Lord of Tresserhorn beat me to the puch. That was a Super Noob Tactic. Adding a counter and getting two tapped lands for is an insanely good deal - compare it to Rampant Growth. If you don't have a hydra handy, you'll have to wait, but it still seems pretty good.
Kaizeischi
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Love it 1000 times over. It's exactly as good and as easy to set off as it looks.
But the trigger only checks after you attack and place a +1/+1 counter on the creature, right? So say you put it on a creature and attack. Then, next turn, you put a second one on that creature and attack. Only one can be sacrificed that turn, right? Since one triggers, adds a counter, no 3rd counter to set off the last part, then the second triggers, and THAT one can be sacrificed.
Correct me if I'm wrong, just trying to clarify it for myself.
Continue
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
As with all the Ordeals, amazing with Staunch-Hearted Warrior; in this case even better as it's in the same color.
stratoscythe
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Modern Gruul Tactics 101
Turn 1 - play land Clockwork Beetle Turn 2 - play land and this on creature then attack then sac... Turn 3 - play land Frenzied Tilling
I'm willing to bet my nuts on that this card is going to find a home in a lot of Landfall decks.
NuclearRainboom
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Seems like it would be a perfect fit in my Green standard.
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Generic insightful and/or trollish comment.
MatthewMoreno
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This could work fantastically with Vinelasher Kudzu in Modern. You could play: T1: Land T2: Land, Vinelasher Kudzu T3: Fetchland, sac fetchland, now the Kudzu has two +1/+1 counters. Put the ordeal on it and swing, get the third counter, sac the ordeal, get two more lands and +1/+1 counters for Vinelasher Kudzu.
You are swinging for 6 on turn three and will have six mana open on turn 4. Throw in a Steppe Lynx on turn 1, and that could be even more damage.
Important point is that sacrificing it to any effect works, not just the effect printed on the card. Auratog works well as Cyberium correctly pointed out (as will anything else that lets you sacrifice enchantments for effects like Arenson's Aura), but so will cards like Perilous Research. Granted, most of this isn't available in green, but still...
It's some decent land ramp for standard & limited, I don't know how much use it will see outside of those formats, but it's a pretty neat trick.
S-r-ex
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Cue Attack on Titan theme.
Shadowcaster3975
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just for laughs, put 3 of these on a primeval titan. Yes i would like 8 more lands please.
Additionally you can stack the ordeal enchantments with effects that give +1/+1 counters and with other ordeal enchantments to speed up their sac effects.
Kontrah
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Put this on a really annoying hexproof green creature (Silhana Ledgewalker), combo with landfall effects or Baru, Fist of Krosa, both cards I have a serious soft spot for.
Hurstwic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm new to magic and sorry for my ignorance on this card, but I was wondering if the card already has a +1/+1 counter on it does it count towards the three u need? So let's say if I have two counters and I caste the enchantment onto my creature can I attack then and immediately sacrifice?
Thanks for any help!
Cordes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
That is exactly my question. And what happens if I sacrifice Ordeal of Nylea because the creature has its 3 counters and the I put another one on him? Can I sacrifice it for 2 Lands right away?
ToAsTy42o
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
for people asking:
yes, you can put 2 onto one creature. if you swing, it'll get two counters, and if you have three counters, you can sac them both for both effects.
it will check to see how many counters, THEN you may sac *card* for *effect*
on the flip side, let's say you have a creature that already has three +1/+1 counters on it. you cant just pop this on and sac it right away, you have to swing first. (again, the word "THEN" is very important). *unless another card let's you sac a permanent, as people have been saying with cards like Auratog*
Kariuko
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Play Master Biomancer, play a creature getting at least 2 +1+1 counters, then this and attack with said creature. If that creature is fathom mage you will draw an additional card
TexasDice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Anthousa and the Colossus.
After a storm shook Setessa, taking down centuries-old trees, Karametra chastised Keranos for his selfishness. Furious at her impudence, Keranos sent a storm of truly epic proportions to destroy the crops, snap the branches from the young trees, and force the people to huddle indoors.
Young Anthousa had been hunting and was caught in the deluge. Knowing she was Karametra's favorite, Keranos sent a bolt of lightning down from Nyx. It struck the grave of a titan, buried for countless centuries under the earth. The ground rose before Anthousa, uprooting trees as frightened birds fled into the stormy sky. An earth-titan, easily thirty feet tall, rose from his primordial resting place. Grabbing the trunk of a broken tree, he swung wildly at the young warrior. Anthousa narrowly escaped, and the titan gave chase. Nylea saw the scars on the face of her forest and raised vines to clutch at the titan's legs. Turning back, Anthousa saw the titan stumble. Quick as a deer, she used the vines to scale up to his shoulder as he struggled to get free. Anthousa sought the soft flesh just below the titan's ear.
