No one will ever play with you again and Phyrexia shall be pleased.
Tiggurix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
On the one hand, this is a lot easier to kill than Underworld Dreams, but on the other, it's a LOT more splashable, and it's got a pretty beefy body all in all. So I'd say they're about on par.
Also, unlike Underworld Dreams, this gains a lot from damaging players, as it can be equipped with Neko-Te, among other things.
Cloudchaser.Kestrel
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
In Greek myth you sometimes come across the difference between fate and destiny. Destiny is your glory, your genius, that within you that is longing to be made manifest - but it is not inevitable. Fate can come in the way of destiny, those inherent flaws in the hero's nature pull the him down at the same time that his destiny pulls him up. All it would take is one wicked crone, to mess with this pull to bring a hero down by that very thing that draws him up towards destiny - say card draw.
Well done Wizards. Very well done.
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
A bigger, bolt-resistant Kederekt Parasite that doesn't ask you to play red — and is okay with being splashed as well, unlike the highly colorintensive original, Underworld Dreams.
Eternal_Blue
★☆☆☆☆ (1.6/5.0)(4 votes)
So one way that WotC tried to differentiate enchantment creatures from just plain creatures is by taking iconic enchantments and slapping them onto creatures. Unfortunately for them, there exists a type of creature called 'Magus' that already did this and they aren't enchantments. So it's just another failed gimmick that doesn't really resonate in any way.
Er, as for the card itself, it's fine. I'd be happy to pay an extra mana to give myself a 3/4 on top of an Underworld Dreams. Still, if your deck is trying to fully utilize this drawing-into-damage effect, I doubt your deck is really going to care about killing your opponent through creature damage anyhow. Still, a second Dreams is not bad.
Every once in a while, a card from a contemporary set really shines. Lovely and distinctive art. Chunky body. Good ability. While you probably won't see this in anything competitive, it's just right for the game. Flavour text feels a bit blunt... I wish there weren't the compulsion to shoehorn everything into the lore. You know who probably said something equivalent, but more elegantly phrased? The classical Greek philosophers and poets, and their myriad translators who spent lifetimes trying to find words that do justice to the concepts being explained.
I don't mean to rag on you guys. Just need some sugar, maybe. Flavour text > reminder text. Keep it up! 5/5
Why does this card do damage as opposed to life loss (which is traditional in black)? The answer: to deal with enemy planeswalkers. This hag would kill Jace if he brainstormed, which is pretty interesting.
Belgarath123
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Yah know, thats like, an eye in her mouth. Just don't, uh, bite.
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This creature is a pretty good deterrent for Sphinx's Revelation. In my experience so far with this card, most of the opposition who run revelation will cast it in response while the hag is still on the stack, or they will use any counter spells they have to counter it. Either way, it serves as a good distraction while you do other things.
On a semi-related side-note; if I see the opponent tapping all their lands to fully power their revelation, I will play a counter of my own after having successfully lured them into playing their revelation, and try to follow it up with a Duress or Thoughtseize if possible. Most veteran blue players will probably not fall for this trick though, but that is okay because black has many other options available too =)
Irandrura
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Cloudchaser
Um, reference or anything? While Ancient Greek does indeed have more than one word for fate (moros, oitos, potmos, etc.), I'm not aware of any such distinction; and considering WotC's sloppy and superficial attitude towards Greek mythology in Theros elsewhere, I am not inclined to be generous.
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So the Triad of Fates are the Moirai. However, this card is also Atropos? I wish they just made enchantment creatures of them all. Some kind of grinding station combo where you got an instant kill if you had all three.
PretzelBraids
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Enelysios: I think the Triad of Fates are sort of like priestesses of the fates, and Fate Unraveler represents the actual Fates. It seems very odd that they have the Triad as normal humans and Fate Unraveler as an enchantment hag. I would've preferred it the other way around.
mionator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Guys, combine this with Master of the Feast and you're actually benefiting from him, witch is absolutely crazy because he is already a 5/5 flyer for 3 mana, AWESOME! :)
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But I simply can't put my finger on Nekusar's name... What was it?
This thing will get brutal.
Goes nicely with whispering madness in my opinion.
No one will ever play with you again and Phyrexia shall be pleased.
Also, unlike Underworld Dreams, this gains a lot from damaging players, as it can be equipped with Neko-Te, among other things.
Well done Wizards. Very well done.
Er, as for the card itself, it's fine. I'd be happy to pay an extra mana to give myself a 3/4 on top of an Underworld Dreams. Still, if your deck is trying to fully utilize this drawing-into-damage effect, I doubt your deck is really going to care about killing your opponent through creature damage anyhow. Still, a second Dreams is not bad.
Establish board position, get Jace to Seven, 20 points of damage to the opponent.
Also? Griselbrand.
Class dismissed.
I don't mean to rag on you guys. Just need some sugar, maybe. Flavour text > reminder text. Keep it up! 5/5
On a semi-related side-note; if I see the opponent tapping all their lands to fully power their revelation, I will play a counter of my own after having successfully lured them into playing their revelation, and try to follow it up with a Duress or Thoughtseize if possible. Most veteran blue players will probably not fall for this trick though, but that is okay because black has many other options available too =)
Um, reference or anything? While Ancient Greek does indeed have more than one word for fate (moros, oitos, potmos, etc.), I'm not aware of any such distinction; and considering WotC's sloppy and superficial attitude towards Greek mythology in Theros elsewhere, I am not inclined to be generous.