Only problem with that little scheme is that Martydom only allows you to redirect damage to creatures you control...so unless you intend on using it to bounce your own creatures back to your hand (allowing you to recast them and use enters the battlefield abilites) it's not really a selective board wipe...
Ragamander
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@tcollins:
Nope, altheuser is right. Look at the Oracle text again, and you'll notice that Martyrdom's target gains a targeted ability that is free to activate. Horobi also works.
Step 1) Play Martyrdom on Stuffy Doll or Warrior en-Kor. Step 2) Tell your Warrior en-Kor to redirect the next one damage from himself to Retromancer. Step 3) Retromancer retaliates and assigns 3 damage to you. Step 4) You use Martyrdom and send it to the Martyr'd creature. If it's the en-Kor, tell it to throw it to Stuffy Doll. If it's Stuffy Doll, watch your opponent take 3 damage. Step 5) ---Step 2 ... Yes, I made Retromancer broken and yes, when I do this, I cast Cloudshift on my Stuffy Doll and kill the next person which is why I Martyr the en-Kor.
It's weird to see that nobody so far has mentioned the only competitive deck that actually uses this card, Cephalid Breakfast.
You use this granted ability targeting Cephalid Illusionist thirty times, dump your entire library into your graveyard while putting 3-4 Narbomoeba into play, and then you Dread Return for the win. (Used to be Sutured Ghoul + Dragon's Breath FTW, but nowadays people use Laboratory Maniac + Deep Analysis.)
There are more competitive mill-your-own-library decks, but this is definitely the most entertaining. It's just so awesome.
Totema
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Ok, the Oracle text is a lot more convoluted than the card text.
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Only problem with that little scheme is that Martydom only allows you to redirect damage to creatures you control...so unless you intend on using it to bounce your own creatures back to your hand (allowing you to recast them and use enters the battlefield abilites) it's not really a selective board wipe...
Nope, altheuser is right. Look at the Oracle text again, and you'll notice that Martyrdom's target gains a targeted ability that is free to activate. Horobi also works.
Use any Redirecting Kor creature, like Warrior en-Kor.
Naturally, you can use Stuffy Doll, but Martyrdom and Stuffy Doll alone does not annihilate someone.
Finally, you need Retromancer.
Step 1) Play Martyrdom on Stuffy Doll or Warrior en-Kor.
Step 2) Tell your Warrior en-Kor to redirect the next one damage from himself to Retromancer.
Step 3) Retromancer retaliates and assigns 3 damage to you.
Step 4) You use Martyrdom and send it to the Martyr'd creature. If it's the en-Kor, tell it to throw it to Stuffy Doll. If it's Stuffy Doll, watch your opponent take 3 damage.
Step 5) ---Step 2
...
Yes, I made Retromancer broken and yes, when I do this, I cast Cloudshift on my Stuffy Doll and kill the next person which is why I Martyr the en-Kor.
You use this granted ability targeting Cephalid Illusionist thirty times, dump your entire library into your graveyard while putting 3-4 Narbomoeba into play, and then you Dread Return for the win. (Used to be Sutured Ghoul + Dragon's Breath FTW, but nowadays people use Laboratory Maniac + Deep Analysis.)
There are more competitive mill-your-own-library decks, but this is definitely the most entertaining. It's just so awesome.