oh my god, this has to be one of the most fun cards I've seen in a long time :D
Lazenca_Seifus
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Obviously this is good, but it would have been funnier with Shroud. "Hey! Did you just touch me? All right, you can touch me... once."
anotherfan321
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This is a far more entertaining card than I originally read it as. Sure, Strive costs, whatever, but making all your removal cheaper as well as helping you play fun cards like Strength of the Tajuru is super cool.
eliplaneswalker
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This is going to be so broken, it might be banned, I can think of so many combos
SpaceMagic
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
Comet Storm: because the Izzet specialize in unnatural disaster. Not to mention Aurelia's Fury (for value) and Boulderfall (for giggles).
Curse of the Swine can now exile the entire board and turn them into 2/2 Boars... for 2 blue mana.
BolasEvilPlan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Aurelia's Fury = Tap all of your opponents creatures and deal 1 damage to them all for ?
DJK3654
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(2 votes)
seems like a crucial card if white/ blue heroic is ever going to be big competetively
thedesertfox
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
So I have been lurking here for years and finally decided to make an account to give back to this awesome community. Here is a LARGE list of cards I believe this card makes better.
My personal favorite is that Profane Command now says {B}{B}, giving/targeting all creatures on the field to give them fear for free, target creature gets -x/-x until end of turn where x equals the number of creatures on the field or return a creature from your graveyard to the battlefield whose CMC is less than the number of creatures on the battlefield or deal x damage to target player where x equals the number of creatures on the battlefield.
I love the potential I see in this card. Anything with X in the cost that works on X target creatures becomes ridiculously cheap!
For this block, Glimpse the Sun God is a good choice--for 1 white, tap down your opponents creatures, tap creatures you control to trigger their heroic effects, and/or tap creatures you don't want to risk attacking for their inspired effects. Oh, and scry 1 while you're at it.
Melubb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
2/1 for 1 U and 1 colour less is not bad, but the card got limitations like the instant or sorcery card need to target creatures. It'll be a value card and see constructed play, because it gains hexproof when it's necessary to protect it. And some removal cards for instance will cost less and that's unique! An easy 5 star card.
danagelh
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With this in play you can Launch the Fleet for one white mana, then after dealing damage, untap them all as 2/2 boars for 2 blue mana with Curse of the Swine.
Archimedes75
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
You all are forgetting the very best card that goes with this creature. The good old fashioned Fireball. Target all of your opponents' creatures as well as the Battlefield Thaumaturge, and you essentially get two free mana to pump up the damage, AND activate its Heroic ability to boot, so the card doesn't die from the Fireball's damage and protecting it from most other spells to boot!!
To make it even more broken, add a Goblin Electromancer and a Guttersnipe. For the lulz.
Yodha
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card. Does it work with Death Cloud for {B}{B}{B}?
MCcreator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's unfortunate that this doesn't state for each of its targets, or it would be far more broken.
Hunter06
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
sure there are some funny 'combos' in standard, but he will really shine in EDH, like Prophet of Kruphix, he may see some fringe play in stardard but is meant for other formats.
Living the dream would be Profane Commanding someone to death for 2 mana though, lol
4/5 Stars
BirdsOfLlanowar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Rolling Thunder For RR I target thaumaturge himself, my own Delver, my pyromancer, my lavamancer and my goblin guide. I also target your Tarmogoyf and your Bob. I deal 0 damage to all of them and 7 to you. Oh, almost forgot, I also get a 1/1 token from pyromancer...
Rushdown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Type your comment here.Dismember becomes a free kill spell in Blue. And you get a pretty good defensive counterspell with Apostle's Blessing.
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My personal favorite is that Profane Command now says {B}{B}, giving/targeting all creatures on the field to give them fear for free, target creature gets -x/-x until end of turn where x equals the number of creatures on the field or return a creature from your graveyard to the battlefield whose CMC is less than the number of creatures on the battlefield or deal x damage to target player where x equals the number of creatures on the battlefield.
I see people have already noticed the implications of this card and multi kickers like Comet Storm and Strength of the Tajuru however this card has even more implications then that. Both Incremental Growth and Incremental Blight now just cost {G}{G} or {B}{B} respectively.
In standard cards like Glimpse the Sun God and Sea God's Revenge along with the aforementioned Launch the Fleet. and Curse of the Swine all become broken in a {U}{W} Heroic decks.
Outside of standard this card can make bad cards playable if not good. For example Frost Breath, Into the Void, Ghostly Flicker, Repel the Darkness, Windborne Charge, Nightbird's Clutches, and any Cone of Flame like effects. Remember you can always hit your own heroic creatures with the 1 damage of the cone to trigger heroic at casting so that they get the +1/+1 counter before the damage hits.
Not to mention that it makes decent cards even better, for example Blinding Beam, Stand Together, Blessings of Nature, Rivals' Duel, Blood Feud, and Spectral Shift
This card makes some split fuse cards even better, like Turn // Burn, Give // Take, and Protect // Serve
And all of this is just modern let alone the boost that it can give to casual legacy with cards like Barrin's Spite, Jagged Lightning, Dead Ringers, and for the luls Volcanic Wind to name but a few.
(Because the other 40 cards this breaks weren't enough.)
{4}{B}: One-sided Decree of Pain. Ouch.
For this block, Glimpse the Sun God is a good choice--for 1 white, tap down your opponents creatures, tap creatures you control to trigger their heroic effects, and/or tap creatures you don't want to risk attacking for their inspired effects. Oh, and scry 1 while you're at it.
need to target creatures. It'll be a value card and see constructed play, because it gains hexproof
when it's necessary to protect it. And some removal cards for instance will cost less and that's unique!
An easy 5 star card.
To make it even more broken, add a Goblin Electromancer and a Guttersnipe. For the lulz.
Living the dream would be Profane Commanding someone to death for 2 mana though, lol
4/5 Stars
For RR I target thaumaturge himself, my own Delver, my pyromancer, my lavamancer and my goblin guide. I also target your Tarmogoyf and your Bob. I deal 0 damage to all of them and 7 to you.
Oh, almost forgot, I also get a 1/1 token from pyromancer...