Calling out to Karametra, she drove her dagger deep into the flesh. Hearing her daughter's plea, Karametra enchanted Anthousa, giving her the preternatural strength needed to cleave the titan's head from his body. The severed head fell to the ground, where it sunk halfway into storm-soaked earth. There the skull lies to this day, the home of foxes that shelter in the great cave of his mouth." - Planeswalkers Guide to Theros, Part 2
This artwork was right under that text and it seems plausible that this picture depicts the young Anthousa. Which makes this card actually an Ordeal of Karametra, rather than Nylea.
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Upon attacking, you can stack the triggers in such a way that this card gives 2 +1/+1 counters, then sac it immediately to dig for two lands.
It's not Primeval Titan good but still quite impressive (and your hydra will be a 10/10...).
But the trigger only checks after you attack and place a +1/+1 counter on the creature, right? So say you put it on a creature and attack. Then, next turn, you put a second one on that creature and attack. Only one can be sacrificed that turn, right? Since one triggers, adds a counter, no 3rd counter to set off the last part, then the second triggers, and THAT one can be sacrificed.
Correct me if I'm wrong, just trying to clarify it for myself.
Turn 1 - play land Clockwork Beetle
Turn 2 - play land and this on creature then attack then sac...
Turn 3 - play land Frenzied Tilling
Turn 1 - play land Birds of Paradise or any manadork
Turn 2 - play land and this on manadork then Crack the Earth then sac this
Turn 3 - play land Frenzied Tilling
T1: Land
T2: Land, Vinelasher Kudzu
T3: Fetchland, sac fetchland, now the Kudzu has two +1/+1 counters. Put the ordeal on it and swing, get the third counter, sac the ordeal, get two more lands and +1/+1 counters for Vinelasher Kudzu.
You are swinging for 6 on turn three and will have six mana open on turn 4. Throw in a Steppe Lynx on turn 1, and that could be even more damage.
Additionally you can stack the ordeal enchantments with effects that give +1/+1 counters and with other ordeal enchantments to speed up their sac effects.
So let's say if I have two counters and I caste the enchantment onto my creature can I attack then and immediately sacrifice?
Thanks for any help!
yes, you can put 2 onto one creature. if you swing, it'll get two counters, and if you have three counters, you can sac them both for both effects.
it will check to see how many counters, THEN you may sac *card* for *effect*
on the flip side, let's say you have a creature that already has three +1/+1 counters on it. you cant just pop this on and sac it right away, you have to swing first. (again, the word "THEN" is very important).
*unless another card let's you sac a permanent, as people have been saying with cards like Auratog*
After a storm shook Setessa, taking down centuries-old trees, Karametra chastised Keranos for his selfishness. Furious at her impudence, Keranos sent a storm of truly epic proportions to destroy the crops, snap the branches from the young trees, and force the people to huddle indoors.
Young Anthousa had been hunting and was caught in the deluge. Knowing she was Karametra's favorite, Keranos sent a bolt of lightning down from Nyx. It struck the grave of a titan, buried for countless centuries under the earth. The ground rose before Anthousa, uprooting trees as frightened birds fled into the stormy sky. An earth-titan, easily thirty feet tall, rose from his primordial resting place. Grabbing the trunk of a broken tree, he swung wildly at the young warrior. Anthousa narrowly escaped, and the titan gave chase. Nylea saw the scars on the face of her forest and raised vines to clutch at the titan's legs. Turning back, Anthousa saw the titan stumble. Quick as a deer, she used the vines to scale up to his shoulder as he struggled to get free. Anthousa sought the soft flesh just below the titan's ear.
Calling out to Karametra, she drove her dagger deep into the flesh. Hearing her daughter's plea, Karametra enchanted Anthousa, giving her the preternatural strength needed to cleave the titan's head from his body. The severed head fell to the ground, where it sunk halfway into storm-soaked earth. There the skull lies to this day, the home of foxes that shelter in the great cave of his mouth."
- Planeswalkers Guide to Theros, Part 2
This artwork was right under that text and it seems plausible that this picture depicts the young Anthousa. Which makes this card actually an Ordeal of Karametra, rather than Nylea.