A more durable Meddling Mage made better in a mirror match. Your opponent can't cast Sphinx's Revelation while you draw 2 more and gain 2 more life when you cast it? Nice.
This card is a joke. They should have just printed Sphinx's Revelation right on the card instead of all this "name a card" crap.
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Errata: The text should read "Your opponents can't cast cards named Sphinx's Revelation. Spells named Sphinx's Revelation cost you less to cast."
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
The obvious application is against mirror's Sphinx's Revelation, but you can use either part of Council's ability outside of mirror to great effect. Rewind suddenly cost only UU and still untaps four lands.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
I like the art throwback to the Grand Arbiter. Anyway, you can mainboard this, and based on what you're playing against, you can choose anything from Searing Spear to Unburial Rites.
RAV0004
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
"Augustin would have change for a twenty!" "Ugh, f***ing Augustin much? khkasdhglshdg" "Augustin wouldn't cut me off!" "This.... this tastes like Augustin..." "Augustin delivers the pizza on time."
Hue hue hue...
Hello there. I'm Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. You may know me from my Dragon's Maze shittier functional reprint, Council of the Absolute. Did you know... that in Ravnican law... I'm practically God? It's all written here in my sweet book of made up laws.
ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP YOU F***ING GUILDS. REMEBER WHO WROTE THE GUILDPACT? What're you, some fa*got who reads Dimir propaganda? I MADE YOU! You're WELCOME! Remember electricity? DING DONG
Remember wacky guild conflicts? Well, I didn't know you were such a big fan of D*ck!
Knight-Master
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh, look, they thought they could balance Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. How cute.
If this had just said "name a card, any card", it would be the most Broken Hate in the game.
This will actually probably see Vintage and Legacy play because guess who is not a Creature:
Jace, the Mind Sculptor. It won't probably break your bank to get it, even if it gets used as Jace-Hate, because Hate cards are difficult to make so bonkers that everyone wants them, but it's a good, fine card with some very specialized, very powerful uses. Now that Silence-Cancel might be worth fetching your foils NOW...
SirZapdos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Only a sphinx deals in absolutes.
GlintKawk42
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
wow. giving Sphinx's Revelation a 2/4 weapon of mass douchieness. It's a crying shame that it will be the only time I will see this card in use.
TheWrathofShane
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Strange mythic in my opinion. Strong against mirror, flexible enough to maindeck.
hellgrammite00
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Perfect in a deck with Praetor's Grasp. Find their best card that costs 4CC or more (or one that you would want to cast for 4cc or more like Sphinx's revelation), and then every game turns into a mirror matchup except you have their best card cheaper.
Getting your enemies Karn Liberated and casting it on turn 4 or 5 is good game.
MojoVince
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It's the control card against control deck , azorius against itself.
Splizer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
So yeah, now you can cast your Angel of Serenity turn 5 if you want to. Bloody nora, when did it become legit for W/U to specialize in ramp through cost reduction on elderly men on chairs?
Squrrox-Assassin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"You were trying to seem useful outside of Sphinx's Revelation!" "And I would've got away with it, if it wasn't for that Meddling Mage!"
In short, this might be good if there existed an alternative that you could play before your opponent has already dropped a playset of whatever you intend to stop.
As much as I would like to play around with a Revelation like everyone else, I don't have the funds to warrant a playset of those. I'm throwing in an extra color and bringing Debt to the Deathless to the multiplayer table.
Think I'll start out with some Cloud Keys set to creature, drop the council's naming whatever I need at the time for some defense, and then reset them to Debt to the Deathless with Deputy of Acquittals and Conjurer's Closet when I'm ready for the kill. Even when they see it being set up, a couple Render Silents should be affordable after all the effort I've put into lowering the cost of the kill.
This reduces costs for Lingering Souls in the yard, right? Seems nice to get 4 tokens for WB.
striker2a2112
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does coucil work with X cost and the 2 less?? I would like to know
patronofthesound
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Feels a bit underwhelming...why not flying? Or 3 cmc, with that pesky noncreature clause.
