I have a single copy and I would never trade it. Maybe I will trade the new ones I will open up soon :)
Doaj
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Pauper staple. Great Limited equipment. Great common for the set.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Cute flavor text, too.
DarthParallax
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I am given to understand that most players love this card as much as I love BoneSAW. :)
chainsmoker...what u smokin'? :P No, it would be a solid uncommon, period. It's just not a rare effect, but it's not a common effect either. Or they would reprint at Common, and consider it like Lightning Bolt and Rancor, and they'd warp their Design around it for a year.
psychichobo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
One of the first ever equipments, one of the best. Gaze upon it in wonder, people. GAZE.
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Equipment doesn't get much more straightforward and efficient than this. Pauper staple and still great otherwise.
EGarrett01
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Rancor on a stick.
chainsmoker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@darth - i am exaggerating ofcourse. just frustrated how standard is now. doomblade is now uncommon, domestication became rare..
Fun fact: White (the equipment loving color) and green (the creature loving color) are the only colors that can't beat for 5 turn two with a Bonesplittered creature. Red and Blue can do it evasively and without losing card advantage.
pretty much every single card you mentioned involves a loss of card advantage. The only ones that don't are Goblin Gaveleer and Kor Duellist. Do you even know what card advantage is?
SirZapdos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It puts an end to your opponents.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably the best drop equip in the game.
turn 1 kor duelist. Turn 2 drop this and equip, attack for 6.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In a lot of ways this is a rebalanced Rancor: -+2/+0 for 1, +1 equip. (Typically equipments are double the cost of their enchant companions after factoring the equip cost) -No trample; because cheap trample granting things that also pump power make any tiny creature a huge source of continual damage -Can be destroyed!
But nothing is stopping you from running them next eachother and having a 5/1 Scryb Sprite. Also, this is a beautiful fetch target for Trinket Mage IMO. His trinket is a giant axe :D.
Antsache
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Blurrymadness
In some environments this can be even more resilient than Rancor, since instant-speed bounce/kill on Rancor's target while the enchantment is on the stack is a common way to destroy it for good. (Not like you can afford to wait three turns to dodge a lightning bolt when you're playing aggro) Equipment generally doesn't die to creature removal, though - you'll just end up wasting an equip cost. Not to mention Tormod's Crypt and other instant-speed sideboard graveyard hate.
The addition of trample and the lower CMC for getting it out for the first time still usually make Rancor a significantly more powerful card in green decks, of course. Bonesplitter definitely feels more balanced as a result, while still being plenty powerful.
@ Sabisent
He never said that making any of those plays was a good idea. He was just noting a very obscure, contrived bit of trivia. The fact that it turned out to be wrong (in White's case) makes it even less notable.
Also, though it seems he's not counting anything that requires delving into a second/third color, Wild Nacatl probably at least deserves consideration for green, as the card itself is in-color... it just relies on dropping a Plateau turn two to hit 5 with the 'splitter.
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chainsmoker...what u smokin'? :P No, it would be a solid uncommon, period. It's just not a rare effect, but it's not a common effect either. Or they would reprint at Common, and consider it like Lightning Bolt and Rancor, and they'd warp their Design around it for a year.
doomblade is now uncommon, domestication became rare..
Blue has Delver of Secrets (flipped) and NivMagus Elemental (with a free spell) and Blistercoil Weird (with two free spells), which it shares with red. Red also has Goblin Gaveleer. Black has Kjeldoran Dead (with a 0-drop creature) and Circling Vultures (with an extra copy to discard).
Edit: Sorry white, forgot about Kor Duelist.
pretty much every single card you mentioned involves a loss of card advantage. The only ones that don't are Goblin Gaveleer and Kor Duellist. Do you even know what card advantage is?
turn 1 kor duelist.
Turn 2 drop this and equip, attack for 6.
-+2/+0 for 1, +1 equip. (Typically equipments are double the cost of their enchant companions after factoring the equip cost)
-No trample; because cheap trample granting things that also pump power make any tiny creature a huge source of continual damage
-Can be destroyed!
But nothing is stopping you from running them next eachother and having a 5/1 Scryb Sprite. Also, this is a beautiful fetch target for Trinket Mage IMO. His trinket is a giant axe :D.
In some environments this can be even more resilient than Rancor, since instant-speed bounce/kill on Rancor's target while the enchantment is on the stack is a common way to destroy it for good. (Not like you can afford to wait three turns to dodge a lightning bolt when you're playing aggro) Equipment generally doesn't die to creature removal, though - you'll just end up wasting an equip cost. Not to mention Tormod's Crypt and other instant-speed sideboard graveyard hate.
The addition of trample and the lower CMC for getting it out for the first time still usually make Rancor a significantly more powerful card in green decks, of course. Bonesplitter definitely feels more balanced as a result, while still being plenty powerful.
@ Sabisent
He never said that making any of those plays was a good idea. He was just noting a very obscure, contrived bit of trivia. The fact that it turned out to be wrong (in White's case) makes it even less notable.
Also, though it seems he's not counting anything that requires delving into a second/third color, Wild Nacatl probably at least deserves consideration for green, as the card itself is in-color... it just relies on dropping a Plateau turn two to hit 5 with the 'splitter.