If only the card were as good as the art...and flavor
ThisisSakon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
When the card was first spoiled I was all "Oh snap, this is awesome!"
And then I saw the cmc :C
lorendorky
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Just like Tin Street Market this card deserves to be 4cmc. This effectively costs six to cast and I would play Martial Law over it any day of the week.
foodmasta31
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I mean it's TOTALLY terrible, you can play it late game when you have nothing else to do and it's "kind of" removal" on their best creature... Just too expensive though 1/5
Redgurr
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is gonna be sick in limited. C'mon it turns one of your lands into a suedo Maze of Ith.
avimkv
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
At this cost, I feel its ability should read:
"Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, tap target creature."
I can see a green/white/blue enchantment deck doing all sorts of silly shenanigans. The CMC is a tad high but there's serious potential for some absurdity.
Paladin85
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
You may not be able to play this. But you still can admire it
And I thought they stopped the overly crappy cards wasted on good art and flavour
Cyberium
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
This is what Orzhov is good at, make you pay five mana for a mediocre effect, and you're entirely happy that it's your fault. Corrupted religion at its best :D
Purplerooster
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
You can use this to tap your own creature to make it have Hexproof via Oak Street Innkeeper.
rollinsclone
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh look, it's.... bad.....
Leshrac_Nightwalker
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I *love* this card, but it's totally for the flavour. I can see playing this in limited - if you make it to turn 6 to start using this, then your opponent's got that much steeper a hill to climb - though I don't know if I would be excited to put it in my deck, as the CMC makes me cringe just like everybody else.
Still! Orzhov is giving an injection of haughtiness that makes it far more interesting a colour to me (traditionally I'm a lover of and ). Not that long ago I tried making a weird blue-white Phyrexian deck that used offbeat cards from Scars block, and one of the ones I included was Due Respect. I was totally surprised by the knee-jerk hostility I received in a multiplayer game from playing this on one of my friends, though I know that saying "it's time for you to pay me my Due Respect" was not helpful.
Now Gatecrash is here, and between awesome flavour texts like this and cards like Blind Obedience, I think I can build a deck with a "learn your place" theme. I sincerely doubt it'll win much thanks to the aggro that this kind of attitude draws, but warping the political scene in my multiplayer group this way will almost be too funny not to try it!
RedJaron
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
CMC is too high. Tapping the land makes it essentially the same cost as a Blinding Mage so that's fine. But paying 5 is too much. A 4 CMC would make this tolerable. I agree with @avimkv, a "whenever this land is tapped" condition would make this more useful without getting ridiculous.
deserter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is not really bad actually but I think it should be common rarity. I give it 5/5 just for the reason all seem to give it 0,5 , 1 or 1,5 and I think it's unfair. i save my 1/5 for terrible cards, not just cards That can't make me win in 1 turn. Tin Street Market is so much worse than this.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Why do I get the feeling that Wizards is saying "Despite our magnanimous gift to you in From the Vault Realms, this is as close to Maze of Ith as we are allowing in Standard. We realize it is not close. That is the point."
The_Evictee
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That Pulpit!
chrome_dome
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5 mana to attach this to a land and then you have to tap the land to tap an opponent's creature. Inefficient.
Did an amazing job for me locking down threats in limited, not as powerful as Martial Law but close enough in any slow deck (i.e. Orzhov). Losing a land in the late game is of little consequence if you're keeping a Gideon or Lord of the Void at bay.
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's so bad it puts you in debt.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Turns a land into a Gideon's Lawkeeper, but the difference in cost is glaringly significant.
However, which do you think is easier to destroy: a 1/1 creature, or a land?
Ok, better question: When have you seen Craterize in any pro-tour's sideboard?
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like enchant lands, but this card is far too expensive. If you want to use it in the turn you play it, it basically costs six mana, and an additional mana each time you want to use it.
bfellow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I remember when you have 1 drop common creatures that did the same thing since this needs a land to tap to pay for the cost.
The_Trendkill
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Looks neat until you realize that on the turn you play it you've paid effectively six mana to tap a creature and do nothing else, and that's the best case scenario.
bowlofgumbo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Lulz, people actually think this is bad in limited o_O
HowardTreesong
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A bit like Gideon's Lawkeeper. Except dreadful.
Vaapad_123
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
In all fairness, this was the most common answer to AEtherling during the Dragons Maze Pro tour. Still not a great card though, 3/5.
Drewskithelegend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How to make a very expensive Maze of Ith What you are actually getting here is an awful lot like a Icy Manipulator. Should be a little cheaper, but more mana intensive, I/E (1) WW
Alvorada
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is it just me, or is that flavor text oddly...um.....(wink wink nudge nudge)
PopcornBunni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The difference between 4 and 5 converted mana cost is evident with this card. Four could cause potential problems in limited (repeatedly nullifying the biggest threat on the table is NOT a cheap effect), but five makes it hard to find a place. That said, it can still be a good option to sideboard in against decks running just a few creatures at a time.
Maybe if it had a 3W casting cost and granted the land "W, T: Tap target creature"?
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And then I saw the cmc :C
"Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, tap target creature."
I can see a green/white/blue enchantment deck doing all sorts of silly shenanigans. The CMC is a tad high but there's serious potential for some absurdity.
And I thought they stopped the overly crappy cards wasted on good art and flavour
Still! Orzhov is giving
Now Gatecrash is here, and between awesome flavour texts like this and cards like Blind Obedience, I think I can build a deck with a "learn your place" theme. I sincerely doubt it'll win much thanks to the aggro that this kind of attitude draws, but warping the political scene in my multiplayer group this way will almost be too funny not to try it!
I give it 5/5 just for the reason all seem to give it 0,5 , 1 or 1,5 and I think it's unfair. i save my 1/5 for terrible cards, not just cards That can't make me win in 1 turn.
Tin Street Market is so much worse than this.
However, which do you think is easier to destroy: a 1/1 creature, or a land?
Ok, better question: When have you seen Craterize in any pro-tour's sideboard?
Maybe if it had a 3W casting cost and granted the land "W, T: Tap target creature"?