SAUS3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@TowerDefender Nope. You can't respond until they have cast the spell (ie put it on the stack). Once it's already on the stack, the cost to cast has been paid. Modifying the cost at this point won't do anything. There is no way to respond to them paying the cost, so they will always get around it.
The card is interesting, but unlikely to be very useful. Someone may find something to do with it though. 3.5/5
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This certainly has its uses if you have the tools to keep it alive...even when you don't name sphinx, it's a slaughter games but better - because now the spell can clog their draws.
@ reign274 Aetherling is a creature, creatures cannot be named :(.Devout Invocation could be an interesting target.
TowerDefender
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Edit : works with Planeswalkers leaving you with mana to counter their counterspells. Thanks to SAUS3 for answering the following question for me. Would this work as a counter to (non-creature) spells if done in response? A: No.
JimmyNoobPlayer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Super special awesome chocolaty fudge-covered mega ultra combo with Daxos of Meletis and Psychic Intrusion! Too bad it doesn't work with Ashiok. They put the card into play and can only use creature cards.
Wow, using they as a singular pronoun is awkward there... "Xe puts the card into play"? "E puts the card into play"? I think the accepted usage is "Ashiok puts the card into play."
I'm kind of split on this card. I wish it could name creatures. And I keep forgetting that it can't name creatures, and even judges are unfamiliar with this card, so they keep letting me get away with it at sanctioned events. I named Aetherling in a game at one event and didn't even realize the mistake until I had gone home hours later.
That said, it's a good card for the mirror match, and a way to stop Slaughter Games if you suspect your opponent will sideboard that in against you.
Logistican
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Crappiest Mythic EVER. Should have been a Rare only, or have removed the Creature restriction.
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I'll takeGrand Arbiter Augustin IV
"Ugh, f***ing Augustin much? khkasdhglshdg"
"Augustin wouldn't cut me off!"
"This.... this tastes like Augustin..."
"Augustin delivers the pizza on time."
Hue hue hue...
Hello there.
I'm Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. You may know me from my Dragon's Maze shittier functional reprint, Council of the Absolute. Did you know... that in Ravnican law... I'm practically God? It's all written here in my sweet book of made up laws.
ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP YOU F***ING GUILDS. REMEBER WHO WROTE THE GUILDPACT? What're you, some fa*got who reads Dimir propaganda? I MADE YOU! You're WELCOME! Remember electricity? DING DONG
Remember wacky guild conflicts? Well, I didn't know you were such a big fan of D*ck!
This will actually probably see Vintage and Legacy play because guess who is not a Creature:
Jace, the Mind Sculptor. It won't probably break your bank to get it, even if it gets used as Jace-Hate, because Hate cards are difficult to make so bonkers that everyone wants them, but it's a good, fine card with some very specialized, very powerful uses. Now that Silence-Cancel might be worth fetching your foils NOW...
Getting your enemies Karn Liberated and casting it on turn 4 or 5 is good game.
"And I would've got away with it, if it wasn't for that Meddling Mage!"
In short, this might be good if there existed an alternative that you could play before your opponent has already dropped a playset of whatever you intend to stop.
Think I'll start out with some Cloud Keys set to creature, drop the council's naming whatever I need at the time for some defense, and then reset them to Debt to the Deathless with Deputy of Acquittals and Conjurer's Closet when I'm ready for the kill. Even when they see it being set up, a couple Render Silents should be affordable after all the effort I've put into lowering the cost of the kill.
Nope. You can't respond until they have cast the spell (ie put it on the stack). Once it's already on the stack, the cost to cast has been paid. Modifying the cost at this point won't do anything. There is no way to respond to them paying the cost, so they will always get around it.
The card is interesting, but unlikely to be very useful. Someone may find something to do with it though. 3.5/5
Thanks to SAUS3 for answering the following question for me.
Would this work as a counter to (non-creature) spells if done in response? A: No.
Wow, using they as a singular pronoun is awkward there... "Xe puts the card into play"? "E puts the card into play"? I think the accepted usage is "Ashiok puts the card into play."
That said, it's a good card for the mirror match, and a way to stop Slaughter Games if you suspect your opponent will sideboard that in against you.