aside from that, defense of the heart would never work, because it comes in from your library, not your hand at all
Flavros
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I would like to say that he's not too great and is just an overrated fatty, but he's actually pretty good. He's so big he's probably not going to die, and his arrival promises a hold on any removal. So all your opponant can hope to do is draw a way to get rid of him, kill him with a bigger creature (like that's going to happen) or chump block. Otherwise your opponant is taking 8 damage a turn.
Ace8792
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Wow thats a lot of mana. Time for 4 X Dark Rituals and 3 Swamps. For him on turn 3 lol.
nekosan
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
dragonlike creature...a lot of tentacles...a hand shattering effect...it's CTHULHU!!!!!
He's wicked and huge, it's a pity the 11 mana cost...
Sicksavior
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Back in the day, i would run this with Entomb->Hypnox. Then Zombify him into play. Then play Retraced Image to play a 2nd one from my hand. Also Cabal Coffers helped to boost mana.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Isnt he just precious?
wstonefi
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
By the time you can hardcast him -- barring an extremely lucky series of Dark Rituals -- your opponent won't have a hand for you to remove (except maybe an instant, which he will immediately cast before Hypnox's ability resolves). 90% of the time, this guy's ability might as well not even exist. He's pretty good if you reanimate him -- an 8/8 flier immune to Doom Blade -- but there are better options in reanimator, too.
Extremely badass art, though. For that, I give him 3/5 stars.
Ideatog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dream Halls anyone? Casting it from your hand for {0} is still casting it. Similarly, you could use Rooftop Storm and Conspiracy to make it a zombie and reduce its cost to {0}. Sadly, you need blue for both, but at least it's an ally color.
The biggest baddest nightmare! I remember all my friends wanted this card when it first came out. The mana cost is a bit steep but there are a ton of ways around it. A big tentacled 8/8 FLYING horror that also obliterates your opponents hand? Yes please.
Morgaledh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you downrate this card, it's because you've been stomped on by it.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
If this were printed nowadays, it'd likely be a Demon, I think.
goliath_cobalt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ideatog I like your ideas, but would say that in addition, if you're pairing blue...we now need to add an overloaded Cyclonic Rift just prior...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
mtgraptor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
for that cost it could get rid of the cards permanently
This way only costs you a couple land and a Demon but gets rid of their hand, and leaves you with 4 mana assuming you only made the 2 land drops (sacing sengir if you need to)
This was one of my favorite cards when I was first getting into magic.
Unfortunately, the mana cost is very prohibitive for hard-casting, and its effect is useless for reanimating. Sure it's a big flyer, but if you're going to reanimate it anyway it's better to go for Pathrazer of Ulamog or Lord of the Void or It That Betrays or any other number of things that are more lethal and have effects that work.
Siiiiiiiigh...will always have a soft spot for your tentacly horribleness, though...
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Play Hypnox using Elvish Piper or Defense of the Heart.
Then wait your opponent get some cards, and destroy Hypnox at the end of turn using Altar of Dementia. He will discard some, then. You can repeat the process using Pulsemage Advocate.
Dragonstorm is already hard to play and its on a mana acceleration color, maybe if this guy would have costed 2 less mana...
that wont work, the card has been errated to if you cast it from your hand.
since elvish piper and defense of the heart put them into play the ability wont trigger.
and aside from that, defense of the heart would never work, because it comes in from your library, not your hand at all
He's wicked and huge, it's a pity the 11 mana cost...
Extremely badass art, though. For that, I give him 3/5 stars.
T1: Peat bog
T2: Soldevi Adnate, Peat bog
T3: Sengir Autocrat
T4: sac the tokensDemon of Death's Gate, tap peat bog for 2, sac the demon to bring out Hypnox
This way only costs you a couple land and a Demon but gets rid of their hand, and leaves you with 4 mana assuming you only made the 2 land drops (sacing sengir if you need to)
Use that mana for Apostle's Blessing
Unfortunately, the mana cost is very prohibitive for hard-casting, and its effect is useless for reanimating. Sure it's a big flyer, but if you're going to reanimate it anyway it's better to go for Pathrazer of Ulamog or Lord of the Void or It That Betrays or any other number of things that are more lethal and have effects that work.
Siiiiiiiigh...will always have a soft spot for your tentacly horribleness, though...